History Main / LiveAlbum

* Music/GeorgeHarrison's ''Music/TheConcertForBangladesh'' was recorded from the 1971 charity concert of the same name. This live album also got the distinction of winning the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Album of the Year in 1973.

* Music/{{Rush}} has had several live releases going back to 1976, with their first live release All the World's a Stage. They would release a live album every few years, one of their most notable coming after a six-year hiatus as a result of drummer Neil Peart's personal tragedies. ''Rush in Rio'' was released in 2003, featuring their well-received performance in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil the previous year.

* Music/DeepPurple: They have two famous live albums, the first one oddly enough a collaboration with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ''Music/ConcertoForGroupAndOrchestra'' (1969), the other the rock classic ''Made in Japan'' (1973).

** The fourth, ''Back to Front: Live in London'', was a companion piece to the ConcertFilm of the same name. Both the album and film are taken from the Back to Front tour, conducted to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ''Music/{{So}}''. The album notably features not only the entirety of ''So'' performed in sequence, but also the new piece "Daddy Long Legs".

** The most famous one is ''Live Killers'', situated near the middle of their career and produced by the band themselves. ''Live Magic'' is special because some of the recordings were made at Freddie Mercury's last concerts ever, but the editing is heavy-handed with many songs having verses removed. In the 21st century, several new live albums of varying quality made from 1970s or 1980s recordings have appeared.
** One of the most memorable Queen live albums is ''Live at Wembley '86'', recorded from their second of two shows at Wembley Stadium in July 1986. A re-release titled ''Live at Wembley Stadium'' (which was released along with a DVD of the show) also featured tracks from the previous night's show as well as a performance of the Hungarian folk song "Tavaszi Szél Vizet Áraszt" at a later show in Budapest, Hungary.

** ''Secret World Live in Paris'', taken from the supporting tour for their reunion album ''Everybody Loves a Happy Ending''. The album also features three studio tracks: the outtake "Floating Down the River", the radio edit of the TitleTrack, and the previously-released Curt Smith solo cut "What Are We Fighting For?".

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* Music/{{Queen}}:
** The most famous one is ''Live Killers'', situated near the middle of their career and produced by the band themselves. ''Live Magic'' is special because some of the recordings were made at Freddie Mercury's last concerts ever, but the editing is heavy-handed with many songs having verses removed. In this century, several new live albums of varying quality made from 1970s or 1980s recordings have appeared.
** One of the most memorable Queen live albums is ''Live at Wembley '86'', recorded from their second of two shows at Wembley Stadium in July 1986. A re-release titled ''Live at Wembley Stadium'' (which was released along with a DVD of the show) also featured tracks from the previous night's show as well as a performance of the Hungarian folksong "Tavaszi Szél Vizet Áraszt" at a later show in Budapest, Hungary.

* Music/IronMaiden: ''Live After Death'' is considered to be one of the greatest live albums ever made, receiving universal acclaim from music critics and fans alike. It was also on Loudwire's retrospective list for the "Top 10 Best Metal Albums of 1985", holding the distinction of being the ONLY live album to make it on that list. It received perfect scores from ''Sputnikmusic'' and ''Kerrang!'', both notably agree that it is possibly the greatest live album to ever have been made, while AllMusic rewarded four and a half stars commenting that it is easily one of ''Main/HeavyMetal'''s best live albums. It has since been certified Platinum by the RIAA.

* Music/{{Rush}} has had several live releases going back to 1976, with their first live release All the World's a Stage. They would release a live album every few years, one of their most notable coming after a six-year hiatus as a result of drummer Neil Peart's personal tragedies. Rush in Rio was released in 2003, featuring their well-received performance in Rio de Janiero, Brazil the previous year.
* Music/ElvisPresley Has had many official live releases both during and after his death. Among them: [[Music/ElvisNBCTVSpecial his 1968 comeback special]], "In Person" which is from Elvis' first Las Vegas engagement in 1969; "On Stage" which features extra tracks from his early Vegas years; "An Afternoon at the Garden" and "As Recorded Live at Madison Square Garden" from 1972; his famous global satellite show "Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii" from 1973; "As Recorded live On Stage in Memphis" from 1974 and "Elvis in Concert" from his last concert tour in 1977. And that's not even counting the multitude of bootleg albums released by "Follow that Dream" records which to date has released dozens of bootleg and soundboard recordings of Elvis shows. The most notorious concert album in his career is ''Music/HavingFunWithElvisOnStage'', a [[OverlyLongGag 35 minute collection of nothing but Elvis cracking jokes with the audience without any music or context.]]

** One of the most memorable Queen live albums is Live at Wembley '86, recorded from their second of two shows at Wembley Stadium in July 1986. A re-release titled Live at Wembley Stadium (which was released along with a DVD of the show) also featured tracks from the previous night's show as well as a performance of the Hungarian folksong "Tavaszi Szél Vizet Áraszt" at a later show in Budapest, Hungary.
* Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}: ''Music/GetYourYaYasOut!'', among many others.

* Music/BillEvans had several live albums but two of them, ''Sunday at the Village Vanguard'' and ''Waltz for Debby'', were not only recorded at the same venue with the same band on the same day (Evans on piano, Scott LaFaro on bass, Paul Motion on drums, June 25, 1961), but are the most famous and most beloved albums he ever made.

* Music/TheRollingStones: ''Music/GetYourYaYasOut!'', among many others.

* Music/{{Queen}}: the most famous one is ''Live Killers'', situated near the middle of their career and produced by the band themselves. ''Live Magic'' is special because some of the recordings were made at Freddie Mercury's last concerts ever, but the editing is heavy-handed with many songs having verses removed. In this century, several new live albums of varying quality made from 1970s or 1980s recordings have appeared.

* Music/{{Genesis}} has had six live albums over the course of their career.