The Who @ Landover, MD 1982-09-23

 



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The Who
Capital Centre
Landover, Maryland
September 23, 1982
JEMS Master Tape

Roger Daltrey (vocals, guitar, harmonica)
John Entwistle (bass and vocals)
Kenney Jones (drums)
Pete Townshend (guitar and vocals, tambourine)
with Tim Gorman (keyboards)
 
Recording gear: Teac M-100 mic > Sony D-6
 
JEMS 2022 Transfer: Master cassettes > Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1 azimuth-adjusted playback > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity 3.2 (24/96 capture to .wav) > iZotope RX7 and Ozone 6 mastering > iZotope MBIT+ resample to 16/44 > FLAC

01_intro
02_Substitute
03_I Can't Explain
04_Dangerous
05_Sister Disco
06_The Quiet One
07_Eminence Front 
08_It's Hard
09_Behind Blue Eyes
10_Baba O'Riley
11_I’m One
12_The Punk Meets the Godfather
13_Drowned
14_A Man Is a Man
15_Cry if You Want
16_Who Are You
17_Pinball Wizard
18_See Me, Feel Me
19_Five-Fifteen
20_Love, Reign O'er Me (cut)
21_Long Live Rock
22_Won't Get Fooled Again
23_Young Man Blues
24_Naked Eye

Welcome to the 40th anniversary of The Who’s 1982 tour! We’re happy to mark the occasion with a round of uncirculated recordings made by our dear friend, Jared Houser. He saw all 40 dates in North America that year, taping nearly each one, providing thorough documentation of the music as he went.

The Who had performed a couple of warm-up gigs in the UK before its so-called “Farewell Tour” began in earnest in Landover (just outside of Washington, D.C.). Many shows played in open-air stadiums, from New York to Oakland.

Much of what distinguished the band’s stage act that year plays back right here in superb quality — headphones, please! Part of the attraction was new music: six songs from ‘Face Dances’ and ‘It’s Hard’ make the set, which the band generally stuck by as the tour went on.

Moreover, the shows that year were basically great! Townshend was straight and spirited, which set the standard. On this night, Jared wrote, “we couldn’t believe that they were already playing this well, and it was only the second show of the tour.”

Aside from “Eminence Front” coming ahead of “It’s Hard,” the set list appears in its familiar order, and includes “The Punk Meets the Godfather” and “A Man Is a Man.” The two-song encore featured strong versions of “Young Man Blues” and “Naked Eye,” which ends, Jared recalled, in a way the band hadn’t played since 1971, with Pete strumming a few quiet chords before the music builds back to a final crescendo. “This encore was awesome and left us a bit shaken,” he wrote. “How much better could they play than this?!” With a variety of recordings from 1982, we’ve heard the answer many times over. 

A shout-out to my friends in JEMS: BK, for keeping all the planes flying, and in this instance, mjk5510, for bang-up mastering work. He turned this one around with distinction, opening up the top end and making Jared’s mono recording sound more like stereo.

Jared helped pioneer concert recording, and we remember his friendship, wit, and knowledge. There’s no better way to celebrate our times with him than with his own field recordings, especially from a tour he thought so highly of.

Share it freely, and for free!

 - slipkid68