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 –

Bruce Springsteen Los Angeles April 23 1988

Los Angeles, April 23, 1988 is an archive released live recording of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band with the Horns Of Love.

It was recorded at the Los Angeles Sports Arena during the Tunnel Of Love tour and is available from liveBruceSpringsteen.net.

This follows on from previous archive recordings from 1975, 1978, 1980 and 1984 that have been released in the same way.

After the worldwide success of Born In the USA in 1984/85, Springsteen went back into his shell with the Tunnel Of Love album and whilst it sold well, it lacked the commerciality of his earlier album.

By this stage Nils Lofgren was a member of the E Street Band after Miami Steve Van Zandt had left. His future wife and mother of three children, Patti Scialfi was also a member.

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Thin Lizzy Live At The BBC 1971 to 1983

Live At The BBC is a collection of live recordings made by the BBC of Thin Lizzy performing live in concert and in the studio.

It comes in two versions:

a 2 CD set (this page)
a 7 disc boxset which has 6 CDs and a DVD

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Tom Petty Dean E Smith Activity Center University Of Carolina Sept 13 1989

Dean E Smith Activity Center University Of Carolina Sept 13 1989 is a live album by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

It was recorded on the Strange Behaviour tour as they promoted Petty’s solo album Full Moon Fever. This is a radio broadcast that has now been released on CD and mp3 (in the UK) on the Klondike label so it isn’t a TP approved product.

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Huey Lewis Sports 30th Anniversary

Sports 30th Anniversary is a reissue of the studio album that made Huey Lewis and the News success around the world.

It’s interesting to lovers of live recordings because there is a bonus disc with live versions of the songs.

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Bruce Springsteen Brendan Byrne Arena New Jersey 1984

Brendan Byrne Arena, New Jersey 1984 is an archive released live album by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

It was recorded in East Rutherford on August 5, 1984 and is only available through live.brucespringsteen.net

By this stage, the Born In The USA album had seen him switch to performing in huge stadiums. Nils Lofgren had replaced Miami Steve Van Zandt.

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U2 Rattle And Hum 1987

Rattle And Hum is a part studio and part live album by U2 and was the follow-up to The Joshua Tree.

There is also a DVD called Rattle And Hum by U2.

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Robert Palmer Live At The Apollo 1988

Live At The Apollo is a live album by Robert Palmer.

It was recorded recorded at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York City on December 15, 1988 while the singer was promoting his Heavy Nova album.

In the mid 1970s there were three British rock and soul singers who weren’t getting the success they deserved – Jess Roden, Frankie Miller and Robert Palmer. Palmer became a big star in the 1980s.

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Tom Petty Live To Air 1986

Tom Petty Live To Air is a radio broadcast that has been released as a live album by The Store For Music label. It was recorded in Buffalo in July 1986 and also features Bob Dylan.

This is not officially recognised by Tom Petty but (I think) it squeezes through the copyright laws in Europe.