1970 was the year of one of the most famous rock concerts of all time. In 1969, it was Woodstock in the USA. In 1970 it is the Isle of Wight Festival in England and recordings of sets by Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Jethro Tull and Taste (Rory Gallagher) are included .
1970 is also the year of one of the most highly rated live albums of all time, The Who Live At Leeds.
Live albums recorded in 1970 include:
The Allman Brothers Band Live At Ludlow Garage
The Allman Brothers Band Live At The Atlanta International Pop Festival
The Allman Brothers Band Fillmore East, February 1970
The Allman Brothers Band American University 12/13/70
Ashton Garner & Dyke Live In Montreux
Black Sabbath – Past Lives
David Bowie Bowie At The Beeb
David Bowie Bowie At The Beeb 3 CD version
The Byrds Untitled
Canned Heat – 70 Concert Live In Europe
Joe Cocker Mad Dogs & Englishmen Live
Joe Cocker Space Captain
Leonard Cohen Live Songs
Creedeence Clearwater Revival – The Concert
Crosby Stills Nash & Young – 4 Way Street
Curved Air Airwaves Live at the BBC
Miles Davis Live-Evil
Miles Davis Live At The Fillmore East
Miles Davis Bitches Brew Live
Deep Purple – Live In Stockholm
Deep Purple Scandinavian Nights Live in Stockholm
Derek And The Dominos – Live At The Fillmore
The Doors – Absolutely Live
The Doors Live In Boston
The Doors Live In Detroit
The Doors Live In Pittsburgh
The Doors Backdoor Man Seattle
Emerson Lake And Palmer – Live At The Isle of Wight Festival
Fairport Convention House Full Live At The LA Troubadour
Fleetwood Mac Live In Boston Vol 1
Fleetwood Mac Live In Boston Vol 2
Fleetwood Mac Live In Boston Vol 3
Fleetwood Mac Boston
Flying Burrito Brothers – Authorized Bootleg Fillmore East Ny Ny Late Show
Free – Free Live
Free – Songs Of Yesterday
Grand Funk Railroad Live Album
Grateful Dead History of the Grateful Dead Volume One (Bear’s Choice)
Grateful Dead Dick’s Picks Volume 4
Grateful Dead Dick’s Picks Volume 8 Harpur College Binghamton NY May 2, 1970
Jimi Hendrix – Blue Wild Angel Live at the Isle of Wight
Jimi Hendrix – Band of Gypsys
Jimi Hendrix Freedom Atlanta Pop Festival
Jimi Hendrix In The West
Jimi Hendrix Live at Berkeley
Jackson 5 Live At The Forum
Janis Joplin – In Concert
Jethro Tull – Nothing Is Easy: Live At The isle Of Wight
Elton John 17-11-70
BB King – Live in Cook County Jail
Kool & The Gang Live At The Sex Machine
Love Studio/Live
Mott The Hoople Original Mixed Up Kids
Mott The Hoople Fairfield Hall Live
Randy Newman – Live
Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes – Survival Of The Fittest Live
Buck Owens Live in Scandinavia
Dolly Parton A Real Live Dolly
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Live
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Live At A&R Studios
Poco Deliverin’
Elvis Presley That’s The Way It Is (Legacy Edition)
Diana Ross And The Supremes Captured Live On Stage Live At Las Vegas
Diana Ross And The Supremes Farewell
Santana Live At Tanglewood
Otis Spann Last Call Live at The Boston Tea Party
Steppenwolf Steppenwolf Live
Strawbs Just A Collection Of Antiques And Curios
Taste – Live Taste
Taste – Taste Live At The Isle Of Wight
Ten Years After – Live At The Fillmore East
Traffic Live At The Fillmore East
Van Der Graaf Generator After the Flood At The BBC
Velvet Underground – Live at Max’s Kansas City
The Who – The Who Live At Hull
The Who – The Who Live At Leeds
The Who – The Who Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival
Johnny Winter – Live Johnny Winter And
Johnny Winter Live at the Fillmore East
Stevie Wonder Live At The Talk Of The Town
Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder Live
Yes Something’s Coming The BBC Recordings 1969 to 1970
Neil Young – Live At The Fillmore East
Neil Young Live At The Cellar Door
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Live At The Sex Machine is a live album by Kool & The Gang.
It was recorded in May 1970 and catches the band very early in their career as they played a jazzy funk or perhaps a funky jazz. It’s a long way from their disco hits of the late 1970s.
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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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Live Songs is a live compilation album by Leonard Cohen.
It brings together live recordings from London and the Isle of Wight in 1970 and Berlin, Brussels, London, Paris and Tennessee in 1972.
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The Doors Live In Boston is a live recording of The Doors from their early and late shows at the Boston Arena on April 10, 1970.
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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.
The Doors Live In Pittsburgh is a live archive released album by The Doors.
It was recorded at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh on May 2, 1970 and this was their final tour with Jim Morrison as their lead vocalist.
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Studio/Live is an album by Love that was partly recorded in the studio and partly recorded live in concert.
The live tracks were recorded at the Fillmore East in New York recorded in 1970.
Boston is a live recording by Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green.
It brings together the previously issued Live In Boston volumes 1, 2 and 3 into one package. The concerts were recorded in Boston, MA in February 1970
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That’s The Way It Is is a combination of live and studio tracks by Elvis Presley for the documentary That’s The Way It Is.
It’s been released in many different formats over the years but this looks at the 2014 Legacy edition. For more details of the earlier versions, see Discogs.
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17-11-70 is the first live album by Elton John. In the USA, it’s promoted as 11-17-70 as the day and month move around.
It was recorded at the A&R Recording Studios in New York on 17 November 1970 broadcast on WABC-FM radio. The album was released in April 1971.
