Best live performances from The Beatles

Yeah, this is spot on. I'd also add the Live At The Star-Club album to that, despite the terrible sound quality. The energy comes through regardless, and you can hear why fans loved them even before they were famous. They were about as "punk rock" as existed in 1962. You can hear this same vibe on the Swedish Radio Show as well, despite it only being seven songs or whatever.

Melbourne 1964, Shea 1965, and Paris 1965 are also some of their better live concerts caught on tape, though by the time they kicked off their first world tour, the shows were way too short, and the audience was more there to scream and say they were there rather than listen to the music, so the quality of the concerts suffered.

As far as solo concerts go, I'd probably rank these the highest, with the Concert For George being my favorite solo concert, and the rest somewhat interchangeable:

  • Paul and Ringo and friends at the Concert For George

  • George and Ringo and friends at the Concert For Bangladesh

  • John and the Plastic Ono Band's Live Peace in Toronto

  • Paul's Live At The Cavern from 1999

  • Wings live in Groningen or Antwerp 1972, though the 1972 tour will probably be better represented by the upcoming official Wings Over Europe release

  • Paul's Wings Over America / Rockshow

  • John's Live In New York City

  • George's Live In Japan

  • Paul's Tripping the Live Fantastic

  • Paul's Back In The U.S. (take your pick between this and Tripping The Live Fantastic - both are solid performances of Paul's "long" concerts, when his voice was still in good shape - it really depends on which setlist you like better)

  • Ringo's first All-Star Band live at the Greek Theater, Los Angeles, 1989 (with Billy Preston, Dr. John, a couple of members of The Band, and Joe Walsh from The Eagles) (this concert available on bootleg is better than the official CD from the tour, which doesn't include the full setlist, and this one is also available on pro-shot video)

  • Paul and Ringo at the Change Begins Within concert, New York City, 2009

  • Paul's MTV Unplugged

  • Ringo's VH1 Storytellers

  • George with guest star Ringo Live At the Royal Albert Hall in 1992 (only available on bootleg from an audience recording, but it's a good audience recording)

  • Ringo and the eleventh All-Star Band live at Radio City Music Hall on Ringo's 70th birthday (with Edgar Winter, and special guest star Paul playing "Birthday" as an encore)

  • Ringo's third All-Star Band live at the Budokan in Tokyo, 1995 (with Billy Preston, John Entwistle from The Who, and Richard Bachman from Bachman-Turner Overdrive) (like the '89 show, this one is better than the official CD from the tour, which doesn't include the full setlist, and this one is also available on pro-shot video)

  • George Live at The Forum in 1974 (the best of a pretty terrible tour because George lost his voice, but at least you get to hear him sing "In My Life")

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