Should I Stay (Home) or Should I Go (Out)?

About this episode

In this episode, the hosts discuss their favorite and least favorite live albums, as well as memorable concerts they've attended.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit tonyfletcher.substack.com Happy New Year everyone, and welcome to the 24th (and what we think may be the liveliest-ever) episode of the CROSSED CHANNELS podcast — a.k.a. the podcast in which music journalists/obsessives Dan Epstein (the Yank) and Tony Fletcher (the Brit) clash and connect over music from either side of the pond. And on this episode, we do indeed clash… though we also connect, as well! We thought we’d change things up a bit this time. Whereas we usually focus on a single band or artist from the UK or USA for each episode, this episode finds us widening the scope to take on the topic of live albums — officially released and otherwise. So for this episode of CROSSED CHANNELS , we dig into a deep discussion of some of our favorite live albums — and not just our “desert island” selections, but the live albums that introduced us to the concept in the first place, concert recordings that enriched our appreciation of certain bands, bootlegs that we religiously listened to during our teens, and live albums we wish we could have been present for the recording of. We also get into some of the worst live albums…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan Epstein, Tony Fletcher

Topics covered

• live albums
• music discussion
• concert recordings
• favorite concerts
• worst live albums

Keywords

• live albums
• concert recordings
• music journalists
• The Who
• The Kinks

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Who, The Kinks

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