Nice job of painting a picture, Tenorcat. BTW, I was at Willow Glen High in San Jose, the infamous class of '69. I also was talked into going to see The Who (Fillmore West, August 68, with James Cotton and Magic Sam opening), by my girlfriend (Lincoln High, SJ, class of 70). I thought they were too pop, and I didn't think Townsend was all that great of a guitar player (I liked Green, Clapton, Bloomfield, and the three Kings). Anyway, they blew my socks off and to this day, it was one of the most, if not the most , electrifying musical performances I ever saw. Keith Moon was absolutely stunning and Townsend, well he was Townsend. An A++ show.

I also had my room plastered with posters. My mother took them down when I went away to college. One weekend I came home and they were not under my bed. I asked her where they were and she said "I threw out that trash." Needless to say I was not a happy camper, and of course, she threw out about $25,000 worth of posters at today's prices. Oh well, I can thank my mother for tolerating my music, pot-smoking, etc in those years. In fact, she drove me to my first Fillmore concert (Paul Butterfield and Roland Kirk) because she went to shows at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem when she was growing up.

The cost, as Tenorcat correctly recalled, was $2.50 on Thursday and Sunday and a whopping $3.00 on the weekend. Plus, as most folks who read this realize, there were two if not three big-name groups instead of today's shows were the usual is one band. I agree with your recollection that the top two bands played two sets. The opener played one but I did see two sets from them on occasion too.

Propylaen2001: The scene of the 60's for you is like the scene my mom had in New York City in the late 1930's and early 40's for me. So, I read about the blossoming of jazz and listen to Bunny Berrigan, Dorsey, the Hawk, and Billie, and think that my mom was there, watching these acts in Harlem. That's as close as I can get. I really hope the Vault can release DVD's of these shows, because even if the lighting is bad, and the sound so-so, it may just capture some of the magic of the day.