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Ziggy Stardust
09-29-2009, 09:31 AM
So far, I can think of

Kiss: Kiss Alive II
Peter Frampton: Frampton Comes Alive
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band: Live Bullet

Others?
bert
09-29-2009, 09:36 AM
So far, I can think of

Kiss: Kiss Alive II
Peter Frampton: Frampton Comes Alive
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band: Live Bullet

Others?

wrong KISS album. It was "KISS: Alive!" that broke em as it captured the raw energy of the live show.

Cheap Trick: Live at Budokon was HUGE for them, but they were already fairly popular before that.
Ziggy Stardust
09-29-2009, 09:38 AM
wrong KISS album. It was "KISS: Alive!" that broke em as it captured the raw energy of the live show.

I feel shame for my faulty memory! :redface:

Cheap Trick: Live at Budokon was HUGE for them, but they were already fairly popular before that.

GREAT call on this one!
wrecksracer
09-29-2009, 11:19 AM
Live and Dangerous
Rob Allen
09-29-2009, 12:11 PM
The Grateful Dead: Live Dead
Spike-X
09-29-2009, 04:42 PM
I don't know if this counts, but a lot of Bruce Springsteen's popularity in the 70s came from live bootlegs that were being circulated. Hearing Piece de Resistance (Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ September 19th 1978 and yes I typed all that from memory) when I was in high school turned me from a fan into A Fan.
Spike-X
09-29-2009, 04:43 PM
It was "KISS: Alive!" that broke em as it captured the raw energy of the live show.

Ironic, for an album that was (allegedly) full of studio overdubs.
Ziggy Stardust
09-30-2009, 06:13 AM
Ironic, for an album that was (allegedly) full of studio overdubs.

Same thing was said of another album that can arguably be entered in this thread.

Judas Priest: Unleashed In The East
Dennis K
09-30-2009, 06:01 PM
U.F.O.

anyone? anyone?
The Confessor
09-30-2009, 07:01 PM
What about the MC5 - Kick Out The Jams?
Jonathan Bogart
09-30-2009, 11:08 PM
What about the MC5 - Kick Out The Jams?
Great record, but I'm not sure where, exactly, they broke through to with it. Rock & roll immortality, sure. Sales? Not exactly; it did the best of any of their records, but that wasn't much.
Black Francis
10-01-2009, 09:43 AM
Matisyahu - Live @ Stubbs
The Confessor
10-01-2009, 08:15 PM
Great record, but I'm not sure where, exactly, they broke through to with it. Rock & roll immortality, sure. Sales? Not exactly; it did the best of any of their records, but that wasn't much.


Yeah, you're right...I did think of that when I posted it but figured, well it did cement their place in the annals of rock history, so what the hell.
Abomination
10-14-2009, 09:18 PM
U.F.O.

anyone? anyone?

Strangers in the Night is probably the greatest live album of all time. It captures that band in a way that has never been shown in the studio.

I just saw them last night in Dayton, Ohio. Rock Bottom and Doctor, Doctor are two fantastic rock songs. It's a shame more people don't know about them.
jdwrocks
10-14-2009, 09:28 PM
Don't know if they ever had a "breakthrough" album, but Live in Yugoslovia is the album I remember from Anti-Nowhere League.
Black Francis
10-16-2009, 01:14 PM
NOFX - I Heard They Suck Live!!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f6/IHeardTheySuckLive_albumcover.jpg
Ziggy Stardust
10-19-2009, 06:19 AM
Strangers in the Night is probably the greatest live album of all time. It captures that band in a way that has never been shown in the studio.

I just saw them last night in Dayton, Ohio. Rock Bottom and Doctor, Doctor are two fantastic rock songs. It's a shame more people don't know about them.

I frequently listen to the Phenomenon CD.
Magnificent Bastard
10-19-2009, 05:27 PM
Matisyahu - Live @ Stubbs

Oooh I love that cd. Wish he had blown up like he should have.