1. Husker Du: Zen Arcade@1984
Recorded and produced in one 86 hour stretch, and with the exception of 2 songs, all first takes.
It's theme is a running away from a bad family life, turning to drugs, losing a friend in the process, and returning home again.
Some of the best power infused, melodic punk ever recorded. SST Records
2). Minute Men: Double Nickles On The Dime@1984
In part, was a response to Husker Du's double album. The best DIY punk band hailing from San Pedro recorded their own theme album, describing the how Mike Watt and D Boone met, learned to play music with the encouragement of Watt's mother, and eventually formed the Minute Men, with George Hurly. Intertwined in their life experiences are social, political, and a weird take on Micheal Jakson. Jazz, funk, country,spoken word intertwined with punk, makes for great listening. SST Records
3). Pink Floyd: The Wall@1979.
Classic theme album @ Rodger Waters. 'Nough said.

Tommy, The Who

Quadrophenia (IMHO the better of the two big Who albums), Rainbow's "Onstage", and the latest from Judas Priest: "Nostradamus".

Blonde on Blonde----------Bob Dylan

Rock of Ages - The Band, comes to mind.

Rock of Ages - The Band, comes to mind.

What he said.

Ummagumma.

The Wall.

I like "Pulse" by Pink Floyd.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - One more from the road

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band Live

WHITE ALBUM - The Beatles
BLONDE ON BLONDE - Bob Dylan
WHEELS OF FIRE - Cream
ROCK OF AGES - The Band

Lynyrd Skynyrd - One more from the road

Wow! That was shock, I was not expecting to see that one come up!

That was the first 2 LP set that came to mind when I saw the thread. I wore out several copies in my younger years! Great album! :yes:

Gee, I guess I should finally throw my copy of 'Rock Of Ages' on the Nitty Gritty and see what all the fuss is about. I picked up a very nice looking copy for $1, I just have not gotten around to cleaning it and giving it a spin!

Hendrix Band of Gypsies.
Sinatra, Past, present, future.

Do soundtracks count? If they do.......
Jesus Christ Superstar

Live Dead

Thin Lizzy~Live and Dangerous

The J. Geils Band~ Blow Your Face Out Soundtrack to a few houseparties back in the day !

Seconds Out - Genesis

Do soundtracks count? If they do.......
Jesus Christ Superstar

The OP said double LP best listened to all the way through.

I was going to say Quadrophenia, but you're right. Remember, it was a recording first, before it became a soundtrack.

Some great suggestions so far. Here are some of my favorites:

Physical Graffiti • Led Zeppelin
Exile on Main St. • The Rolling Stones
Yessongs • Yes

Honorable mention to these as they are just great starting at any track

Eagles Live • The Eagles
Chronicles • Rush
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road • Elton John

Regards,
TB

Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Genesis- The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.

CSNY: 4 Way Street

Gentle Giant- Playing the Fool. If you play it all, it gives a very good impression of their live show, circa 1977 or so. The live shows were much more powerful than the studio records.

A second for "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". It doesn't get much better than that.

I mentioned in another thread the double cd of Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison. You get the original album and then soooo much more.

Great suggestions so far!! I like it:thmbsp:
Just remeber, I was trying to suggest these are albums you often, if not always listen from first to last track. The whole is better than the parts, so to speak.
My three selections each followed a story, or experience. But perhaps they don't have to necessarily.

Led Zeppelin The song remains the same,Pink Floyd The Wall,

Tommy, The Who I am so glad you think so, I have just won an ebay auction on Tommy and are now waiting for it to arrive:yes:

Thanks Daza:music:

+1 Quadrophenia - what a record.
+1 Yessongs

didn't see: Eat A Peach - The Allman Brothers Band > but two records still isn't enough time to explore that trippy gatefold drawing

Pink Floyd.........The wall, cover to cover, several hundred times.
Led Zeppelin..... Physical Graffiti, just as much.
I can still sit and listen to either one all the way through and not get bored of them.
Classics for sure. :thmbsp:

Peter Frampton ~ Frampton Comes Alive
The Beatles ~ White Album

A couple I never tire of are:

Made in Japan Deep Purple
Live Dates Wishbone Ash

Chicago Transit Authority
Joni Mitchell ~Miles of Aisles...(features Robben Ford on git-fiddle...)

rhcp - 'stadium arcadium'
the allman brothers - 'fillmore east'

Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life

This is a good album for a Sunday morning or weekend night.

Queensryche

Operation MindCrime



Matt

Yes -- Tales from Topographic Oceans

On third thought:

LUBBOCK (ON EVERYTHING) (http://www.geocities.com/athens/parthenon/6865/allen2.html) -- Terry Allen

Tommy, the Wall, agreed.

Quadrophenia (IMHO the better of the two big Who albums), Rainbow's "Onstage", and the latest from Judas Priest: "Nostradamus".

Ya know, I've always liked Quadrophenia far more than Tommy. Dunno why, that's just the way it is. I've got to second this choice, as once I'm listening to the first few tracks, it has to go all the way through.

And it has to be *loud*!

John

Decemberists: The Hazards of Love

Pink Floyd: The Wall, Ummagumma

Great choices! :thmbsp:

One that definitely deserves a mention here:

Planet P Project - Pink World

I just finished listening to London Calling, so I'd say that one.
And of course Exile On Main Street.:thmbsp:

Seconds Out - Genesis

Absolutely!!

I just finished listening to London Calling, so I'd say that one.
And of course Exile On Main Street.:thmbsp:

Colonel Bleep!

This might be stretching things a bit but just go with me on this...The Beatles ~ Rubber Soul / Revolver and Sgt. Peppers / Magical Mystery Tour. If these were release as double albums, they would still be on Billboard's Top 20 :thmbsp:

Colonel Bleep!

:dunno:

Jon L ROCKS!!!
Live Dead Rules!!!!!!!

Great choices! :thmbsp:

One that definitely deserves a mention here:

Planet P Project - Pink World

I have a promo copy of that album ... with the "not for sale" gold stamp ... is it worth anything ? I heard that it's kind rare to begin with

mmm,

I second "Seconds Out" by Genesis

If triple albums count - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN

Steve Miller Band JOURNEY FROM EDEN
Cream WHEELS OF FIRE
Cheap Trick LIVE AT BOUDAKAN
George Harrison ALL THINGS MUST PASS (forget that damned EP)
The Doors WEIRD SCENES INSIDE THE GOLD MINE
Hendrix ELECTRIC LADYLAND
Beatles WHITE ALBUM
Dylan BLOND ON BLOND

:dunno:

Colonel Bleep was Gazoo's predecessor. I'm showing my age.

+1 White Album - Beatles
+1 The Wall - Pink Floyd
American Graffiti Soundtrack

You guys are all old.

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

Sebadoh - III

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Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life

This is a good album for a Sunday morning or weekend night.

Just got a (supposedly) NM copy on eBay... waiting for delivery!

Jon L ROCKS!!!
Live Dead Rules!!!!!!!

*thank you*

I don't know if any of the other choices are actually one uninterrupted performance (at least the first three sides) the way Live Dead is. (Actually, Live Dead has a lot of overdubbing and post-performance editing. I was disappointed when I learned that, but the album is still an amazing piece of work.)

(Great avatar, Jim!)

This one probably doesn't come to many minds at first, but it is really a great one to play all 4 while reclining with a beverage...

ELO Out Of The Blue

Pink Floyd's The Wall has got to be the grandaddy of them all, even though the second half is a bit patchy (Bring the Boys Back Home?), it all fits perfectly into the narrative.

Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation and The Orb- Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld are a couple more, relatively, recent ones that come to mind.

For me Revolution No. 9 disqualifies The White Album unfortunately.

As for live albums there's tons of them:

Satana- Lotus
Phish- A Live One
Allman Bros.- Fillmore East
Grateful Dead- Live Dead, Europe '72, Two from the Vault
Teh Orb- Live 93
Talking Heads- The Name of this Band Is. . .

Just to name a few.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - One more from the road

Wow! That was shock, I was not expecting to see that one come up!

That was the first 2 LP set that came to mind when I saw the thread. I wore out several copies in my younger years! Great album! :yes:

I knew someone else would agree just a great album what can you say wrong with a 14:25 minute version of "Free Bird" and "Simple Man" just rocks:thmbsp:

It's on my short list of LP's I always look for when at my favorite vinyl emporiums. No luck so far, although I did find an empty cover once!

Unless I missed it, I didn't see Little Feat Waiting For Columbus.....great double album.

.....forgot to list Earth, Wind and Fire Faces.

Unless I missed it, I didn't see Little Feat Waiting For Columbus.....great double album.

Yes indeed. I didn't "nominate" it because as great as it is (and a great sounding recording, too) I don't find that it has any significance as a "whole piece."

It's on my short list of LP's I always look for when at my favorite vinyl emporiums. No luck so far, although I did find an empty cover once!

I got a mint copy for 29 cents at St. Vincent Depaul thrift store it didn't even look like it was played once. Search around the net it is available for a reasonable price

Excluding multiple-disc CD (and, rarely, LP) sets featuring recordings of whole concerts (comprising 50% or more of my listening activity), Quadrophenia is about the only officially released double album, in CD or LP format, to which I'm usually able to listen from start to finish, uninterrupted, etc. Too much filler crap littering most studio-produced double album efforts, e.g., Beatles' "White Album" and the latter portions of The Wall. I can get through the studio version of Tommy uninterrupted, but not consistently and never with the same level of satisfaction as with Quadrophenia. By contrast, I can listen to a live recording of Tommy, performed in its entirety by The Who, quite easily and do so several times yearly. Someone above mentioned Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation, an album (LP format) I love & respect but which would surely drive me to jump off a cliff if I had to listen to all 70+ minutes of it in a single sitting. OTOH, I am able to endure all 50 minutes of MBV's Loveless in a single sitting, a feat many might consider an act of torturous self-abuse.

Wishbone Ash - Live Dates

I don't find that it has any significance as a "whole piece."

I'm not sure what significance it would need to be listened to from start to finish.....but to each his own.

Quadrophenia :yes:

Zen Arcade :yes:

The Chameleons UK Strange Times (of course)

Zappa Shut Up and Play Your Guitar (when you are toasted)

Unless I missed it, I didn't see Little Feat Waiting For Columbus.....great double album.

Absolutely, on my playlist, but just before
D. Bowie LIVE. I also have a mint Dylan and the Band, double that Rocks!

I'm not sure what significance it would need to be listened to from start to finish.....but to each his own.

Just my interpretation of the intent of the thread... double albums that hang together as a whole piece. Maybe I'm overthinking it!

You guys are all old.

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

Sebadoh - III

Hmmm.....I probably listen to my fist punk gig, Black Flag with Keith Morris (before the Circle Jerks) in '79 in Redondo B. before you were born. I still have a scar on my arm where I got bit by some wild punker.
I may be old, but at least I was there.
Nice choices though:thmbsp:

I'm not sure what significance it would need to be listened to from start to finish.....but to each his own.

If you read my OP, that was original idea, the whole is greater than the pieces......one of those albums you prefer, or just have to listen from start to finish.
Again, lot's of excellent choices- I'm gonna have to start dusting of some of my library again, and perhaps go shopping as well.
Thanks for all the input- I love it!!!!!

Hmmm.....I probably listen to my fist punk gig, Black Flag with Keith Morris (before the Circle Jerks) in '79 in Redondo B. before you were born. I still have a scar on my arm where I got bit by some wild punker.
I may be old, but at least I was there.
Nice choices though:thmbsp:



I was just joking. These choices have been pretty heavy on the 60's-70's. I agree with most of them too.:thmbsp:

And I'm not all that young myself.

REO Speedwagon - You Get What You Play For..... not a concept "whole" album but a whole lot of party music on 2 LP's!

todd rundgren, something anything
as well as the the kinks preservation act 2

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LAST OF THE BREED
Willie Nelson
Merle Haggard
Ray Price

Lost Highway 180g dbl LP

Without going thru my collection, three come to mind.

Chicago - Live at Carnegie Hall (1971)

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Welcome Back, my friends, to the show that never ends ~ Ladies and Gentlemen (3 album set, 1974)

Dave Mason - Certified Live (1976)

Grand Funk ~ Live

If you read my OP, that was original idea, the whole is greater than the pieces......one of those albums you prefer, or just have to listen from start to finish.
Again, lot's of excellent choices- I'm gonna have to start dusting of some of my library again, and perhaps go shopping as well.
Thanks for all the input- I love it!!!!!

I did read your post and it's all subjective.......so Waiting For Columbus is one I listen to from start to finish.....it's a great live album.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Welcome Back, my friends, to the show that never ends ~ Ladies and Gentlemen (3 album set)

The most complex music 3 guys have ever laid down live. Incredible performances.

The most complex music 3 guys have ever laid down live. Incredible performances.
Reply With Quote An other vote here! Saw them twice in concerts. What a band and talents.

Also, Belafonte's Carnegie Hall live.

MrTT

... Also, Belafonte's Carnegie Hall live.
MrTT

Forgot about that one! :thmbsp:

Rick Wakeman / Journey To The Center Of The Earth been mentioned?

CA Quintet / Trip Thru Hell

metal machine music-lou reed (great noise)
live in italy-lou reed (the great robert quine on guitar)
take no prisoners-lou reed (stand-up comedy with band)

yes - tales
genesis- lamb

4waystreet and southern man has got to be the best recording anywhere anytime of that tune

Keith Jarrett ~ The Koln Concert

RC

The Beatles - White Album (of course)

Head East - Live!

The Beatles - White Album (of course)

Head East - Live!

White Album would have been my #4 choice:thmbsp:

The Beatles - White Album (of course)

Head East - Live!

A real work of art. What days those were....:yes:

Another nod for:
Allman Brothers at Fillmore East
Chicago Transit Authority
Yessongs
Little Feat Waiting for Columbus
Keith Jarret's Koln Concert

Plus I'll add:
The Band The Last Waltz (though I also love Rock of Ages)
Rare Earth Live
Stephen Stills Manassas
Modern Jazz Quartet Last Concert