I must say that "Tales From The Who", the vinyl bootleg of the original King Biscuit broadcast, is my favorite Who bootleg of all time. While my copy has long since gone to vinyl heaven, I was not surprised that I remembered all the song introductions by heart as I listened to the 12-4 Philadelphia show.  After listening to the 12-6 Largo show, I can say with 99% certainty that the King Biscuit broadcast is ENTIRELY from the Philadelphia show, and the Largo show, while recorded, went completely unused (for fairly obvious reasons - the crowd control issues seemed to have really got the guys off their game, Largo pales in comparison to Philly).  The "Tommy" encores that have been attributed by some souces as being from Largo are obviously not, as "Pinball Wizard" is a complete mess at Largo and Roger's "Let them hear you in New York" comment during See Me Feel Me/Listening to You, as heard in the broadcast, comes from the Philly show.  Other than the tape boxes being misdated for no clear reason ... mystery solved.

Interesting stuff here!!! Must come back to this kind of post sometime. :)

does anyone know of any plans to make this show available for download or who we can petition to get them to make it available?

I agree we should petition this site and get as many people as we can to sign it. We should do this for other shows as well. I know their are legal issues but I think the vault and the artist should work with us (the fans) to sort out a release.

I mean their is a huge market for this material. Look these bands have released most or all of their studio material.

Live downloads and concerts are the new way for old artists to engage their listeners.

I agree totally with this , A new way for older artists to engage their listeners and new listeners

is live recordings.

Any update on this being available for download?  Can't The Who management and Wolfgang's Vault come to some sort of deal?

So are the Who (who are a Universal group), part of this new deal you have with Universal Media? I know they're part of Universal. Is this show going to be released soon?

As a teen, Quadrophenia means a lot to me. Not only that, but it was incredibly rare to catch the Who on a good night during this rough and rocky tour. This was one of the high moments and it has a huge historical significance in rock history. The Who were at their best when all of the tapes from Quadrophenia worked on this tour.

Philadelphia was one of those nights. Thank God for the KBFH, not just for capturing this performance but other important artists as well.

So is this going to come out on hard disk or download? Or both? Either way some release would be fantastic. In stereo I hope hahaha

Thank you for your efforts vault team. It really means a lot

I was at the Boston Garden on Dec. 3, 1973.  If you were ever at the old Boston Garden, after entering North Station, you went to the ticket taking area, where in addition to taking your ticket, they pat searched you for contraband.  Being a young wippersnapper back then, my buddies and I came up with a plan to smuggle in four bottles of Boone's Farm wine (ugh).  There were five of us and I wore an old pea coat with the liner ripped out and pockets sewn inside.  With the Boone's Farm stashed inside, the four other guys surrounded me, and we bum rushed the security.  I made it though untouched.  We then procedded to our seats and enjoyed the unknown Lynyrd Skynyrd and waited for The Who to arrive on stage.  By the time they arrived, about two bottles later and about four bones on, The Who hit the stage.  I thought it was a great show, but the band didn't like the way the crowd kept calling out requests during the Quadrophenia songs.  When they left the stage, everyone waited for an encore, but it never came.  The band was so pissed off, they didn't come out to play an encore.  They are the only major group I have ever seen, and I've seen just about everyone except the Beatles and Led Zep, that wouldn't do an encore.  But I still had a great time. 

So, the bottom line is, the 12/3 tape isn't from Boston because it has an encore.  There it is. 

If these shows were available for download, I'd be all over them.  I think this is my favorite period of the Who and enjoy listening to them on The Vault.

I kept that ticket (and loads more) for years. I just hope my wife didn't throw, er, clean them out!

I'll begin the search!!                Steve