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> The stereo mix is funny, since I'm used to even the worst
> audience having Pete on the right and John on the left (both in the middle
> here), but it's something I can live with.

I, too, can live with a mono-type live mix of The WHO.  What I can't live with, 
& get quite anal about, is when I get a boot & Pete's on the left & OX is on 
the right.  That'll send me to the line-in / line-out wires immediately.

> Daltrey's voice sounds better to ears in a hall
> than when you can hear everything. It's a shame, but his vocals are now the
> weakest part of this band. Still not bad for a 50+ year old, but it's what
> you hear when you listen to these tracks.

I agree.  All four shows I saw, Daltrey sounded great.  But his voice on some
of the MP3's sounds shaky.  Like keets said, it's not *bad* but still, you notice.

> and when they followed PW with BBE, I thought to myself `Good, at
> least they're getting them out of the way.' But I was open enough to
> appreciate the version being better than I expected.

Yeah, that's kinda how I felt, especially BBE.  PW I can enjoy over & over but
BBE......blech!  But you're right, they did do decent versions each time I saw 'em.

> Wouldn't be horribly ironic if Roger was the one to pull away from performing 
> with The Who now?

"Horrible" & "ironic" are both apt adjectives.  But his voice would have to get
*much* worse for that to happen.  I mean, he got a lot of compliments from
critics on this tour.  Little Roger's doing fine!  Ha ha ha ha!  Ha ha ha ha!  Little
Roger's doing fine!

> I'd never dismiss the use of humor by The Who.  It's one of the aspects I
> really like about The Who. 

Me too!  The WHO can be down right hilarious at times; Pete's witty writing,
Moon's antics, & OX is no slouch when it comes to humor either.  But I also
like the fact that The WHO has the ability to turn on a dime & go from humor
to ferocity in seconds.  Pete might make silly comments when introducing a song
but, once they start, get the fuck out of the way!

> i have always been confused, the who's last live 2 discs. is that from one 
> show in 82????  or various?

It was recorded at various shows.  We know atleast 2 songs are from Cleveland,
"See Me,  Feel Me" - "Yourselves! Cleveland!" & "WGFA" - "This is our last
concert in the USA.....glad it was here."  Apart from that, I don't know if anyone's
figured out the rest.  Anyone?

> Anyway, if Rog took a
> hint from Ray Davies when Davies did the Talmy-produced albums, that is to
> day he ran his voice through a device which made it sound different, then
> he could sound pretty good. It wouldn't give him artificial highs or
> anything, just change in much the way a distortion pedal does a guitar.
> Let the bullets fly...

Perhaps a Daltrey robot ala Westworld would solve things!  Draw!!


- SCHRADE in Akron