As
iain already noded, there was a
festival on the
Isle of Wight in
1970, which also took place there in
1969 and perhaps one
year before that too. What I am going to node about is
The Who's
Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 album, which, as its
title says, is a live album. Some people say that the
band has played
sloppy that evening and that the
quality of the
recording isn't very good. The
Who's first
live album Live At Leeds is indeed a bit better (just compare
Heaven And Hell,
Young Man Blues or
Magic Bus), but it does not contain a live performance of
Tommy (The Who played it at Leeds, but they didn't include it on the CD leaving only
Amazing Journey/
Sparks) (addition: well, obviously now it does contain Tommy on the Live at Leeds Deluxe Edition; but in order to put the whole performance on cd, they changed tracklist of the concert). I still love this concert, it just shows how great
The Who were playing live. The CD also has a very, very nice
booklet about the
festival and The Who's show. There's a quote by
Ray Manzarek, who is saying that Pete came off the stage furious after
Magic Bus, because his guitar (a beautiful red
Gibson SG..) didn't work anymore.
- Heaven And Hell
- I Can't Explain
- Young Man Blues
- I Don't Even Know Myself
- Water
- Overture
- It's A Boy
- 1921
- Amazing Journey
- Sparks
- Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker)
- Christmas
- The Acid Queen
- Pinball Wizard
- Do You Think It's Alright
- Fiddle About
- Tommy Can You Hear Me
- There's a Doctor
- Go To The Mirror
- Smash The Mirror
- Miracle Cure
- I'm Free
- Tommy's Holiday Camp
- We're Not Gonna Take It
- Summertime Blues
- Shakin' All Over - Spoonful - Twist And Shout
- Substitute
- My Generation
- Naked Eye
- Magic Bus
There is also a video version of this concert, which is unfortunately VERY edited. Some songs are cut out, the whole order is changed, ... But if you don't have the chance to see The Who live, it's cool.