Best live album ever - Saxon!

Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith
Iron Maiden - Live after Death
Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East
Motörhead - Everything Louder Than Everyone Else
Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out


I haven't The Eagle has landed III so far, but it is on my wantlist. The only Saxon Live that I have is The Eagle has landed (the first one from 82 on vinyl), but a very good live album as well.

Not a Saxon fan, however, I haven't heard much of their material anyways (It's on my to do list).

My favorite live records are:

Kiss - Alive
Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous
Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East
Motorhead - No Sleep Til Hammersmith
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes
Iron Maiden - Maiden Japan
Cheap Trick - Live At Budokan
Foghat - Live

one and only as i said before somewhere before ...

KISS ALIVE !

ultmetal wrote:

Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo
Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
Kiss - Alive!

Ult hit the nail on the head there ....

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I can't believe he took a picture like this!!! In a John, no less! I guess I'm just 3-5 years too young to "get" this?!?!

Well I've got a few that rank high up there

scottmitchell74 wrote:

I can't believe he took a picture like this!!! In a John, no less! I guess I'm just 3-5 years too young to "get" this?!?!

Woo, that white spandex pants and zebra stripe cod piece combo was just the GINCHIEST!!!!

Pix like these kinda make me glad in a way that the 80s are over.

candlemass wrote:

If your gonna go w/the Scorps, go w/"Tokyo Tapes, way better then "World Wide Cheese"!

Missing way to many great songs that weren't quite out yet for me I'm afraid.

smurf poo forgot about these:

Sodom - One Night In Bangkok
Kreator - Live Kreation
Slayer - Decade of Aggression
Slayer - Live Undead
Motorhead - No Sleep Til Hammersmith
Motorhead - No Sleep At All
Wasp - Live in the Raw
Dio - Inferno: The Last In Live
AC/DC - Live
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio

KISS - Alive!
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Judas Priest - Unleased In The East

The Who--Live At Leeds
Led Zeppelin--How The West Was Won
Metallica--Live Sh*t: Binge And Purge
Aerosmith--Live Bootleg, A Little South Of Sanity, and Rockin' The Joint
Deep Purple--Made In Japan

SLAYER - DECADE OF AGGRESSION

I guess this being about saxon is no longer a possibility.

SoldierUnderCommand wrote:

I guess this being about saxon is no longer a possibility.

I tried to steer it there for you but I guess it didn't work. Now I will mention some live albums I really enjoy:

Dream Theater-Score
Dream Theater-Live At Budakon (sic?)
Dream Theater-Once In A Livetime
Iron Maiden-Live After Death
Iron Maiden-Rock In Rio
Dio-Inferno Live
Judas Priest-Live Meltdown (I know, I need to hear their classic live albums)
Megadeth-That One Night
Kamelot-One Cold Winter's Night
Sonata Arctica-For The Sake Of Revenge
Kiss-Alive III (I have not heard the first two)
Grave Digger-25 To Live
Heaven & Hell-Live At Radio City Music Hall
Iced Earth-Alive In Athens
Testament-Live In London
Bruce Dickinson-Live In Studio A
Helloween-High Live
Hammerfall-One Crimson Night
Alice Cooper-Brutally Live
Blind Guardian-Live

Alive in Athens

I left out a couple:

Savatage - Live Devastation
W.A.S.P. - Double Live Assassins

I haven't heard a lot of live albums ,but out of what I've heard I'll say this
Mayhem - Live In Leipzig

Fat Freddy wrote:

scottmitchell74 wrote:

I can't believe he took a picture like this!!! In a John, no less! I guess I'm just 3-5 years too young to "get" this?!?!

Woo, that white spandex pants and zebra stripe cod piece combo was just the GINCHIEST!!!!

Pix like these kinda make me glad in a way that the 80s are over.

The most disturbing thing is no one bothered to flush first.

SoldierUnderCommand wrote:

That's not a BIFF! (notice the urinal full of piss to his right)



There now, that's a BIFF!

Where is Uncle Saxon?

Here I is.

Best live album ever? The Eagle Has Landed.

Also enjoy:
King's X - Live all over the Place (and all 73 King's X bootlegs I own)
V/A - Doomsday News III: Thrashing East Live
V/A - Ultimate Revenge pt 2
Ozzy - Speak of the Devil (could care less for the tunes, just because it is the heaviest thing Brad Gillis ever did, and I love his playing!)
Blue Murder - Screaming Blue Murder: Trib to PL
Black Flag - Live '84
Bad Brains - The youth Are Getting Restless
Bob Marley - Babylon by Bus
various Metallica boots from the MOP tours
Raven - Live at the Inferno
Accept - Kaizoku-Ban
Impaler - Alive beyond the Grave
Big Head Todd - Live Monsters
Gang Green - Can't Live without it
Dark Angel - Live Scars
SYL - No Sleep till Bedtime
Twisted Sister - Hammersmith
Jellyfish - Comes Alive/Scarey-Go-Round
October 31 - Stagefright
ADX - Live Sentence
Loudness - Loud n Raw

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Not a Saxon fan, however, I haven't heard much of their material anyways (It's on my to do list).

Neither did Soldier, until a couple of years ago. It is one band that you should seriously check into. I am not being biased - most metalheads that have heard thier stuff will tell you what a terrific and groundbreaking band the were/are. And just a side note - in the early 80's, they were just as popular worldwide as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest (except here in the states), so that should tell ya something right there!

Live After Death
Alive in Athens

But my favorite is Children of Bodom's Tokyo Warhearts. I had to import it from Japan, but it was worth it! It was a great inspiration to me to kick more ass at guitar. Those guys were all like in their late teens/early twenties when they did that show and it was still awesome.

On topic, sort of, I've only heard a little bit of Saxon. However, what I heard was pretty sweet. To get a good Saxon experience, should I just grab one of their live ones, or is there a good compilation album out there?

Heres some faves with a comment of two.


The Birthday Party - Live 1981-82 (1999)
Members of the Birthday Party are still serving life sentances for 'noise terrorism' after this live documentation of howling, screeching white noise! Music doesn't get heavier than this.

Thee Hypnotics - Live'r Than God (1989)
Also wins best named live album too.

Circus Of Power - Still Alive... (1989)
How can you lose when you have those huge righteous grooves live infront of a bar of drunken bikers in Detroit.

The Stooges - Metallic K.O. (1976)
This is truly the Stooges on a 'death trip'. Forget the lo-fi recording, Iggy's egging on and macho posturing infront of the local biker gang is probably documented live music's greatest moment. Comes complete with the sounds of smashing beer bottles.

MC5 - Kick Out The Jams (1969)
Only one thing to say, "KICK OUT THE JAMS MOTHERF*CKERS".

Forgot:

Savatage-Japan Live '94 (my only listening experience of Savatage live, can't find some of the other ones around here)
Children Of Bodom-Chaos Ridden Years

Honorable Mention (since I have the DVD version and not the CD version otherwise I'd count it as one of the best live albums IMO): Saviour Machine-Live in Deutschland (If availiable I need to locate this one ASAP)