I'm like you, for the most part. It's unusual for me to find a live disc 
that I think is as good as the studio work. But there are bands that are 
just better live, I think. A few come to mind:

    * Graham Parker. As great as he is in the studio, you haven't lived
      until you see him live.
    * Cheap Trick. I don't know. Nothing has ever topped Budokan for me.
    * Jason & the Scorchers. I'm not sure why they ever did anything BUT
      play live.
    * Catherine Wheel. Actually, they probably weren't better live, but
      they were certainly as good. Bastards never did a live CD, though.

I'm sure there are others....


Aaron Milenski wrote:
> The list is interesting, to be sure.  I may be in the minority, but in
> almost every case I find a live album to be a fun novelty that wears
> off after a few listens, after which I go back to an artist's studio
> albums.  The only real exceptions are albums that contain songs
> that are not on the studio albums, or are in vastly different versions.
> An obvious example of the former is KICK OUT THE JAMS, but I never
> really liked that one too much.    After years of collecting, the only
> live albums that remain in rotation at my home are VELVET UNDERGROUND 
> 1969 LIVE, which has some vastly different versions of some of their
> songs (and, admittedly a few really weak versions, such as "Rock And Roll"),
> MODERN LOVERS LIVE (for the extended "Ice Cream Man"), and the two
> live Crack The Sky albums (one official, one radio promo only) because of the
> absolutely amazing extended versions of "Ice."
>  
> Anyone want to champoin any live albums that are great specifically because
> there are some songs that are extended/improved upon from the studio
> versions?
>  
> And extended does not necessarily work...there's nothing more boring than live
> Cream or Led Zeppelin.
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