Mojo's Best Live Albums of All Time Albums

Mojo's Best Live Albums of All Time

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List of the top live music albums of all time, as ranked by the editors of Mojo Magazine. This compiles the best live recorded albums ever released, with a focus on rock and roll music. Some of the celebrated live artists included are Frank Sinatra, Cream, The Velvet Underground, and Van Morrison.

The list was originally run in Mojo Magazine's 60th issue in November of 1998. It is listed in chronological order by the release date of the album (not the live performance itself, which in some cases was recorded well before.)

Significantly, no live albums from the 1980s were included in the list. Mojo jumps right from the mid-1970s to the release of Nirvana's "Unplugged in New York" in 1993.
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  1. 1

    Unwritten Law

    Unwritten Law
  2. 2

    The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings

    John Coltrane Quartet
    John Coltrane
  3. 3

    Live At The Apollo Volume 1

    James Brown, Released in 1962
  4. 4

    Live At Harlem Square Club

    Sam Cooke, Released in 1963
  5. 5

    Live At The Star Club Hamburg

    Jerry Lee Lewis, Released in 1964
  6. 6

    Live at the Regal

    B.B. King
    B.B.King, Released in 1965
  7. 7

    Live At The Plugged Nickel

    Miles Davis, Released in 1965
  8. 8

    Dream Letter

    Tim Buckley, Released in 1968
  9. 9
    MC5
    MC5, Released in 1968
  10. 10

    Live Cream Vol. 2

    Cream, Released in 1968
  11. 11

    At San Quentin

    Johnny Cash
    Johnny Cash, Released in 1969
  12. 12

    Live/Dead

    Grateful Dead
  13. 13

    Live With Lou Reed

    The Velvet Underground, Released in 1969
  14. 14

    Get Your Ya Ya’s Out

    The Rolling Stones, Released in 1969
  15. 15
    The Who
    The Who, Released in 1970
  16. 16
    The Allman Brothers Band
    The Allman Brothers Band, Released in 1971
  17. 17

    Rock of Ages

    The Band
  18. 18

    To Late To Stop Us Now

    Van Morrison, Released in 1973
  19. 19

    Live!

    The Police
  20. 20

    Stupidity

    Bad Manners
  21. 21

    Unplugged In New York

    Nirvana, Released in 1993
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