The Best Live LP’s Are Still Available

Your favorite band is always better live than recorded right? The problem is that’s hard to find albums that captured live performances that live up to the beautiful harmonic studio version of your favorite song.

There were, however, ‘Live’ albums that not only sold millions of copies but were considered tipping points in an artist career. Bob Seger and Peter Frampton, although popular in their own right, couldn’t fill a big venue prior to their live album. Soon after each ‘live’ album was released, these artists began filling 40,000 stadiums. Here is our list of our favorite ‘live albums’ as they were released…

The Allman Brothers – ‘At Fillmore East’
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band – “Live Bullet’
Peter Frampton – ‘Frampton Comes Alive’’
Deep Purple – “Made in Japan”
Thin Lizzy – ‘Live and Dangerous’
Deep Purple – ‘Made in Japan’
Lou Reed – “Rock ‘N’ Roll Animal”
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, ‘Live/1975-85’
Cheap Trick, ‘At Budokan’
KISS – ‘Alive!’
Crosby, Stills Nash and Young – ‘4 Way Street’

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