The Who @ Copenhagen, Denmark 1972-08-21 + 25

 


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the 1st show is great, 2nd show is a bit too hissy so backburner for now. 

THE WHO COPENHAGEN, K.B. HALLEN
21 & 25 AUGUST 1972
“COPENHAGEN CALLING" Vol. I & II

*Contrast clause: I already uploaded these two shows before, but the respective latest - and most upgraded and completed - versions of them have been off the tracker for long. This torrent has the shows with fresh level balancing (esp. for the Aug. 25 show where the right channel was considerably lower throughout), new and slightly more appropriate track marks, some tender fade ins- and fade-outs, and fresh cover artwork. Nothing else was altered. Also: The August 21st show does NOT stem from the old “Danish Treat” bootleg CD!*

Both shows are 1st gen. off master copies and complete, 4 CDs in total.
Sound quality overall: 4 (out of 6)/vg++
Comes with full colour cover artwork for both double CDs (png files). 

“COPENHAGEN CALLING“ Vol. 1 - 21 August 1972 (CDs 1 + 2): 

CD 1: 
I CAN’T EXPLAIN
SUMMERTIME BLUES
MY WIFE
BABY O’RILEY
BEHIND BLUE EYES
BARGAIN
WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN
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TOTAL TIME:   39:09 min. 

CD 2: 
MAGIC BUS
THE RELAY
PINBALL WIZARD
SEE ME, FEEL ME
MY GENERATION 
NAKED EYE * ~ 
SPARKS * 
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TOTAL TIME:  46:09 min. 

Lineage: Unknown Danish taper’s master reels>Claus Rasmussen’s DAT>my DAT>CD-R>EAC>wav>Audacity (on 11 March 2021, for fresh level balancing, new track marks, slight editing, tender fade ins- and fade-outs)>wav>FLAC (level 8)>Dime>YouWho!

* Different Danish taper’s master reel or cassette>low gen. cassette tape (in trade; azimuth and speed adjusted)>wav>CD-R>EAC>wav>Audacity (on 11 March 2021, for fresh level balancing, new track marks, slight editing, tender fade ins- and fade-outs)>wav>FLAC (level 8)>Dime>YouWho!
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“COPENHAGEN CALLING“ Vol. 2 - 25 August 1972 (CDs 3 + 4):

CD 1: 
I CAN’T EXPLAIN 
SUMMERTIME BLUES
MY WIFE
BABY O’RILEY
BEHIND BLUE EYES
BARGAIN
WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN
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TOTAL:      45:24 min. 

CD 2: 
MAGIC BUS 
THE RELAY
PINBALL WIZARD
SEE ME, FEEL ME
MY GENERATION ~
HERE AIN’T NO WAY OUT ~
NAKED EYE 
LONG LIVE ROCK
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TOTAL:      47:38 min.

Lineage: Unknown Danish taper’s master reels>Claus Rasmussen's DAT>my DAT>CD-R>EAC>FLAC (level 8)>Audacity (and a lot of John Hamm's expertise, patience, sweat beads and midnight oil)>wav>CD-R>EAC>wav>Audacity (on 11 March 2021, for fresh level balancing, new track marks, slight editing, tender fade ins- and fade-outs)>wav>FLAC (Level 8)>Dime>YouWho!

Note: Disc 1, tracks 1-4 and disc 2, track 1 salvaged from completely garbled and unlistenable; disc 2, track 2 has numerous dropouts fixed. All painstaking repairing by audio expert and fellow Whonatic John Hamm from March to July 2010. Thanks again a GREAT lot from my end and on behalf of all WHOlehearted WHOnatix for your WHOerculean labour of love, mate!

I received both these two shows in 1999 (IIRC) from one of my then favourite trading partners, Claus Rasmussen from Denmark. Claus was one of the first to switch from analog cassette trading to DAT to protect the copy integrity by digital cloning. Background to that was that he was trying to get the lowest gen. copies of all Danish shows of his favourite artists. Now, that’s what I call a bold challenge but he eventually became pretty good at that, and got in contact with a few very good sources, such as someone at Danish TV/Radio - and even the original taper of these two shows here.

Great Claus eventually managed to obtain straight reel-to-DAT copies from this unknown taper (whom I’d like to thank for that, and for taping these two shows, of course). Thanks also a big lot again for this trade, Claus - and many more excellent swappies. Hope you are doing OK these days, mate!

Info on the 21 August 1972 show:
As far as I remember, before my initial torrent in 2010, this show had only been in circulation as pretty high generation copies before Claus sourced this 1st gen. copy, and from there it got into circulation via him and me. A few analog copies down the line, it of course ended up in the sticky, greedy fingers of some bootlegger who released this as “DANISH TREAT”.

Thanks to the original recording’s way above average quality that boot CD has of course and deservedly an excellent reputation among Who collectors – not to mention the fantastic Who show itself, naturally. However, this version here is of course even a notch better, i.e. a bit less hissy. Too bad the end-of-show medley cuts out midway through, but with the two tracks from the second souce (also a 1st gen. thankfully) we luckily have the entire show. 

25 August 1972 show:
Copies of this had been in circulation for long, too. However, claims that those copies contained the COMPLETE 90 min. show were **FALSE!** The first four tracks on those floating around copies were tacked on from the 21 August show. I checked!

The same taper obviously positioned himself much more favourably for the second Copenhagen show, thus producing an even superior recording than on the first night. Alas, the reel itself or the recorder didn’t run properly, this time. Hence, the first four tracks were unfortunately completely garbled, and the taper obviously decided to replace them with his first four tracks from the 1st show before he kicked his C 90 cassette copies into circulation.

There are still a few “aftermath” issues i.e. – minor - dropouts in “Behind Blue Eyes” from where the reel obviously ran smoothly, and later again in “The Relay”, whereas “Magic Bus” was also completely unlistenable before John Hamm came to the rescue andelevated them all to very acceptable. Wow!

However, the rest of this recording sounds plain OUTSTANDING! I’m even inclined to rate this the 2nd best sounding 1972 show and just a notch below the 4 Sept Munich show on the “Who Is This?” bootleg LP (anyone correct me if I’m wrong, please).

Also, if you think you also need to ask for probably the best “BARGAIN” ever (IMHO), it’s actually here, too: as great as the official version from the Dec. 13, 1971 San Francisco show is, they somehow finish it there just as they sound as they would get into some cool jamming. In contrast, this here runs almost nine minutes (!) – by far the longest version I know of – and they really let rip with a real LONG jam and a searing Pete solo.

Plus, that show’s “My Generation” medley is my all-time favourite. Yep, I mean it! We get to hear an impromtu nascent “However Much I Booze” (bases on the "wasp Man" riff), a beautiful “Naked Eye”, and “Long Live Rock”. Can it get any better? Well, not for me, at least. :-)

Any additional info on these two shows are VERY welcome.

BTW, there are hints that the August 22nd, 1972 Stockholm show may have been recorded officially by The Who’s soundman Bobby Pridden. “Magic Bus” on the official online-only release “A View From A Backstage Pass” is from this show though glaringly mislabelled as being from a 1970 Red Rocks show. Seems the Who camp has an excellent recording of that show at hand! My, that would be a release, eh? Anyone with connections to or a say within the inner Who circle, please lobby for that, OK? Thanks up front.

Support the artists, buy their output - if it’s really worth your hard-earned bucks.
NOT FOR SALE. And please do not spread this lovely show in lossy formats. 

Uploaded to Dime on 11 March 2021 by DocDondy with thanks again to the unknown Danish taper and Claus Rasmussen for sharing their gems, and to John Hamm. Everybody here and out there in Macanatic collectorland please enjoy - and share!

Enjoy – and Who ahoy! 
Th:-)mas/DocDondy