There!

It's finally finished and looking like a nicely formatted report. Here's what I've done. If a title was a multiple vote getter, I listed the title followed by the amount of times it was voted for. You'll find that list at the top, alphatized only if the titles shared a common number of votes. The single vote getters are in the following list and is alphabetized. Let me tell you, this was a work, a REAL job. But I'm glad it's here in it's intended glory!

I'm a little surprised that Waiting For Columbus rated as high as it had (not because I didn't like it). I just figured the "obvious" choices would have been some of the lower selections (KISS, Allman Bros Band, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones) but you folks REALLY liked Waiting For Columbus.

Interestingly, lots of avid support arose for UFO's Strangers in the Night, and, from the voters, a passioned and adamant 3 votes for Live by Status Quo. I am especially pleased to see Humble Pie's Rockin' the Fillmore get the love it did (I didn't expect it), as well as Live Dates by Wishbone Ash. Those two titles are special. All in all, this Poll showed a wide variety of music fans.

Regardless, there are a lot of excellent titles here. This was a lot of fun. Someone recommended that we do a Great Live DVD/VHS Poll. I like that idea because i have a great title in mind already.

If you find that I have not included titles that you have sent in, remind me.

• The Who - Live at Leeds (34)
• Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus (22)
• Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East (16)
• Genesis - Seconds Out (13)
• KISS - Alive! (11)
• Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same (11)
• Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out (11)
• Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive (10)
• Cheap Trick - At Budokan (9)
• Deep Purple - Made in Japan (9)
• Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (8)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road (8)
• UFO - Strangers in the Night (8)
• Neil Young - Live Rust (7)
• Band - Rock of Ages (6)
• Deep Purple - Live in Japan (6)
• Humble Pie - Performance Rockin' the Fillmore (6)
• Paul McCartney & Wings - Wings Over America (6)
• Queen - Live Killers (6)
• Rush - All The World's a Stage (6)
• Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (6)
• Wishbone Ash - Live Dates (6)
• AC/DC - If You Want Blood You've Got It (5)
• Aerosmith - Live Bootleg (5)
• Bob Seger - Nine Tonight (5)
• Bruce Springsteen - Live 1975/85 (5)
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends...Ladies & Gentlemen, ELP (5)
• Iron Maiden - Live After Death (5)
• Led Zeppelin - How the West Was Won (5)
• Jackson Browne - Running on Empty (4)
• Yes - Yessongs (4)
• Black Sabbath - Live Evil (3)
• Bob Seger - Live Bullet (3)
• Camel - A Live Record (3)
• David Bowie - David Live (3)
• Genesis - Live (3)
• J. Geils Band - Blow Your Face Out (3)
• J. Geils Band - Full House (3)
• James Brown - Live at The Apollo (3)
• Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - No Quarter (3)
• Johnny Winter And - Live (3)
• Journey - Captured (3)
• Kinks - One for the Road (3)
• Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (3)
• Paul McCartney - Tripping the Live Fantastic (3)
• Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder (3)
• Porcupine Tree - Coma Divine (3)
• Rainbow - On Stage (3)
• Roger Waters - In the Flesh - (3)
• Rolling Stones - Love You Live (3)
• Rush - Exit Stage Left (3)
• Status Quo - Live (3)
• Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo (3)
• Ten Years After - Recorded Live (3)
• Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Live Anthology (3)
• Al De Meola/John McLaughlin/Paco de Lucia - Friday Night in San Francisco (2)
• Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band - Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 (2)
• CSNY - Four Way Street (2)
• Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds - Live at Luther College (2)
• David Bowie - Stage (2)
• Dead Can Dance - Towards The Within (2)
• ELP - Pictures at an Exhibition (2)
• Eric Clapton - 24 Nights (2)
• Fleetwood Mac - The Dance (2)
• Flying Burrito Brothers - Last of The Red Hot Burritos (2)
• Foghat - Live (2)
• Grand Funk Railroad - Live (2)
• Jefferson Airplane - Bless It's Pointed Little Head (2)
• Kansas - Two For the Show (2)
• King Crimson - The Great Deceiver
• Lou Reed - Rock and Roll Animal (2)
• Metallica - S&M (2)
• Mothers - Live At the Fillmore East June 1971 Mothers of Invention (2)
• Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (2)
• Pink Floyd - Pulse (2)
• Ramones - It's Alive (2)
• R.E.M. - Live at the Olympia (2)
• Rufus & Chaka Khan - Live Stompin' at the Savoy (2)
• Santana - Lotus (2)
• Sting - Bring On the Night (2)
• Who - Live at The Isle of Wight (2)
• Yes - Yesshows (2)

• 801 - Live
• 10cc - Live and Let Live
• Agitation Free - At The Cliffs of River Rhine
• Alice In Chains - MTV Unplugged
• Barclay James Harvest - Live
• BB King - Live at The Regal
• Beach Boys - The Beach Boys in Concert 1973
• Beatles - Live at Hollywood Bowl
• Be Bop Deluxe - Live in the Air Age
• Ben Folds - Ben Folds Live
• Black Crowes - Warpaint Live
• Blue Oyster Cult - Extraterrestrial Live
• Blues Brothers - Briefcase Full of Blues
• Brand X - Livestock
• Bruce Cockburn - You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance
• Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Drinkin' TNT 'n' Smokin' Dynamite
• Camel - Pressure Points
• Carole King - Live at Carnegie Hall
• Chicago - IV Live at Carnegie Hall
• Chicago - Live in Japan
• Chuck Mangione - Live at the Hollywood Bowl
• Clash - Live at Shea Stadium
• CSNY - Deja Vu Live
• Dash Riprock - Boiled Alive
• David Bowie - BBC Radio Theater: London June 27, 2000
• David Cassidy - Cassidy Live!
• Deep Purple - In Concert (BBC Recordings)
• Devo - Devo Live - The Mongoloid Years
• Dire Straits - Alchemy
• Dixie Dregs - Night of the Dregs
• Doors - Absolutely Live
• Donny Hathaway - Live
• Dream Theater - Score
• Eagles - Eagles Live
• Eagles - Hell Freezes Over
• Earth, Wind & Fire - Gratitude
• Eels - Eels With Strings: Live at Town Hall
• Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid at Abbey Road
• ELP - Pictures at an Exhibition
• Elton John - Live in Australia with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
• Erykah Badu - Baduizm Live
• Family - Anyway (Live side)
• Fleetwood Mac - Live
• Focus - Live at the Rainbow
• Frank Zappa - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol 3
• Genesis - 3 Sides Live
• Gentle Giant - Playing The Fool
• George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh
• Glen Phillips - Live at Largo
• Goddo - Best Seats in the House
• Gov't Mule - The Deepest End
• Grand Funk Railroad - Bosnia
• Grateful Dead - Europe '72
• Grateful Dead - Live Dead
• Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live
• Guess Who - Live at The Paramount
• Harry Belafonte - Live at Carnegie Hall
• Harry Belafonte - Return To Carnegie Hall
• Harry Belafonte - Live At The Greek Theatre
• Hooverphonic - Sit down and Listen to Hooverphonic: The Live Theater Recordings
• Iron Maiden - Maiden Japan
• James - Getting Away With It...Live
• James Brown - Live at the Apollo, Volume 1
• James Brown - Live at the Apollo, Volume 2
• James Brown - Revolution of the Mind - Live at the Apollo, Volume 3
• Jeff Beck - Live at Ronnie Scott's
• Jethro Tull - Live: Bursting Out
• Jimi Hendrix - At The Isle of Wight
• Jimi Hendrix Experience - Live at Monterey
• Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock
• Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen
• Joe Jackson - Big World
• Joe Walsh - You Can't Argue With a Sick Mind
• Jonathan Brooke - Live in New York
• Johnny Cash - Live at Folsom
• Johnny Winter - Disc 2 of Legacy Edition - Second Winter
• Joni Mitchell - Miles of Aisles
• Josh Ritter - In the Dark, Live at Vicar Street
• Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East
• King Crimson - VROOM, VROOM: Live in Mexico City
• King Crimson - On Broadway - Live in New York City
• King Crimson - B'BOOM Official Bootleg - Live in Argentina 1994
• KISS - Alive! II
• Kool & the Gang - Live at the Sex Machine
• Kris Kristofferson - livefromaustintx
• Lou Reed - Take No Prisoners
• Lucinda Wiliiams - Live at the Fillmore
• Magnum - The Spirit
• Manfred Mann Earth Band - Budapest Live
• Marillion - Anarak in the UK - Live
• Marillion - Smoke/Mirrors
• MC5 - Kick Out the Jams
• Midnight Oil - The Real Thing
• Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper - The Live Adventures...
• Miles Davis - Miles Davis In Person: Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volumes 1 & 2.
• Miracles - Recorded Live on Stage
• Moby Grape - Live
• Motorhead - No Sleep Til Hammersmith
• Mott the Hoople - Live
• Mountain - Twin Peaks
• Muddy Waters - Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live
• Neil Young - Time Fades Away
• Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
• Nirvana - Live at Reading
• Oasis - The Acoustic Sessions
• Ozzy Osborne - Tribute
• Pat Travers - Go For What You Know
• Paul McCartney - Live In the World
• Paul McCartney - Live in The USA
• Paul McCartney - Paul is Live
• Paul McCartney - Good Evening New York City
• Paul Simon - Concert In The Park
• Pete Escovedo, Sheila E, and Tito Puente - Latina Familia
• Peter Gabriel - Play Live
• Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - Live at the BBC
• Pink Floyd - The Wall Live
• Pink Floyd - At Pompeii
• Police - Live!
• Portishead - Roseland NYC Live
• Queensryche - Operation Live Crime
• Rare Earth - In Concert
• REO Speedwagon - You Get What You Play For
• Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall
• Rick Nelson - In Concert Troubadour 1969
• Ringo Starr - VH1 Storytellers
• Rolling Stones - Still Life
• Rolling Stones - Stripped
• Rolling Stones - Flashpoint
• Rory Gallager - Irish Tour
• Roxy Music - Viva!
• Rush - Rush in Rio
• Sad Cafe - Live
• Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Theatre
• Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes
• Show of Hands - Live at the Royal Albert Hall
• Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park
• Simple Minds - Live in the City of Light
• Skydiggers - There and Back (Live)
• Slade - Alive
• Sly & the Family Stone - The Woodstock Experience
• Steppenwolf - Live
• Steve Earle - 2nd Disc of Legeacy Edition of Copperhead Road
• Stooges - Metallic K.O.
• Stray - Live at The Marquis
• Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
• Teenage Head - In an Endless Party
• Tempations - Tempatations Live
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up the Plantation
• Tony Joe White - livefromaustintx
• Tony Levin Band - Double Espresso
• Traffic - On The Road
• Tragically Hip - Live Between Us
• TransAtlantic - Live in Europe
• Tubes - What Do You Want From Live
• U2 - Live at Slane Castle
• UK - Night After Night
• Uriah Heep - Live 1973
• Van Halen - Right Here, Right Now
• Van Morrison - A Night In San Francisco
• Van Morrison - It's Too Late To Stop Now
• Warren Zevon - Stand in the Fire
• Weather Report - Live and Unreleased
• Wet Willie - Left Coast Live
• Wigwam - Wigwam Plays Wigwam
• Wilco - Kicking Television

It is our sad job to report that Ronnie James Dio, one of few Metal vocalists that owned the right to be called such, has passed away due to a bout with stomach cancer at the age of 67. Dio's career ran the path through Rainbow, Black Sabbath (where he replaced Ozzy), and eventually, his own namesake, Dio.

His departure creates a notable void in the world of Rock music. Whether you liked him or not, his role was an important one as he helped to shape the evolution of Metal Rock producing a station of fans that were steadfastly loyal.

Ronnie, your contribution to the Great Band will provide a punchier delivery. We will miss you greatly.

Ronnie James Dio
1942-2010
RIP

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