By: The Who Average Rating: Binding: Audio CD Format: Live, Original recording remastered, Extra tracks Label: Mca Number of Discs: 1 Release Date: February 28, 1995
Amazon.com essential recording: 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
Amazon.com: 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
A MUST-HAVE It's The Who. Live. At Leeds University. Duh. How come you haven't bought it already? Powerful live set from seminal rock four-piece, blah, blah, sizzling energy, innovative songwriting, blah blah....Keith Moon....buy it. Listen to it. Have mind blown.
The Who Live At Leeds 1970 Amazing live album is all that i have too say for this. The drums are absoutley amazing Keith Moon is probaly one of the greatest rock drummers of all time his peformance is great here. Pete Townshends guitar is great and everybody in this is really doing great on there instruments.
This may just be one of there greatest peformances of all time it has the energy and they sound just really great here i think all the live versions sound great on here
If your a big Who fan like me buy this album today you wont be dissapointed...
awful Really horrible sound quality, and the band must have been totally wasted...Apparently with so many for sale , others thought the same.
undeniable power I'm not a huge fan of The Who but this record is undeniable. The band is on fire and at a creative peak. I actually like the single disc version more than the double (I'm not a fan of the Tommy material, sorry). Everyone needs a copy of this.
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Crackling noises OK! Here's the original CD release of Live At Leeds, like the LP, just six tracks. It was released to resemble a inferior bootleg album, with crackling noises heard and a simple looking jacket. Now, I know you can get the two later rereleases with the rest of the concert added, then all of Tommy added, too. Those are great CDs. But if you want to hear Live At Leeds the way The Who originally released it, you have to get this version! Young Man Blues is here in its edited form, Pete's solo is a bit shorter, but flows better. And Magic Bus has the backwards bit for a few bars before Roger starts singing, only on this! This IS one of those low budget CDs (hey, like the original) with a minimal amount of info in the "booklet", but it does show that photo of Pete jumping with his guitar over his head with thousands of people in the audience-the same photo was included in the original album extras. It does state that it was recorded Feb. 14, 1970 except for Young Man Blues which was recorded December 26, 1968. I've never heard about this before; I don't believe that it is correct. I'm sure the whole concert was recorded at Leeds University at the same time. Well, for a budget CD you can expect some incorrect information! Regardless, this is a fine addition to your Who collection.
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