• Audience 8.0 - Loud, very up front and loud but it’s just great. Not technically great, if you want to cross hairs, but a very solid tape and one worthy of consumption.
  • Audience 7.2 - I love this, for many reasons beyond sound rating. This is one of those shows to me that rises above all other shows of better quality. It is not bad, it is actually a good, fun listen with nothing that annoys or distracts. It is not overly dynamic with crystal highs and deep lows, but the space it occupies does not offend. A good one, while he’s away!
  • Soundboard 9.3 - Everyone should already know about this one. A MUST HAVE without question.
  • Audience 7.7 - Pretty decent recording, rather quiet audience this time. The sound rings out clear. My hunch is this may be a vinyl source but it’s been handled properly. Really good for the time.
  • Audience 7.1 - Definitely not a hi-fi recording but I can say this, you actually hear not only Roger fine above the din, but also Pete’s backing vocals! Next up is bass and guitars, with drums in the back kind of buried. Still, I just love these 68 shows, before Tommy, and the band is just so jazzed and audiences are too. Historical document well worth hearing.
  • Audience 7.1 - A kind of muddy mix with Roger coming through OK, and the lead guitar is fine. Not the worst 1971 show, which we take whatever we can get as Who fans.
  • Audience 8.7 - Very good! Much wider stereo sound field with some hall dynamics present, and just a little less definition with Pete in the mix but it's actually got a great live feel to it. Highly enjoyable.
  • Audience 9.2 - Hard to imagine someone not absolutely loving this, but there are still a few people who think just because a microphone placed somewhere in the audience was used to capture the sound, it can’t be good. Play them this. Wowsers!
    The Tubes Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA. April 23, 1976
    Disc 1
    1. Young And Rich -Grandiose Instrumental Overture 2. What Do You Want From Life? 3. Tubes World Tour 4. Pimp 5. Mondo Bondage - Don't Touch Me There = Mondo Bondage (reprise)\ 6. Brighter Day 7. Poland Whole - Madam I'm Adam
    Disc 2
    8. Slipped My Disco 9. Gimme Dat Harp - Love Will Keep Us Together 10. The Cathy Perkins Amatuer Hour 11. Proud To Be An American 12. It's Not Unusual 13. 3rd Stone From The Sun 14. Waiting For My Man - Boy Crazy 15. Quay Lewd's Drug Deal 16. Stand Up And Shout 17. White Punks On Dope
  • Pro Broadcast quality with minor tape hiss but when the music is going, it’s not a bother.
  • Soundboard 8.8 - * Bonus tracks ... Audience 6.9
  • Audience 7.1 - A little noisy and squeezed into the middle, but I hear everything on the stage happening, very kinetically I might add!
  • Audience 9.3 - Hard to dispute the excellence of this recording. The only downside is that not only does it capture the happenings on stage extremely well, it also captures the audience close to the mic…but, that seems to add excitement so we let it slide.
  • Soundboard 9.6 - Professional recording and mix…almost perfect in every way!
  • Audience 8.7 - Both very decent recordings capturing a band that is on the cusp of breaking up, but holding it together very nicely for the shows. Interesting stage banter and occasional extended lead jamming present, certainly worthy of your consideration.
  • Audience 8.3 - A fine recording all things considered. It’s a big hall, recording comes from somewhere in the middle of the arena but the capture is reasonable albeit without a good definition and some mild boominess. Overall you can be happy with this recording and of course the band has a fine repertoire.

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