9 Live Albums
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Choosing nine regular albums turned out to be way too frustrating, so I cheated and went with a Live theme. Listed here chronologically.
A quick administrative note (and I hope you'll realize it's very difficult for me to stick to just one): The Sadies album here is two concerts in one: The first is a proper show by the original band, which is of course fantastic. But I'm including it for Disc 2, which is a rollicking all-star revue kicked off by Jon Spencer and featuring appearances by, among others, Gary Louris (of The Jayhawks), Neko Case, and Jon Langford of The Mekons who leads the finale performance of "Memphis, Egypt" that is just sooooooo good.
A quick administrative note (and I hope you'll realize it's very difficult for me to stick to just one): The Sadies album here is two concerts in one: The first is a proper show by the original band, which is of course fantastic. But I'm including it for Disc 2, which is a rollicking all-star revue kicked off by Jon Spencer and featuring appearances by, among others, Gary Louris (of The Jayhawks), Neko Case, and Jon Langford of The Mekons who leads the finale performance of "Memphis, Egypt" that is just sooooooo good.
And yeah, that show is really special. As far as I can tell it wasn't captured on video, which is a damn shame.