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The Who - Tales From The Who (1973)

Track listing:
  1. Pete Townshend Interview 1:07
  2. Keith Moon Interview 1:06
  3. I Can't Explain 2:55
  4. Summertime Blues 3:46
  5. My Generation 6:38
  6. I Am The Sea 2:28
  7. The Real Me 6:55
  8. I'm One 3:19
  9. Sea And Sand 6:56
  10. Drowned 9:24
  11. Bell Boy 5:04
  12. Roger Daltrey Interview 1:01
  13. Dr. Jimmy 8:57
  14. Won't Get Fooled Again 9:09
  15. Pinball Wizard 2:53
  16. See Me, Feel Me 6:10

Notes

King Biscuit Flower Hour Remaster

The Spectrum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sound-board or possibly audience

What a unique package - right from the first glance at the cover, one cannot help but to be drawn to this CD. The cover bears a strong, if not identical, resemblance to the well-known legitimate series of ORIGINAL MASTER DISC recordings on LP. So, what is so unique about THIS CD when we already have at least 15 different packagings of the same show, you might ask? Although this CD contains no new songs from this show, there are some unique features which make this a worth while acquisition.The back cover is an (alleged - though probably authentic) shot of the back of the reel-to-reel tape box used by DIR Broadcasting Corp. The story behind the content: DIR Broadcasting Corp./ The King Biscuit Flower Hour present a tribute to The Who. The interviews contained on this disc are "snippets" by Pete, Keith, and Roger (no JAE comments) about how the band met, the dynamics etc. The interviews appear to be in mono / Hi-Fi. but crystal clear. The interviews and broadcast of the 1973 Spectrum Quadrophenia show MAY be either from a 1978 or
September 1979 FM radio KBFH broadcast. In comparison with / to all other versions of this 1973 Quadrophenia show, with perhaps the exception of Philadelphia Freedom - Quadrophenia Tour 1973 (CD-R) (no lable information), this is probably THE best-sounding version to own. Recorded in "quadrophonic and stereophonic sound", this is more clear and crisp than any of the others. There appear to be comments during the show by Pete "If you don't come together shortly, you're going to be our straight man again, Pridden" referring to soundman Bobby Pridden (Pete's favorite "scapegoat") and the unnerving difficulties with out-of-sync tapes prior to Dr. Jimmy. The only MINOR thing to complain about is that some of the interviewers or band members comments are played slightly over in to the stage announcements.