CD-Charts Position 1
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Live at Blues Alley

CD-Charts > Music > Contemporary Folk
by: Eva Cassidy

Release Date July 28, 1998
Lots of great old songs done with a wonderful voice. I love the quality of Eva's voice & gobble up everything of her's I can find. This purchase was up to her usual top notch standards, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

CD-Charts Position 2
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The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall Concert"

CD-Charts > Music > Contemporary Folk
by: Bob Dylan

Release Date October 13, 1998
I'll just give it five stars. The fact it's also really well released with an amazing booklet just makes it vital. Dylan at full command of his craft. If you haven't got it... get it!

CD-Charts Position 3
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Greatest Stories Live

CD-Charts > Music > Contemporary Folk
by: Harry Chapin

Release Date October 25, 1990
I love Harry Chapin and this is a great album, but be warned that this CD version is not the full album. It's missing two cuts: Love is Just Another Word, and She is Always Seventeen. I bought this to replace a cassette tape I have had forever and noticed that the number of tracks didn't match. Then I noticed a disclaimer in very small print that these two songs weren't included "due to time restrictions." Personally, I think this is a bit of a ripoff. To make matters even worse, neither of those songs is available as an MP3 download.

CD-Charts Position 4
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Before The Flood [Live With The Band, 1974]

CD-Charts > Music > Contemporary Folk
by: Bob Dylan, The Band

Release Date October 25, 1990
Like most of his other live work "Before the Flood" lacks the light and shade of the studio albums - everything is at one volume (loud) and flatly sung. The performances of The Band, however, are excellent and give this album the lift it needs. If you want to hear a better Dylan live album then you might want consider "Hard Rain", which came out a few years later.

CD-Charts Position 5
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The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 - Concert at Philharmonic Hall

CD-Charts > Music > Contemporary Folk
by: Bob Dylan

Release Date March 30, 2004
Well, if you don't have this do yourself a favour and buy it. The package is great with great photos from the show.
As for Dylan, he is in high spirits and most possibly stoned out of his mind as he laughs, shares jokes, forgets lyrics...
He is also delivering all songs passionately making this one concert a very special indeed. A mere three months later he was recording Bringing It All Back Home and by doing so he was also a new Dylan.

CD-Charts Position 6
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Bob Dylan Live 1975 (The Bootleg Series Volume 5)

CD-Charts > Music > Contemporary Folk
by: Bob Dylan

Release Date November 26, 2002
If you needed any proof other than Blood on the Tracks that Bob was going through a semi-artistic revival during 1975, this album should be your evidence. I wasn't around in 1975, but if I was, I would've definitely caught one of these shows, because this is an awesome album. Even with a few snippets everyone could do without (a reggae-country version of "It Ain't Me Babe," a synthtastic "Just Like a Woman," a sappy "Mama, You've Been on My Mind" and an even sappier "The Water is Wide"), it's still really, really good. In fact, it's my pick for Bob's best live album. It totally rocks, maybe even harder than the electric half of Live 1966 did. And he sounds angrier than he ever has. You thought he was upset on the studio take on "It's a Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" or ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 7
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Gonna Take a Miracle (Exp)

CD-Charts > Music > Contemporary Folk
by: Laura Nyro, Labelle

Release Date June 25, 2002
One of the Greatest Singer/Songwriters of the 60's-70's
along with a great backing group (Patti Labelle).

The CD is easiy worth the price of the outstanding performances
of "Jimmy Mack" and "Spanish Harlem".
The live "bonus" tracks are pretty good also.

CD-Charts Position 8
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One Fair Summer Evening

CD-Charts > Music > Contemporary Folk
by: Nanci Griffith

Release Date October 25, 1990
Nanci's One Fair Summer Evening is just great. For a woman with such a tiny speaking voice, she can and does show her talent with this live album. Some of the songs are a little quirky but thats why I like it so much. I dont know what Anderson Fair really looks like because I live in Australia and my visits to Texas on different occasions got only as far as San Antonio and Dallas but feel like I am taking a little 'spin on the red brick floor' whn I listen to this album. if you don't have it in your collection, you should.

CD-Charts Position 9
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How Late'll Ya Play 'Til?, Vol. 1: Live

CD-Charts > Music > Contemporary Folk
by: David Bromberg

Release Date January 10, 1995
I first heard Bromberg's music on a friend's album, and was wowed by I Will Not Be Your Fool. Bought the cassette and listened to it for years. But now its started to show its age and I decided to buy the CD

Well, two CDs actually. They showed up yesterday and I eagerly opened them and gave a listen. Oh my. First of all, Fool has been edited, and the ending is not the same as the one on the cassette. Several lesser songs have been added so they could make this a 2 CD set. And there is something different about several of the songs, as if they substituted a different band for this recording (The cover says no, but it sounds quite different to me).

I'm giving it 3 stars because I still love many of the songs, and if you've never heard Bromberg, you'll probably ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 10
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Living in Clip

CD-Charts > Music > Contemporary Folk
by: Ani DiFranco

Release Date April 22, 1997
Ani DiFranco is a one-of-a-kind artist. Poet, singer, guitarist, feminist, lable-maker/owner....the list could continue for quite a while. As an avid Ani listener, I have heard EVERY album (even live albums) by her, and I personally find this to be the most raw of them all. I have seen her multiple times live and this is a great representation of her on stage. She is so cute! Please buy this album...it will enrich your life!