The Who
1979-12-06
Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland
Source: Audience
Lineage: Master Cassette>Nakamichi 670 azimuth-adjusted playback deck>Nakamichi outboard Dolby B>Wavelab 96/24 1ch mono>FLAC front-end (dithered to 16/44.1)
Taping Gear: Teac M-100>Sony 153SD (mono, Dobly B on)
Taped and transferred by JEMS

Disc one (67:35):
(1) Substitute (3:17)
(2) Can't Explain (3:13)
(3) Baba O'Riley (5:50)
(4) The Punk and the Godfather (5:31)
(5) Boris The Spider (3:55)
(6) Sister Disco (5:21)
(7) Behind Blue Eyes (5:23)
(8) Music Must Change (9:00)
(9) Drowned (10:04)
(10) Who Are You (7:10)
(11) 5:15 (8:46)

Disc two (49:09):
(1) Pinball Wizard (4:02) =>
(2) See Me Feel Me (6:54)
(3) Long Live Rock (4:18)
(4) My Generation (2:59)
(5) I Can See For Miles (4:22)
(6) Sparks (5:54)
(7) Won't Get Fooled Again (10:05)
(8) Summertime Blues (3:42)
(9) How Can You Do It Alone (2:34)
(10) The Real Me (4:15)

Note: There are no fades applied, so if you choose to burn to CD, you can break the discs anywhere you wish.

Info file, md5 signature, press clippings, pictures of the gear used, and photos from the show are included.

Pete Townshend Vocals, Guitar
Roger Daltrey Harmonica, Vocals
John Entwistle Vocals, Bass
Kenney Jones Drums
John 'Rabbit'Bundrick Piano, Keyboards
Howie Casey - Saxophone
Reg Brooks - Trombone
Dave Caswell - Trumpet

Comments:

Another good performance and great-sounding show from The Who's winter 1979 U.S. tour, this one from Cleveland. Setlist is very similar to the previous nights posted, but the band seems back on their game after a very emotional show in Buffalo. Nothing particular stands out from this show, other than a very tight performance.

Sound quality is similar, perhaps a bit better, than the Cincinnati and Buffalo shows recently posted. I'm no expert on the various sources available from this tour, but I would hazard a guess that this is a significant upgrade over anything in common circulation. The fidelity is excellent, the mix is great, and there is minimal audience interference. Another JEMS recording that you would swear was recorded in the current era using top-end equipment, rather than analog gear 35 years ago.

Comments from "J":

A workman-like performance turned in by The Who for the 5th night of the winter '79 tour for Cleveland. No setlist surprises but a very solid performance overall. You can hear Marc Cohen commenting to me at the end of the encore that Roger was pissed off at Pete. This would be a recurring problem for the next couple of years of touring (it probably had been a problem for the band's entire career). Roger is not of fan of Pete's improvasations in their shows. He's just not very good at it himself, so when Pete leads the band off to unknown territory (the most interesting parts of the show for me) Roger can't really follow him. You can hear Roger throwing his mic down at the end of 'The Real Me'. He gets over it though...

Many thanks to the JEMS team for making these fine recordings available to the masses. Mp3 samples are included in the comments.

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