1975 was the year when two of the most successful, career changing live albums were recorded – Frampton Comes Alive and Kiss Alive – although they were not released on the unsuspecting public until 1976. The history of rock music was changed and the live album floodgates opened even more.
It also includes two live albums that I highly recommend, Bruce Springsteen at Hammersmith Odeon and the J Geils Band who wanted to Blow Your Face Out.
The live albums recorded in 1975 include:
Average White Band Person To Person
The Baker Gurvitz Army Live In Derby 75
Baker Gurvitz Army Live In London 75
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso – Seguendo Le Tracce
Black Sabbath – Past Lives
Blood Sweat & Tears Live And Improvised
Jackson Browne Live At The Main Point September 7th 1975
Jack Bruce Spirit Live at the BBC
Jack Bruce Live At Manchester Free Trade Hall
Camel A Live Record
Chicago XXXIV Live in 75
City Boy BBC In Concert
Commander Cody Live from Armadillo World HQ 1973 & Capitol Theatre 1975
Miles Davis Agharta
Deep Purple – Made In Europe
Deep Purple – Live In Paris
Deep Purple – This Time Around
Dr Feelgood – Stupidity
Dr Feelgood Live At The BBC
Bob Dylan Live 1975 The Rolling Thunder Revue
Earth Wind & Fire – Alive In 75
Earth Wind & Fire Gratitude
Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive
Fripp & Eno Live in Paris
Genesis Archive 1967–75
Grand Funk Railroad Caught In The Act
Grateful Dead One From The Vault
J Geils Band – Blow Your Face Out
Emmylou Harris Cowboy Angels
Keith Jarrett The Koln Concert
Waylon Jennings Turn Back the Years Live in Dallas 75
Jethro Tull Paris 1975 Minstrel In The Gallery 40th Anniversary
Albert King Blues From The Road
Kiss – Kiss Alive
Paul Kossoff Live At Croydon Fairfield Halls 15/6/75
Nils Lofgren – Back It Up
Nils Lofgren Live Sausalito
Lynyrd Skynyrd Live Cardiff 1975
Magma Live Hhai
Bob Marley – Bob Marley & the Wailers Live
John Martyn Live At Leeds & More
John Martyn Live At Leeds Deluxe
John Martyn On Air
Melanie On Air BBC Live in Concert
The Meters Uptown Rulers! Live on the Queen Mary
New York Dolls Red Patent Leather Live In NYC
Graham Parker The Bootleg Box
PFM Paper Charms
The Pretty Things Live At The BBC
Professor Longhair Live on the Queen Mary
Queen Live At The Hammersmith Odeon 1975 (video)
Queen A Night At The Odeon
Renaissance Live At Carnegie Hall
The Rolling Stones – LA Friday 75
The Rolling Stones From The Vault LA Forum
Todd Rundgren’s Utopia Live at Hammersmith Odeon ’75
Otis Rush So Many Roads Live in Concert
Doug Sahm Live from Austin TX
Santana Live At The Rynearson Stadium
Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie Together In Concert
Patti Smith Dreaming Of The Prophet
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Live
The Sons Of Champlin Live San Rafael
Bruce Springsteen – Live At The Main Point
Bruce Springsteen – Hammersmith Odeon London 75
Bruce Springsteen Tower Theater Pennsylvania
Rod Stewart – Live In London
Supertramp Is Everybody Listening?
Supertramp Live At Hammersmith Odeon 1975 (with Crime Of The Century Deluxe Edition)
Tangerine Dream Ricochet
Thin Lizzy – UK Tour 75
Irma Thomas Live 1975 aka Hip Shakin’ Mama
Richard & Linda Thompson – In Concert November 1975
Big Mama Thornton Jail
Trapeze Live At The Boat Club
Robin Trower At The BBC
UFO The Official Bootleg Box Set
UFO On Air At The BBC
Van Der Graaf Generator After the Flood Van Der Graaf Generator At The BBC
Tom Waits Nighthawks At The Diner
Joe Walsh You Can’t Argue With A Sick Mind
Edgar & Johnny Winter Together
Johnny Winter Captured Live!
Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart Bongo Fury
ZZ Top Fandango
You can get these albums from Amazon.com – Amazon.co.uk
The third official live concert bootleg has been released by The Rolling Stones in remastered form – LA Friday 75.
You can buy a copy from the Stones Archives. I bought it on Saturday but it’s going to take me some time to write a full review.
