The Who
31st January 2002
Watford, UK
(third to last public appearance with John Entwistle)
Audience recording

Lineage: Silver CD > WAVE + channel balance (Soundforge) > FLAC (Level 8)

Silver: WHORU-02
THE WHO - WATFORD WIZARDS
Live at the Watford Coliseum, Thursday 31st January 2002

DISC 1
1. I Can�t Explain
2. Substitute
3. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
4. I Don�t Even Know Myself
5. Amazing Journey / Sparks
6. Pinball Wizard
7. I�m Free
8. My Wife
9. Who Are You
10. Getting In Tune
11. Behind Blue Eyes
12. Drowned
13. Baba O�Riley
14. The Real Me

DISC 2
1. You Better You Bet
2. 5:15
3. Won�t Get Fooled Again
4. The Kids Are Alright
5. Baby Don�t You Do It
6. My Generation
7. Summertime Blues
8. Young Man Blues

Notes: Artwork, FLAC Fingerprints, MD5 Verifcation File, Rip Log are all included.

This is a liberated bootleg and it has been bugging me for a long time. The performance is really fine, especially considering the fact that it is one of the very last gigs with the late John Entwistle, but it is marred by miserable mastering. Maybe the problem lies already in the taping equipment or equaliser setting, who knows. I bought it some time ago and I desperately wanted to improve it, because the performance deserves it, but to no avail. The
original recording has the channels well out of balance, which I corrected quite easily, but it has virtually no lower frequencies, which makes John�s bass almost inaudible. So I thought some EQing would serve it well, but when I added a bit of the lower frequencies it just became too boomy and even more unpleasant to listen to than the original flat sound. So I only got the channel balance right and added but a pinch of bass which still makes it bearable. I thought I might return to improve it one day, but then I let it lie for more than two years and when I eventually got back to it I ended up helpless. So if some gadget wizard manages to squeeze better sound from it, please do and reseed a remaster. (I can also provide the original recording so that you can begin from scratch.) The Real Me sbd recording from this concert is available on the Greatest Hits Live, so you can compare this one with the fully fledged sound. You�ll notice a massive difference, this being rather distant and flat, with John�s bass prominent only a little during the �paving stones� fills. Considering the technological possibilities in the new century, I�d still rate this audience recording as B-. But it�s a great performance; it would just be great to have it in better quality. (Obviously, if they could release one song from that night, a recording of the whole gig must sit in the band�s archives.)
Nevertheless, here you have it as is, the last of three warm-up gigs before John�s final two TCT charity shows at the RAH a week later.
I added the original artwork; it is interesting that the booklet contains the original schedule of the American tour, beginning at the Joint in Vegas, which might lead one to assume that it was released still before John�s demise.
Also the inclusion of the www.thewho.net domain makes you wonder.



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