I will always think of 1977 as the year of punk rock. The first singles and albums by the Sex Pistols, The Clash and the The Damned were released and from the USA, Talking Heads and Television appeared to help turn punk into new wave.
Live albums were still thriving thanks to the amazing popularity of Frampton Comes Alive which was the big hit released (not recorded) in the year.
Classic live albums are led by Live & Dangerous by Thin Lizzy and there are plenty of much less well known albums to enjoy.
Live albums recorded in 1977 include:
AC/DC Live From The Atlantic Studios
AC/DC Cleveland Rocks
AC/DC San Francisco ’77
Albion Band Vintage Albion Band On The Road
The Albion Band Live at the Cambridge Folk Festival
Alice Cooper – The Alice Cooper Show
Average White Band Live At Montreux
Barclay James Harvest – Live Tapes
Be Bop Deluxe – Live In The Air Age
Elvin Bishop Raisin’ Hell
Blondie The Old Waldorf San Francisco
Jackson Browne – Running On Empty
Jack Bruce Spirit Live at the BBC
Burning Spear Burning Spear Live
Buzzcocks Live at the Roxy Club April 77
Camel – A Live Record
Alex Chilton Ocean Club 77
Commodores – Commodores Live
Sandy Denny Gold Dust Live At The Royalty
Ian Dury On The Stiff’s Live Stiffs
801 Live At Hull
Elvis Costello – Live At The Nashville Rooms
Dr Feelgood Down at the BBC In Concert
Emerson Lake & Palmer – Works Live
Emerson Lake & Palmer The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults vol 2
Foghat – Live
Generation X Radio 1 Sessions
Genesis – Seconds Out
Ian Gillan Band Live At The Budokan
Grateful Dead To Terrapin Hartford ’77
Grateful Dead Winterland June 1977 The Complete Recordings
Hall & Oates Livetime
Harmonium En Tournee
Steve Hillage Live At The Rainbow
Steve Hillage Live Herald
The Jam Fire & Skill The Jam Live
The Kinks At The BBC (Box Set)
Kiss – Kiss Alive 2
Lindisfarne Magic In The Air
Locanda Delle Fate Locanda Delle Fate Live
Nils Lofgren – Night After Night
Nils Lofgren Hanging Tough
Lone Star – BBC Live In Concert
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush Live
The Marshall Tucker Band – Stompin’ Room Only
The Marshall Tucker Band Carolina Dreams Tour 77
John Martyn BBC Live In Concert
John Miles BBC Radio One Live in Concert
Frankie Miller’s Full House BBC In Concert 3rd May 1977
Muddy Waters Breakin It Up Breakin It Down 1977 with Johnny Winter and James Cotton
Ted Nugent – Double Live Gonzo
Ohio Players – Jam
The Only Ones Darkness And Light The Complete BBC Recordings
Outlaws – Bring It Back Alive
Paice Ashton Lord Paice Ashton Lord Live
Paice Ashton Lord BBC Radio 1 In Concert
Graham Parker BBC Live In Concert
Graham Parker Live On The Test
Graham Parker Official Bootleg Box
Graham Parker Not If It Pleases Me
Parliament – Live P-Funk Earth Tour
Parliament Funkadelic Live 1976-1993
Dolly Parton Live At The Bottom Line
Tom Petty Anything That’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Live At My Fathers Place Roslyn New York City
Tom Petty The New York Shuffle
Planet Gong Floating Anarchy Live
Poco The Last Roundup
Iggy Pop TV Eye
Racing Cars In Concert
Radio Stars Something for the Weekend
Rainbow Live In Munich
The Ramones – It’s Alive
Lou Reed Transmission Impossible
Renaissance The BBC Sessions
Jess Roden – Live At The BBC
The Rolling Stones – Love You Live
Otis Rush Live in Europe
The Saints – Live At The Hope & Anchor
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – Live At The Bottom Line Aug 20, 1977
Bob Seger Live Boston
The Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks Live
Slade – Alive Volume 2
Spirit Rock and Roll Planet
Stephen Stills Live in Concert
The Stranglers Live at the Hope and Anchor
The Stranglers BBC In Concert 23rd April 1977
Streetwalkers Streetwalkers Live
Talking Heads – The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
Tangerine Dream Encore
10cc – Live And Let Live
10cc – Live In Concert
Thin Lizzy – Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy Still Dangerous
The Tubes What Do You Want From Live
Tom Waits A Small Affair In Ohio
Van Der Graaf Generator After the Flood Van Der Graaf Generator At The BBC
Various Artists Live At The Roxy
Grover Washington Jr – Live At The Bijou
Wire Live At The Roxy London April 1st & 2nd 1977
X-Ray Spex Live At The Roxy
Yes – Yesshows
Frank Zappa Sheik Yerbouti
Frank Zappa Baby Snakes
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The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults vol 2 is an 8 CD set of live concert recordings by Emerson Lake & Palmer.
These are:
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Live Boston 1977 is an unofficial live album by Bob Seger released by Nova Sales & Distribution (UK) Ltd.
If you want a great live album by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band then first buy Live Bullet and Nine Tonight. Both are terrific.
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San Francisco ’77 is a recording of AC/DC performing live in concert.
It was recorded at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco in 1977 and has been released on the Iconography label.
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Dick’s Picks Volume 29 is a live album by the Grateful Dead.
It was recorded on May 19, 1977, at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, and on May 21, 1977, at the Lakeland Civic Center Arena in Lakeland, Florida. The bonus tracks were recorded on October 11, 1977 at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma.
It was released in June 2003.
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To Terrapin Hartford ’77 is a live album by the Grateful Dead.
It was recorded at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut on May 28, 1977.
My Rating – 28 out of 30 (9 +10 + 9)
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Live is a live album by Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush.
It was recorded in the Southern United States in late 1977.
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Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings is a collection of live concerts by the Grateful Dead.
It was recorded on the nights of June 7, 8, 9, 1977.
A Small Affair In Ohio is a live recording by Tom Waits.
It was originally recorded in Cleveland in 1977 for a radio broadcast.
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Radio 1 Sessions is a compilation of live in the studio recordings of Generation X made by the BBC between 1977 and 1979.
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Vintage Albion Band On The Road is a collection of live recordings by the Albion Band between 1977 and 1982.
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