Tag: 1970s Folk

Live Folk And Folk Rock Albums Of The 1970s

Folk music is hard to define. Wikipedia really struggles but does identify some characteristics for folk or traditional music:

It was transmitted through an oral tradition.
The music was often related to national culture.
They commemorate historical and personal events.
The songs have been performed, by custom, over a long period of time.
There can be a fusion of cultures as people with different background mix together.

There was a significant revival in the interest in folk music after World war 2 creating what some people call contemporary folk music. This was originally acoustic based but from the mid 1960s onwards with The Byrds and Bob Dylan, it was electrified to create folk rock.

Folk and Folk Rock Live Albums Of The 1970s

Albion Band Vintage Albion Band On The Road 1977 1981 1982
The Albion Band Live at the Cambridge Folk Festival 1977 1987
The Albion Band BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert 1977 1982
The Band Rock Of Ages 1971
The Band Live At The Academy Of Music 1971
The Band Carter Barron Amphitheater Washington DC July 17th 1976
The Band The Last Waltz 1976
The Bothy Band BBC Radio One Live In Concert 1976 1978
The Boys Of The Lough Live At Passim 1974
The Byrds Live At Royal Albert Hall 1971
Sandy Denny Live At The BBC 1966 to 1973
Sandy Denny Gold Dust Live At The Royalty 1977
Donovan Rising / Atlantis / The Classics Live / 25 Years In Concert 1971 1981
Fairport Convention Live At The BBC 1968 to 1974
Fairport Convention House Full Live At The LA Troubadour 1970
Fairport Convention Fairport Live Convention 1973 1974
Fairport Convention with Sandy Denny Ebbets Field 1974
Fairport Convention Before The Moon 1974
Grateful Dead Skull & Roses 1971
Grateful Dead Europe 72
Grateful Dead Europe 72 Vol. 2
Grateful Dead Steppin Out With The Grateful Dead England 72
The Holy Modal Rounders Bird Song Live 1971
Horslips Live 1976
Bert Jansch ‎The River Sessions 1974
Jethro Tull Bursting Out 1978
Nic Jones Unearthed
Nic Jones Game Set Match
Lindisfarne Live 1971
Lindisfarne City Song BBC Sessions 1971 1972
Lindisfarne Magic In The Air 1977
Magna Carta Live At The Royal Albert Hall 1971
Magna Carta In Concert 1971
Magna Carta Live In Bergen 1978
McGuinn Clark Hillman Live At The Boarding House 1978
Shawn Phillips At The BBC 1971 to 1974
Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie Together In Concert 1975
Strawbs Just A Collection Of Antiques And Curios 1970
Strawbs Live At The BBC Volume 1 In Session
Steeleye Span Live At Last 1978
Richard Thompson Live At The BBC 1973 to 2009
Richard & Linda Thompson In Concert November 1975
Steve Weber Holy Modal Rounders BC 1976
Jesse Colin Young On The Road 1976

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The All Time Best Live Folk And Folk Rock Albums

I don’t have a readers poll to find the best live folk albums for this decade but I do have a poll to find the all time best folk and folk rock live albums.

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Folk and folk rock live albums by decade – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s –

The Last Waltz is the live recording of the last concert by The Band before they broke up on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976.

The main concert was recorded at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.

The Last Waltz Suite was recorded at the MGM Soundstage.

The album is also the soundtrack to a film of the concert of the same name.

Personally I find it a strange album and prefer Rock Of Ages for a more authentic experience of The Band as a live group. The problem is that so many rock superstars were keen to pay tribute to The Band, the group rather got lost in the mix.

The Last Waltz finishes up as some kind of rock variety show. Interesting but not The Band at its finest.

The Band The Last Waltz

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