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Amazing Journey-Pinball Wizard-See Me, Feel Me-Listening to You---What concert?

Last post 01-28-2008, 11:38 PM by BarryBURBs. 3 replies.
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  •  01-22-2008, 8:52 PM 10743

    Amazing Journey-Pinball Wizard-See Me, Feel Me-Listening to You---What concert?

    In the late 1990s a local radio station had a show called "Saturday Night Live" which consisted of live recordings of particular bands, which I often taped to cassettes. 

    One of the featured bands was The Who.  I absolutely loved this recording because it had a sequence from Tommy consisting of:
    Amazing Journey
    [maybe another song, I forget]
    Pinball Wizard
    See Me, Feel Me
    Listening to You

    This sequence, to me, is the absolute epitome of live Rock-n-Roll.

    I listened to this recording hundreds of times and consequently wore-out the cassette before I could transfer to it digital form.

    I'm looking for what particular concert this sequence was performed in.

    I know its not the Woodstock or Live at Leeds recordings.

    I presume its from an obscure import of an obscure concert.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  •  01-28-2008, 1:16 PM 10782 in reply to 10743

    Re: Amazing Journey-Pinball Wizard-See Me, Feel Me-Listening to You---What concert?

    Have a listen to the concertn on WV - Philly 12/4 (the end chunk after Won't Get Fooled Again). You may well find this is part of or all of what you mention. I think you are refering to the Largo gig - 12/6

    If not - I'll do some more digging for you.

    *update* - I'm totally confused now, I just checked the 12/6 show on WV and that has Pinball Wizard and See Me Feel Me on it too! The notes I have from "Baba O'Riley's Bootleg Page" say the last two tracks of 12/4 Philly were infact from 12/6 Largo.

    I did notice Roger changed the lyrics on Pinball Wizzard (Philly) to "I aint seen anything like him in any COMMUNION HALL" (instead of amusemtn hall). Maybe this is a clue to where they were if The Spectrum or the Capitol Center is known as a communion hall. Or maybe it's just a English to American-English conversion he did because he felt Americans wouldn't understand 'amusment hall'.

    My head hurts, has anybody asked Pete?

  •  01-28-2008, 6:06 PM 10788 in reply to 10782

    Re: Amazing Journey-Pinball Wizard-See Me, Feel Me-Listening to You---What concert?

    Whoa! Thanks for the effort.  You'll need to put the year on the dates, I'm just not that much of an afficianado, yet.

    I need to add a few more things to help:
    * "We're Not Gonna Take It" plays between Pinball and See Me, just remembered it.
    * The recording was pretty rich in instruments, so presumably this is a recording from the late-70's to mid-90s.  I have the Woodstock Version of "See Me, Feel Me" and it is nowhere near as full sounding as the recording I'm after.

    Thanks again for all the effort,
    -jhm
  •  01-28-2008, 11:38 PM 10789 in reply to 10788

    Re: Amazing Journey-Pinball Wizard-See Me, Feel Me-Listening to You---What concert?

    It could well be one of the two gigs that's on this website, 1973. Philly or Largo. Did Pete intro Pinball Wizard as "Pineball Blizzard" for a laugh? If so then it's Largo 12/6/73 if not it's Philly 12/4/73

    Also, have you heard the full length My Generation on Live at Leeds, (particularly from when My Gen seems to be over) something tells me you'll like that, a lot!

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