Post subject: Live albums that aren't quite so "live"
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 4:33 pm
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So I was just listening to Cheap Trick's Live at Budokan (not entirely sure why) and I was pretty amazed by the amount of obvious overdubs I could hear-- additional guitar and doubletracked vocals all around.
Which live albums have you heard that are ridiculously overdubbed? What's "fixed" in them? And does it bother you?
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Post subject: Re: Live albums that aren't quite so "live"
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 4:34 pm
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theplatypus wrote:
So I was just listening to Cheap Trick's Live at Budokan (not entirely sure why) and I was pretty amazed by the amount of obvious overdubs I could hear-- additional guitar and doubletracked vocals all around.
Which live albums have you heard that are ridiculously overdubbed? What's "fixed" in them? And does it bother you?
The Fleetwood Mac reunion tour live album comes to mind, my friend was listening to it the other day and I was thinking how this doesn't even sound live.
Post subject: Re: Live albums that aren't quite so "live"
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 4:39 pm
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Thin Lizzy's Live And Dangerous is supposed to be one of the best live albums you'll ever hear, but also has some studio overdubs on it. Doesn't fuckin matter though 'cos it truly is a kick ass way to spend an hour
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Post subject: Re: Live albums that aren't quite so "live"
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 4:55 pm
Supersonic
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Phil Ochs in Concert is an incredible record, but supposedly almost all of the vocals had to be redone in the studio because he was so nervous at the show.
Post subject: Re: Live albums that aren't quite so "live"
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 5:18 pm
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The Who's Kids are alright record had to have the drums re-recorded for the live tracks from Shepperton studios segments(which were as it turned out, also Keith Moons last performance with the band ever) simply because Moon was so all over the place on the day.
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The song remains the same? I think. Or at least the album audio is different to the dvd audio or something.
That's because they soundtrack and film both used parts of different shows. I wouldn't be surprised if there were studio overdubs though. Jimmy Page did some overdubs for How the West Was Won.
Post subject: Re: Live albums that aren't quite so "live"
Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 1:49 am
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Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East, vocals supposedly redone live in the studio. David Bowie - Stages, many overdubs due to substance abuse problems Ozzy - Any of his live albums, major vocal overdubs
Post subject: Re: Live albums that aren't quite so "live"
Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 4:47 am
Yeah Yeah Yeah
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Nighthawks at the Diner isn't entirely live, is it?
Get Your Ya-Ya's Out is pretty famous for having a lot of overdubs. Not being a Stones fan, it doesn't bother me either way.
The Grateful Dead's Europe '72 has quite a few overdubs supposedly, especially on the vocals. Having heard some gigs proper from that same year, I fully support the overdubs. It's one of their most beautiful records.
Miles Davis's '70's live albums are very heavily edited--Live-Evil in particular. As performance, it's fairly stifled compared to the Cellar Door sessions that produced it, but as an art piece, the edited cuts do have their own character, especially when pitted against the little studio sketches. At Fillmore from earlier in 1970 also has a pretty notorious reputation for being ruined by bad editing.
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