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The Who 12/03/1979

SHOWID 202741

Set I

Substitute
Can't Explain
Baba O'Riley
The Punk Meets The Godfather
My Wife
Sister Disco
Behind Blue Eyes
Music Must Change
Drowned
Who Are You

Set II

5:15
Pinball Wizard
See Me Feel Me
Long Live Rock
My Generation
I Can See For Miles
Sparks
Won't Get Fooled Again
Summertime Blues
The Real Me

Set III

 

Comment

11 fans trampled to death before the concert

Collectors With This Show

User (active/rating) Media / # Show Sound Details DB Source User Source
wes meyette (5/0) / View  
Slick2007 (5/5) FLAC / 2 B+ View  
BLG (5/0) FLAC / 1 View   Teac M-100 > Sony 153SD > anaM > FLAC
chris payment (5/3.4) CDR / 2 View  
Notes: #234
gwendibbley (5/0) Digital / View  
Jack Warner (5/5) FLAC / 0 View   MAC>FLAC
cotaper (5/5) flac / 2 B View  
Notes: 112 minutes
Lester's Soundroom (5/5) CDR / 2 View  
Notes: / FLAC 580MB
PAG (5/0) CD/FLAC / 2 View  
Ben (5/5) FLAC / 1 View  
stephen (5/4.8) FLAC / 2 AUD View  
Johnny K (5/0) CDR / 2 View  
Notes: Not great recording. 11 fans trampled to death.
Mike Morrison (5/4.9) CDR / 2 View  
Ryan (5/5) flac/cdr / 2 View   AUD Master>?>cdr>EAC>FLAC>WAV>Cool Edit Pro v1.2>FLAC 6
Ernie Presley (5/0) CD / 2 C- View  
Notes: AUD
Steve K (4/5) FLAC / 2 B View   Aud
Daniel (4/0) / View   JEMS Master Taping Gear: Teac M-100 > Sony 153SD (mono, Dolby B on) parts of 4 songs...
Notes: Perhaps the most tragic concert in the history of rock and roll. The third night of The Who's Winter '79 tour is infamously known for the deaths of eleven fans outside the doors of the Riverfront Coliseum before the show. Wikipedia does a solid job of explaining the circumstances around what happened. They can be found here and we've included the text from that page in the torrent as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who_concert_disaster The Who themselves went on and played their set, blindly unaware of what had happened until after the show ended. As with the show the night before in Pittsburgh, there were several firecrackers going off in the crowd which was again addressed by Pete. Despite not knowing what had occurred before the show, Pete and Roger tried (unsuccessfully) several times to get the crowd on the main floor to stop pressing forward. It was an extremely volatile situation inside as it was out, which may explain why the show actually wasn't canceled on the spot for fear of what the crowd might do. Despite the terrible circumstances, there's no getting around that the Who's performance this fateful night was great, building on and surpassing the previous two nights shows. In "My Generation," Pete played his bolero for the first time on this part of the tour. Earlier, when introducing the new/additional musicians on stage, PT referenced other horn-section rock bands Chicago and Blood, Sweat and Tears, then dubbing The Who "Blood, Sweat and Shit." Samples provided. When the band left stage after the main set, they were told by their management to play a shorter encore; the first sign something was amiss. After the encore they were told what had happened before the show. These terrible circumstances, obviously, cast a shadow over the rest of the tour. We drove to Buffalo the next day, not entirely sure whether there would be a show or not. There was, and the band addressed what happened in Cincinnati from the stage. But that's the next installment of our Who '79 Revisited campaign. For now, you can listen to the bizarrely unaffected performance in Cincinnati by a band that had no idea what had happened to their fans before the lights went down. Tapeboy for JEMS ___________________________ Additional comments by ademotte: This is perhaps the most important show in The Who's career for all the wrong reasons. It was unfortunate that the poor crowd control efforts by the promoter tarnished the band's reputation for several years to come. The performance itself was quite good, and listening to it you can empathize with the band for doing their best to manage an out-of-control crowd. In terms of sound quality, I feel as though I say this with every JEMS torrent I post, but the sound quality is exceptional given the era in which it was recorded. My guess is that J was crunched on the floor and doing his best in a very hostile setting. There are only minor moments of crowd interference that don't really distract one from the music; the overall sonic range is very good with good balance and a great live feel. This is the third version of this recording I've heard, and it's by far the most interference-free and best-sounding of the bunch. Many thanks to the JEMS team for their efforts in digitizing this tour, and in particular sharing this historically significant document. More to come from this run shortly. This 16/44.1 version can be directly burned to CD without conversion. Mp3 samples are included in the comments.
Cameron (4/0) / 0 View  
Anthony Dellacioppa (4/5) CDR / 2 C- View   AUD
Rob E (4/5) FLAC / 1 View   AUD
Mike (4/5) cdr / 2 B B View  
Notes: Trajedy
Bill (4/5) CD-R / 2 B View   AUD
Notes: AUD
TTDaddy (3/5) FLAC / 1 View   AUD
Notes: JEMS Master Recording - converts to 2 audio discs (TRT 1:56:18) Taping Gear: Teac M-100 > Sony 153SD (mono, Dolby B on) parts of 4 songs recorded with Uher Mic > Uher Cassette Recorder Lineage: Master Cassettes > Nakamichi 670 azimuth-adjusted playback > Nakamichi outboard Dolby B decode > Wavelab 96/24 1-ch mono > FLAC front-end (24/96) - Taped and transferred by JEMS
Travis Autrey (3/5) CDR / 2 A- View  
Jeepster (3/0) CD / 2 View  
Barry Smith (3/5) CDR / 2 View  
Notes: You can listen to this show in the comfort and safety of your own home.
Justin Brown (3/5) CDR / 2 View  
RM's Giant Live Music Archive (2/5) FLAC / 0 View   remastered audience tape source (D096 & I211)
Notes: This is the historically tragic concert where a dozen fans were killed, thus ending the era of the large general-admission/first-come, first-served seating concerts. Source: Cassette -> Remastered (GoldWave) -> CDR -> FLAC (Frontend)
RM's Giant Live Music Archive (2/5) FLAC / 0 View   JEMS source, 24-bit/96kHz version (EE228 & EE229)
Notes: JEMS Master Taping Gear: Teac M-100 > Sony 153SD (mono, Dolby B on) parts of 4 songs recorded with Uher Mic > Uher Cassette Recorder Lineage: Master Cassettes > Nakamichi 670 azimuth-adjusted playback > Nakamichi outboard Dolby B decode > Wavelab 96/24 1-ch mono > FLAC front-end (24/96) Taped and transferred by JEMS
RM's Giant Live Music Archive (2/5) FLAC / 0 View   audience source (EE229)
Notes: Source: Cassette -> Remastered (GoldWave) -> CDR -> FLAC (Frontend)
RM's Giant Live Music Archive (2/5) FLAC / 0 View   JEMS source, 16-bit/44.1kHz version (EE229)
Notes: JEMS Master Taping Gear: Teac M-100 > Sony 153SD (mono, Dolby B on) parts of 4 songs recorded with Uher Mic > Uher Cassette Recorder Lineage: Master Cassettes > Nakamichi 670 azimuth-adjusted playback > Nakamichi outboard Dolby B decode > Wavelab 96/24 1-ch mono > FLAC front-end (downsampled to 16/44.1) Taped and transferred by JEMS
RM's Giant Live Music Archive (2/5) FLAC / 0 View   Stampede (EE229)
Notes: Liberated LP bootleg Source: Audience Recording > Bootleg LP > Cassette (Generation Unknown) > Sony TC-D5M Cassette Deck (Playback) > Edirol R-09 HR (24/44.1 KHZ) > CD Wav Editor > Traders Little Helper > Flac level 8. Sector Boundaries Aligned using Traders Little Helper.
Bluesthinker (2/4.9) FLAC / 2 View  
Notes: Cincy Tragedy
Penquad (2/5) cdr / 2 c View  
Boedi-taper (1/4.8) CDR / 2 A B+ View   Audience Recording
Notes: Audience Recording
Boedi-taper (1/4.8) CDR / 1 A B View   Audience Recording-Taken From Bootleg LP-"Stampede".Show Not Complete.
Carter (1/5) CDR / 2 View  
mike (1/5) Flac / 1 View   Cassette -> Remastered (GoldWave) -> CDR -> FLAC (Frontend)
mike (1/5) Flac / 1 View   Taping Gear: Teac M-100 > Sony 153SD (mono, Dolby B on) parts of 4 songs recorded with Uher Mic...
Stuart Ferguson (1/4.7) CDR / 2 View   Audience
Notes: DVD 59; lineage: AUD>unknown gen/lineage trader's cd-r>EAC>FLAC. This is not sourced from the vinyl bootleg *Stampede*. It's from an alternate source. Sound is typical from the '79 tour.
Hanf (1/5) Flac / 0 View  
Notes: Teac M-100 > Sony 153SD (mono, Dolby B on) parts of 4 songs recorded with Uher Mic > Uher Cassette Recorder >Master Cassettes > Nakamichi 670 azimuth-adjusted playback > Nakamichi outboard Dolby B decode > Wavelab 96/24 1-ch mono > FLAC
N L (1/5) CDR / 2 B+ View   Cassette -> Remastered (GoldWave) -> CDR -> FLAC (Frontend)
Notes: 11 fans trampled to death before the concert. The band wasn't notified untill after the concert.
Charlie (1/0) / 0 View  
Keith Fountain (1/5) cdr / 2 View  
Mathias (0/5) FLAC / 1 View  
Bill Bradford (0/0) cdr / 2 View  
Notes: Cincinnati
wamp22 (0/0) / 0 View  
kimbro (0/0) / 2 C View   AUD