Jim's Gems: Bowie, Elvis, Planxty... the 10 greatest live albums 

In the first of the latest run of the series by Jim Comet, the Cork music aficionado picks his favourite concert records 

Jim Comet, centre, picks David Bowie and the Velvet Underground amid his favourite live albums

While I’m a huge music fan I’m not generally a fan of live albums and generally tend to avoid them. 

Most are overdubbed and doctored in the studio to make them sound more like studio recordings which kind of defeats the whole purpose.