The Who @ Pittsburgh, PA 1979-12-02

 


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The Who
December 2, 1979
Civic Arena
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

ML Archive Master via JEMS

Recording Equipment: Sony TC-55 recorder

2022 Transfer: master cassettes > Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1 azimuth-adjusted playback > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity 3.1.3 (24/96 capture) > iZotope RX and Ozone > resample to 16/44 FLAC > TLH (SBE fixes)

run time: 2:03:15

Musicians:

Roger Daltrey (vocals, harmonica, tambourine)
John Entwistle (bass, vocals)
Kenney Jones (drums)
Pete Townshend (guitar, vocals, tambourine)

with John “Rabbit” Bundrick (keyboards); and Reg Brooks (trombone), Dave Caswell (trumpet), and Dick Parry (saxophone)

1. intro
2. Substitute
3. I Can't Explain
4. Baba O'Riley
5. The Punk Meets the Godfather
6. Boris the Spider
7. My Wife
8. Sister Disco
9. Behind Blue Eyes
10. Music Must Change
11. Drowned
12. Who Are You
13. Five-Fifteen
14. Pinball Wizard
15. See Me, Feel Me
16. Long Live Rock
17. My Generation
18. I Can See For Miles
19. Sparks
20. I’m London (Pete’s improv)
21. Won't Get Fooled Again
22. Magic Bus
23. Dancing in the Street / Dance It Away

Welcome to another installment of the ML Master Series, presenting master recordings of The Who by our great ally ML. Going back to the 1970s, ML and Jared attended North American Who tours in their entirety, almost always recording, usually while seated near one another.

The 1979 U.S. tour featured The Who’s newly-expanded stage act and a fair amount of jamming and experimentation, whether the horn-driven album track “Music Must Change,” the ephemeral slice of improv “I’m London,” or the work-in-progress “Dance It Away.”

Pittsburgh was night two, and Jared wrote that it “built and improved upon the previous show in Detroit in just about every way.” John Entwistle fans are in for a treat, as The Ox sings both “Boris the Spider” and “My Wife.” The band revisits “Quadrophenia” — here, “Drowned” sounds particularly robust — and floors it on a five-pack that runs from “Long Live Rock” through “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”

ML’s superb master recording complements Jared's long-circulated mono version. Due to a tape flip, we miss just a bit toward the end of “Music Must Change,” but otherwise, Pittsburgh plays like a dream.

Thanks again to BK for pitching this project three years ago, and for ongoing air traffic control. As he does in so many instances, mjk5510 upgrades every ticket with mastered sound that’s consistent from start to finish; thanks for your diligence. ML rolled tape and shared the bounty And, of course, we remember our friends Jared and Stan. 

Getting these sounds up and out for fans around the world to hear and help pass on — “from tree to tree, from you to me,” as in “Relay” — has been a privilege. There’s more to come. Stay tuned!

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- slipkid68