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I have a 45 minute track I compiled of Tommy, in order, from Live at Leeds, Isle of Wight, and Woodstock. I'll post a link a little bit later, once I dig up the file transfer wire to pull it off my phone. The tracks are knitted together pretty seamlessly. Before the Dead, I was always dealing with bands who only had a handful of live versions to choose from, and there was almost always a discernibly BOAT version; so I thought, why not present Tommy at it's absolute finest (this is going back 20 years now, yikes). Favorite Pete guitar - undoubtedly the Gibson SG he used on the Tommy tour (including Woodstock, Live at Leeds, and Isle of Wight). Same one Jerry used on Live Dead, depicted on the cover of DaP Vol. 6. Mick Taylor also used this beauty. There is an unbelievably hot jam from Pete and the boys between Amazing Journey and Sparks at the Isle of Wight show from 1970 (which, incidentally, is a great show to watch in full - they have it in movie quality video - Townshend and Moon are at their absolute peak. Anyway, here is the jam between Amazing Journey and sparks from Isle of Wight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib-2YuR5OH0 and then a different take on video (from Woodstock). The jam isn't quite as cool as the Wight version above, but it's hot nonetheless, and segues into the best version of Sparks you're ever going to hear (Moon is unreal with the drum fills): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHpdcMXJj7Q Here's a good interview with Pete on his sound of that era, and the link to guitar smashing.There's a picture of him there with a doubleneck from '67 or '68 - I have a framed 18x12 of this in my family room. Funny thing is, I've never seen a video of him playing a double neck, but supposedly he used it during Substitute. https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/Pete_Townshend_On_Guitar_Smashin…

1st Set Around and Around closer since 10/20/74!

A bit more of Pete on BBC's "Parkinson" (chat show host Michael Parkinson) in the UK, playing guitar with his dad Cliff on clarinet on the end of this clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsuYdl9lUsM

....has a very nice pre-drumz. Shakedown -> Samson, She Belongs To Me, Man Smart....

good show has a good The Music Never Stopped, Big Railroad Blues, Ramble On Rose, Black Throated Wind.

Damn it, y'all drew me back in with all this Who talk. I'll cut it short and leave out the live shows I've seen, the guitar I bought to be like Pete (black Schecter identical to this video), etc. and just say that this soundcheck is one of my fave Who moments, and the best Pete vocal ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV5-DaI5ULg Cheers! \m/

The sound on the flacs has louder bass and drums a more even mix than the youtube share. The Hull has the drums up in the mix which I like being a novice drummer myself, but if you listen it doesn't have as much energy. dmcvt you have a pm.

fourwindsblow: thank so much for posting this and noting that flacs are out there! I had given up trying to find this one... indeed great raw energy.

for Who fans only? Some people prefer the Hull version of Tommy (live) over most any others of that era. Just sayin', Moonie found a little something extra that night. The rock opera format was pretty much defined by them. Quadrophrenia has a couple great tune but is a dated period piece as a film, even if Sting had a significant part. Live at Kilburn in 1977 is of interest, flawed, Moon is not well but as his last real gig with the band, fairly essential.The Blu Ray version apparently has additional performance, check it out.

Call me crazy if ya want I'm going back an forth between Amsterdam show and the Hull and in my opinion Amsterdam '69 is better in that it has way more energy. My flacs have better sound that what is posted on youtube also. Leeds is good but Amsterdam has a raw energy to it that I just love. Amsterdam '69 https://youtu.be/dHWWVxRG9B0 Hull '70 https://youtu.be/dzezyqnXVsE Leeds '70 https://youtu.be/H5BUQzN8pl4