able to make those live albums. if you're asking if an act that has a consistent band and tours regularly, which is not most, then yes, it might just be easier.

but that's not most folks. you are kind of oversimplifying what it takes to record a really good sounding live recording. the engineering is going to be much more complicated in a live setting, for one.

the simplest way i would put it is, if it was easier to do live albums that met the quality standards of a studio-recorded LP, many more acts would already be doing it.

EDIT: and ditto to what PROMO said. do you want to hear Biggie rhyming "Notorious Thugs" live as the official version? I do not.