On February 14th, 1970, the Who, in their post-Tommy prime, played a concert at the University of Leeds that engineer Bob Pridden captured on an eight-track recorder – it would form the basis for Live ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the 50th anniversary of a landmark live album, The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East, coming up on July 6, here's a look ...

I love live albums. Whenever I tell this to people, they don’t really know what to think. As a concept, live albums seem to have been somewhat maligned as people became savvy to the fact that they ...

Lists of live albums can often be contentious. Music fans and listeners have so many different tastes and opinions that it is very hard to agree on the best live music albums. Even if you cut it back ...

Sometimes you just want to feel the buzz, you want the bass lines to live in your guts, you want the rush and roar of a live show swirling all around you. Forget the studio recordings that we’re all ...

Ah, the art of the live album. It seems to be something of a lost art these days. Perhaps YouTube and live-streaming concerts that are the cause, but for decades live albums were some of the most ...

Let’s be blunt: Van Halen hasn’t released nearly enough live albums. In fact they just might be the most popular band in rock history without an undeniably great live album that sums up their entire ...

“Got Live if You Want It,” the Rolling Stones promised in a 1966 album title. And oh, do we want it, in 2021, when the pandemic has canceled its fair share of shows. Fortunately, we still have access ...

For the first time ever in the modern era, we’re dealing with a post-concert reality—at least for most countries and with the exception of goons like Smashmouth and The Chainsmokers. During this ...

What were the best live albums from rock and metal bands in the 1980s? What a decade it was to be alive, as the live chops often matched the showmanship and bravado of some of decade's biggest acts.