The Who

Coral Sky Ampitheatre
West Palm Beach, Florida
USA
Saturday, August 16, 1997



"Give the People What They Want"

Grabbed this a few years back...Thanks to the original taper and uploader!!!

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Aplay DAT Master Series 008 / Geetarz 234-235

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APlay Master Recording ...



Lineage: Sonic DSM-6 Mics > Sony D7 (Sonic Preamp MOD2) > DAT Master > Tascam DA-20MkII > SoundForge 9.0e (trims, fades) > CDWav 1.93.3 (Tracking) > FLAC 8

No EQ, compression, normalization, or any other action was performed on the source audio.

No digital bits were harmed during the production of this recording.




Disc 1:


I am the Sea(Not Recorded)

The Real Me(Not Recorded)

1. Quadrophenia (fades in)

2. Cut My Hair

3. The Punk and the Godfather

4. I'm One

5. The Dirty Jobs

6. Helpless Dancer

7. Is It In My Head?>

8. I've Had Enough >

9. I've Had Enough

10. 5:15

11. "Narration"

12. Sea and Sand

13. Drowned

14. Bell Boy

15. Doctor Jimmy



Disc 2:



1. The Rock

2. Love Reign O'er Me

3. Band Introductions

4. Won't Get Fooled Again

5. Behind Blue Eyes

6. Substitute

7. Can't Explain

8. "Pete Yada Yada Yada"

9. Kids Are Allright

10. Who Are You



Geetarz Comments:

The final performance of the 1997 "Quadrophenia" tour.

Personally, I don't get it ... yes, "Tommy" was a groundbreaking, seminal album, and it's fair to say that it forever changed music.

However, I've never understood why "Tommy" is so popular, as compared to "Quadrophenia". "Tommy" - to me - is in comparison a sophmore effort, whereas Quad is simply perfection, from beginning to end.

With that said, it's not easy pulling off that type of work in a live stage setting, and the 1997 tour reflected those compromises.



The Who, at their core, have always been about improvisation, about taking the live performance somewhere beyond the studio recording, feeding off the energy and vibe of the audience. But, the larger the band, the less flexible it is. If you've a 3-piece jazz ensemble in a smoke-filled club, the sky is the limit, but when you've got a philharmonic orchestra, arrangements tend to be rigid by necessity. The Quad tour tried to balance those competing forces, and the end result was somewhere in the middle, with some flexibility yet doing service to the source material.

It's a fun show, and a good listen!




Recording is compliments of Aplay; all thanks should go to him.


DAT > CD Mastering / notes by Geetarz.
Folks, I'm just the messenger.


Enjoy and ... PLAY IT LOUD!

~
Geetarz, July 2010

www.geetarz.org



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