User:Resident Geek/The Who bootlegs

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  • Isle of Wight Festival 1969 and Woodstock - these recordings were first released together on a DVD by the bootleg label 4Reel Productions in 2005.[1] They are both black-and-white video, each from a single camera. The Woodstock footage, shot from the side of the stage, contains most of their set, up to the end of Tommy, including Pete Townshend's shouted death threat after the Abbie Hoffman incident. The Isle of Wight video, transferred from the original, a degraded film reel, is shot from the press pit close to the stage, contains all of their set until just before the close.
  • Tanglewood, July 7, 1970 - Another Bill Graham recording.
  • Cow Palace 1973 - from their November 20, 1973 concert at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. The only known video document of the Who's 1973 Quadrophenia shows, this is in black-and-white with muffled audio, and has a timestamp and the text "BGP Archives" at the bottom of the screen[2]. BGP Productions is the company of Bill Graham. The footage comes from multiple cameras, and is likely professionally shot (presumably by Bill Graham's cameramen). This show is famous because of Keith Moon's collapse during the show, rumored to be due to an overdose of tranquilizers or PCP, which is caught clearly on the bootlegged video.
  • Charlton Athletic F.C., May 18, 1974 - This show was shot professionally and broadcast on Japanese television. The show is widely traded in both audio and video form, because it is the only soundboard-sourced Who recording from 1974[3], and also the only video from that year. The setlist at this show marked the return of many songs which hadn't been played for several years, most notably Young Man Blues and several Tommy songs, and an abbreviated Quadrophenia set.
  • The Summit, Houston, Texas, November 20, 1975 - The video of this show near the beginning of the Who's 1975 The Who By Numbers tour seems to come from the video feed to the arena's video screens[4]. The video is from two cameras, one on each side of the stage, and the video quality is much higher than most Who bootlegs of the era, as it is a master transfer and not a VHS copy.
  • Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan, December 6, 1975 - 42 minutes of this show exist on video.
  • Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, Ohio, December 9, 1975 - This show, very highly regarded by fans, has only been released so far as a series of degraded high-generation VHS copies. The video comes from a single camera from the left side and above the stage, possibly feeding to video screens in the arena.
  • International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois, December 8, 1979 - This show was shot for live broadcast to theatres at several locations all around the country. The full show is available from several sources, recorded from this broadcast.
  • Rockpalast, March 28, 1981 - This show has been circulated among traders since its first broadcast in 1981. It was a special concert given for the show after their 1981 tour ended.