Week 1 - 25 best live records of all time.

[BradH]

Yeah, I know, this is sooooo last week. But turn your head for a little while and look what happens: Swish throws down in front of God And Everybody with another Herculean effort to boost the RR post count up to the hot 'n' heavy days of Comp Fever 2000.

Maybe not.

Fillmore East. This list is already in trouble if this record is not in the top 5, maybe the top 3. There aren't 24 live records better than this. We could have a rational, open-minded discussion about this but you'd all be wrong.

Zappa's uptempo live version of Whippin Post off of Them or Us is, for me, the definitive version.

Gimme a BEEEEEEE. Gimme an ESSSSSSS. What's that spell?

Zappa's version is not uptempo compared to any live version by the Allmans. The striking thing about Frank's version is how faithful it is to the original, especially compared to his other cover songs with all the goofing and shenanigans. Hell, that was the tour he was goofing on a lot of his own songs but treated the Allmans with respect. R-S-C-T-P-C-E, find out what it means to me!

BTW, I saw that Zappa show. Oh yes, touch my ticket stub, touch it...

NP: Kayak II

[3-LockBox]

Yeah, I know, this is sooooo last week. But turn your head for a little while and look what happens: Swish throws down in front of God And Everybody with another Herculean effort to boost the RR post count up to the hot 'n' heavy days of Comp Fever 2000.

All pent up and no place to go...take yer coat off and stay a while.

Yes, having the Allman's Filmore East album at the bottom of a top-25 live albums list does smell a tad fishy. Prolly a token placement at that. This means prolly no Waiting For Columbus, no Frampton Comes Alive...ah well. Wouldn't be half as fun if it weren't some controversy.