The Who live in Houston 1975 DVD

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The Who live in Houston 1975 DVD

Postby Chris M » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:11 am

The Who-Houston Summit 1975 DVD Dolby Digital 5.1 DVD9

Anyone seen this yet? It's getting rave reviews on Odds and Sods and some Who message boards. It's the complete '75 Houston Summit show and 40 minutes from the '75 Pontiac Silverdome show.

Is this Houston footage just the feed from the Jumbotron screen or is it something else? Is Dreaming From the Waist on the 30 Years of Max R&B DVD from Houston or is another '75 show? I want to say it's from Cleveland but I'm too lazy to dig out that DVD.


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Postby lukpac » Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:04 am

Isn't this the one that was up for sale a few years ago, passed over by Trinifold, and purchased by a few fans?

Haven't seen it yet, but I've got a friend who I'm sure has already picked it up. I'll have to borrow it from her.
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Postby Chris M » Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:36 am

Not sure - it's listed on Ebay as being from "4Reel Productions" and the source is supposedly from the "original 3/4 reels" FWIW. I'm not really up to speed on what Who stuff in circulation and how long it's been doing the rounds.
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Postby CitizenDan » Mon Feb 07, 2005 12:25 pm

Yes, "Dreaming" is from that B&W Cleveland video.

I have an audio CD of the Houston show, and it's a pretty solid set IIRC.
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Postby Chris M » Mon Feb 07, 2005 12:28 pm

So there are 3 vids of '75 Who shows doing the rounds? Cleveland, Houston Summit and Pontiac Silverdome?
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Postby Chris M » Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:46 am

Someone posted on Odds and Sods that the Who's 1964 Abbey Rd audition has been booted. This has got to be a hoax right?
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Postby Chris M » Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:25 pm

Bump. C'mon Who people - anyone heard anything about the 1964 Abbey Rd audition surfacing? alt.music.who doesn't have anything about it but someone on Odds and Sods is reporting that it's legit.
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Postby lukpac » Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:29 pm

All I know is what I've read on O&S, which isn't much.
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Postby Xenu » Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:07 pm

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Postby Chris M » Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:40 am

Xenu wrote:What's the story thus far?


Someone on Odds and Sods claimed there is a new JPN boot of that '64 show (I forget the venue & date, it's on the Who Remembers the High Numbers boot) that also contains the EMI audition. Someone else posted that it was legit. IIRC the tracklist was Smokestack Lightning and 3 or 4 instrumentals. I'm not getting my hopes up...
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Postby lukpac » Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:02 am

Chris M wrote:Bump. C'mon Who people - anyone heard anything about the 1964 Abbey Rd audition surfacing? alt.music.who doesn't have anything about it but someone on Odds and Sods is reporting that it's legit.


This is all I've seen:

benn kempster wrote:Hi All,

I received this yesterday in the mail from Japan and
it is *TRULY* a stunning boot.

The Live material purports to being from the Railway
Hotel & Lounge on 20.10.64 and is, in my view, better
sounding than previously heard on other boots. There
is some confusion though where the band "appear" to
play two versions of "Dance To Keep From Crying" in
the set, although I think that this may just have been
some kind of edit by Kit / Chris in the film that this
is the soundtrack to. It's very bass-heavy and
distorted to hell, but it truly captures The High
Numbers as the raw, talented, exciting and dangerous
band that they were.

The studio material is, to me, something else. ALL
instrumental material (featuring Roger on harmonica)
and absolutely NO vocals. This may well be the reason
that EMI rehected the material - after all, how were
they to know that there was a vocalist in the band?
Keith doesn't quite shine as much as I thought he
would, but then I guess he was under shackles in terms
of this being a serious demonstration of the band
musically, but he has a number of superb moments.
John, as was EVER the case is solid and rythmical with
a light but LOUD touch. but it's Pete here that is
the star of the show - every trick he had learnt up to
that date is on display here - he's loud, distorted
(at times), passionate and exciting.

I really would encourage anyone to track this gem down.

Kempo


No idea what it really sounds like.
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Postby Chris M » Thu Mar 03, 2005 1:29 pm

Wow. I would of never even thought that EMI audition tape still existed. It would be nice if the '64 show is an upgrade. Crap quality notwithstanding Dance to Keep From Crying rocks.
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Postby Chris M » Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:45 am

Finally got the Houston 1975 DVD. Not the best Who concert or anything but a very enjoyable disc nonetheless. Some hillarious Moon moments. The 40 minutes of the Pontiac Silverdome show is really nice. Quality is a notch below the Roadrunner/ My Gen Blues segment on TKAA.
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