Question to people who consider "The Turn" a Live album Options

[dangum]

Here is a question for those who consider "The Turn" a Live album:

Should Ed release a studio album containing new tracks, reworked Goose Blackstone songs, with his new group of musicians and then sticks the "Live" logo on it - would you also consider it an official Live album?

[Merica]

Here is a question for those who consider "The Turn" a Live album:

Should Ed release a studio album containing new tracks, reworked Goose Blackstone songs, with his new group of musicians and then sticks the "Live" logo on it - would you also consider it an official Live album?

Sure. Whether someone likes it or not, if an album is functionally released as Live, then it's Live. At the same time, there's also the question of whether an album - regardless of whether it was functionally released as Live - is a Live album in spirit and/or artistically speaking. So you might start to classify albums like this...

Functionally Live / Spiritually Live
- Mental Jewelry
- Throwing Copper
- Secret Samadhi
- The Distance to Here
- The Turn

Functionally Live / Spiritually Not
- Songs From Black Mountain
- Local 717

Functionally Not / Spiritually Not
- The Gracious Few
- Alive

Functionally Not / Spiritually Live
- Not sure what album you'd put here.
- Maybe individual tracks like Zion.

Naturally, people will disagree on what goes where...