The BBC Sessions 1968–1970 is a compilation of live in the studio recordings by Deep Purple.
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Live Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Albums From The 1960s
Is there a difference between hard rock and heavy metal?
Yes but I suspect that each of us would draw the dividing line somewhere different.
Wikipedia defines hard rock as:
“Hard rock (or heavy rock) is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock. It is typified by a heavy use of aggressive vocals, distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, drums, and often accompanied with pianos and keyboards.”
Wikipedia defines heavy metal as:
“Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States. With roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are often associated with masculinity, aggression, and machismo.”
As far as I’m concerned this category ranges from excellent to unbearable with plenty of ordinary rock and metal that’s acceptable but not special. It can be too heavy and too loud and the category includes bands that I think are disgusting. Mind you, I like blues rock and even singer songwriters so what do I know?
Heavy Metal And Hard Rock Live Albums Recorded In The 1960s
Alice Cooper Live at the Whisky A Go-Go 1969
Alice Cooper Ladies Man or Science Fiction or Freak Out 1969
Deep Purple BBC Sessions 1968–1970
Deep Purple Live in Montreux 1969
Deep Purple Concerto for Group and Orchestra 1969
Led Zeppelin Live In Paris 1969
Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions 1969 & 1971
MC5 Kick Out The Jams 1968
Mountain Live The Road Goes Ever On 1969 1972
Toe Fat BBC Sessions 1969 1970
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The All Time Best Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Live Albums
I don’t have a readers poll to find the best hard, heavy rock albums from this decade but I do have a poll to find the all time best live albums that is a great guide.
Please vote in the poll to find the best hard rock and heavy metal live albums.
Because there are so many great hard rock and heavy metal live albums I have split the poll into two and you may find some of your favourites in the second division. Albums will be promoted when they get enough votes.
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The Live Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Albums By Decade – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s
The BBC Sessions 1968–1970 is a compilation of live in the studio recordings by Deep Purple.
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BBC Sessions is a live compilation album of live in the studio recordings of early progressive hard rock band, Toe Fat.
Discogs gives the following dates for the recordings:
Tracks 1-4 recorded on 23rd July 1969
Tracks 5-8 recorded on 19th February 1970
Tracks 9-10 recorded on 14th April 1970
Tracks 11-13 recorded on 6th October 1970
Tracks 14-17 recorded live in Port Chester, NY on 5th December 1970.
Toe Fat are best known for being an early band in the career of Ken Hensley, best known for his time with Uriah Heep.
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A live recording of Led Zeppelin performing in concert in Paris in October 1969 is a bonus for the remastered, deluxe version of Led Zeppelin 1.
Live At The Whisky A-Go-Go ’69 is an early live recording of blues boogie rock band Humble Pie.
This features a very early version of the Steve Marriott and Peter Frampton version of the band before they’d found their identity.
Mountain Live The Road Goes Ever On is a live album by Mountain.
The first two songs were recorded at the famous Woodstock Festival on August 16, 1969 while the other two were recorded on tour in early 1972. The album was released in April 1972.
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Deep Purple Live in Montreux 1969 is a live album by Deep Purple recorded on the 4th October 1969 at the Montreux Casino that burnt down in 1971 and provided the song Smoke On The Water.
1969 Live at the Whisky A Go-Go
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This is an unofficial live album recorded in Toronto in 1969 and it’s been released under a variety of different album titles.
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Concerto for Group and Orchestra is a live album by Deep Purple.
The concerto was written by John Lord and was performed by Deep Purple and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 24 September 1969. The album was released in January 1970 in the UK and a month earlier in the USA.
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was conducted by Malcolm Arnold.
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Kick Out The Jams was the debut album by punk pioneers MC5 and it was recorded live in Detroit in October 1968.
I always smile because I remember the time when I was at school and we were invited to bring in albums and play them. One of my heavy metal friends brought this and played the title track with its famous cry at the start “Kick out the jams, motherf***er1”
It caused quite a stir.