Best Live Album Ever?

From: Steven Catanzaro (stevencatanzaro@sprintmail.com)
Date: Sat Apr 27 2002 - 23:45:25 CEST

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    My vote;

    Herbie Hancock & the Headhunters, FLOOD.

    1) Unbelievable live sound. In fact, it rivals the recording quality of Herbie's studio albums of the time, (74-75), and that's really saying something!

    2) A wide variety of material. From the awesome solo piano of Maiden Voyage, what with its Bartok-ish textures, to the hot intricate funk; tracks like Spank-A-Lee show Mike Clark, Paul Jackson, and Bill Summers leaving alot of rhythm tracks from the last 25 yrs in the rear view...

    This is a great concert; Tracks like "Butterfly" are actually as high quality as the studio versions!

    When musicians release great live albums that actually come close to, or improve on, their studio sets, that's a true indication of talent. Who's got the great live recordings, old or new, they can recommend?
     



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