Monday March 12th. 2007
Detroit “Live”
Trying to get an accurate list of all of the albums recorded here in Motown is not so easy. Some will in fact be missed. Detroit has always been known as “the place” to record “Live Albums”. Admittedly, some are bootleg, and not all are known or listed here.
Although live recording here in the Motor City really took of with the combined success of Seger’s “LIVE BULLET” and KISS’s “KISS ALIVE” album, there are many others out there that continue to capture the energy and intensity of Detroit audiences. One of my all time favorites is the Temptations Live at The Roostertail Upper Deck, but I’d highly recommend giving a listen to any of those mentioned below.
Whether it’s J. Geil’s “Detroit Breakdown”, or KISS’s “Detroit Rock City” or even Nugent’s “Motor City Madhouse”, just about any of these albums is more than enough to wet your appetite.
The Temptations
*Live at the Roostertails Upper Deck (mid-late ‘60’s)
Peter Frampton
*Live in Detroit 2000
Doors
*Cobo Hall 1970
MC5
*68-96
*Ice Pick Slim 1995
*Kick out the Jams 1969
Herbie Hancock
*Detroit-Chicago Live 2005
Blue Oyster Cult
*Detroit 1972
George Carlin
*Take-offs and Put ons1967
Faces w Rod Stewart
*Real Good Time Live in Detroit 1974 (Bootleg)
Aretha Frankln
*One Lord One Faith One Baptism 1987
Funkadelic
*Live 1971
Grand Funk Railroad
*Live 1997
J Geils
*Full House Live 1972
*Live! Blow your Face out 1976
*Showtime 1982
Jethro Tull
*Detroit 1969 (Bootleg)
*Live Detroit 1977 (Bootleg)
King Crimson
*KCCC 18 Live in Detroit 1971
Kiss Alive
*Live 1975
Roscoe Mitchel
*Live in Detroit 1988
Morphine
*Live- Detroit 2000 (Bootleg)
Ted Nugent and Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes
*Double Live Gonzo 1978
*Survival of The Fittest 1970
Pearl Jam
*10-07-00
The Rationals
*Temptations’ Bout to get me 1995
Linda Ronstadt
*Detroit Blues Live in Detroit 1974 (Bootleg)
Beg Seger
*Live Bullet 1976
*Nine Tonight 1981
The Stooges
*Metallic Ko 1976
*10-06-73 Michigan Palace
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
*Live+Compilation 2002
Hank Williams Jr
*Live at Cobo Hall 1969
Frank Zappa
*Live in Detroit 1988
*Conceptual Continuity 1992 (Bootleg)
*11-25-81 Cobo Hall (Bootleg)
*Live Cobo Hall in Detroit 1976 (Bootleg)
The Vikings
*Live in Detroit 2003
Johnnie Bassett
*Live at Montreux Detroit Jazz Festival 1995
Bare Naked Ladies
*Au Natural Live Detroit 2004
Willie D. Warren & Mystery Train
*Live (2004?)
Camper Van Beethovan
*Live from Detroit 2005
Kid Rock
*Live Trucker 2006
Ok…Gassed n’ ready…keep your hands on the wheel and your foot to the floor…when your’e…”Drivin’ Sideways in Detroit!” C 'Ya!
"Hurricane Duane" Thomas
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