As previously reported, Universal Music Enterprises is releasing another reissue of The Who's Live at Leeds, now more super-deluxe than ever for the LP's 40th anniversary. Now, from our friends at VVN Music, the full track lists have been unveiled for the previously unreleased Hull show.
Live at Leeds: 40th Anniversary Edition will feature the full show recorded on Valentine's Day 1970 at Leeds University (previously released in full for the first time in 2001) as well as the next night's show in the city of Kingston upon Hull, considered to be a superior performance but thought to be unusable due to technical problems. (The problems were corrected in a rather unorthodox way for this release: John Entwhistle's bass parts for the corresponding songs from the Leeds show have been grafted onto the early, problematic tracks from the beginning of the Hull recording.)
The set will also include bonus vinyl editions of the original, six-track edition of the Live at Leeds album and a corresponding single. The set is due in the U.K. on November 15 with a U.S. release date to follow. The full track list is below for your viewing pleasure.
The Who, Live at Leeds: 40th Anniversary Edition (Polydor/UMe, 2010)
Disc 1: Live at Leeds: Deluxe Edition - Part I
- Heaven and Hell – 5:09
- I Can’t Explain – 2:26
- Fortune Teller – 3:22
- Tattoo – 3:00
- Young Man Blues – 5:56
- Substitute – 3:04
- Happy Jack – 2:13
- I’m a Boy – 2:45
- A Quick One, While He’s Away – 8:51
- Summertime Blues – 3:34
- Shakin’ All Over – 4:34
- My Generation – 15:24
- Magic Bus – 8:21
Disc 2: Live at Leeds: Deluxe Edition - Part II
- Overture – 6:53
- It’s a Boy – 0:31
- 1921 – 2:26
- Amazing Journey – 3:18
- Sparks – 4:23
- Eyesight to the Blind – 1:58
- Christmas – 3:19
- The Acid Queen – 3:35
- Pinball Wizard – 2:25
- Do You Think It’s Alright? – 0:22
- Fiddle About – 1:13
- Tommy, Can You Hear Me? – 0:55
- There’s a Doctor – 0:23
- Go to the Mirror! – 3:24
- Smash the Mirror – 1:19
- Miracle Cure – 0:13
- Sally Simpson – 4:01
- I’m Free – 2:39
- Tommy’s Holiday Camp – 1:00
- We’re Not Gonna Take It – 8:48
Discs 1-2 previously released as Live at Leeds: Deluxe Edition (MCA 088 112 618-2, 2002). Material recorded at Leeds University – 2/14/1970
Disc 3: Live at Hull – 2/15/1970, Part 1 (previously unreleased)
- 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
- Summertime Blues
- Shakin' All Over
- My Generation
Disc 4: Live at Hull – 2/15/1970, Part 2 (previously unreleased)
- Overture
- It’s a Boy
- 1921
- Amazing Journey
- Sparks
- Eyesight to the Blind
- 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
- Sally Simpson
- I’m Free
- Tommy’s Holiday Camp
- We’re Not Gonna Take It
LP: Live at Leeds (Original Version) (released as Track 2406 001 (U.K.)/Decca DL 79175 (U.S.), 1970)
- Young Man Blues – 5:51
- Substitute – 2:05
- Summertime Blues – 3:22
- Shakin’ All Over – 4:15
- My Generation – 14:27
- Magic Bus – 7:30
Single: “Summertime Blues” b/w “Heaven and Hell” (originally released as Decca 32708 (U.S.), 1970)
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Ugh. I really don't want to buy this on CD a third time. The original 1995 reissue is still great, with Amazing Journey/Sparks in context, and you don't notice the overdubs as much as you do on the Tommy portion included in full on the Deluxe Edition. And as much as I'd like to hear the complete Hull show, grafting the bass tracks from Leeds isn't going to make any Who fan happy. Most of whom would have a decent LP of the original Leeds anyway.
That's a brilliant fix (using the bass from the night before)! Much better than releasing it without a bass track at all, and much better having some else record new bass lines for it. I approve. It's only one night's difference, and...not to be cruel, but, it's only the bass guitar. He wasn't really laying down something different from one night to the next, was he? Probably not. So, yay.
Not another release, yet again??? And what, I wonder, is planned for, say, the 50th anniversay?
(and to Will's comment, only the bass guitar?!?! WTF, I'd love for him to say that in the middle of a crowd of bass players . . . and if he had an ears left afterwards . . . try listening again)