Share your favorite live records with us!

Here are some questions for discussion:

What performances really stand out for you? What is unique about the way the band performs live? What draws you to the live performance? Do you prefer a live version of a song over the recording? Why?

  • Tom Waits - Glitter & Doom

    James McMurtry & the Heartless Bastards - Live in Aught-Three

    16 Horsepower - Hoarse

    Pain of Salvation - Be (live)


    I almost never prefer live albums, but these work for me. Some live albums are “you had to be there” things for me. And even some where I was there (Rush Snakes and Arrows Live), they don’t work for me. I can’t really articulate why.