The Who - 1979-12-17 - Landover, MD (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

The Who
Capital Center
Landover, Maryland
December 17, 1979

JEMS master

Lineage: Master Cassette>Nakamichi 670 azimuth-adjusted playback deck>Nakamichi outboard Dolby B>Wavelab 96/24 1ch mono> [dither to 16/44.1]
Taping Gear: Teac M-100>Sony 153SD (mono, Dobly B on)
Taped and transferred by JEMS

Pete Townshend - Vocals, Guitar
Roger Daltrey - Harmonica, Vocals
John Entwistle - Vocals, Bass
Kenney Jones - Drums
John "Rabbit" Bundrick - Piano, Keyboards
Howie Casey - Saxophone
Reg Brooks - Trombone
Dave Caswell - Trumpet

Disc one (71:38):
(1) Substitute (2:57)
(2) I Can't Explain (3:26)
(3) Baba O'Riley (5:45)
(4) The Punk and the Godfather (5:43)
(5) My Wife (7:55)
(6) Behind Blue Eyes (4:23)
(7) Sister Disco (6:03)
(8) Music Must Change (9:42)
(9) Drowned (11:39)
(10) Who Are You (6:59)
(11) 5:15 (7:01)

Disc two (55:37):
(1) Pinball Wizard (3:38) =>
(2) See Me Feel Me (5:54)
(3) Long Live Rock (4:35)
(4) My Generation (3:20)
(5) I Can See For Miles (4:36)
(6) Sparks (5:30)
(7) Blues riffs (1:13)
(8) Won't Get Fooled Again (9:53)
(9) Dancing in the Streets (4:19)
(10) Dance It Away (1:59)
(11) Magic Bus (10:34)

There are no fades applied to this show, so the above disc splits (if you choose to burn to CD) are merely a suggestion.

Info file and several pictures are included with the audio files. Sorry, no artwork.

Comments:
Courtesy of Tapeboy and the JEMS team, here is the final installment in JEMS' series of outstanding master recordings from The Who's fall 1979 American tour. This one represents the second of two non-consecutive dates The Who performed near Washington, D.C.; a substitute for the canceled Providence show. As usual, J pulled another fine recording what I assume was a less-than-acoustically-perfect arena ... for a late 1970s recording, this again features outstanding dynamics, and virtually no close-mic crowd noise.

The performance itself is a fairly typical setlist, about five minutes shorter than the first Landover show. The one setlist standout is the inclusion of an incendiary version of "Magic Bus" as the final encore - the only time they played it in this slot on the tour. Unfortunately, the medley at the end is considerably shortened, and "How Can You Do It Alone" is dropped as a result.