THE WHO
''LIVE AT HULL 1970, DISC TWO''
NOVEMBER 6 2012
111:29
1/Heaven and Hell
John Entwistle/4:04
2/I Can't Explain
Pete Townshend/2:50
3/Fortune Teller
Naomi Neville / Benny Spellman/2:35
4/Tattoo
Pete Townshend/3:01
5/Young Man Blues
Mose Allison/5:41
6/Substitute
Pete Townshend/2:07
7/Happy Jack
Pete Townshend/2:12
8/I'm A Boy
Pete Townshend/2:47
9/A Quick One, While He's Away
Pete Townshend/9:50
10/Summertime Blues
Jerry Capehart / Cochran/3:42
11/Shakin' All Over
Johnny Kidd/5:08
12/My Generation
Pete Townshend/15:57
DISC TWO
1/Overture
Pete Townshend/5:30
2/It's A Boy
Pete Townshend/0:42
3/1921
Pete Townshend/2:28
4/Amazing Journey
Pete Townshend/3:18
5/Sparks
Pete Townshend/4:14
6/Eyesight To the Blind (AKA Born Blind)
Sonny Boy Williamson II/1:56
7/Christmas
Pete Townshend/3:18
8/The Acid Queen
Pete Townshend/3:33
9/Pinball Wizard
Pete Townshend/2:47
10/Do You Think It's Alright?
Pete Townshend/0:22
11/Fiddle About
John Entwistle/1:14
12/Tommy, Can You Hear Me?
Pete Townshend/0:56
13/There's A Doctor
Pete Townshend/0:22
14/Go To The Mirror!
Pete Townshend/3:32
15/Smash The Mirror
Pete Townshend/1:22
16/Miracle Cure
Pete Townshend/0:12
17/Sally Simpson
Pete Townshend/4:08
18/I'm Free
Pete Townshend/2:24
19/Tommy's Holiday Camp
Keith Moon/0:59
20/We're Not Gonna Take It
Pete Townshend/8:18
Roger Daltrey /Tambourine, Vocals
John Entwistle /Bass, Vocals
Keith Moon /Drums, Vocals
Pete Townshend /Guitar, Vocals REVIEW
by Fred Thomas
The night after The Who recorded the performance that would become Live at Leeds, a document of the ferocity and raw energy they were applying to their stage show in 1970, they drove down to neighboring town of Hull and gave a second concert to a considerably more subdued audience. Over the years since it's release, Live at Leeds was recognized as the definitive moment of The Who coming into their own as a live performance machine, and has been revered as one of the top live recordings of it's time, capturing the band at their most fiery peak. Most of the material on Live at Hull 1970 has been released commercially before as part of one of the countless expanded repackagings of Live at Leeds. Standing on it's own, the set is a bit of a redundant curiosity more than an essential piece of the band's discography. The set lists for both shows were identical, with the only exception being Live at Leeds' transcendent encore of "Magic Bus" being swapped out for an equally jammy 15+ minute "My Generation". The second set of both nights found the band playing Tommy in it's entirety. While Who aficionados could debate the finer points of the two gigs, casual listeners will have a hard time differentiating between the performances. Many of the differences come in the technicalities of the recordings, which are both raw on-site multi-track recordings with the Live at Hull recordings suffering initially from so many pops, glitches and even instrumental drop outs that the reels were shelved for decades. Digital editing cleaned up most blaring errors of the set, but it remains a "warts-and-all" sort of experience. Live at Hull is every bit as charged and volcanic as Live at Leeds, and the moments of shaky fidelity just add to the rough, exciting sound and feel of the album. While either set would stand well on it's own without the other, the forty-some years that made Live at Leeds a near-legendary album negate some of the power of the recordings made the next night. Live at Hull is great and powerful, but gratingly inconsequential when held up against it's predecessor. As a testament to the interchangeability of the two nights, it can be noted that the bass wasn't recorded on the original reels of the Hull concert on the first four songs. For this reissue, bass tracks from the night before were edited and manipulated to the a passable degree, almost as if to suggest the two sets were more or less identical.
''LIVE AT HULL 1970, DISC TWO''
NOVEMBER 6 2012
111:29
1/Heaven and Hell
John Entwistle/4:04
2/I Can't Explain
Pete Townshend/2:50
3/Fortune Teller
Naomi Neville / Benny Spellman/2:35
4/Tattoo
Pete Townshend/3:01
5/Young Man Blues
Mose Allison/5:41
6/Substitute
Pete Townshend/2:07
7/Happy Jack
Pete Townshend/2:12
8/I'm A Boy
Pete Townshend/2:47
9/A Quick One, While He's Away
Pete Townshend/9:50
10/Summertime Blues
Jerry Capehart / Cochran/3:42
11/Shakin' All Over
Johnny Kidd/5:08
12/My Generation
Pete Townshend/15:57
DISC TWO
1/Overture
Pete Townshend/5:30
2/It's A Boy
Pete Townshend/0:42
3/1921
Pete Townshend/2:28
4/Amazing Journey
Pete Townshend/3:18
5/Sparks
Pete Townshend/4:14
6/Eyesight To the Blind (AKA Born Blind)
Sonny Boy Williamson II/1:56
7/Christmas
Pete Townshend/3:18
8/The Acid Queen
Pete Townshend/3:33
9/Pinball Wizard
Pete Townshend/2:47
10/Do You Think It's Alright?
Pete Townshend/0:22
11/Fiddle About
John Entwistle/1:14
12/Tommy, Can You Hear Me?
Pete Townshend/0:56
13/There's A Doctor
Pete Townshend/0:22
14/Go To The Mirror!
Pete Townshend/3:32
15/Smash The Mirror
Pete Townshend/1:22
16/Miracle Cure
Pete Townshend/0:12
17/Sally Simpson
Pete Townshend/4:08
18/I'm Free
Pete Townshend/2:24
19/Tommy's Holiday Camp
Keith Moon/0:59
20/We're Not Gonna Take It
Pete Townshend/8:18
Roger Daltrey /Tambourine, Vocals
John Entwistle /Bass, Vocals
Keith Moon /Drums, Vocals
Pete Townshend /Guitar, Vocals REVIEW
by Fred Thomas
The night after The Who recorded the performance that would become Live at Leeds, a document of the ferocity and raw energy they were applying to their stage show in 1970, they drove down to neighboring town of Hull and gave a second concert to a considerably more subdued audience. Over the years since it's release, Live at Leeds was recognized as the definitive moment of The Who coming into their own as a live performance machine, and has been revered as one of the top live recordings of it's time, capturing the band at their most fiery peak. Most of the material on Live at Hull 1970 has been released commercially before as part of one of the countless expanded repackagings of Live at Leeds. Standing on it's own, the set is a bit of a redundant curiosity more than an essential piece of the band's discography. The set lists for both shows were identical, with the only exception being Live at Leeds' transcendent encore of "Magic Bus" being swapped out for an equally jammy 15+ minute "My Generation". The second set of both nights found the band playing Tommy in it's entirety. While Who aficionados could debate the finer points of the two gigs, casual listeners will have a hard time differentiating between the performances. Many of the differences come in the technicalities of the recordings, which are both raw on-site multi-track recordings with the Live at Hull recordings suffering initially from so many pops, glitches and even instrumental drop outs that the reels were shelved for decades. Digital editing cleaned up most blaring errors of the set, but it remains a "warts-and-all" sort of experience. Live at Hull is every bit as charged and volcanic as Live at Leeds, and the moments of shaky fidelity just add to the rough, exciting sound and feel of the album. While either set would stand well on it's own without the other, the forty-some years that made Live at Leeds a near-legendary album negate some of the power of the recordings made the next night. Live at Hull is great and powerful, but gratingly inconsequential when held up against it's predecessor. As a testament to the interchangeability of the two nights, it can be noted that the bass wasn't recorded on the original reels of the Hull concert on the first four songs. For this reissue, bass tracks from the night before were edited and manipulated to the a passable degree, almost as if to suggest the two sets were more or less identical.
1 comment :
There's a bootleg (soundboard recording) from the same tour that's better than Live at Leeds,my opinion.It's called Live at Operahouse Amsterdan.
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