Live at Leeds
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Live at Leeds is The Who
's first live album, and is the only live album that was released while the group were still recording and performing regularly. Initially released in the United States on 16 May 1970, by Decca
and MCA
and the United Kingdom on 23 May 1970, by Track
and Polydor
, the album has been reissued on several occasions and in several different formats. As of 2005, the album is ranked number 170 on Rolling Stone
magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time
.
It is often cited as the best live rock album of all time and is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
. It is also included in Q magazine
's list of Loudest Albums of All Time.
After releasing Tommy in mid-1969 The Who went on an extended world tour to promote it, and returned to England at year's end with a desire to release a live album from the tour. However, the band balked at the prospect of listening to approximately 80 hours of accumulated recordings to decide which would make the best album and it was rumoured that the tapes were subsequently burned to prevent bootlegging
. Roger Daltrey
cast doubt on this rumour in a 2006 BBC interview, but it was supported by Townshend during an interview (broadcast by the radio station Planet Rock on 11 February 2010) celebrating the 40th anniversary of the original recording.
Two shows were consequently scheduled, one at the University of Leeds
and the other in Hull
, for the expressed purpose of recording and releasing a live album. The shows were performed on 14 and 15 February 1970 at Leeds and Hull, respectively, but technical problems with the recordings from the Hull gig — the bass guitar had not been recorded on some of the songs — made it all the more necessary for the show from the 14th to be released as the album. Regardless of great approval of the Leeds gig by many fans and critics, the band members believed the recordings at Hull sounded better, as the acoustics projected better in the more spacious venue.
LP
of the era: it is of plain brown cardboard with "The Who Live At Leeds" printed on it in plain blue or red block letters as if stamped on with ink (on the original first English pressing of 300, this stamp is black). The original LP's cover opened out, gatefold-style, and had a pocket on either side of the interior, with the record in a paper sleeve on one side and 12 facsimilés of various memorabilia on the other, including a photo of the band from the My Generation
photoshoot, handwritten lyrics to the "Listening to You" chorus from Tommy, the typewritten lyrics to "My Generation", with hand written notes, a receipt for smoke bombs, a rejection letter from EMI, and the early black "Maximum R&B" poster showing Pete Townshend
windmilling his Rickenbacker. The first 500 copies included a copy of the contract for The Who to play at the Woodstock Festival
.
The label was handwritten (apparently in Townshend's hand), and included instructions to the engineers not to attempt to remove any crackling noise. This is probably a reference to the clicking and popping on the pre-remastered version (notably in "Shakin All Over") which was from John Entwistle's bass cable. Modern digital remastering techniques allowed this to be removed, and also allowed some of the worst-affected tracks from the gig to be used also.
acclaiming it as "the best live rock album ever made." Its reputation as such continues to this day with Q magazine recently putting it at the top of its list of the greatest live albums of all time.
The album's reputation has become so lofty that the venue at which it was recorded, the University of Leeds refectory, has been named a national landmark in the UK, commemorated with a blue plaque
.
In 1995, the album was reissued as a remixed CD including more songs than the original vinyl edition, as well as song introductions and other banter that had been edited out of the original release. For the remix, new vocal overdubs from Daltrey, Townshend and Entwistle were recorded to address occasional flaws in the original tapes or performances.
"Fortune Teller" and "Young Man Blues" are R&B
tunes that were a standard part of The Who's stage repertoire at the time. "Shakin' All Over" is a cover of a hit by pioneering early 1960s British rocker Johnny Kidd and "Summertime Blues" is a cover of an Eddie Cochran
song.
"My Generation" is drawn out into an almost sixteen minute medley including "See Me, Feel Me" / "Listening To You", "Underture", the instrumental riff from the end of "Naked Eye", "The Seeker," and a number of other mostly unfamiliar themes. "Magic Bus" is drawn out to seven and a half minutes (9:42 on the un-edited recording). On the originally released version, there is an 8 second segment near the beginning of "Magic Bus" (leading into the lyric I don't care how much I pay) where the music is played backwards. This was probably done to cover a glitch in the live tapes. The 1995 and 2001 CD mixes edit this section differently and do not have the backward portion. The backwards portion was retained on "Greatest Hits Live
". The rest of the tracks are fairly straightforward renditions of the original songs, albeit with a consistent hard-rock power trio
sound rather than any attempt to re-create the various studio sounds of their original recordings.
A similar concert from later the same year was released in 1996 as Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
, along with a film of the same event titled Listening to You: The Who at the Isle of Wight Festival.
In 2001, the album was released again as a part of the Universal Deluxe Edition series. The Deluxe Edition includes more chat between the songs, and the entirety of the band's Tommy set as performed at Leeds. Again, new overdubs from the vocalists were employed at select points.
An excerpt from this recording of "We're Not Gonna Take It"—titled "See Me Feel Me/Listening to You
"—was also previously released on Thirty Years Of Maximum R&B
.
During the concert, "Summertime Blues
", "Shakin' All Over
", "My Generation
", and "Magic Bus
" were played after the Tommy set, but for easier listening the Deluxe Edition devoted the entire second disc to the Tommy set, and moved "My Generation" and "Magic Bus" out of order to the end of the first disc. During 1970, the regular Who concert set was set up this way, but an album with a 1970 concert in true order wasn't available until 1996 when the official Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
album was released.
In October 2010, Universal Music announced the impending release of a 40th Anniversary edition of the album which would not only contain the full Leeds show from 14 February 1970 but also the band's complete performance from Hull which was recorded the following evening as well as a heavyweight vinyl reproduction of the original six-track album, memorabilia and a replica 7 Inch Single of 'Summertime Blues/ Heaven & Hell'.
Side two
Disc two: Tommy
CD Two – Live at Leeds: 'Tommy'
CD Three – Live at Hull
CD Four – Live at Hull: 'Tommy'
7” single:
a. Summertime Blues
b. Heaven and Hell
Singles
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
's first live album, and is the only live album that was released while the group were still recording and performing regularly. Initially released in the United States on 16 May 1970, by Decca
Decca Records
Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
and MCA
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
and the United Kingdom on 23 May 1970, by Track
Track Records
Track Records is an English record label founded in London in 1966 by Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, then managers of hard rock band The Who. The most successful artists whose work appeared on the Track label were The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Who, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Thunderclap...
and Polydor
Polydor Records
Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...
, the album has been reissued on several occasions and in several different formats. As of 2005, the album is ranked number 170 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" is the title of a 2003 special issue of American magazine Rolling Stone, and a related book published in 2005.Related news articles:...
.
It is often cited as the best live rock album of all time and is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a musical reference book edited by Robert Dimery, first published in 2005. The most recent edition consists of a list of albums released between 1955 and 2010, part of a series from Quintessence Editions Ltd...
. It is also included in Q magazine
Q (magazine)
Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology...
's list of Loudest Albums of All Time.
Background
Bootleg recording
A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...
. Roger Daltrey
Roger Daltrey
Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE , is an English singer and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who. He has maintained a musical career as a solo artist and has also worked in the film industry, acting in a large number of films, theatre and television roles and also...
cast doubt on this rumour in a 2006 BBC interview, but it was supported by Townshend during an interview (broadcast by the radio station Planet Rock on 11 February 2010) celebrating the 40th anniversary of the original recording.
Two shows were consequently scheduled, one at the University of Leeds
University of Leeds
The University of Leeds is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
and the other in Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
, for the expressed purpose of recording and releasing a live album. The shows were performed on 14 and 15 February 1970 at Leeds and Hull, respectively, but technical problems with the recordings from the Hull gig — the bass guitar had not been recorded on some of the songs — made it all the more necessary for the show from the 14th to be released as the album. Regardless of great approval of the Leeds gig by many fans and critics, the band members believed the recordings at Hull sounded better, as the acoustics projected better in the more spacious venue.
Packaging
The album cover looks like the simple cover of a bootlegBootleg recording
A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...
LP
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
of the era: it is of plain brown cardboard with "The Who Live At Leeds" printed on it in plain blue or red block letters as if stamped on with ink (on the original first English pressing of 300, this stamp is black). The original LP's cover opened out, gatefold-style, and had a pocket on either side of the interior, with the record in a paper sleeve on one side and 12 facsimilés of various memorabilia on the other, including a photo of the band from the My Generation
My Generation
My Generation is the debut album by the English rock band The Who, released by Brunswick Records in the United Kingdom in December 1965. In the United States it was released by Decca Records as The Who Sings My Generation in April 1966, with a different cover and a slightly altered track...
photoshoot, handwritten lyrics to the "Listening to You" chorus from Tommy, the typewritten lyrics to "My Generation", with hand written notes, a receipt for smoke bombs, a rejection letter from EMI, and the early black "Maximum R&B" poster showing Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...
windmilling his Rickenbacker. The first 500 copies included a copy of the contract for The Who to play at the Woodstock Festival
Woodstock Festival
Woodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music". It was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm in the Catskills near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969...
.
The label was handwritten (apparently in Townshend's hand), and included instructions to the engineers not to attempt to remove any crackling noise. This is probably a reference to the clicking and popping on the pre-remastered version (notably in "Shakin All Over") which was from John Entwistle's bass cable. Modern digital remastering techniques allowed this to be removed, and also allowed some of the worst-affected tracks from the gig to be used also.
Accolades
Live at Leeds became a critical smash, with The New York TimesThe New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
acclaiming it as "the best live rock album ever made." Its reputation as such continues to this day with Q magazine recently putting it at the top of its list of the greatest live albums of all time.
The album's reputation has become so lofty that the venue at which it was recorded, the University of Leeds refectory, has been named a national landmark in the UK, commemorated with a blue plaque
Blue plaque
A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person or event, serving as a historical marker....
.
Release history
The original LP was reissued on Compact Disc in 1985 by MCA in the US, and in 1987 by Polydor in Germany.In 1995, the album was reissued as a remixed CD including more songs than the original vinyl edition, as well as song introductions and other banter that had been edited out of the original release. For the remix, new vocal overdubs from Daltrey, Townshend and Entwistle were recorded to address occasional flaws in the original tapes or performances.
"Fortune Teller" and "Young Man Blues" are R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
tunes that were a standard part of The Who's stage repertoire at the time. "Shakin' All Over" is a cover of a hit by pioneering early 1960s British rocker Johnny Kidd and "Summertime Blues" is a cover of an Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran , was an American rock and roll pioneer who in his brief career had a small but lasting influence on rock music through his guitar playing. Cochran's rockabilly songs, such as "C'mon Everybody", "Somethin' Else", and "Summertime Blues", captured teenage frustration and desire in the...
song.
"My Generation" is drawn out into an almost sixteen minute medley including "See Me, Feel Me" / "Listening To You", "Underture", the instrumental riff from the end of "Naked Eye", "The Seeker," and a number of other mostly unfamiliar themes. "Magic Bus" is drawn out to seven and a half minutes (9:42 on the un-edited recording). On the originally released version, there is an 8 second segment near the beginning of "Magic Bus" (leading into the lyric I don't care how much I pay) where the music is played backwards. This was probably done to cover a glitch in the live tapes. The 1995 and 2001 CD mixes edit this section differently and do not have the backward portion. The backwards portion was retained on "Greatest Hits Live
Greatest Hits Live
Greatest Hits Live may refer to:-See also:*List of albums titled Greatest Hits*List of albums titled Live...
". The rest of the tracks are fairly straightforward renditions of the original songs, albeit with a consistent hard-rock power trio
Power trio
A power trio is a rock and roll band format where the traditional power trio has a lineup of guitar, bass and drums, leaving out the rhythm guitar or keyboard that are used in other rock music to fill out the sound with chords...
sound rather than any attempt to re-create the various studio sounds of their original recordings.
A similar concert from later the same year was released in 1996 as Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 is a double live album by The Who, recorded at the Isle of Wight Festival on 29 August 1970, and released by Sony in 1996. A DVD of the concert was also released....
, along with a film of the same event titled Listening to You: The Who at the Isle of Wight Festival.
In 2001, the album was released again as a part of the Universal Deluxe Edition series. The Deluxe Edition includes more chat between the songs, and the entirety of the band's Tommy set as performed at Leeds. Again, new overdubs from the vocalists were employed at select points.
An excerpt from this recording of "We're Not Gonna Take It"—titled "See Me Feel Me/Listening to You
See Me, Feel Me
"See Me Feel Me" is a portion of the song "We're Not Gonna Take It" written by Pete Townshend of The Who. The song is the finale of the Tommy album. "See Me Feel Me", followed by the refrain of "Listening To You" was performed at the 1969 Woodstock Festival as the sun was rising and almost half a...
"—was also previously released on Thirty Years Of Maximum R&B
Thirty Years of Maximum R&B
Thirty Years of Maximum R&B is a box set by British rock band, The Who released by Polydor Records internationally and by MCA Records in the US; since 2003, it has been issued in America by Geffen Records...
.
During the concert, "Summertime Blues
Summertime Blues
"Summertime Blues" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American rockabilly artist Eddie Cochran. It was written in the late 1950s by Cochran and his manager Jerry Capehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 on...
", "Shakin' All Over
Shakin' All Over
"Shakin' All Over" is a rock and roll song originally performed by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. It was written by frontman Johnny Kidd and reached #1 in the United Kingdom in August 1960...
", "My Generation
My Generation
My Generation is the debut album by the English rock band The Who, released by Brunswick Records in the United Kingdom in December 1965. In the United States it was released by Decca Records as The Who Sings My Generation in April 1966, with a different cover and a slightly altered track...
", and "Magic Bus
Magic Bus (song)
"Magic Bus" is a song written by Pete Townshend at the time of My Generation in 1965, but not recorded by The Who until 1968. It is one of the band's most popular songs and has been a concert staple. The record reached #26 in the United Kingdom and #25 in the United States.The song's arrangement...
" were played after the Tommy set, but for easier listening the Deluxe Edition devoted the entire second disc to the Tommy set, and moved "My Generation" and "Magic Bus" out of order to the end of the first disc. During 1970, the regular Who concert set was set up this way, but an album with a 1970 concert in true order wasn't available until 1996 when the official Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 is a double live album by The Who, recorded at the Isle of Wight Festival on 29 August 1970, and released by Sony in 1996. A DVD of the concert was also released....
album was released.
In October 2010, Universal Music announced the impending release of a 40th Anniversary edition of the album which would not only contain the full Leeds show from 14 February 1970 but also the band's complete performance from Hull which was recorded the following evening as well as a heavyweight vinyl reproduction of the original six-track album, memorabilia and a replica 7 Inch Single of 'Summertime Blues/ Heaven & Hell'.
1970 Original LP
Side one- "Young Man BluesYoung Man BluesYoung Man Blues is a song by jazz artist Mose Allison. Allison'stwo-CD compilation set of 2002, Allison Wonderland reveals that the tune's full title is: Back Country Suite: Blues . The tune was famously covered by The Who during live sets - first appearing on their album Live At Leeds...
" (Mose AllisonMose AllisonMose John Allison, Jr. is an American jazz blues pianist and singer.-Biography:...
) – 4:45 - "Substitute" (Pete TownshendPete TownshendPeter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...
) – 2:05 - "Summertime BluesSummertime Blues"Summertime Blues" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American rockabilly artist Eddie Cochran. It was written in the late 1950s by Cochran and his manager Jerry Capehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 on...
" (Jerry CapehartJerry CapehartJerry Capehart was a songwriter and music manager. Capehart co-wrote the famous rock 'n' roll songs "Summertime Blues" and "C'mon Everybody" with Eddie Cochran, whom he also managed. He died in Nashville, Tennessee....
, Eddie CochranEddie CochranEddie Cochran , was an American rock and roll pioneer who in his brief career had a small but lasting influence on rock music through his guitar playing. Cochran's rockabilly songs, such as "C'mon Everybody", "Somethin' Else", and "Summertime Blues", captured teenage frustration and desire in the...
) – 3:22 - "Shakin' All OverShakin' All Over"Shakin' All Over" is a rock and roll song originally performed by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. It was written by frontman Johnny Kidd and reached #1 in the United Kingdom in August 1960...
" (Johnny Kidd) – 4:15
Side two
- "My GenerationMy GenerationMy Generation is the debut album by the English rock band The Who, released by Brunswick Records in the United Kingdom in December 1965. In the United States it was released by Decca Records as The Who Sings My Generation in April 1966, with a different cover and a slightly altered track...
" (Townshend) – 14:27 - "Magic BusMagic Bus (song)"Magic Bus" is a song written by Pete Townshend at the time of My Generation in 1965, but not recorded by The Who until 1968. It is one of the band's most popular songs and has been a concert staple. The record reached #26 in the United Kingdom and #25 in the United States.The song's arrangement...
" (Townshend) – 7:30
1995 Compact Disc reissue
- "Heaven and HellHeaven and Hell (The Who song)Heaven and Hell is a song by English rock band The Who written by group bassist John Entwistle, who also sings the lead vocals. The studio version , which appeared on the b-side of the live "Summertime Blues" single, is currently available only on the Thirty Years of Maximum R&B boxed set, though...
" (John EntwistleJohn EntwistleJohn Alec Entwistle was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, horn player, and film and record producer who was best known as the bass player for the rock band The Who. His aggressive lead sound influenced many rock bass players...
) – 4:50 (bonus track on CD) - "I Can't ExplainI Can't Explain"I Can't Explain" is a song by the English rock band The Who, written by Pete Townshend, and produced by Shel Talmy. The song was issued as a single in December 1964 in the United States and on 15 January 1965 in the United Kingdom.-Background:...
" (Townshend) – 2:59 (bonus track on CD) - "Fortune TellerFortune Teller (song)"Fortune Teller" is a song written by Allen Toussaint under the pseudonym Naomi Neville and first recorded by Benny Spellman...
" (Naomi NevilleAllen ToussaintAllen Toussaint is an American musician, composer, record producer, and influential figure in New Orleans R&B.Many of Toussaint's songs have become familiar through numerous cover versions, including "Working in the Coalmine", "Ride Your Pony", "Fortune Teller", "Play Something Sweet ", "Southern...
; original by Benny SpellmanBenny SpellmanBenny Spellman was an American rhythm and blues singer, best known for his 1962 hit "Lipstick Traces ," written by Allen Toussaint and the original version of "Fortune Teller", covered by The Rolling Stones among others. "Lipstick Traces" reached #28 on the US Billboard Black singles chart and #80...
) – 2:35 (bonus track on CD) - "Tattoo" (Townshend) – 3:42 (bonus track on CD)
- "Young Man BluesYoung Man BluesYoung Man Blues is a song by jazz artist Mose Allison. Allison'stwo-CD compilation set of 2002, Allison Wonderland reveals that the tune's full title is: Back Country Suite: Blues . The tune was famously covered by The Who during live sets - first appearing on their album Live At Leeds...
" (Allison) – 5:52 - "Substitute" (Townshend) – 2:07
- "Happy JackHappy Jack (song)"Happy Jack" is a rock song from British rock band, The Who, released in December 1966 in the UK and peaking at #3. It was their first top forty hit in the USA, released in March 1967 and peaking at #24. It was included on the USA version of their second album...
" (Townshend) – 2:14 (bonus track on CD) - "I'm a BoyI'm a Boy"I'm a Boy" is a 1966 rock song written by Pete Townshend for his band The Who. The song, like other early recordings by the band, such as "I Can't Explain", "The Kids Are Alright" and "Happy Jack", centers around the early power pop genre...
" (Townshend) – 4:42 (bonus track on CD) - "A Quick One, While He's AwayA Quick One, While He's Away"A Quick One, While He's Away" is a 1966 medley written by Pete Townshend and recorded by The Who for their album A Quick One. The song also appears on the album BBC Sessions. In the performance on their Live at Leeds album Townshend calls the 9 minute "epic" track a "mini-opera" and introduces...
" (Townshend) – 8:41 (bonus track on CD) - "Amazing JourneyAmazing JourneyAmazing Journey is a song by The Who from the album Tommy. It was written by Pete Townshend. The song involves Tommy, the main character from the album Tommy going on a psychedelic "Amazing Journey" as his subconsciousness reveals itself to him as a tall stranger dressed in silvery robes...
/Sparks" (Townshend) – 7:55 (bonus track on CD) - "Summertime Blues" (Capehart and Cochran) – 3:22
- "Shakin' All Over" (Johnny Kidd) – 4:34
- "My Generation" (Townshend) – 15:47
- "Magic Bus" (Townshend) – 7:48
2001 Deluxe Edition (complete "Leeds" performance)
Disc one- "Heaven and Hell" (Entwistle) – 5:07
- "I Can't Explain" (Townshend) – 3:13
- "Fortune Teller" (Neville and Spellman) – 2:35
- "Tattoo" (Townshend) – 3:42
- "Young Man Blues" (Allison) – 6:12
- "Substitute" (Townshend) – 2:07
- "Happy Jack" (Townshend) – 2:14
- "I'm a Boy" (Townshend) – 7:47
- "A Quick One, While He's Away" (Townshend) – 8:52
- "Summertime Blues" (Capehart and Cochran) – 3:22
- "Shakin' All Over" (Kidd) – 4:35
- "My Generation" (Townshend) – 15:49
- "Magic Bus" (Townshend) – 7:56
Disc two: Tommy
- "Overture" (Townshend) – 6:53
- "It's a Boy" (Townshend) – 0:31
- "1921" (Townshend) – 2:26
- "Amazing Journey" (Townshend) – 3:18
- "Sparks" (Townshend) – 4:23
- "Eyesight to the Blind" a.k.a. "Born Blind" (Sonny Boy WilliamsonSonny Boy Williamson IIWillie "Sonny Boy" Williamson was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, from Mississippi. He is acknowledged as one of the most charismatic and influential blues musicians, with considerable prowess on the harmonica and highly creative songwriting skills...
) – 1:58 - "Christmas" (Townshend) – 3:19
- "The Acid Queen" (Townshend) – 3:35
- "Pinball WizardPinball Wizard"Pinball Wizard" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by the English rock band The Who, and featured on their 1969 rock opera album Tommy. The original recording was released as a single in 1969 and reached No. 4 in the UK charts and No. 19 on the U.S...
" (Townshend) – 2:52 - "Do You Think It's Alright?" (Townshend) – 0:22
- "Fiddle About" (Entwistle) – 1:13
- "Tommy, Can You Hear Me?Tommy, Can You Hear Me?"Tommy Can You Hear Me?" is a song written by Pete Townshend of The Who. It appears as the sixteenth track on the group's first rock opera, Tommy . After the events in "Go to the Mirror!", Tommy is still captivated by the mirror. He remains captivated while his parents try to reach him. The song...
" (Townshend) – 0:55 - "There's a Doctor" (Townshend) – 0:23
- "Go to the Mirror!Go to the Mirror!"Go to the Mirror!" is a song written by Pete Townshend of The Who. It appears as the fifteenth track on the group's first rock opera, Tommy...
" (Townshend) – 3:24 - "Smash The Mirror" (Townshend) – 1:19
- "Miracle Cure" (Townshend) – 0:13
- "Sally Simpson" (Townshend) – 4:01
- "I'm Free" (Townshend) – 2:39
- "Tommy's Holiday Camp" (Keith MoonKeith MoonKeith John Moon was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of the English rock group The Who. He gained acclaim for his exuberant and innovative drumming style, and notoriety for his eccentric and often self-destructive behaviour, earning him the nickname "Moon the Loon". Moon...
) – 1:00 - "We're Not Gonna Take It" (Townshend) – 8:48
2010 40th Anniversary Super-Deluxe Collectors’ Edition (complete "Leeds" & "Hull" performances)
CD One – Live at Leeds- Heaven and Hell (Entwistle) – 5:12
- I Can't Explain (Townshend) – 2:38
- Fortune Teller (Neville and Spellman) – 3:13
- Tattoo (Townshend) – 3:00
- Young Man Blues (Allison) – 5:56
- Substitute (Townshend) – 3:05
- Happy Jack (Townshend) – 2:13
- I'm a Boy (Townshend) – 2:45
- A Quick One, While He's Away (Townshend) – 13:44
- Summertime Blues (Capehart and Cochran) – 3:35
- Shakin' All Over (Kidd) – 4:35
- My Generation (Townshend) – 15:26
- Magic Bus – 8:21
CD Two – Live at Leeds: 'Tommy'
- Overture (Townshend) – 6:49
- It's a Boy (Townshend) – 0:35
- 1921 (Townshend) – 2:26
- Amazing Journey (Townshend) – 3:18
- Sparks (Townshend) – 4:22
- Eyesight to the Blind a.k.a. "Born Blind" (Sonny Boy Williamson) – 1:58
- Christmas (Townshend) – 3:18
- The Acid Queen (Townshend) – 3:32
- Pinball Wizard (Townshend) – 2:52
- Do You Think It's Alright? (Townshend) – 0:22
- Fiddle About (Entwistle) – 1:13
- Tommy, Can You Hear Me? (Townshend) – 0:55
- There's a Doctor (Townshend) – 0:23
- Go to the Mirror! (Townshend) – 3:24
- Smash The Mirror (Townshend) – 1:18
- Miracle Cure (Townshend) – 0:13
- Sally Simpson (Townshend) – 4:00
- I'm Free (Townshend) – 2:39
- Tommy's Holiday Camp (Keith Moon) – 1:00
- We're Not Gonna Take It (Townshend) – 8:50
CD Three – Live at Hull
- Heaven and Hell (Entwistle) – 4:04
- I Can't Explain (Townshend) – 2:51
- Fortune Teller (Neville and Spellman) – 2:35
- Tattoo (Townshend) – 3:02
- Young Man Blues (Allison) – 5:41
- Substitute (Townshend) – 2:07
- Happy Jack (Townshend) – 2:12
- I'm a Boy (Townshend) – 2:48
- A Quick One, While He's Away (Townshend) – 9:51
- Summertime Blues (Capehart and Cochran) – 3:43
- Shakin' All Over (Kidd) – 5:09
- My Generation (Townshend) – 15:58
CD Four – Live at Hull: 'Tommy'
- Overture (Townshend) – 5:30
- It's a Boy (Townshend) – 0:43
- 1921 (Townshend) – 2:28
- Amazing Journey (Townshend) – 3:18
- Sparks (Townshend) – 4:14
- Eyesight to the Blind a.k.a. "Born Blind" (Sonny Boy Williamson) – 1:56
- Christmas (Townshend) – 3:18
- The Acid Queen (Townshend) – 3:33
- Pinball Wizard (Townshend) – 2:47
- Do You Think It's Alright? (Townshend) – 0:23
- Fiddle About (Entwistle) – 1:14
- Tommy, Can You Hear Me? (Townshend) – 0:57
- There's a Doctor (Townshend) – 0:22
- Go to the Mirror! (Townshend) – 3:32
- Smash The Mirror (Townshend) – 1:22
- Miracle Cure (Townshend) – 0:13
- Sally Simpson (Townshend) – 4:08
- I'm Free (Townshend) – 2:24
- Tommy's Holiday Camp (Keith Moon) – 1:00
- We're Not Gonna Take It (Townshend) – 8:19
7” single:
a. Summertime Blues
b. Heaven and Hell
Personnel
- Roger DaltreyRoger DaltreyRoger Harry Daltrey, CBE , is an English singer and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who. He has maintained a musical career as a solo artist and has also worked in the film industry, acting in a large number of films, theatre and television roles and also...
– lead vocals, harmonicaHarmonicaThe harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
, tambourineTambourineThe tambourine or marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all.... - John EntwistleJohn EntwistleJohn Alec Entwistle was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, horn player, and film and record producer who was best known as the bass player for the rock band The Who. His aggressive lead sound influenced many rock bass players...
– bass guitar, vocals - Keith MoonKeith MoonKeith John Moon was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of the English rock group The Who. He gained acclaim for his exuberant and innovative drumming style, and notoriety for his eccentric and often self-destructive behaviour, earning him the nickname "Moon the Loon". Moon...
– drums, vocals - Pete TownshendPete TownshendPeter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...
– guitar, vocals
Sales chart performance
Album| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Billboard Pop Albums Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
4 |
| UK Chart Albums | 3 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | "Summertime Blues" | Billboard Pop Singles Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
27 |
| UK Singles Charts | 38 |
Sales certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
|---|---|---|
| RIAA – U.S. | Gold | 6 August 1970 |
| Platinum | 8 February 1993 | |
| 2x Multi-Platinum |
External links
- The Who.com, official website.