Delicate Sound Of Thunder by Pink Floyd is a live album recorded in 1988 on the A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour without Roger Waters.
Could the Floyd cut it without their former band leader and main song writer?
Author: Paul Simister
The Beatles Live At The Hollywood Bowl 1964 & 1965
The most notable thing about The Beatles Live At Hollywood Bowl can be summed up in three words:
Aaaaargh
Aaaaaaaaaaargh
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh
Whatever the Fab Four play, it’s hard to look past the hysterical screaming of the frenzied fans.
The Overall Rating For The Beatles Live At The Hollywood Bowl – 21/30
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What Are The Best Neil Young Live & Studio Albums?
This page has readers polls to find the best Neil Young live album and the best Neil Young studio album.
What is the best Neil Young live album?
The answer used to be easy… Live Rust. although some would say Time Fades Away.
The question got harder when Weld and Unplugged were released in the early 90s.
This gave people the choice of whether the best Neil Young live album was electric, acoustic or balanced. Continue reading What Are The Best Neil Young Live & Studio Albums?
Bruce Springsteen Live 1975 – 85
Live 1975 – 85 was Bruce Springsteen‘s response to the demands for a live album.
He’s been one of the most bootlegged artists since the mid 70s and with Live 1975 – 85, he tried to produce an epic drawn from many different concerts recorded.
This album was released to follow up on the immense success of the Born In The USA album which made Springsteen a much bigger international star.
I was thrilled when it first came out as he had such a great reputation as a live performer but all it’s done is prove that there’s much more that could appear.
Bruce Springsteen Live 1975 – 85 Overall Rating – 26/30
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Deep Purple Made In Europe 1975
Made In Europe is a souvenir of the 1975 tour Deep Purple made with Ritchie Blackmore to promote their Stormbringer album.
Shortly afterwards Blackmore left the group and Tommy Bolin joined.
Although there are only two personnel changes (vocalist Ian Glover and Roger Glover out, David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes in), this is a very different band than the one that recorded Made In Japan.
Deep Purple Made In Europe Overall rating – 21/30
David Bowie Stage 1978
David Bowie Stage is a live album of the 1978 tour promoting Low and Heroes from his Berlin phase with Brian Eno.
It was his second live album after the disappointing reception to David Live from 1974’s Diamond Dogs tour.
I’ve bought Stage twice – first as a double LP when it first came out and then much later as a CD when I really wanted at least one David Bowie live album in my collection. It seemed to an obvious album to buy because I struggle to like his Berlin studio albums.
David Bowie Stage Overall Rating – 22/30
Roxy Music Live 2001
Roxy Music Live is a record of how this great group sounded on the 2001 world tour after being apart from 1983.
Until this album, Roxy Music have been relatively poorly served by the quality of their live albums – Viva, Concerto / Ladytron and Heart Still Beating. I think plenty of people have been burnt by the confusing releases from the 1979/80 tours.
Roxy Music Live
My Rating – 24 out of 30 (that feels stingy but it’s what the three individual ratings add up to).
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Queen Live At Wembley 1986
Live At Wembley is a souvenir of the last tour Queen did with Freddie Mercury in 1986 to promote the A Kind Of Magic album.
It’s sad to think that the group who had stolen the show at the Live Aid concert, the year before weren’t to tour again for nineteen years (2005) when they had Paul Rogers as the lead vocalist.
Their last concert was at Knebworth on 9th August 1986 and Mercury was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS the following year and died 24th November 1991.
Queen Live At Wembley Overall Rating – 22/30
Bob Dylan Real Live 1984
Real Live is a live album by Bob Dylan recorded in 1984 with a star backing band including ex Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor and Ian McLagen from The Faces at concerts in England and Ireland.
It was Taylor’s involvement that persuaded me to buy this Dylan album because I loved his guitar playing with the Stones (listen to it on Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out and Brussels Affair).
And I’m glad I did.
It’s not a classic but it’s well worth hearing.
Bob Dylan Real Live Overall Rating – 24/30
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Weld 1991
Neil Young Weld was recorded in 1991 on the tour to promote the Ragged Glory album with Crazy Horse and it rocks hard.
If you’re a fan of hard rock and you’ve dismissed Neil Young as an acoustic folkie based on songs like After the Goldrush and Harvest Moon, you’re in for a big shock.
There’s nothing subtle or gentle in this album.
On the other hand, if you want Neil Young, the folk singer-songwriter playing live, then you’d better hurry along to Live At Massey Hall.
Neil Young Weld Overall Rating – 26/30
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