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Ever since the idea hit the first artist and studio executive, the concept of the live album has been rightly heralded as a boon; and at times an act of division. If left unchecked the reputation of a group would depend entirely on what is recorded in the spur of the moment, if not encouraged then many a music fan would never get to experience the sound in a venue, would never get to embrace the feeling of being like-minded individuals singing along to their favourite song as of taking part in a kind of communion, of sharing an intimacy.