Posted on 07/31/2024 6:36:22 PM PDT by traderrob6
I have had similar thoughts to this concept of song performed better live than the studio version. How about songs that never had a studio version, some of the songs listed here may fit that category. The one song I have always thought of is
Jackson Browne - The Load Out/Stay (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rukvfk9a6rY
Stay is actually an older song that he paired with The Load Out.
“Stay” is a doo-wop song written by Maurice Williams and first recorded in 1960 by Williams with his group the Zodiacs.
The original recording of “Stay” was the shortest single ever to reach the top of the American record charts at that time, at 1 minute 36 seconds. (According to the record label, the Four Seasons’ version (see below) was even shorter, at 1:30, and remains the shortest charting record of all time, although it did not reach #1.)
There was a another song on juke boxes in the 80s that was about 30 seconds long. I can’t remember the name.
AC/DC - If you want blood, you got it. The whole album.
The live songs on Running on Empty are fantastic. It’s my favorite quasi-live album of all time. Criminally underated.
U2’s live version of “New Years Day” from Live Under a Blood Red Sky is far superior to the studio version on War.
Baby It’s You....Beatles live at the BBC
Burn Down The Mission...11/17/70
The entire Bob Marley and the Wailers live album
Yup.
“Cheap trick at Budokan seems to not have a non live version also.”
Had a roommate who was a dj. Had his setup in the apartment. Quiet guy when not in the nightclub.
When the new neighbors set out to play their music way too loud we didn’t bother with the cops or the landlord. He carefully selected to play “Cheap Trick at Budokan” on his system at 500w and almost blew the bldg out. After five minutes, he shut it off.
They never did that again while living there.
Peace and quiet reigned.
“Many of the Allman Brothers tunes sound better on the Fillmore East live album — or at least epic in their own right — than the studio versions of those songs.”
Definitely “Whipping Post”. The bulk of the tunes on Fillmore East were not on the studio recorded LPs.
Call Me the Breeze by JJ Cale
Later
Frampton - Live
Segar - Live Bullet
J. Geils Band - Live Full House
Deep Purple - Live The Highway Star
Cheap Trick - Live I Want You to Want Me
“Conquistador” live in Denmark is even better than “Whiter Shade of Pale”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-zti_qAHsA
Foghat - Slow Ride
Jackson Browne’s cover of Danny O’Keefe’s “The Road” is quite exceptional on his “semi-live” album!
Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
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