Tuesday, September 25, 2007

THE WHO: LIVE IN TORONTO 1982

Great live album by 3-1/2 of the band. But here's the interesting part...
The album is titled Live In Toronto, and the liner notes by some guy
state that "...the Who were launching the kind of 'comeback tour' event..."
But the funny part is that this was actually recorded during their
farewell tour, not a reunion tour. This was originally shown on
pay-per-view, and during one song, Roger Daltrey got tangled up
in his mic cord while swinging it around (as he likes to do and is usually
very good at). Of course, when they re-ran a shorter version of the
concert on MTV, that was one of the parts you didn't see. But my friend
Larry still has it on videotape from the original broadcast...or at least I
hope he does.
But a great Who live album nonetheless, with live versions of rarely heard
on disc versions of Sister Disco, Squeeze Box, Young Man's Blues, and Twist And Shout.

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