Most folk know this commentator’s affinity for live music.  I enjoy attending concerts – immensely.  I was viewing a YouTube video and I saw a few links to top 10 live albums.  Both I checked out involved vinyl.  I had a few on each list.  While I like such lists, I never thought to list a top ten of my live LPs. It got me curious to how many Live concerts I have on vinyl in my collection.  Answer: A lot!  I listed them and decided I could not really make a list of ten faves.  To some extent it varies over time.  Often it has to with which LPs include versions of a fave tune.  The Band’s Rock of Ages includes their cover of “Don’t Do It,” perhaps my fave song in their “catalogue. My fave Grateful Dead song, “Playin’ In The Band,” appears on an untitled double-LP live album commonly called “Skull and Roses.   Jackson Browne’s “Runnin’ on Empty” from the LP of the same name. Ditto with Neil Young’s “Time Fades Away.” Poco’s “DeLiverin’” features “I Guess You Made It” and “C’mon.”

Free Live includes a great version of my favorite song,  “All Right Now.” I really like the live version of George Harrison’s “Wah Wah” found on “The Concert for Bengla Desh.”  I enjoy the live version of “Sympathy for the Devil” found on the The Rolling Stones’ “Get Yer Ya Yas Out.”  (Peter) “Frampton Comes Alive” includes my fave versions of “Doobie Wah” and “Something’s Happening.” The Grateful Dead’s “Europe ‘72” features my favorite version of “Sugar Magnolia.”  “Derek & the Dominos In Concert” features my favorite versions of “Let It Rain,” “Tell the Truth” and “Why Does Love Got to be So Sad?” The Last of the Red Hot (Flying) Burrito(Brother)s” includes my favorite version of “Hot Burrito #2” featuring Chris Hillman on lead vocals (Gram Parsons sang lead on the studio version.).  Traffic’s “Welcome to the Canteen” leads off with what I consider the best version of “Medicated Goo.”

And the above does not includes LPs such as “Poco Live” or “Yessongs”  – that I greatly enjoy.

There are many others and all graced my turntable many spins, including the Stones LP pictured at left which was my very first live LP, "Got Live If You Want It."

Do you have any list? 

Can you even narrow a list to ten LPs?

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