Tag: 1980s classic rock

Live Classic Rock Albums From The 1980s

To help you to find albums that you like, I have organised this website around genres of music with the general guideline that albums should only belong to one or two genres.

My classic rock section consists of albums that are generally successful and don’t belong in one of the more specialised categories. Often groups will start in one category and as they become more successful, they broaden out their sound and become classic rock.

Classic Rock Live Albums From The 1980s

Bryan Adams Live Live Live 1988
Bon Jovi One Wild Night Live 1985-2001
Bon Jovi Rockin’ Live in Cleveland 1984
David Bowie Serious Moonlight
David Bowie Glass Spider Live 1987
Rick Danko Richard Manuel and Paul Butterfield Live At The Lone Star Cafe 1984
Dexy’s Midnight Runners The Projected Passion Revue 1981
Dexy’s Midnight Runners Too-Rye-Ay Deluxe Rarities 1982
Dexy’s Midnight Runners BBC Radio One Live in Concert 1982
Dexys Midnight Runners ‎The Radio 1 Sessions
Dire Straits Alchemy
The Doobie Brothers Live at the Greek Theater 1982
The Doobie Brothers Farewell Tour 1982
Duran Duran Live at Hammersmith ’82
Duran Duran Arena 1984
Duran Duran Live At The Beacon Theatre NYC 31st August 1987
Duran Duran BBC In Concert Manchester Apollo 25th April 1989
Bob Dylan Real Live 1984
Bob Dylan & The Dead
The Eagles The Eagles Live
Eurythmics Live 1983–1989
Peter Gabriel Plays Live 1982
Peter Gabriel Live In Athens 1987 (So 25th Anniversary)
J Geils Band Showtime 1982
Genesis Three Sides Live
Genesis Archive #2 1976-1992
Grateful Dead Dead Set 1980
Grateful Dead Without A Net 1989 1990
Hall & Oates Greatest Hits Live 1982
Hall & Oates Live At The Montreal Forum 1983
Heart Strange Night
Heart Live In Portland 89
Don Henley Don’t Look Back 1985
Joe Jackson Live At The BBC 1979 to 1983
Joe Jackson Live 1980 to 1986
The Jam Dig The New Breed
The Jam Live Jam
The Jam At The BBC 1977 to 1982
The Jam Fire & Skill The Jam Live 1977 to 1982
The Jam Live At Wembley (The Gift Super Deluxe) 1982
Jethro Tull Live at Hammersmith ’84
Elton John Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Journey Live In Houston 1981 The Escape Tour
Journey Greatest Hits Live 1981 1983
The Kinks One For The Road
The Kinks Live The Road 1987
Huey Lewis Sports 30th Anniversary
Nils Lofgren Moon Tears Live
Nils Lofgren Code Of The Road
Nils Lofgren Back It Up Live ’85
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band Budapest Live 1983
Paul McCartney Tripping The Live Fantastic (Full)
Meat Loaf Live at Wembley
Frankie Miller Live At Rockpalast 1976 1979 1982
Steve Miller Steve Miller Band Live!
Mink DeVille Live At Rockpalast
Robert Palmer At The BBC 1983
Robert Palmer Live At The Apollo 1988
Robert Palmer Maybe It’s Live
Tom Petty The Live Anthology 1976 to 2007
Tom Petty Pack Up the Plantation Live 1978 to 1985
Tom Petty Live To Air 1986
Tom Petty In The Coliseum 1987
Tom Petty Dean E Smith Activity Center University Of Carolina Sept 13 1989
Tom Petty Transmission Impossible
Pink Floyd Delicate Sound Of Thunder 1988
The Police Live
Queen Rock Montreal
Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl
Queen Live At Wembley
Queen Hungarian Rhapsody Live In Budapest ’86
Rainbow Final Vinyl
REM Songs For A Green World The Classic 1989 Broadcast
The Rolling Stones Still Life
Todd Rundgren King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents in Concert
Roxy Music Heart Still Beating 1982
Roxy Music The High Road
Rush Exit Stage Left
Rush Grace Under Pressure Tour 1984
Rush A Show of Hands 1988
Sad Cafe Live In Concert 1980
Bob Seger Nine Tonight
Simple Minds Live In The City Of Light
Spandau Ballet Live At The NEC 1986
Bruce Springsteen Live 1975 – 85
Bruce Springsteen Nassau Coliseum Uniondale New York 1980
Bruce Springsteen Arizona State University Tempe 1980
Bruce Springsteen Brendan Byrne Arena New Jersey 1984
Bruce Springsteen Los Angeles April 23 1988
Bruce Springsteen The Human Rights Broadcast Buenos Aires October 1988
Status Quo Live At The NEC
Status Quo Live At The BBC (2 CD Version)
Rod Stewart Live 1976 – 1998 Tonight’s The Night
Rod Stewart ‎Absolutely Live 1982
Sting Bring On The Night 1985
The Stranglers BBC In Concert 8th February 1982
Supertramp Live 1988
Thin Lizzy Live At The BBC 1971 to 1983
Thin Lizzy Live At The BBC Super Deluxe Box Set 1971 to 1983
Tina Turner Tina Live In Europe
U2 Live At The Hammersmith Palais Plus 1982
U2 Under A Blood Red Sky
U2 Rattle And Hum 1987
U2 Live From Paris
Joe Walsh All Night Long
The Who Live From Toronto
The Who Who’s Last
The Who Join Together 1989
The Who Greatest Hits Live
Wishbone Ash Live Dates 2
Neil Young Cow Palace 1986
ZZ Top Live In Germany

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The All Time Best Classic Rock Live Albums

I don’t have a readers poll on finding the best live classic rock albums from this decade but I do have a poll to find the best all time classic rock live albums.

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Because there are so many excellent classic rock live albums I have split the poll into two and you may find some of your favourites in the second division. Albums will be promoted when they get enough votes.

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Live classic rock albums by decade – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s –

Heart Strange Night 1980

Strange Night is a live recording by Heart.

This radio broadcast was recorded in 1980 when the band were promoting their fifth studio album Bebe Le Strange in Texas.

Playing on the album are

Ann Wilson: guitar and vocals, flute, violin, autoharp.
Nancy Wilson: guitar and vocals, mandolin, synthesizer, harmonica .
Steve Fossen: bass, percussion .
Howard Leese: keyboards, guitar, synthesizer, autoharp, mandolin, recorder, backing vocals .
Michael DeRosier: drums, percussion.

It was recorded at Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas on April 3, 1980.

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Status Quo Live At The BBC (2 CD Version) 1966 to 2005

Live At The BBC is a compilation of live recordings of Status Quo made by the BBC between 1966 and 2005.

It comes in three different versions:

2 CD best of
4 CD box-set
limited edition box-set of 7 CDs and a DVD

The DVD of Status Quo live at the BBC is also sold separately.

This page looks at the two CD version which is for everyone except Quo addicts who want more or even everything.

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Mink DeVille Live At Rockpalast 1978 1981

Live At Rockpalast 1978 1981 Is a live album and DVD by Mink DeVille.

It collects together concerts from two venues, the first recorded in Cologne on 16th June 1978, and the second, in Essen on 17-18th October 1981.

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REM Songs For A Green World The Classic 1989 Broadcast

Songs For A Green World The Classic 1989 Broadcast is a live recording by R.E.M.

It was recorded at the Orlando Arena in Florida on 30th April 1989 and broadcast on the radio.

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Bob Dylan & The Dead 1987

Dylan & The Dead is a souvenir of the 1987 tour by Bob Dylan backed by The Grateful Dead.

It was recorded in July 1987.

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Jethro Tull Live at Hammersmith ’84

Live at Hammersmith ’84 is a live album by Jethro Tull.

It was recorded at Hammersmith Odeon in London on 9th September 1984 and broadcast on BBC Radio 1’s Friday Rock Show.

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Duran Duran Live At The Beacon Theatre NYC 31st August 1987

A View To A Kill – 3:45
Notorious – 4:20
American Science – 5:25
Union Of The Snake – 4:22
Vertigo (Do The Demolition) – 6:08
New Religion – 5:50
Meet El Presidente – 4:24
Election Day – 6:49
Some Like It Hot – 4:59
The Chauffeur – 7:46
Skin Trade – 6:19
Hold Me / Dance To The Music – 6:35
Is There Something I Should Know – 4:41
Hungry Like The Wolf – 5:11

Duran Duran Live At The Beacon Theatre NYC 31st August 1987

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These links will help you get to the albums quickly and easily but I recommend that you still search for the best deal.

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The Best Live Albums Of All Time

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Paul McCartney Tripping The Live Fantastic (Full) 1989 1990

Tripping The Live Fantastic is a live album by Paul McCartney.

It was recorded during his world tour in 1989 and 1990 and was his first live album since the classic Wings Over America.

Back in 1976, McCartney had veered away from his Beatles heritage with the exception of a few songs. This time he emphasised his time as a member of the Fab Four and his solo career with much less emphasis on his recordings in the 1970s with Wings.

This was a triple vinyl album and double CD and a single CD of Highlights (mainly The Beatles tunes) was a much bigger seller. It’s an album I’ve listened to more often than the full version. That said, I’d have chosen some different highlights.

My Rating – 27 out of 30 this album is highly recommended

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Heart Live In Portland 89

Live In Portland 89 is a live album by Heart.

It was recorded in Portland, Oregon on May 12, 1989 and has been released by Air Cuts. I think this is a former radio broadcast and not an official release by the band. I’ve read that copyright protection on these albums is weaker in Europe.

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Manfred Mann’s Earth Band Budapest Live 1983

Budapest Live is a live album by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band.

It was recorded at the Sporthalle in Budapest, Hungary on April 6 and7 1983.

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