New boot review...

[WFang01@aol.com]

Just got... "The Who: Lifehouse & Quadrophenia Demos"...

Here's the lineup:

Disc 1

1   Baba O'Riley
2   Bargain
3   Love Ain't For Keeping
4   The Song Is Over
5   Getting In Tune
6   Going Mobile
7   Behind Blue Eyes
8   Won't Get Fooled Again
9   Pure & Easy
10 Mary
11 Too Much Of Anything
12 Join Together
13 The Relay

Disc 2

1   Put The Money Down
2   I Don't Even Know Myself
3   Unused Piano
4   Love Reign O'er Me
5   The Real Me
6   The Dirty Jobs
7   The Punk Meets The Godfather
8    I'm One
9    I've Had Enough
10  Bell Boy
11  Cut My Hair
12 Brrr

Disc one obviously "steals" from another CD boot for the previously "issued"
"Lifehouse" tracks. "Join Together" is a little poorer quality, but it's
pretty true to the Who version. "The Relay" seems to be copied off the vinyl
LP, "Sometimes A Great Notion".

On Disc 2, "Put The Money Down" is of the same lessor (but OK) quality as
"Join Together", "I Don't Even Know Myself" seems to be copied off another
boot. The next two tracks were "taken" right off of "Scoop". However, the
"Quad" tracks that follow, are of the BEST sound quality released on any
"Quad" demo boot to date. While the other boots of the same material are
decent, they seem to have "azimuth" problems (that's where the highs fade in
and out--due to the inability of the tape head to track the tape properly).
This one doesn't have that problem and the demos are cleaner.

So... if you don't have any of this material, it's a decent buy. However, if
you have the previously released boots, you now get "Relay", "Join Together",
"Put The Money Down" and better sound quality of the "Quad" demos...

WF <~