IT'S FINALLY HERE....THE BEST LIVE ROCK ALBUM VOTE OF ALL-TIME!

I am a huge Queen fan...bigger than most.  However, The Who's Live At Leeds is hands down the best live album ever.

My personal Top 10 are:

The Who - Live At Leeds
UFO - Strangers In The Night
Rush - All The Worlds A Stage
Rush - Live In Rio
Deep Purple - Made In Japan
Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won
Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes - Live At The Greek
KISS - Alive
Tesla - Unplugged
 
and finally, my favorite Queen Live Cd's are both bootlegs. One I have is from the Golden Greens Hyppodrome in London on April 21st 1974, the other is from the Hammersmith Odeon on Christmas of 1975.

If I had to tag any as my fave, it would be The Who Live At Leeds as it was the 1st album I bought of a live performance. Other than that the others are in no particular order and there are many I like that aren't even on here.

I'm sure that Queen has a show in their archive that can rival with some of the albums others mention in this topic. The only thing they have to do is release it!

If they really work on something like Earls Court '77 it could be awesome too(I'd like to hear the second night in full!)

Saif wrote:

they won't release anything from the 70's because there are lots of songs on the setlists the current generation of their fans are definitely unaware of(Ogre Battle, Now I'm Here, Let Me Entertain You, etc.)

Then what better way to introduce the songs than with a highly-promoted brand new DVD of them in their 70s prime?

tugsbooch wrote:

One I have is from the Golden Greens Hyppodrome in London on April 21st 1974

That should be September 13, 1973... some of those bootlegs had the wrong date.  Great show though!  Which bootleg do you have in particular?

Sir GH wrote:

As much as we all love Queen here, can it be argued that no currently released Queen live album belongs in any top 10 as long as these grand and/or influential albums are in the picture.. ?

The Who - Live At Leeds
Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive
Deep Purple - Made In Japan
Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won
Rush - Exit Stage Left
Supertramp - Paris
Kiss - Alive
AC/DC - If You Want Blood You Got It
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison

However, after Queen releases something from the 70s other than Live Killers, that certainly may change.

Wembley is OK, but definitely doesn't belong even to top 50 of the best live albums.
It's a shame that DP's Made In Japan is out of the list . The same for Kiss Alive.


What about Ramones - We're Outta Here or Metallica's Live Shit ? Or DP's Concerto For Group And Orchestra ?

If you guys want to put Queen there, the album that belongs there is definitely Live Killers or Live At The Bowl

on my way up wrote:

Queen is my favourite band and also my favourite live band. BUT, I would not vote for a Queen live album because I believe the ultimate Queen live release still has to happen. I would vote for Hammy'79 though;-) But that still hasn't happened. I totally adore Queen live in the 80's but the best Queen live album has to be one from the seventies because that was when they were truly at their peak, combining musical brilliance and an unmatched stage presentation(and as stated above Hammy'79 is a great example but idealiter they would release a show from each tour:-).

Fantastic setlist + fantastic performance = Hammy 79, yes, it would be a perfect live album. Well at least the bootleg has pretty good audio :)

I would say all of them!!!!!!

But definitly Live at Wembley!!!!!!!

I saw them in Luxembourg last year and i tell u............................................QUEEN

Queen Live In Wembley is the best ever, I love it!!!!!

I think that Wembley is the best Queen´s live album. Its a great band doing a great show. Maybe there´s another great live album like Montreal...but Wembley has not competition!!.
Bye!

pittrek wrote:

 



on my way up wrote:



Queen is my favourite band and also my favourite live band. BUT, I would not vote for a Queen live album because I believe the ultimate Queen live release still has to happen. I would vote for Hammy'79 though;-) But that still hasn't happened. I totally adore Queen live in the 80's but the best Queen live album has to be one from the seventies because that was when they were truly at their peak, combining musical brilliance and an unmatched stage presentation(and as stated above Hammy'79 is a great example but idealiter they would release a show from each tour:-).

Fantastic setlist + fantastic performance = Hammy 79, yes, it would be a perfect live album. Well at least the bootleg has pretty good audio :)

I'm glad we can enjoy the unofficial recording! But so many people do not have acess to bootlegs (or are simply unaware of their existence)and so they miss out on that stuff. Hammy'79 HAS to be released, this year it'll be 30 years since it was performed and still no sign of it getting the attention it deserves!

The things I find Queen should release are(if they were properly or good enough recorded): London May'78(maybe coupled with an unheard Crazy tour show), Hammy'79 on dvd, Earls Court on dvd, Hammy'75 and Hyde park coupled and a Live Killers box. That's of course a lot but given the amount of stuff that has been released from the 80's it would not be crazy and it would sell. I know many music enthusiast that complain about the lack of live Queen seventies output. For many music fans that was when Queen was at their peak and I agree.

And also, compared to the 80's there's relatively little great sounding unofficial stuff so with 70's stuff they can also surprise the die-hards. Ain't that great?:-)

Sir GH wrote:

 



Saif wrote:



they won't release anything from the 70's because there are lots of songs on the setlists the current generation of their fans are definitely unaware of(Ogre Battle, Now I'm Here, Let Me Entertain You, etc.)

Then what better way to introduce the songs than with a highly-promoted brand new DVD of them in their 70s prime?

And I really believe we underestimate the Queen knowledge of many music fans. The people who actually buy music these days are real enthusiast and they generally know their stuff. I believe the first 2 albums are not well-known but from SHA onwards there are several hits or well-know songs on each album(and these albums sold well too in  the day!

And, something brand new from band like Queen is always assured of much attention. Just think about how well Wembley sold, not only was that because of the hits but also because it was the first dvd of a serious. A seventies DVD of great quality would mean another exciting moment.

pittrek wrote:

If you guys want to put Queen there, the album that belongs there is definitely Live Killers or Live At The Bowl

Honestly, if I had to pick one of the official releases, I'd take Rocks Montreal.  The sound is absolutely superb, and it's the closest thing to capturing a strong performance by just the four of them currently available on the shelves.

Sir GH wrote:

pittrek wrote:



If you guys want to put Queen there, the album that belongs there is definitely Live Killers or Live At The Bowl

Honestly, if I had to pick one of the official releases, I'd take Rocks Montreal.  The sound is absolutely superb, and it's the closest thing to capturing a strong performance by just the four of them currently available on the shelves.

Yes, I agree that sound-wise Rock Montreal is the best officially released Queen product. But performance-wise I'd prefer something else

As a Queen fan for over 30 years, *I* don't even like Wembley, so why would anyone else?!?  Whimpy "pop" setlist with too many cover songs (for a barely 2-hour show) and Freddie's voice wasn't very good. 

Live Killers has bad sound and mixing problems but...that's why I like it.  You can hear the excitement in the crowd without it being all glossed-up.  I'm not quite sure this would put it in the Top 10 with some of the other heavier competition, but I bet there's a Queen concert in the archives from the '70s somewhere that should be in the Top 5 at least, or maybe even #1.

But yeah the best live album of all time would just go to whatever artist's fan base votes the most, so a poll like that is pretty pointless.