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by Gilberto Morais
Hello friends!
Taking advantage of the article about the 100 essential live albums, and since videos were mentioned in the comments, and given that summer vacation is approaching, I decided to compile my list of 100 anthological videos that have been released in any available video format, from VHS to LD, DVD, or Blu-ray, which I recommend checking out. It's important to note that when there are no parenthetical remarks, it's because the video is available in DVD format, which we consider the standard. Those released only on VHS or LD are described with the relevant remarks. In some cases, I give preference to the DVD format and mention if it contains more than one official video and if there are extras or if the name has been modified for this media.
About 1/3 of the items I classified as essential in the list of live albums are repeated here, and the reason is simple: the video and its respective editing are worthy of a new nomination, deserving of a new mention. Similarly, some may find it strange that there are titles also available on DVD that were mentioned there and do not appear here, and there is a reason for this: the video editing is not consistent with the audio, hence they were excluded and/or surpassed by better ones, hence they were not included in this list.
Finally, the main criterion used was to include videos that offer a good sample of the band's shows or performances, not necessarily in their entirety, but where, in the case of a documentary or film, the performance plays a major role and is at least as important as the story. This is why Anvil's fantastic film was not included, as it contains little "live footage," which plays only a complementary role to the film. I also chose the same criteria for live albums: an incredible band performance, a video capturing the band at the peak of their careers, impeccable production—not only of the show itself, but also the care taken in editing and compiling a video that holds the audience's attention from beginning to end and is, above all, enjoyable to watch without interruption. Finally, special occasions and celebrations, among others, are also valid.
Enough explanation, let's get to them:
AC/DC –
Let there be Rock
Live in Donington
No Bull
Stiff Upper Lip Live
Live at River Plate
Accept –
Metal Blast from the Past (includes Staying A Life)
Amorphis –
Forging the Land of the Thousand Lakes
Angra –
Live in São Paulo: Rebirth World Tour
Annihilator –
Live at Masters of Rock
Anthrax –
Oedivnikufesin NFV
Music of Mass Destruction
Alive 2
Armored Saint –
Trip through Red Times
Big 4: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax –
Live from Sonisphere Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria
Black Sabbath –
Never Say Die
Cross Purposes Live
Last Supper
Bruce Dickinson –
Anthology (includes VHS Skunkworks Live + excerpts from the Scream for me Brazil show)
Cannibal Corpse –
Live Cannibalism
Chickenfoot –
Get your buzz on live!
Colonel –
1990 No More Color Tour -Live in East Berlin (VHS only)
The Cult –
Live Cult (Music Without Fear) Live in Los Angeles
Def Leppard –
Hystoria / In the Round, In Your Face (both were originally released on separate VHS tapes)
Dio –
Evil or Divine
We rock (includes the VHS Sacred Heart Video)
Doro –
25 Years in Rock
Down –
Diary of a Mad Band
Dream Theater –
Images and Words: Live in Tokyo
Metropolis 2000 Live from New York
DRI –
Live at the Ritz
Exodus –
Live at DNA Lounge
Faith No More –
You Fat Bastards
Gotthard –
Made in Switzerland
Heaven and Hell –
Live Radio City Music Hall
Halloween –
High Live
Helstar –
XXX 30 Years of Hell
Vegetable gardens –
La Maldicion Continua
Iron Maiden –
Live After Death
Maiden England (for now only on VHS or LD)
Live at Donington (for now only on VHS or LD)
The History of Iron Maiden Part I: Early Days (includes the 1st Iron Maiden VHS at the Rainbow Theater)
Flight 666 The Film
Jeff Scott Soto –
Tribute to Queen
Judas Priest –
Live Vengenace '82
Priest…. Live
Live in London
Kreator –
Live Revisioned Glory
At the Pulse of Kapitulation Live in East Berlin 1990
Megadeth –
Rude Awakening
That One Night Live in Buenos Aires
Metallica –
Cliff'em All
Live Shit Binge and Purge (boxset with Seattle show 1989)
S&M
Orgullo, Pasion y Gloria
Mötley Crue –
Carnival of Sins
Motörhead –
Live in Toronto (VHS or LD only)
Everything louder than everything else
Stage Freight
Nevermore –
The Year of the Voyager
Overkill –
Wrecking Everything: An Evening in Asbury Park
Ozzy Osbourne –
Speak of the Devil
Live and Loud
Paul Di'Anno –
Live from the Camden Palace (also released as The First Iron Maiden Singer)
Pink Cream 69 –
Past and Present (includes the VHS Live Size It Up. Live in Japan)
Queensrÿche –
Live in Tokyo (LD or VHS only)
Operation Livecrime
Quiet Riot –
Live in the 21st Century
Rage –
From the Cradle to the Stage
Rainbow –
Live Between the Eyes: Final Cut
Rammstein –
Live from Berlin
Volleyball
White Rat –
Live
Rush –
X3 Replay (contempla o Exit Stage Left + Grace Under Pleasure + A Show of Hands num boxset)
Rush in Rio
R30: 30th Anniversary Tour
Snakes and Arrows Live
Time Machine Live in Cleveland 2011
Saxon –
The Saxon Chronicles Live
To Hell and Back Again Live
Sentenced –
Buried Alive
Grave –
Chaos DVD (includes the VHS Under Siege Live in Barcelona among others)
Slayer –
Live Intrusion
Still Reigning
SOD –
Live at Budokan
Tankard –
Open All Night Reloaded (includes the original Open All Night VHS)
Fat Ugly and still (a)live
Testament –
Live in London
TNT –
Live in Madrid
Twisted Sister –
Live at Wacken: The Reunion
UDO –
Mastercutor Alive
Ultimate Revenge –
Combat Tour (VHS only, with Venom, Slayer and Exodus)
II (VHS only, with Raven, Forbidden, Death, Dark Angel and Faith or Fear) Live at US Festival 83 (with Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions, Triumph, Van Halen)
Van Halen –
Live without a Net
Live Right Here, Right Now
Voivod –
Tatsumaki Live in Japan 2008
Volbeat –
Live Sold out!
Live Beyond Hell/Above Heaven
Whitesnake –
Live in Still of the Night
Live at donington 90
Until next time.
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