The Who, Who - Live At Leeds [Deluxe Edition]
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Artist: The Who, WhoBrand: WHO
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Extra tracks, Live, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-09-18
Music Label: Mca
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Heaven & Hell
- Can't Explain
- Fortune Teller
- Tattoo
- Young Man Blues
- Substitute
- Happy Jack
- I'm A Boy
- A Quick One
- Summertime Blues
- Shakin' All Over
- My Generation
- Magic Bus
- Overture
- It's A Boy
- 1921
- Amazing Journey
- Sparks
- Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker)
- Christmas
- The Acid Queen
- Pinball Wizard
- Do You Think It's Alright?
- Fiddle About
- Tommy Can You Hear Me?
- There's A Doctor
- Go To The Mirror
- Smash The Mirror
- Miracle Cure
- Sally Simpson
- I'm Free
- Tommy's Holiday Camp
- We're Not Gonna Take It
Free Music Notes for Live At Leeds [Deluxe Edition]
Free Music Review: This one will convert even the most cynical Who-haters!
Hit: 5 Stars
People tend to love or hate the Who. Some of their best music--'The Who Sell Out,' 'Quadrophenia'--is somewhat inaccessible, and what were once cutting-edge studio techniques and methods have aged poorly in certain cases. The singles from their best studio album, 'Who's Next,' are overplayed on classic rock radio, and their inability to resist trotting out the oldies on overpriced reunion tours, the conversion of 'Tommy' to a Broadway musical, and the cynically commercial decision to sell the rights to some of their best hits for use in Hummer commercials and as TV-show themes have certainly cut into the Who's 'hip factor' in the current era.
This is why 'Live at Leeds' should be essential listening for anyone wondering what was so great about the 'orrible 'Ooo. Here we have the group at their live-performance peak. Townshend is often slagged as a weak guitarist when compared to the other guitar titans of his age (particularly Jimmy Page and Clapton), but what those critics fail to consider is the amazing athleticism of his live performances and the aural power of his windmilling riffs between empty space--space Page would have filled up with mindless noodling. If being able to play notes fast made one great, you'd have a poster of Yngwie Malmsteen on your wall (haven't heard of him? Well, that's sort of the point). Even Page himself expressed embarrassment about the endless and pathetically self-indulgent half-hour guitar solos on the recently released CD/DVD 'How the West Was Won.' Townshend can play hot leads when he needs to, but he rarely does, given the depth and sensitivity of his songwriting and the presence sidestage of the Ox, John Entwistle, arguably the best rock'n'roll bassist ever, one of the few of his era capable of making the bass a lead instrument. Daltrey was coming off of his canonization at Woodstock and finally had both the confidence and the vocal range to become a commanding front-man, and Moon's drumming is wild, improvisational, and inimitable. On 'Live at Leeds' they are in peak shape, and the raw energy of the set overshadows the occasional flub (usually on the part of Daltrey or Pete, who tended to screw up while leaping around or posturing for the audience while Moon and the Ox concentrated on playing). High points on the deluxe re-issue include a brilliant medley of 'My Generation/See Me Feel Me/Listening to You/Sparks', 'A Quick One', and a simply smokin' 'Young Man Blues.'
Despite the misgivings of some hardcore Who-philes about breaking up the concert's original set order, in which 'Tommy' usually came at the midpoint rather than as the finale, putting 'Tommy' alone on a separate disc seems to me a wise choice, as it favors folks who haven't had the pleasure of hearing the rock opera performed live in its entirety. It's certainly fair to be critical of the Who's commercialism in the last fifteen years, but the fact is that this 2-disc re-issue set is probably meant more for folks who are just discovering the Who, rather than longtime Who-philes and collectors (a serious Who collector would have had a bootleg of this thing for years anyway). Besides, if it's that damn important to you to hear the set as it was originally played, burn it on to your computer and rearrange the tracks yourself. Personally, I'm thrilled to have a remastered, soundboard quality CD of 'Tommy' live, and will probably never listen to the studio version again because of it.
If you're someone looking to find out what the Who was all about, this is definitely the best bang for your buck, for two chief reasons: it covers a wide period of 'Who-story' from 'My Generation' through 'Sell Out' and 'A Quick One' on up to 'Tommy,' and it gives you the live Who--certainly the most energetic and compelling live act of their era, and arguably the best live rock act of all time--at their peak.
Live At Leeds [Deluxe Edition] Poster
The best live rock album ever made, said The New York Times in 1970. Riding the crest of the Tommy album and their monumental appearance at the Woodstock Festival, the original quartet of Townshend, Daltrey, Entwistle and Moon channeled Mose Allison, Eddie Cochran and Chad Allen with cover versions of Young Man Blues, Summertime Blues and Shakin' All Over respectively, while delivering expanded and stripped down versions that turned their own Substitute, Magic Bus and My Generation inside-out. All original artwork and packaging are part of this Classic Records authentic reissue of the original Track UK release. Cut from the original two track master tapes (amp lead pops and all).Anyone who owned the vinyl copy of Live at Leeds will barely recognize its digitized namesake. While the 1970 record offered a mere six selections, the 1995 CD reissue is fleshed out with a full 14 tracks. Reveling in the augmented Leeds prompts one to wonder why in the name of "Heaven and Hell" they didn't put out a double record in the first place. No matter. This Live at Leeds is actually superior to its revered predecessor. The Who are at their Maximum R&B peak here, bringing an almost proto-metal aggression to supercharged covers of "Young Man Blues," "Summertime Blues," and "Shakin' All Over" (all from the original record) and treating fans to originals familiar ("I Can't Explain," "My Generation," "Magic Bus") and less known ("Heaven and Hell," "Tattoo," "A Quick One"). An improved-upon classic. --Steven Stolder
Long considered one of the greatest live albums ever recorded, the Who's Live at Leeds was originally edited and packaged to resemble the haphazard state of early-'70s bootlegs, then expanded and sonically upgraded in the mid-1990s. But this deluxe edition finally restores the blistering February 1970 Leeds University concert to its full running length by adding the band's earliest officially available live rendition of the then-fresh Tommy in its entirety. And while it isn't perfect (the Tommy tracks have been moved from their original slot in the show and resequenced to fit onto disc 2 here), this album now takes its place as the best available document of the Who in their truly ferocious prime, trumping the previously available Isle of Wight show (recorded some six months later) in both performance level and sound quality. It also begs a little revisionist pondering: Are these the true godfathers of punk? Pete Townshend's music and chord structures may have often been jazz-based, but they careen with an energy that seems at once feral and superhuman. Roger Daltrey's vocals snarl with palpable grit, while the rhythm section of John Entwistle and Keith Moon thunders menacingly along like an overheated locomotive. The Tommy heard here is still vital and alive, played by a band whose fervent, in-the-moment abandon is a wonder to behold. --Jerry McCulley
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