The Who

Feb 14: The Who recorded “Live At Leeds” in 1970

Posted on by Egil Mosbron

Rolling Stone [Magazine] hailed it as the best ever live album, and they may still be right…
~Chris Jones (BBC – 2007)

The only clips from this fantastic concert: 

  • Fortune Teller (0:00 to 0:05) –
  • Happy Jack (0:06 to 0:13) –
  • I’m a Boy (0:14 to 0:33) –
  • A Quick One While He’s Away (0:34 to 2:09) –
  • Christmas (2:10 to 3:05) –
  • Pinball Wizard (3:06 to 3:22) –
  • Go to The Mirror (3:22 to 3:26) –
  • Smash The Mirror (3:27 to 3:35)-
  • Tommy’s Holliday Camp (3:36 to 3:45) –
  • We’re Not Gonna Take It (with See Me, Feel Me) (3:46 at the end)

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December 3: The Who released My Generation in 1965

Posted on by Hallgeir Olsen

 An explosive debut, and the hardest mod pop recorded by anyone. At the time of its release, it also had the most ferociously powerful guitars and drums yet captured on a rock record. Pete Townshend’s exhilarating chord crunches and guitar distortions threaten to leap off the grooves on “My Generation” and “Out in the Street”; Keith Moon attacks the drums with a lightning, ruthless finesse throughout.
~Richie Unterberger (allmusic.com)

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May 18: The Who – Live @ Charlton Athletic Football Ground (the Valley) 1974 (Videos)

Posted on by Egil Mosbron

The Who Charlton 1974

..It was also the day before my twenty-ninth birthday. I wasn’t just drunk by the time of the concert – I was smashed. Fortunately, it went off OK.
~Pete Townshend (from “Who I Am”)

 

Sat, 18 May 1974:
London, Charlton Athletic Football Ground

  • Roger Daltrey – lead vocals, harmonica
  • Pete Townshend – lead guitar, vocals, tambourine
  • John Entwistle – bass guitar, vocals
  • Keith Moon – drums, percussion, vocals

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