Category: Soul Live Albums

Soul Live Albums

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Soul music has come out of combining gospel with the blues and it’s nothing if it doesn’t have passion.

There are live albums here that will take you back to a late night, sweaty club where the band punches hard when it needs to and then lightens up for the singer to pour out his heart and soul… screaming, shouting, singing so sweetly, whispering, hollering… whatever the style, you know the singer feels it.

There are some great live soul albums in this category by Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye and many more.

There is a readers poll to find the very best – The Best Live Soul Albums

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Live Albums covered include:

James Brown Live At The Apollo 1962
James Brown Live At The Apollo 2 1967
Solomon Burke Soul Alive
Ray Charles At Newport 1958
Ray Charles In Person 1959
Otis Clay Soul Man Live In Japan 1983
Sam Cooke Live At The Harlem Square Club 1963
Sam Cooke At The Copa 1964
Aretha Franklin Aretha Live At Fillmore West 1971
Marvin Gaye Live 1974
Marvin Gaye Live At The London Palladium 1976
Al Green Tokyo Live 1978
Etta James Rocks The House 1963
Curtis Mayfield Curtis Live 1971
Maze Live In New Orleans 1980
Otis Redding In Person At The Whisky A Go Go 1966
Otis Redding Live In Europe 1967
Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson It’s Your World 1976
Gil Scott-Heron Tour De Force Live 1994
Sly & The Family Stone The Woodstock Experience 1969
The Temptations Live 1966
Tina Turner Tina Live In Europe 1986
Bobby Womack The Womack Live

Stevie Wonder Rare Broadcasts

For information only:

1. Fingertips, Pt.2 (Live TV Show)
2. For Once In My Life (Live TV Show)
3. You Met Your Match (Live TV Show)
4. Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer (Live TV Show)
5. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours (Live TV Show)
6. Superstition (Live TV Show)
7. You Are The Sunshine Of my Life (Live)
8. You Haven’t Done Nothin’ (Live TV Show)
9. A-Tisket, A-Tasket (Live)
10. Medley (Sir Duke/That Girl/Superstition) (Live)
11. I Just Called To Say I Love You (Live TV Show)
12. Part-Time Lover (Live)
13. We Can Work It Out (Live TV Show)
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Billy Preston Live European Tour 1973

Live European Tour is a live album by Billy Preston.

It was recorded between 1 September and 27 October 1973.

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Little Milton Grits Ain’t Groceries 1972

Grits Ain’t Groceries is a live album by Little Milton.

It was recorded at the Summit Club in Los Angeles in 1972.

Little Milton is one of those artists that is quite hard to classify. Is it blues or soul or R&B or all three?

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Stevie Wonder Live At The Talk Of The Town 1970

Live In Person At The Talk Of The Town is a live album by Stevie Wonder.

It was recorded in London and originally released in 1970 and has been reissued as a digital download under the name Live At The Talk Of The Town.

I believe there should be a great Stevie Wonder live album from the 1970s but sadly, we are left with scraps before and after his greatest period.

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James Brown Live At Chastain Park 1985

Live At Chastain Park is a live album and DVD by James Brown.

It was recorded at Chastain Park in Atlanta, Georgia in 1985.

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Boz Scaggs The Lost Concert 1974

The Lost Concert is a live recording by Boz Scaggs that was originally broadcast on the radio by KSAN.

It was recorded at the Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California on March 10th, 1974.

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Various Artists Apollo Saturday Night 1964

Apollo Saturday Night is an early live album featuring some soul greats including Otis Redding and Ben E King.

Other artists to feature are The Falcons (with Wilson Pickett), Doris Troy, Rufus Thomas and The Coasters. King Curis and his band provided the musical backing for the singers.

It was recorded at the Apollo Theatre in New York City in 1964 and was released the same year.

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Esther Phillips Burnin’ Live at Freddie Jett’s Pied Pier LA 1969

Burnin’: Live at Freddie Jett’s Pied Pier LA is a live album by R&B singer Esther Phillips.

The album was recorded in late 1969 and released in 1970.

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Stevie Wonder Live 1970

Stevie Wonder Live is a live album by Stevie Wonder.

Recording details are unknown but it was released in 1970. Another live recording, Live At The Talk Of The Town was released in the same year.

During this period, Wonder was in transition as he moved away from the restrictions of Motown to become the 1970s superstar that produced the classic studio albums Talking Book, Innervisions and Songs In The Key Of Life.

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Teddy Pendergrass Live Coast To Coast 1978 1979

Live Coast To Coast is a live album by Teddy Pendergrass, originally the lead singer for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes.

It collects together live recordings from three sources:

Tracks 1-1 to 1-6 were recorded at the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts, Shubert Theater in Philadelphia on August 10th, August 11th and August 12th, 1978.
Tracks 2-1 to 2-5 were recorded live at The Greek Theater in Los Angeleson September 6th and September 8th, 1979.
Tracks 2-6 to 2-12 were recorded at the Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia for WDAS-FM.

His terrible road accident in 1982 left him paralyzed from the chest down.

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