THE WHO – Rome 1972 (2CD)

Audience 8.7 – No other recordings strikes me the same way this one does. The best way to describe it is…it makes you feel like these sounds have travelled through a worm hole to reach us, having been hurtling through the past, space, time, to get to your ears again now. You hear the atmosphere of ancient Rome, the Pantheon, the theatre, the crowds, the GUITAR…echoing, then landing like a punch in the face. But, there’s problems sometimes when travelling through time and space, you don’t always come out completely intact as this old tape clearly shows. Does that mean it’s bad? Quite contrary! I was mesmerized and listened to the whole thing. It’s not great, it’s not bad, it’s not going to win any contests but it is UNIQUE and a blast to hear. I’m in Rome in 1972 at a Who concert and my seats are on Pete’s side of the stage and I am getting my wish to be smothered by the delicious sounds of a Gibson SG in the hands of a maniac genius at full volume. How can you not want to know about this? It is well worth having.

The Who
Roma Palaeur
Rome,Italy
September 14th, 1972

Disc One

1) I Can’t Explain
2) Summertime Blues
3) My Wife
4) Baba O’Riley (Cut, Incomplete Song)
5) Behind Blue Eyes
6) Bargain (Cut, Incomplete Song)
7) Won’t Get Fooled Again (Fades Out)

Disc Two

1) Magic Bus (Fades In)
2) Relay
3) Pinball Wizard (Cut, Incomplete Song)
4) See Me, Feel Me (Cut, Incomplete Song)
5) My Generation
6) Naked Eye (Cut, Incomplete Song, Fades Out)