 | Live at the Village Vanguard: The Master Takes by John Coltrane
Buy used from: $5.85 The explosive recording of Trane's 1961 Village Vanguard gigs.
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 | Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 by Sam Cooke
Buy used from: $6.19 The real Sam Cooke without the studio frills. Sam blew the roof off the Harlem Sq. Club in 1963.
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 | Dick's Picks, Vol. 4: Fillmore East, New York, NY, 2/13-2/14/70 by Grateful Dead
Buy used from: $28.88 2/13/70 Fillmore East..Every Deadhead will tell you that this is THE live Dead show to hear. Stunning!
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 | Newport Folk Festival: Best of the Blues 1959-1968 by Various Artists
Buy new: $23.98 / Used from: $11.69 A incredible compilation of live folk-blues performances at Newport from 1959 to 1966.
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 | Rock of Ages by The Band
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.36 "Last Waltz" is amazing and this live recording is even better. Captures the Band at the height of their powers.
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 | Live at the Apollo 1962 by James Brown
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $1.48 The best known live R&B performance in history...The Godfather at the Apollo, 1963.
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 | Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $5.39 The album is mostly one song, "Who Do You Love" but it is a psychedelic masterpiece.
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 | In Concert with the Dub Band by Linton Kwesi Johnson
Buy used from: $25.21 Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank England 1984. LKJ and the Dub Band Live. A killer reggae classic.
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 | The Best of Mississippi John Hurt by Mississippi John Hurt
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $9.98 This live recording of Mississippi John Hurt at Oberlin College in 1965 is legend among blues collector.
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 | Live Phish Vol. 6: 11/27/98, The Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts by Phish
Buy used from: $10.00 On every Phish Phan's top five concerts list...Worcester Centrum 11/27/98.
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 | Rear View Mirror by Townes Van Zandt
Buy used from: $6.00 1968-72 Anthology of live performances by Texas Troubador, and the Duke of Despair Townes Van Zandt
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 | Toward the Within by Dead Can Dance
Buy used from: $0.74 Avant-gardists Dead Can Dance at the Mayfair Theater 1993. Hauntingly beautiful.
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 | Stage by David Bowie
Buy used from: $3.75 Ryko Records please reissue this 1978 Bowie concert CD. Collectors are paying hundreds of bucks for this jewel.
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 | Live at Leeds by The Who
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.99 Having seen both the Stones and the Who in their prime, I can tell you...The Who were the "World's Greatest Band" Leeds is the Holy Grail of Who concerts.
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 | Fragments of a Rainy Season by John Cale
Buy used from: $17.98 A sublime live solo performance by former Velvet Underground rocker, John Cale.
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 | Ellington At Newport 1956 by Duke Ellington
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $7.70 Every serious jazz collector owns this Ellington set from Newport 1956. A great intro to Sir Duke.
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 | Clannad in Concert by Clannad
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $3.54 The glorious Celtic beauty of Clannad when they still sang in Galeic and had Enya aboard.
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 | Nighthawks at the Diner by Tom Waits
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.65 The lush life poet and ranconteer Tom Waits live in 1975. Hilarious stage banter between songs.
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 | At the Ryman by Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.30 Emmylou with the Nash Ramblers at Nashville's country music shrine, the Ryman.
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 | Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $7.13 Stevie Ray Vaughan debuts internationally at Montreaux in 1982 and is booed by the Europeon blues purists. Amazing performance.
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 | Fathers and Sons by Muddy Waters
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $10.08 Muddy Waters backed by the incredible Butterfield Blues Band. You gotta hear this...Bloomfield's guitar playing, Butter's harp and the grand old man Muddy...
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 | Sunday at the Village Vanguard (20 Bit Mastering) by Bill Evans Trio
Buy used from: $13.87 Bill Evans Trio in the basement of the Village Vangaurd making jazz history.
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 | The Allman Brothers at Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $5.88 The 1971 live album that put Southern Rock on the map. Everyone knows this one.
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 | Live in Cook County Jail by B.B. King
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $6.37 Some will insist that "Live At The Regal" is better but I like B.B. King's guitar tone much better on this 1970 Cook County performance.
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 | Babylon by Bus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $7.08 Marley at the peak of his powers. The remastered C.D. is gorgeous.
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