-- Who - Live at Leeds [1995 Remaster] | (Audio CD) MSRP $ 11.98 Amazon Price $ 10.99 Savings $ 0.99 | |  Release Date: 28 February, 1995, Mca
TRACK LISTING - Heaven And Hell
- I Can`t Explain
- Fortune Teller
- Tattoo
- Young Man Blues
- Substitute
- Happy Jack
- I`m A Boy
- A Quick One, While He`s Away
- Amazing Journey/Sparks
- Summertime Blues
- Shakin` All Over
- My Generation
- Magic Bus
Usually ships in 24 hours | | | Live rock and roll sounds like THIS. | | I never bought the original "Live at Leeds," having for the Who the same sort of love/hate affair I have with the Beatles (this may be the result of being an unabashed Stones fanatic, I don`t know). I`d look at the songs on it, go, wow, just six, and pass. Boy am I glad I waited. The remakes of records have a disturbing tendency to historical revisionism. Here`s an exception. The biggest change history made to the original "Live at Leeds" was SIMPLY PUTTING THE BEST PARTS OF THE SHOW ON THE RECORD, FINALLY! Every one of my favorite numbers here isn`t on the original record. I`d go so far as to say that if you own the original vinyl version, encase it in Lucite as a period piece. And BUY THIS ONE. It`s worth the price for "Heaven and Hell" ALONE. The Who never rocked harder or tighter, live or in the studio, than this one; Townsend`s solo soars. He sounds more like Mick Taylor or Jimi Hendrix than like Pete Townsend! "Fortune Teller" is a metal-destructo take on the `50s chestnut covered in an entirely different (and equally good) fashion by the Stones. "Substitute" (OK, this one was on the original) sounds like a Led Zeppelin cover of a Who song. "A Quick One" is also on "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus" disc; they do a fairly identical version here, which highlights all of the group`s gifts maybe better than any other single Who song. The harmony on "Tattoo" is heartbreakingly gorgeous. The "Tommy" excerpts rock out. Roger Daltrey is the frontman`s frontman; his mini-discography between-songs patter is as fun to listen to as the songs. The sound quality will wow you. If this isn`t Best Live Record Ever, it`s top 5. And....AND...you get the complete genesis of each track in an extremely well-written info booklet, one of the best liner-notes packets I`ve read. I`ve never meant anything more. If you like The Who, you NEED "Live at Leeds." No. THIS ONE. | | | | Not only the best Who album, but one of rock`s greatest | | The orignal Live at Leeds stood as one of the greatest live rock records of all time and the new expanded re-issue is not only sonically superior to the original, but includes more selections from this historic concert. The Who were at their best on stage and this album captures their incredible energy and sounds better than anything to date. Their best album is also a good starting point for anyone interested in the band. According to the liner notes, it includes the entire original concert, minus a majority of the complete Tommy performance which was de riguer for Who performances around this time. My only (minor) quibble is that including the entire performance would have made this more complete, but it might have also rendered the relatively recent Live at the Isle of Wight double CD, with a near-complete (no Sally Simpson) Tommy redundant. Minor points aside, this CD is one of the top albums of all time and deserves to be played as loud as your stereo will go! | | | | The greatest damn live album ever, enough said! | | Right from their earliest singles, it was clear that The Who were going to be one hell of a live band, and no doubt, their concerts became the epitome of a fire-and-brimstone revival meeting. Not until 1970 though did fans who couldn`t go to the concerts get a taste of what The Who was like in front of an audience. Only 6 songs long originally, LIVE AT LEEDS was immediately acclaimed as one of the best live albums of all time, a title it still claims to this day. Now with an extended 14 tracks, we get a bigger, more complete picture of that legendary night at Leeds. Their 1970 single "Heaven & Hell", written by John Entwhistle, opens the show, and is stretched out considerably from the single version with a performance that is only a hint of what`s to come. Next up is one of their earliest single successes "I Can`t Explain", which despite its loud volume, was one of the most insightful rock songs written up to that time. An old R&B cover "Fortune Teller" segues into the eternal concert staple "Tattoo" (with its immortal guitar arpeggios). Another cover comes in the form of Mose Allison`s "Young Man Blues" before the Who gives three more of their early hits a great live airing. "Substitute" is featured in its original uncensored version with the line "I look all white but my dad is black" that was too much for American radio. "Happy Jack" I think blows the old single version out of the water, as does their version of "I`m A Boy". Before launching into TOMMY, the Who redo their very first rock opera "A Quick One, While He`s Away" which once again takes the original studio version down. The intro to "A Quick One" is darn near better than the song itself (you`ll fall out of your chair laughing)! The only song on here from the TOMMY performance is "Amazing Journey/Sparks", for containing the entire opera would have facilitated a 2-disc set. Someday, we`ll hear the entire version I hope. After all that comes the Who`s superb version of "Summertime Blues" that was the highlight of their Woodstock set, and John Entwhistle has one of the most underutilized voices in rock. Another great rock cover "Shakin` All Over" is next, then along you have a 15-minute version of "My Generation". Their live versions of this song were often noted for their extended instrumental solos, which stumped the audience into thinking the song was over before starting up all over again. While this ploy gets a little tiresome after a while, it`s still a phenomenal performance. Finally, the show closes out with one of their biggest encores, "Magic Bus". This song is legendary for being hated by virtually every member of the Who, but loved by audiences everywhere. It`s easy to see why it`s so enjoyed, because it is catchy as hell, and the beat is just infectious, all there is to it. 1970 was the year of another legendary live album GET YER YA-YA`S OUT from the Rolling Stones. That album has been deemed one of the greatest live albums ever, which I guess shows that the early 1970s were one heck of a time to go see a rock concert. For those who couldn`t make it to the legendary Leeds show, LIVE AT LEEDS helps propel the listener to being in the front row, and who knows, you`ll probably be screaming and singing along to all the songs as if you were there. I certainly do! | | |
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