Do you remember live albums? What were they: cash grabs, greatest hits packages, contract fulfillers or maybe a little of each. Any way you slide it, live albums are a staple in Dad Rock.  

From the classic live albums of the 70s and 80s to bootlegs and live concert recordings, and file sharing on Napster & YouTube to livestreams now, what does it all mean? Are live albums dead?

The list of live albums goes on and on and on. Here are a few:

• Johnny Cash Live at San Quentin
• The Who Live at Leeds
• Frampton Comes Alive
• UFO's Strangers in the Night
• Deep Purple's Made in Japan
• Maiden Japan
• Kiss Alive!
• Rush's All the World's a Stage
• Scorpion's World Wide Live
• U2 Under a Blood Red Sky
• Depeche Mode 101
• Nirvana Live on MTV Unplugged
• Jeff Magnum Live at Jittery Joe's
• Daft Punk Alive 2007

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