Best official live album?

[Erin]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

See? That's exactly why I *DO* love Live '80! It's a raw snapshot of a moment in time... even if it does show boogers in Stevie's nose, or John McVie's armpit stains . Everything FM ever did in the studio was polished up to a blinding sheen. Give me some grit. I don't need 400 backing musicians to 'fatten' up the sound... I wanna hear FLEETWOOD MAC! Not Fleetwood Mac plus Carlos, Brett, Steve, Taku, Neale, Sharon, Mindy, Lenny, the 126 piece USC Trojan Marching Band, etc etc etc.

The marching band is a highlight for me! Especially Don't Stop, it's my favorite version. I understand what you mean about the fattened sound, but I'm one of the people who were snared into the Fleetwood Mac universe because of the Dance, although like Brandon I'm annoyed by the 4:3. The dvd doesn't look so hot on my widescreen tv.

I like the Live 80 album a lot, but it needs to be remastered, badly. I just got it on vinyl recently and haven't had time to spin it yet. I'm hoping it's better than the cd transfer. So I basically can't pick between the two, because they are so different yet supposedly "live".