The Who
Festehalle
Frankfurt, West Germany
April 1, 1980

Lineage: Unknown audience (low gen.) => DAT (unknown) => Stand-alone Pioneer CD burner => EAC => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => WAV => FLAC Front-end (level 8)

Disc one (49:45):
(1) Can't Explain (3:12)
(2) Substitute (3:05)
(3) Baba O'Riley (5:53)
(4) My Wife (7:18)
(5) Sister Disco (5:09)
(6) Behind Blue Eyes (4:00)
(7) Dreaming From The Waist (5:14)
(8) Pete intro (0:55)
(9) Drowned (7:55)
(10) Who Are You (7:00)

Disc two (52:12):
(1) 5:15 (5:41)
(2) Pinball Wizard (2:56) =>
(3) See Me Feel Me (cut) (5:23)
(4) Long Live Rock (4:41)
(5) My Generation (2:52)
(6) Sparks (5:04) *
(7) I Can See For Miles (4:43)
(8) Won't Get Fooled Again (9:34)
(9) Encore break (1:42)
(10) Summertime Blues (3:37)
(11) The Real Me (5:55)

* small dropout on DAT

Fingerprint file is included. Sorry, no artwork.

Comments: Excellent audience recording -- probably the best I've heard from this era. I got this in trade in roughly 1998, I think; it is relatively common in trading circles but I've never seen it on BitTorrent. This recording is outstanding, but tragically, it was converted to 32 kHz somewhere along the way. However, it is NOT lossy (in the mp3 sense of the term) -- I know this to be true because mp3 didn't even exist at the time I received this recording. For those who wish to hold out hope for a 48 kHz DAT, no hard feelings, but it's really good. (Listen to the mp3 samples if you're unsure.)

The performance itself is very entertaining, even though the show is a bit short (102 minutes). "Dreaming From The Waist" makes a relatively unusual appearance in the set.

This would be enjoyable for even a casual Who fan; it is a must-have for any completist who doesn't have this show.