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Who,the Who,the/Switzerland 1980
Who,the Who,the/Switzerland 1980
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Two consecutive years, 1979 and 1980, saw similar live touring schedules for The Who after Kenny Jones joined the band. The common denominator in both years was a short warm-up tour in Europe before hitting the US. And while the U.S. tour produced items on both LPs and CDs, this was extremely rare when it came to Europe. Especially in 1980, there were almost no items available for the European tours. This was probably due to the fact that it was the Kenny era, which tended to be generally disregarded. However, there are several audience recordings of the European tour in 1980 with excellent performances and sound quality. One of them is the Zurich show on February 28. The sound quality is excellent. The tape is not so fresh, but rather has an analog vintage feel, in a good way, even though it was recorded in 1980. If this recording had been released on LP in 1980, it might have been misunderstood as a high-end AM broadcast recording. The on-balance and clarity of Pete's guitar sound is especially superb, and the sound image of his guitar is captured in a brilliantly clear balance, rather than the "bombastic guitar sound" that sometimes occurs in audience recordings of the Who live in the 1970s, which in a bad sense chooses the listener. If you are a guitar player, you can hear the sound so well that this could be a model for copying. On the other hand, it is not so overpowering that it saturates the balance of the performance (at all!), but rather it is a total balance of the sound image. The total balance of the sound image is also truly superb. The total sound image balance is also superb, so much so that it could have been mistaken for a clear recording of an AM broadcast at a different time. Thus, although the tour itineraries of '79 and '80 are similar in many respects, the major difference is that it was a new year after a year of live performances. Therefore, even though the European tour in 1980 was a warm-up, the high voltage of the performance and the sense of unity of the band had already reached a state of perfection. Pete himself was addicted to both alcohol and drugs during this period, but as the remaining recordings prove, the charm and liveliness of the live performances after Kenny joined the band up to 1980 were different from those during Keith's era. In fact, the band's engine was in full swing from "My Wife" (the same song was the ignition point of the live performance in Keith's era), and Kenny's tight drumming, which was different from Keith's inexhaustible drumming, worked beautifully. Among them is "Music Must Change," which was never performed with Keith, and of course, the surprising "5:15. The song looks better live than in 1973 when I played with him, and Kenny's drums fit the song very naturally. In addition, the audience's hand-clapping becomes heated toward the end of the song in response to the excitement of the performance, but it does not blur the contours of the performance, and the balance of both presence and sound image is maintained perfectly. The excitement from this song to "See Me Feel Me" alone is definitely worth a listen. The peak of the Who's career seems to have been from 1979 to 1980. The band fell apart after the production and release of the "Face Dancers" album, as each member can attest to. The classic "I Can See For Miles," which had not been performed live during Keith's time and had been performed since the previous year in the U.S., was arranged with horns to great effect, and the performance was more energetic than the previous year's. The final song was the encore, "The Real Real Miles," which was performed with a great deal of energy. The final song was the encore, "The Real Me. Like "5:15" earlier, the performance was suddenly faster than in 1973, and it was a fitting end to the fulfilling stage performance of the day. Although we have been actively releasing live recordings from the Kenny era, this is the first time that an item from the 1980 European tour, which was secretly highly acclaimed by enthusiasts for its lively performance and excellent recordings, has appeared on this historic release. The sound quality is excellent, and this is the perfect release to reaffirm the charm of the Kenny era! Live at Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland 28th March 1980 PERFECT/TRULY PERFECT SOUND Disc 1(73:32) 1. Substitute 2. My Wife 5. Sister Disco 6. Behind Blue Eyes 7. Music Must Change 8. Drowned 9. Who Are You 10. 5:15 11. Pinball Wizard 12. See Me, Feel Me 13. Long Live Rock Disc 2 (37:32) 1. MC 2. My Generation 3. Sparks 4. I Can See for Miles 5. Won't Get Fooled Again 6. Relay 7. Pete Townshend - guitar, vocals John Entwistle - bass guitar, vocals Kenney Jones - drums John "Rabbit" Bundrick - keyboards, piano, tambourine, backing vocals tambourine, backing vocals Dick Parry - saxophone Reg Brooks - trombone Dave Caswell - trumpet
