[kj] It's a Boxing Day miracle!

[Peter Moltesen]

Hi Paul

 

Fair enough I guess with regard to studio albums - I would completely agree.
I can think of many great studio albums that could 

never be played live.

 

With regard to live albums, though - all I can say is that two of my all
time favourite live albums, namely (and please don't laugh too much ;o) are

Judas Priest's Unleashed in the East and Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous -
both of which are now well known to be crawling with 

overdubs. This doesn't bother me as the songs on each are far better than
their original studio counterparts, in my opinion. 

I have plenty of (early, I would hasten to add) Priest & Lizzy bootlegs to
delve into if the urge takes me!!

 

Peter 

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Paul Rangecroft
Sent: 28 December 2011 11:59
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] It's a Boxing Day miracle!

 

Hi Peter.

No, I think studio albums are different. The point of a studio album is for
the band/artist to get the music as close to how they want it to sound as
possible.

If there is a point to live albums then it must be to capture something of
the essence of the gig. Bootlegs are usually terrible quality (I had to
reassure my ex, who had heard lots of bootlegs but had never been to a show,
that they really didn't sound that bad live before she went to her first
concert!) and I can't get to that many dates on a tour so I want live albums
to be authentic but sound good. I don't mind amplifying crowd noises or
editing out any little mistakes but I don't see the justification for
anything beyond that.

If I want to hear the best possible version of a song I'll just listen to
the studio version. Live albums should put you in the crowd, not convince
you that the band were much better on the night than they actually were.

On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Peter Moltesen <sneakypete at uwclub.net>
wrote:

 

Should live albums be genuinely live, or should they sound as good as
possible?

 

Should studio albums be recorded with the band playing straight through in
the studio without overdubs too?

I've not got a problem with overdubbed live albums - if the end result
justifies the means does it really matter?

If I want to know what a band sounds like live I'll go and see them and / or
listen to bootlegs 

Peter

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