| 1 | 1963 | Live at the Apollo, 1962 | James Brown | Album + Live | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | 1971 | At Fillmore East | The Allman Brothers Band | Album + Live | 4.25 | 31 |
| 3 | 1968 | At Folsom Prison | Johnny Cash | Album + Live | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | 1970 | Live at Leeds | The Who | Album + Live | 4.6 | 31 |
| 5 | 1965 | Live at the Regal | B.B. King | Album + Live | 4.15 | 18 |
| 6 | 1975 | Alive! | KISS | Album + Live | 3.55 | 35 |
| 7 | 1969 | Live/Dead | The Grateful Dead | Album + Live | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | 1969 | Kick Out the Jams | MC5 | Album + Live | 2.5 | 14 |
| 9 | 1998 | The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Live 1966: The “Royal Albert Hall” Concert | Bob Dylan | Album + Live | 3.65 | 5 |
| 10 | 1994 | MTV Unplugged in New York | Nirvana | Album + Live | 4.15 | 41 |
| 11 | 1984 | Stop Making Sense | Talking Heads | Album + Soundtrack + Live | 4 | 42 |
| 12 | 1960 | Muddy Waters at Newport 1960 | Muddy Waters | Album + Live | | 10 |
| 13 | 1978 | Cheap Trick at Budokan | Cheap Trick | Album + Live | 3.6 | 25 |
| 14 | 1985 | Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 | Sam Cooke | Album + Live | 4 | 11 |
| 15 | 1962 | "Live" at the Village Vanguard | John Coltrane | Album + Live | | 15 |
| 16 | 1964 | "Live" at the Star-Club, Hamburg | Jerry Lee Lewis with The Nashville Teens | Album + Live | 3.5 | 7 |
| 17 | 1970 | Get Yer Ya‐Ya’s Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert | The Rolling Stones | Album + Live | 4.25 | 28 |
| 18 | 1986 | Jimi Plays Monterey | Jimi Hendrix | Album + Live | 4 | 10 |
| 19 | 1972 | Europe ’72 | Grateful Dead | Album + Live | 5 | 9 |
| 20 | 1985 | Live/1975–85 | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | Album + Compilation + Live | 4.6 | 129 |
| 21 | 1995 | The Complete Live at The Plugged Nickel 1965 | Miles Davis | Album + Live | | 2 |
| 22 | 1972 | Rock of Ages | The Band | Album + Live | 3 | 12 |
| 23 | 2003 | How the West Was Won | Led Zeppelin | Album + Live | 3.6 | 17 |
| 24 | 1956 | Jazz at Massey Hall | The Quintet | Album + Live | | 20 |
| 25 | 1956 | Ellington at Newport | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | Album + Live | 3 | 7 |
| 26 | 1976 | ‘Live’ Bullet | Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | Album + Live | 4 | 13 |
| 27 | 1973 | Live at Carnegie Hall | Bill Withers | Album + Live | 5 | 6 |
| 28 | 1979 | It’s Alive | Ramones | Album + Live | | 13 |
| 29 | 1974 | Roxy & Elsewhere | Zappa / Mothers | Album + Live | 5 | 10 |
| 30 | 1976 | Metallic ’KO | Iggy and The Stooges | Album + Live | 5 | 11 |
| 31 | 1975 | The Köln Concert | Keith Jarrett | Album + Live | 4.45 | 24 |
| 32 | 1972 | Made in Japan | Deep Purple | Album + Live | 4.6 | 55 |
| 33 | 1971 | Live! | Fela Ransome‐Kuti and the Africa ’70 with Ginger Baker | Album + Live | 3 | 14 |
| 34 | 1975 | Live! | Bob Marley and The Wailers | Album + Live | 3 | 27 |
| 35 | 1971 | Live at Fillmore West | Aretha Franklin | Album + Live | 4 | 13 |
| 36 | 1966 | Sinatra at the Sands | Frank Sinatra with Count Basie & His Orchestra | Album + Live | 4 | 9 |
| 37 | 1973 | Time Fades Away | Neil Young | Album + Live | 4 | 7 |
| 38 | 1974 | 1969: Velvet Underground Live With Lou Reed | The Velvet Underground | Album + Live | 4 | 9 |
| 39 | 1974 | Miles of Aisles | Joni Mitchell and the L.A. Express | Album + Live | 4 | 9 |
| 40 | 1971 | Live in Cook County Jail | B.B. King | Album + Live | 5 | 10 |
| 41 | 1976 | Frampton Comes Alive! | Peter Frampton | Album + Live | 3.75 | 25 |
| 42 | 2005 | New Year’s Eve 1995: Live at Madison Square Garden | Phish | Album + Live | 4 | 2 |
| 43 | 1991 | Weld | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Album + Live | 5 | 8 |
| 43 | 1991 | Arc | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Album + Live | | 2 |
| 44 | 1983 | Under a Blood Red Sky | U2 | Album + Live | 3.55 | 31 |
| 45 | 1981 | No Sleep ’Til Hammersmith | Motörhead | Album + Live | 4.35 | 24 |
| 46 | 1978 | Live and Dangerous | Thin Lizzy | Album + Live | 4 | 16 |
| 47 | 1991 | Live Hardcore Worldwide | Boogie Down Productions | Album + Live | | 3 |
| 48 | 1972 | Live | Donny Hathaway | Album + Live | 5 | 6 |
| 49 | 1978 | Waiting for Columbus | Little Feat | Album + Live | 3.65 | 16 |
| 50 | 1985 | The Shit Hits the Fans … and More | The Replacements | Album + Live | | 3 |
