My issues with LP live albums

[bloodbath]

Hi guys, long time no see! Since things has been quite here for a while until we have the European tour, I wanted to ramble a little bit. As many of you I'm a big fan of live albums and bootleg recordings, and as I was thinking about how badly I want a proper live album from this era, I remembered the issues I had with previous live records/DVDs of the band. And I'm not talking about the bonus shows we have with the box sets (and I do hope we have more in the future) or the bonus DVDs from special editions, but standalone releases.

 

Live in Texas: I get it, back in 03 Linkin Park was Warner's favourite band and they had to control everything from the band. The show sounds great, but to sterile, too perfect: Almost no banter, no cuss words, they played like machines, not humans. I get why many people still saying why this record is overdubbed in studio. For me the Veterans Stadium show is what Live in Texas should have been. Not to mention why they decided to cut 5.fucking.songs. from the CD because potato. 

 

Road to Revolution: So close, but ruined for some questionable decisions. RTR really sounds much more organic, but they decided to use the cheap trick of cutting songs and putting as bonus tracks. For fuck's sake, you're not an underground band, you have plenty of resources to take the filming crew to other shows in that PR Europe Tour and having other songs as a bonus tracks like In Pieces. If the reason is to make a coherent tracklist between DVD and CD... Just give us the DVD, we will rip off the audio, I don't want a half assed live record, I want the full experience. And by the way. I love collision course, but I would rather prefer the full live version of Faint at the end of the show and save us from that uninteresting half version of Numb/Encore. Again, invite Jay Z to other show and include him as an easter egg.

 

One More Light Live: I get the reason why this album was born, as a Chester tribute. I get the concept behind it: If you're releasing your softest album, you have to put songs akin to that, OSC or The Catalyst would have break the feeling of the album. Maybe it's because I've never connected with One More Light, but I don't know, for me it's like having the chips but not the burger. 

 

And that's all, I just wanted to spit some hate on the internet! I understand if you don't agree with me

[Trumtram]

I pretty much agree with you on everything. Only thing to add is iirc OML live was always supposed to happen regardless of what happened. But I could be wrong on that.

 

LIT was made as a cinematic experience (it was shown in movie theaters during the release). It's cool for what it is, but the sound feels fakish, especially when you were listening to bootlegs from that time. What bothers me the most about it is the decision to use the support gig for Metallica as their first full live DVD release. It should've been a headline show that captures the feeling of seeing them live at that time. The P:R 02 show from HT20 would've been the better choice, but it would also have been total overkill, if they released that at the end of the HT cycle. People were criticizing the band (and label) back then for the constant releases with only one full (36 minute) album to their name.

And if you want to include Meteora for the first live release, fine, take something from P:R 03.

Edited May 21 by Trumtram

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

I agree w everything

 

It's cool that we some options left released officially by the band like Berlin Telekom 2012 its fucking amazing amazing mixing. 

 

PR02 its really cool too

 

And the incomplete Monterrey World Stage show its badass too.