The Who @ LA Memorial Coliseum 1982-10-29 (with commentary)
LIMITED TIME / LAST TIME
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Blasting this right now as it's one of the most important events in my cultural development. I was about to turn 9, already had some records and was crying my eyes out because it was their farewell tour and I would never get to see them. Then I got to see the "This Time We Mean It" tour in my 50's.
Every single show of this tour has been recorded and circulated (with the exception the missing last 6 songs for Cedar Falls, IA) and I have been listening to every one on it's anniversary. Not really well regarded among the hardcore but I love these shows. This was recorded by Mike Millard but most others were recorded by the same person. There are pro shot video feeds of San Diego and Seattle, an official release of Shea Stadium in addition to the ON TV broadcast of the last show in Toronto and a pro shot of the preceding night, likely a test run or back up.
The Clash opened and I already knew the "hits" and it was also the last I heard of them for several years. Thought it was maybe because they only had a few good songs. Like Quarterflash.
Should be a listening link in here somewhere.
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I accidentally listened to this one when I meant to listen to the Millard recording if I am not imagining it. Mainly just wanted to post the above paragraphs
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I accidentally listened to this one when I meant to listen to the Millard recording if I am not imagining it. Mainly just wanted to post the above paragraphs
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The Who * 1982-10-29 * Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum * Los Angeles, CA * ML Archive Master* via JEMS / 1982 Who Tour * / 2020 Transfer
Musicians:
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
Tracks 01 thru 24: Aiwa CM-30 stereo microphone > Sony WM-D6
* Tracks 25 thru 27: Teac M-100 mic > Sony WM-D6
2020 Transfer: master cassettes > Nakamichi CR-7A azimuth-adjusted playback > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity 2.4.1 (24/96 capture) > iZotope RX and Ozone > resample to 16/44 FLAC > TLH (SBE fixes)
01_intro
02_My Generation
03_I Can't Explain
04_Dangerous
05_Sister Disco
06_The Quiet One
07_It's Hard
08_Eminence Front
09_Behind Blue Eyes
10_Baba O'Riley
11_I Can See For Miles
12_Drowned
13_Tattoo
14_Cry If You Want
15_Who Are You
16_Pinball Wizard
17_See Me, Feel Me
18_Substitute
19_Five-Fifteen
20_Love, Reign O'er Me (patched with unknown source, 2:02 to 2:24)
21_Long Live Rock
22_Won't Get Fooled Again
23_Magic Bus
24_Naked Eye (fades out)
25_Naked Eye *
26_Summertime Blues *
27_Twist and Shout *
October 29 was the final West Coast date on The Who’s 1982 tour, and the 83,000 or so people in attendance heard and saw an excellent concert.
To present it, we have two great sets of master tapes: ML’s stereo recording, which ends about two minutes into “Naked Eye”; and Jared’s mono capture, which begins with track 25. It runs to the end of the show.
By now ML and Jared were quite the sonic duo, experts in setting up in the right spot and capturing The Who in full blast (“Love Reign O’er Me” required a third source to patch a short gap).
Beginning in Seattle on 10/20, the six shows in the West varied: after the best of ’82 in Oakland (10/25) — which was also the tour’s longest — the next date in San Diego (10/27) was the shortest. Los Angeles tilted to the longer side, and it’s a terrific outing.
That day, the band held a press conference to announce the December 17 pay-per-view event from Toronto, their final North American concert that year. (The hour-long Q&A is on YouTube; Who’s News noted how rock station KLOS, which carried it live, appeared none too pleased when Pete Townshend praised rival KROQ and its “Roq of the ’80s” format).
Pivoting from talk to rock, The Who filled the vastness of the L.A. Coliseum with an inspired performance. Jared noted that this show was the first since 1968 to include two numbers (“I Can See For Miles” and “Tattoo”) from The Who Sell Out. Songs from the three most recent Who LPs comprised about a third of the setlist, including four from “It’s Hard.”
Highlights include an extended jam on “It’s Hard”; Jared also pointed to outstanding takes of “Drowned,” “Cry If You Want,” and of course, “Naked Eye.” Particularly impressive is how fresh they sound on the stretch from “Who Are You” to “Five-Fifteen,” five songs they played almost every night. They really lit up here — bravo, fellas!
Los Angeles becomes the tenth installment from the ML Archive, joining Orchard Park, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Oakland (10/23), Tempe, Houston, St. Louis, Chicago (12/8), and Syracuse.
There’s more to come from ML’s sonic wonders from ’82; right now, two ace shows are in the hopper and more tapes await transfer. I’m confident the list will grow — collect ‘em all!
Thank you to ML and BK, who’ve been patient and helpful. The feedback indicates that everyone enjoys the music as much as we do — that’s really the whole point.
Play it loud, and keep a thought for our dearly departed friends Jared and Stan.
Share it freely, and for free!
- slipkid68
Musicians:
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
Tracks 01 thru 24: Aiwa CM-30 stereo microphone > Sony WM-D6
* Tracks 25 thru 27: Teac M-100 mic > Sony WM-D6
2020 Transfer: master cassettes > Nakamichi CR-7A azimuth-adjusted playback > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity 2.4.1 (24/96 capture) > iZotope RX and Ozone > resample to 16/44 FLAC > TLH (SBE fixes)
01_intro
02_My Generation
03_I Can't Explain
04_Dangerous
05_Sister Disco
06_The Quiet One
07_It's Hard
08_Eminence Front
09_Behind Blue Eyes
10_Baba O'Riley
11_I Can See For Miles
12_Drowned
13_Tattoo
14_Cry If You Want
15_Who Are You
16_Pinball Wizard
17_See Me, Feel Me
18_Substitute
19_Five-Fifteen
20_Love, Reign O'er Me (patched with unknown source, 2:02 to 2:24)
21_Long Live Rock
22_Won't Get Fooled Again
23_Magic Bus
24_Naked Eye (fades out)
25_Naked Eye *
26_Summertime Blues *
27_Twist and Shout *
October 29 was the final West Coast date on The Who’s 1982 tour, and the 83,000 or so people in attendance heard and saw an excellent concert.
To present it, we have two great sets of master tapes: ML’s stereo recording, which ends about two minutes into “Naked Eye”; and Jared’s mono capture, which begins with track 25. It runs to the end of the show.
By now ML and Jared were quite the sonic duo, experts in setting up in the right spot and capturing The Who in full blast (“Love Reign O’er Me” required a third source to patch a short gap).
Beginning in Seattle on 10/20, the six shows in the West varied: after the best of ’82 in Oakland (10/25) — which was also the tour’s longest — the next date in San Diego (10/27) was the shortest. Los Angeles tilted to the longer side, and it’s a terrific outing.
That day, the band held a press conference to announce the December 17 pay-per-view event from Toronto, their final North American concert that year. (The hour-long Q&A is on YouTube; Who’s News noted how rock station KLOS, which carried it live, appeared none too pleased when Pete Townshend praised rival KROQ and its “Roq of the ’80s” format).
Pivoting from talk to rock, The Who filled the vastness of the L.A. Coliseum with an inspired performance. Jared noted that this show was the first since 1968 to include two numbers (“I Can See For Miles” and “Tattoo”) from The Who Sell Out. Songs from the three most recent Who LPs comprised about a third of the setlist, including four from “It’s Hard.”
Highlights include an extended jam on “It’s Hard”; Jared also pointed to outstanding takes of “Drowned,” “Cry If You Want,” and of course, “Naked Eye.” Particularly impressive is how fresh they sound on the stretch from “Who Are You” to “Five-Fifteen,” five songs they played almost every night. They really lit up here — bravo, fellas!
Los Angeles becomes the tenth installment from the ML Archive, joining Orchard Park, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Oakland (10/23), Tempe, Houston, St. Louis, Chicago (12/8), and Syracuse.
There’s more to come from ML’s sonic wonders from ’82; right now, two ace shows are in the hopper and more tapes await transfer. I’m confident the list will grow — collect ‘em all!
Thank you to ML and BK, who’ve been patient and helpful. The feedback indicates that everyone enjoys the music as much as we do — that’s really the whole point.
Play it loud, and keep a thought for our dearly departed friends Jared and Stan.
Share it freely, and for free!
- slipkid68
Pretty sure at least some of the missing Cedar Falls songs exist... or existed. A friend taped it, and while his recording was also incomplete, I believe he had the end of the show complete. A few years ago he sent his master to... one of the major cassette digitization groups to share with world, alone or merged with the JEMS version, but it's never come out. All I know about this is from my friend, so it's one-sided. Maybe my friend never got around to sending it, maybe he was a dick to transfer person, maybe the tape was unplayable, or, like my friend says, maybe they're just sitting on his tape. If he'd only shared the tape with me or other people, but now maybe it's lost like all or part of the Des Moines '75 show.
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