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Xavier Birtwich's Collection

The Who   07/05/1970

Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI
Source AUD recorded from John’s side
Media FLAC   2 discs
Tech Notes Artist: The Who
Date: 1970-07-05
Location: Detroit, MI
Venue: Cobo Arena
Source: Audience
Lineage: master cassettes>Nakamichi 670 pitch & azimuth-adjusted playback deck>Wavelab 96/24>Izotope 44.1/16>flac
Taping Gear: Dictation-type Cassette Recorder w/Built in Mic
Taped By: Friend Of JEMS
Transferred By: JEMS

Band Members
Pete Townshend - vocals, guitar
Roger Daltrey - vocals, harmonica
John Entwistle - bass, vocals
Keith Moon - drums, vocals

Setlist:
01. Intro
02. Heaven & Hell
03. I Can't Explain
04. Water
05. I Don't Even Know Myself
06. Young Man Blues
07. Overture
08. It's a Boy
09. 1921
10. Amazing Journey ->
11. Underture ->
12. Sparks
13. Eyesight to the Blind
14. Christmas
15. The Acid Queen
16. Pinball Wizard (slightly cut at beginning due to tape flip)
17. Do You Think it's Alright?
18. Fiddle About
19. Tommy Can You Hear Me?
20. There's a Doctor
21. Go to the Mirror
22. Smash the Mirror
23. Miracle Cure
24. I'm Free
25. Tommy's Holiday Camp
26. We're Not Gonna Take It
27. Summertime Blues
28. Shakin' All Over (cuts in, inc. Spoonful)
29. My Generation

Length: 105:30

Notes:
This was a master acquired by JEMS many years ago. Sadly, it seems Cobo Arena, always known to me as Cobo Hall, has seen it's last show. It was a Great place to see a show , and this was the first of three Who appearances there, the others being the '71 and '73 tours. This tape starts with 40 seconds of distortion at the beginning of Heaven and Hell before settling down to a slightly overloaded sound for the rest of the show. It was recorded close to the stage, on John's side.

tapeboy for JEMS



Here is an exerpt of a review of this show by Jeff Geml taken from thewholive.de website.

"Of all the shows I saw during the 1960's and 1970's this sticks as the most memorable.


The event was a sellout and the crowd was really free. Skimpily dressed chicks and long-haired "freaks" passing joints and bottles of wine were the order of the day. Everybody was cool. No fights that I saw. No OD's either. We were lucky to get great seats with a good vantage point for viewing the entire stage.


The lights dimmed and then suddenly Joe Walsh and the James Gang walked onstage. They had a pretty solid repertoire of hits and played them masterfully. I would have bought a ticket just to see them play for an hour or so. At the end of their last song there was a couple of second quiet "lull" as the crowd did not exactly know if the song was over, somebody way up in the stands yelled "you stink". Joe Walsh did the right thing, he gave the guy his middle finger and said "F... You!"
Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Sound: AUD
Reference / Generation Justinmccoysmith@gma
Owned by Xavier Birtwich · Last Updated May 23, 2023