The big event for live music in 1969, and perhaps the most famous festival in history, is Woodstock. As well as the various artists summary of the Woodstock experience, we also have live albums by Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone and others.
There are also the two famous prison albums by Johnny Cash at Folsom and San Quentin that are regular challengers for the best live album ever recorded.
Live albums recorded in 1969 include:
Alice Cooper Live at the Whisky A Go-Go
Alice Cooper Ladies Man or Science Fiction or Freak Out
James Brown Sex Machine
Tim Buckley Live At The Troubadour
The Byrds – Live At Fillmore February 1969
Canned Heat Live at Topanga Corral
Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash – At San Quentin
Joe Cocker Live At Woodstock
Colosseum Live At The Boston Tea Party August 1969
Country Joe & The Fish – Live Fillmore West
Miles Davis Bitches Brew Live
Deep Purple Concerto for Group and Orchestra
Deep Purple Live in Montreux
Delaney And Bonnie On Tour With Eric Clapton
Duke Ellington’s 70th Birthday Concert
Duke Ellington Live At Cabaret L’Alcazar
Fleetwood Mac Shrine 69
Grateful Dead – Live Dead
Grateful Dead Fillmore West 1969 The Complete Recordings
Grateful Dead Live at the Fillmore East 2-11-69
Merle Haggard Okie from Muskogee Live
Jimi Hendrix – Live At The Royal Albert Hall
Jimi Hendrix – Live At Woodstock
Jimi Hendrix In The West
Humble Pie Live At The Whisky A-Go-Go ’69
Iron Butterfly Live 1969
Jefferson Airplane The Woodstock Experience
Janis Joplin The Woodstock Experience
BB King Live & Well
King Crimson Epitaph Volumes 1 & 2
King Crimson Live At The Marquee
Led Zeppelin – BBC Sessions
Led Zeppelin Live In Paris
John Mayall The Turning Point
John Mayall Live 1969
John Mayall Live At The Marquee
Melanie On Air BBC Live in Concert
Joni Mitchell Newport Folk Festival 19 July 1969
Moby Grape Moby Grape Live
The Moody Blues Caught Live + 5
Mountain Live The Road Goes Ever On
The Move Live at The Fillmore
Rick Nelson In Concert At The Troubadour
The Nice Five Bridges
The Nice Live At The Fillmore East December 1969
Gram Parsons Live at the Avalon Ballroom
Esther Phillips Burnin’ Live at Freddie Jett’s Pied Pier LA
Pink Floyd – Ummagumma
The Rolling Stones – Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out
Santana The Woodstock Experience
Simon And Garfunkel Live 1969
Sly & The Family Stone – The Woodstock Experience
Three Dog Night Captured Live At The Forum
Velvet Underground – with Lou Reed Live 1969
Various Artists – Woodstock: Music From The Original Soundtrack And More
Johnny Winter The Woodstock Experience
Yes Something’s Coming The BBC Recordings 1969 to 1970
Neil Young Live at the Riverboat
The Youngbloods Ride The Wind
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Live At The Marquee 1969 is a live album by King Crimson.
Tracks 1 to 7 were recorded at the Marquee Club in London on 6 July 1969. Trees was recorded at the Fairfields Halls in Croydon on 17 October 1969.
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Newport Folk Festival 19 July 1969 is an early live recording by Joni Mitchell.
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Live At The Troubadour 1969 is a live album by Tim Buckley.
It was recorded at The Troubadour in Los Angeles on September 3 & 4 1969.
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The Woodstock Experience brings together the Volunteers studio album and the recording of their performance at the Woodstock festival on August 16th, 1969.
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Fillmore West 1969 The Complete Recordings is a live album by the Grateful Dead.
These were recorded in San Francisco on February 27 to March 2, 1969 and are an extension to their classic Live/Dead album which came from the same source.
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Iron Butterfly Live is the first live album released by psychedelic hard rock band, Iron Butterfly.
It was recorded at concerts between May 25, 1969 and May 30, 1969.
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Caught Live + 5 is a live album by The Moody Blues with five extra songs recorded in the studio.
The live songs were recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on December 12, 1969.
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Live At The Fillmore East December 1969 is a live album by The Nice.
It was recorded in New York a few minutes before the band split in March 1970.
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Ride The Wind is a live album by The Youngbloods.
It was recorded live in New York City and compiled from concerts on November 26, 28 and 29 1969.
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In Concert At The Troubadour is a live album by Rick Nelson.
It was recorded in Los Angeles on December 13, 1969.
Since it was first issued, it has been massively extended to include alternative performances from the same set of concerts at the Troubadour.
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