The Who Live at Leeds Decca U.S Pressing Vinyl Rip With Bonus
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Live at Leeds
Live album by The Who
Released 16 May 1970
Recorded 14 February 1970, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Genre Hard Rock
Length 36:24
Language English
Label: Decca
Catalog NUmber: DL 79175
Producer Jon Astley, Kit Lambert, and The Who
Singles from Live at Leeds
1. "Summertime Blues"
Released: June 1970
Live at Leeds is The Who's first live album, and is their only live album that was released while
the group was 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 on formats.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 170 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
It is thought by many to be the best live rock album of all timeand 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.
Contents
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, they balked at the prospect of listening to approximately 80 hours of accumulated recordings to decide which would make the best album;
it was rumoured that Townshend burned the tapes (to prevent bootlegging),
a rumour squashed later by Daltrey in an interview
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 February 14 (Leeds)
and 15th (Hull) 1970, 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.
Perhaps because of these circumstances, or perhaps because The Who were hyped up from their international success with Tommy,
or perhaps simply because The Who were in their prime at the time of recording,
Live At Leeds turned out to be a wildly popular recording.
Packaging
The album cover looks like the simple cover of a bootleg 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.
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 facsimiles 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,
a receipt for smoke bombs, and the early black "Maximum R&B" poster showing Pete Townshend windmilling his Rickenbacker.
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.
Accolades
Live at Leeds became a critical smash, with The New York Times 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.
Track listing
Side one
1. "Young Man Blues" (Mose Allison) – 5:51
2. "Substitute" (Pete Townshend) – 2:05
3. "Summertime Blues" (Jerry Capehart, Eddie Cochran) – 3:22
4. "Shakin' All Over" (Johnny Kidd) – 4:15
Side two
5. "My Generation" (Townshend) – 14:27
6. "Magic Bus" (Townshend) – 7:30
As a bonus I've also included a couple of extra tracks:
Happy Jack (taken from my rip of the kids are alright soundtrack)
Summertime Blues (Single Version) / Heaven and Hell (B-Side)
The Seeker / Here For More
I ripped this myself using a technics direct drive SL-3200 in to a pioneer sx 2300 into a
sony stand alone cd recorder rcd-w500c Ripped to Flac 8 using eac
(Sorry I forgot to save the log file) To you enjoy.