Favorite Live L.P — Forum Archive

21 Sep 2006, 01:31

not a big fan of live records.

got a couple of Killing Jokes ones, Black Flag etc.

like this:-

21 Sep 2006, 02:03

steveone wrote:

GlasVegas wrote:

steveone wrote: Easy. "Stop Making Sense" by Talking Heads. An absolute classic.

Neiher a classic or particularly "live" I reckon this is one of the most overhyped albums/movies of all time. It's overdubbed to f**k and the editing on the original 1984 version cuts whole verses out of some of the tracks so that they can squeeze more onto the record. Also bear in mind that the original leaves out some of the best tracks from the movie (Crosseyed & Painless and This Must Be The Place being the two biggies)in favour of some real stinkers (Swamp!).

Far superior is "The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads" which came out a few years earlier and features tracks from three different gig recordings. The lo-fi quality of the first few tracks is mega and must hail from right at the start of their career.

If you compare "Psycho Killer" on Stop Making Sense to the same track on TNOTBITH then you'll see why most Heads fans regard it as a much more accurate record of their live output.

For some weird reason it was never released on CD til about 2 years ago.

Nah,im not having that! Ive got both editions of Stop Making Sense (i agree the original 9 track version was below par),and i`ve also got The Name Of The Band Is Talking Heads. Talking Heads are my second favourite band,second only to New Order,and the expanded Stop Making Sense is far superior.

The Name Of The Band Is Talking Heads repeats tracks (3 takes of Psycho Killer?)

3 takes of Psycho Killer? Not on mine. One kick-ass version. Unless the re-issued CD has extras. I've only got the LP. Which remains INFINEATELY SUPERIOR to Stop Making Sense. There was a thread on a Heads board I read ages ago that pointed out a whole list of innaccuracies from SMS that indicate that it was far from "live". I'll look for it and try and post a link.

21 Sep 2006, 05:29

Entreat - The Cure

It's been years since I've listened to it tho. Must be somewhere buried in the garden SHED.

Under A Blood Red Sky - U2

Les Bains Douches - Joy Division

Sabotage Live - John Cale

Live at Max's Kansas City - Velvet Underground

21 Sep 2006, 05:50

No question KRAFTWERK MINIMUM MAXIMUM

21 Sep 2006, 05:50

No question KRAFTWERK MINIMUM MAXIMUM

21 Sep 2006, 06:25

So good you`ve told us twice! :evil4:

21 Sep 2006, 06:41

These three get a regular spin:

21 Sep 2006, 06:49

Ooh, Beethoven Was Deaf - great rekkid.

Rank surely deserves a mention too :nod:

21 Sep 2006, 07:41

"Play" by Magazine,his is also a fantastic example of all thats good about alive recording. One of my all time favorite bands.

21 Sep 2006, 07:41

"Play" by Magazine,this is also a fantastic example of all thats good about alive recording. One of my all time favorite bands.

21 Sep 2006, 10:28

Spiritualized at the Roayal Albert Hall. Absolute class :nod:

21 Sep 2006, 11:06

The 'Oo: Live At Leeds (as usual) Hawkwind: Space Ritual (don't care that it's edited) King Crimson: Absent Lovers (eardrums still buzzing) Bob Dylan: Live 1975 (though it's from different venues) Curtis Mayfield: Curtis The Fall: A Part Of America Therein

And then there's always the boots. :nod:

21 Sep 2006, 11:29

Papa Bendi wrote: Spiritualized at the Roayal Albert Hall. Absolute class

Oh yes... :nod: Never really cared for live albums, though I've been listrening to a lot more NO live recently...

Snorri xxx

21 Sep 2006, 16:11

No more f'ing saudade wrote:

The Fall: A Part Of America Therein

Good choice that, though I also love the Iceland 83 disc as well as Fall In A Hole.

isaac wrote: "Play" by Magazine,his is also a fantastic example of all thats good about alive recording. One of my all time favorite bands.

23 Sep 2006, 03:53

The Stone Roses=Did That Sound Good..Picture Disc Vinyl

23 Sep 2006, 08:23

I'm not a big fan of live recordings but this one is marvellous:

Peter Gabriel plays Live (the old one)

23 Sep 2006, 08:32

The Modern Lovers, "Precise Modern Lovers Order" - two different concerts from the early Seventies, perfect proto-punk with a sensitive side (this is Jonathan Richman we're talking about, after all)

The Who, Live at Leeds Talking Heads, The Name of This Band Is... New Order, BBC 1 In Concert Joy Division, Preston 28 February 1980

23 Sep 2006, 08:37

New Order, BBC 1 In Concert Joy Division, Preston 28 February 1980

and this gary numan one cant remember the name of

23 Sep 2006, 14:45

Simon & Garfunkel Live at Central Park

25 Sep 2006, 12:10

The Jam - 'Dig The New Breed' or The Who - 'Live @ Leeds'

25 Sep 2006, 13:13

Digital Mike -The People's Moderator wrote: Rush

I saw em twice , God knows why

Has Geddy Lee's voice broke yet ?

not yet, but any day now, he is only 50!

25 Sep 2006, 13:39

Kraftwerk - Minimum/Maximum. Metallica - S&M Underworld - Everything/Everything

Primarily ebcause they all do very very different and new things to the established canon. Luckily enough I managed to be at one of the dates recorded for KW and for Underworld as well.

26 Sep 2006, 23:34

Talking Heads - Stop making sense Depeche Mode - 101 Kraftwerk - Minimum Maximum

27 Sep 2006, 00:22

Was the cure in orange ever released as an album or just that old VHS?

28 Sep 2006, 14:04

ac / dc if u want blood was a cracker,so was talking heads stop making sense. but for a proper LIVE album,with rough as fuck sound,and shambolic performances but topped of with oodles of energy its got to be "sid sings" loved this when it came out and still do,id love to get it on cd n all as the vinyl is a bit bashed in these days.