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Classic Rock Live Albums Recorded In 1979

Live albums include;

Eric Clapton Just One Night
Ian Hunter Welcome To The Club
The Jam At The BBC 1977 to 1982
Frankie Miller BBC In Concert 21st March 1979
The Police Live
Queen Live Killers
Rainbow Denver 1979
Rod Stewart Live 1976 – 1998 Tonight’s The Night
Supertramp Paris 1979
Wishbone Ash Live In Tokyo

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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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Bad Company Live In Concert 1977 & 1979

Live In Concert 1977 & 1979 is a live album by Bad Company.

It captures two concerts, two years apart:

  • CD 1 was recorded at The Summit, Houston, Texas on 23rd May 1977.
  • CD was recorded at The Empire Pool, Wembley, London – 9th March 1979.
  • one song, Hey Joe, comes from the show in Washington, DC.on June 26, 1979.

For some strange reason, it has taken nearly 40 years for Bad Company to release an official live album from their 1970s prime time. Mick Ralphs released Live In Albuquerque which captured a 1976 concert but other members of the band complained and it was immediately withdrawn.

Sadly I’d argue that the band was by this time in decline, peaking with their first  two studio albums.

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Supertramp Live In Paris 79

Live In Paris 79 is a live album and DVD by Supertramp and is an extended version of their first released live album, Paris.

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Supertramp Live Tracks With Breakfast In America Deluxe 1979

The Deluxe Edition of Breakfast In America by Supertramp has a second CD of live tracks from 1979.

Their live album Paris was recorded in 1979 but it excluded six songs from the concert which are included in this bonus CD together with other live recorded tracks from 1979. These six tracks are included on the CD/DVD combination Live In Paris ’79 but for those of us who have bought Paris, it is a great chance to get the missing songs.

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Hall & Oates Ecstasy On The Edge 1979

Ecstasy on the Edge is a live album by Daryl Hall and John Oates.

It was recorded at the Rainbow Music Hall, Denver in 1979.

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The Jam Live At The Brighton Centre December 1979 (sold with Setting Sons Super Deluxe)

Live At The Brighton Centre December 1979 is a live in concert recording by The Jam and is sold with Setting Sons Super Deluxe.

This box set includes three CDs and a DVD.

While their fourth studio album, Setting Sons is excellent, the interesting songs for lovers of live music are:

  • CD 2 Tracks 19 to 22 from a session for John Peel on BBC Radio 1 recorded on 29 October 1979.
  • CD 3 Tracks 1 to 20 recorded live at the Brighton Centre recorded in December 1979.
  • The DVD includes promotional videos, appearances on Top Of The Pops for Strange Town, When You´re Young, Eton Rifles and Going Underground and two songs for Something Else (When You´re Young, Eton Rifles).

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The Jam Fire & Skill The Jam Live 1977 to 1982

Fire & Skill: The Jam Live is a box-set of live recordings by The Jam.

It is a collection of six full concert recordings, one for each year they were together:

  • 100 Club in London on September 11 1977,
  • Music Machine on March 2, 1978,
  • Reading University in February 16, 1979,
  • Newcastle City Hall in October 28, 1980,
  • Hammersmith Palais in December 1981,
  • Wembley Arena in December 1982.

This exciting live box-set is due to be released October 30,  2015.

Previously we’ve been limited to the two live multi-year live compilation albums from the band – Dig The New Breed and Live Jam – together with the live in session and in concert Live At The BBC. Some tracks from the 1982 Wembley concerts have appeared as bonuses on re-releases of the Snap and The Gift.

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Rainbow Denver 1979

Denver 1979 is a live album by Rainbow. It has been released on vinyl and as an mp3 download by Cleopatra Records (UK) and Purple Pyramid Records (USA).

It was recorded on the Down To Earth tour and catches Rainbow in the transition phase between the hard rock band they were with Ronnie James Dio and the AOR band they became.

This features Graham Bonnett on vocals.

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Frankie Miller BBC In Concert 21st March 1979

Frankie Miller BBC In Concert 21st March 1979 is a live recording of Frankie Miller made by the BBC and broadcast on Radio 1.

It was recorded at the Paris Theatre in London.

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The Jam At The BBC 1977 to 1982

The Jam At The BBC is a collection of live in the studio and live in concert recordings made by the BBC between 1977 and 1981.

It comes in two forms:

  • The standard two CDs version with concerts from 1978 and 1981
  • A limited edition three CDs version with an extra concert from the 1979 Setting Sons tour.

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Rod Stewart Live 1976 – 1998 Tonight’s The Night

Live 1976 – 1998 Tonight’s The Night is a compilation live album by Rod Stewart that extends over 4 CDs.

The first disc is all from 1976, the second moves from 1976 to 1981, the third from 1984 to 1989 and the final disc from 1991 to 1998.

This then captures his career as he turned from a rocker with the Faces to a massively successful pop star.

The critical view is that he had “it” in the early 1970s with albums like Every Picture Tells A Story but he was losing it by the time Sailing and Atlantic Crossing appeared in 1975 and it was gone completely by the time that he turned to disco with Do Ya Think I’m Sexy.

That view probably needs to be refined. He continued to produce high quality singles with the odd exception, even if he’d lost that special creativity that he had in his younger days.

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