The Who - 1979-12-07 - Pontiac, MI (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Silverdome 

Taper: GEMS 
Transferred by: ademotte 

Lineage: Audience recording/DAT master > my DAT > CDR > EAC > Audigy Audio Cleaning Lab > WAV > FLAC Frontend > Wav > Cool Edit Pro 2.0 > shntool len > Flac 6 

Audigy was used to originally split the tracks. 

-------------Remastering--------------------- 
Small silent gaps about 4/1000th of a second near the end of many tracks. 

Cool Edit Pro used to: 

1. Remove silent gaps 
2. Smooth out volume dropouts during first 1:30 of d1t1 
3. Reduced amplitude slightly to allow for addition of bass 
4. Adjust DC Bias to 0% 
5. increased the bass slightly. 
6. Retracked show 

SHN Tool used to verify no sector boundary errors. 

Disc 1: 
01. Substitute 
02. Can't Explain 
03. Baba O'Riley 
04. The Punk And The Godfather 
05. Boris The Spider 
06. Sister Disco 
07. Behind Blue Eyes 
08. Music Must Change 
09. Drowned 
10. Who Are You 
11. 5:15 
12. Pinball Wizard 
13. See Me Feel Me 
14. Long Live Rock 

Disc Time: 77:47 

Disc 2: 
01. My Generation 
02. I Can See For Miles 
03. Dancing In The Streets 
04. Sparks 
05. Won't Get Fooled Again 
06. Magic Bus 
07. Summertime Blues 
08. How Can You Do It Alone 

Disc Time: 48:26 

Total Time: 126:13 

Original Notes: 
This is a very nice audio recording; got this directly from the taper several years ago. The taper is a well-known but reclusive hardcore Who taper who followed them around the world during the mid-1970s through 1982; he had phenomenal equipment for the era (sorry, don't know what it was) and was known for pristine audio recordings. This one is no exception. 

This date was sandwiched in between the notorious Cincinnati and the well-documented Chicago dates, so collectors who have either date can attest that they were in good form at this point of the tour. It's one of my favorites. 

Additional Notes: 
This is an excellent recording for any venue, let alone the Pontiac Silverdome. Roger even says They will return when the Joe is finished because the sound sucks at the Silverdome. 

This was the first show after the tragedy in Cincinnati where 11 people were killed when the doors were opened for the general admission show. The band is still feeling the effects and plead with the crowd several times to take it easy. Roger says, "If anything happens we will never be able to look at our faces in the mirror." I was there but don't remember that LOL.