Never heard the bootleg.
https://bassmagazine.com/the-who-releases-live-at-the-oval-1971/
Official release for The Who at the Oval 1971
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Yes, was announced a while back. I probably have enough live Who even if this doesn’t include Tommy which they seemed to play every gig for years
Well I guess the pre-Who’s Next era has been well covered officially — Live at Leeds, Live at Hull, Live at the Isle of Wight, Live at The Fillmore East — whereas for 1971 onwards we only have the recent two discs from San Francisco in the mammoth box set, plus snippets anthologised elsewhere. So I welcome it. Would like a full official release of Charlton though.
There is Who’s Last from 1984
(spoiler alert: it wasn’t their last)
Shea Stadium 1982 was also released
They released a number of post 2000 tours in full.
There was also a Blues to the Bush album from 2000. Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2003, Quadrophenia and Tommy live, live in Hyde Park, Live with an orchestra etc.
Quite a few DVDs too inc Live in Texas 75, Kilburn 77 (also includes Colliseum ’69) etc
I have a lot of these.
Should have clarified my comment — really meant live recordings of them at their 70s peak. I have pretty much nil interest in anything live from them from the 80s onwards. Post-Moon, they sounded like the different band they’d become.
Well there are those 70s DVDs. But even mid 70s may be past peak for many, as Moon was struggling somewhat. The first post Moon tour (79) has its fans. I first saw them in 81 and it was great. Think Townshend was a bit of a mess at that time though. The only other gig I saw with Entwistle was 1999 at Wembley Arena. That was probably better I think
Oh, and the Young Vic — but that sounds more like a workshop with a live audience.
I ordered it a while back. I couldn’t justify buying the ‘Who’s Next’ box, but I would certainly have bought the 1971 San Francisco concert had it been released on CD separately – though I understand that the mix on the box set had annoying crowd noises repeatedly mixed in. Bafflingly that they never released that show in full years ago. So the Oval performance works well for me as an affordable 1971 live Who item. I’d be up for full CD releases of Charlton 1974 and Swansea 1976 too.
Hmmm … the Who gig at the Charlton Athletic ground … wasn’t that the one that was notorious for being INCREDIBLY LOUD?
Pardon?
Not for Charlton Athletic games!
Although I did go to my first Charlton Athletic game very soon after the post-60s Who (and that’s what they were) gig… and I wouldn’t swap.
Charlton lost 1-2 to Blackpool… that terrace was massive and I was one of the last people on it… if you got to the top, and my dad was on his knees by the time we reached the top, is was all back gardens, old blokes doing the daisies and roses… great place… you had a better view from Mars!
Even as a youngster I knew… this ain’t gonna be around for much longer, breathe it in, so I did.
I’m well up for this as I was there! Saw them on tour around this time as well, but remember next to nothing about either gig (except that the Faces were brilliant at the Oval).
Recall anything of Quintessence at the Oval?
Where I was that day, complete indifference. We were all watching a young couple making love when suddenly the bloke leapt up. “WTF!!” he screamed. His Lady companion also stood up with , what to my eyes at least, seemed an impressively large penis.
My memory is that The Who pedestrianly played their set by numbers (see what I did there?) and The Faces stole the show even though all were obviously and completely drunk.
Rod Stewart, and the Faces too, were absolutely red hot at that time.
To answer Colin – I think I was asleep!
Ghastly bar-room boogaloo to my ears, Nigel!
As opposed to ghastly proggy jazzy fusiony twiddlediddery?
Memory, always faulty, says Quintessence came on fairly early and apart from a few hundred stoned hippies at the front were largely ignored