| Author | Message | ||
  isaiah imani (isaiah) 4-Laureate Username: isaiah Post Number: 162 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 216.148.246.156 |
I didn't say 1Wicked, I said MOST Wickedest live album performance from a sho nuff soul man or woman artist...(smile!) Listen, 1Wicked, I was up in the supermarket recently, and suddenly Marvin's Distant Lover Live came over the speakers, and stopped everybody from shopping, particularly during the parts of the song when the audience at that long ago concert explodes into ecstatic screams... The thing is ethereal, man, and you can feel 30 years later what that audience must've been feeling in that steamy joint with the weed blowin'a groove orgy up in there...(whew!) Sam's Harlem Square piece is my favorite next to Marvin's Distant Lover - ironic aint it???(smile!) Well, those are my two choices.... Perhaps, Earth Wind & Fire doing their REASONS thing??? What's y'alls??? Peace! Isaiah | ||
1wicked (1wicked) 5-Doyen Username: 1wicked Post Number: 345 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 12.102.44.68 |
Isaiah: Ya know...Classic Soul can just have that effect...then, now, & forevermore ! But speaking of Marvin Gaye...log in to www.BroadcastURBAN.com. Go to Stevie Wonder's KJLH and at some point request (fax or e-mail ?) their re-mix of "Let's Get It On". I'm usually a purist & don't go in for this sort of thing (messing with the Classics)...but using the same vocal track & totally different instrumentation, they breathe new life into "LGIO" & almost made me forget that Marvin was no longer with us ! It sounds like something Marvin might have just dropped on us. I'm tellin' ya...it's a Stepper's Groove that'll even make the Chi-town folks say "Arrrrrrah who ??" | ||
Soul Sister (soul_sister) 6-Zenith Username: soul_sister Post Number: 1921 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.234.10.241 |
For me it's JAMES BROWN LIVE at the APOLLO-1967, having been there for that recording it really brings back the memories of each special moment!! S.S. | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 5-Doyen Username: chidrummer Post Number: 263 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 67.173.156.129 |
I've dropped this one before: Parlament Funkadelic doing Mothership Connection and Dr. Funkenstein from the Live P-Funk Earth Tour is the best! Sade - Is it a crime from Sade, Live | ||
Gary (gary) 5-Doyen Username: gary Post Number: 218 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.73.238.2 |
Parliament Funkadelic works for me, too. George's Mothership, Aqua Boogie, and Atomic Dog tours in the late 70s and early 80s rocked better than anybody Some of the best live shows I've ever seen. Chi Drummer...which album contains the live version of "Cosmic Slop"? That one is a monsta. | ||
isaiah imani (isaiah) 4-Laureate Username: isaiah Post Number: 166 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 216.148.246.92 |
Oh, one I forgot, Gene Chandler on that Rainbow '65... Damn, right up there with Marvin and Sam, and all them honeys just a squealin' with ecstatsy! Who said Aint Too Proud to Beg???! Gene wrote da book of beggin' on that cut(smile!) Peace! Isaiah | ||
Kdubya (paladin) 6-Zenith Username: paladin Post Number: 418 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 152.132.8.197 |
Give me some Paul Williams : 1. For Once In My Life (Live at Copa) 2. Dont Look Back (Live At RoosterTail) | ||
Tony Russi (tony_russi) 5-Doyen Username: tony_russi Post Number: 285 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.157.55.216 |
I would have to say James Brown Live at the Apollo Volume 1 and the Motortown Revue Vol.II(Live at the Detroit Fox Theater). | ||
Morgan (leeway) 4-Laureate Username: leeway Post Number: 120 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.104.139.161 |
What about Betty Wright's "Tonight is the Night"? | ||
1wicked (1wicked) 5-Doyen Username: 1wicked Post Number: 348 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.126.64.72 |
Morgan: "Tonight Is The Night" is (reportedly) not a "LIVE" cut. Listen to the background audience noise & the lack of modulation...+ the fact that it sounds like it was looped. If it were true audience participation...there would be highs and lows in the sound level. | ||
Spyder Turner (spyder_turner) 4-Laureate Username: spyder_turner Post Number: 157 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 68.42.246.252 |
FOR ME IT'S JAMES BROWN LIVE AT THE APOLLO CHUCK JACKSON LIVE AT THE APOLLO SAM COOKE LIVE TA THE COPA THE TEMPTATIONS LIVE | ||
Morgan (leeway) 4-Laureate Username: leeway Post Number: 124 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.104.139.161 |
Well in that case....OOPS! | ||
isaiah imani (isaiah) 5-Doyen Username: isaiah Post Number: 175 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 216.148.246.92 |
1Wicked, I gotta try that site, man... I've heard a lot of Marvin's old stuff being redone, or remixed, or live, and that guy was always experimenting...(smile!) A friend of mine let me listen to a live version of Come Get to This that was slowed down, and given a whole other vibe... Sounded great, though I'll take the album version of the song... I just like getting different takes from Marvin... He always brought something different and fresh to the mix... Peace! Isaiah | ||
Kdubya (paladin) 6-Zenith Username: paladin Post Number: 421 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 152.132.8.197 |
Morgan, 1Wicked is right, although a stone jam the audience was added to the recording on that particular song. | ||
Iris Smith (hellostranger) 2-Debutant Username: hellostranger Post Number: 22 Registered: 9-2004 Posted From: 68.76.84.240 |
Temptations live, and "The Miracles Live" Iris | ||
Stu-62 (stu62) 1-Arriviste Username: stu62 Post Number: 9 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.81.234.237 |
I'd like to nominate two great live albums put out by Atlantic around 1964. The first was recorded at the Uptown in Philly and featured the Drifters, Vibrations, Patty & the Emblems and several others. The other was recorded live at the Apollo with Otis Redding, the Coasters, Patti & the Bluebelles and others. As both were engineered by Tom Dowd, they sound great, especially for that era. One was released on Atco, the other on Atlantic, but I think of them as a matched set. These two discs capture a great moment--just as Sixties Soul was ready to explode. I don't think either is currently available on American CDs, which is a great shame. Best wishes, Stu Green | ||
Destruction (destruction) 6-Zenith Username: destruction Post Number: 510 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 199.173.225.24 |
Gratitude - EWF | ||
count (the_count) 4-Laureate Username: the_count Post Number: 122 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 69.14.232.231 |
Gary, "Hard Core Jollies" Funkadelic 1976 had the live "COSMIC SLOP" The non live version is on the "COSMIC SLOP" album, the non live is 5min. 7sec. long. Both bad as hell. The lyrics are kool as to what the song is about. "COUNT"   | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 5-Doyen Username: chidrummer Post Number: 272 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 24.15.230.23 |
It's also available on P-Funk All Stars, Live at the Beverly Theater in Hollywood and on the four disk set Parliament Funkadelic Live 1976-93. The track off of Hardcore Jollies is still the best though. | ||
1wicked (1wicked) 5-Doyen Username: 1wicked Post Number: 351 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.126.64.72 |
Count: Sorry about the CRS..but are there two live versions of Cosmic Slop, or am I thinking of another Funkadelic cut...recorded in an airplane hangar somewhere ? It just seems like it was later than '76...whichever cut it is that I'm thinking of. | ||
David Meikle (david_meikle) 6-Zenith Username: david_meikle Post Number: 440 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 81.130.211.124 |
Four Tops Live Temptations Live (Both at the Roostertail) Gene Chandler Rainbow '65 | ||
Gary (gary) 5-Doyen Username: gary Post Number: 227 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.73.238.2 |
Count and 1Wicked...thanks for the head's up. I was thinking of the "Hardcore Jollies" version. George was in full effect on that one. | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 2857 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
I would have to put Millie Jackson's Live & Uncensored on this list. If you've heard it, you know what I mean. I would also include Sylvesters' Living Proof on this LP. No so much for the Disco stuff, but he actually had some pretty damn good music on that LP. However, merely on the strength of the fact that he unleashed the bomb known as Two Tons Of Fun & their masterpiece, You Are My Friend. That is simply one of the greatest live performances that I've ever heard! | ||
isaiah imani (isaiah) 5-Doyen Username: isaiah Post Number: 191 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 216.148.246.92 |
Juice, right on point on the Sylvester piece... That rendition of You Are My Friend is right up there at the top of all live stuff... Masterpiece of live performance, no doubt(smile!) Peace! Isaiah | ||
Gary (gary) 5-Doyen Username: gary Post Number: 230 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.73.238.2 |
Juice and Isaiah...Aside from Martha and Izora's incredible vocals on "You Are My Friend", check out Sylvester's backup band. Those cats are TIGHT. The elegant keyboard work, the crisp drumming, the classy flute arrangement during the intro to the song, those dynamitte cresendos during the chorus ("Been around, and around...). You said it right: A Masterpiece. |
