Booty Review

["Scott Schrade" <schrade@akrobiz.com>]

I got a new double-CD the other day.  It's called OUTRAGEOUS:
THE WHO MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 1976.  Purports to be 
from 3/11/76.

Pretty bad sound quality.  Moon's drums suffer the most.  Sometimes 
they're reduced to an incomprehensible, muffled rumble.....and not in
a good way.

Yet I enjoyed listening to it.  The vocals are loud.  The guitar's there.
Bass is OK.  They do "Slip Kid!"  I guess it's safe to say "Slip Kid"
is a live rarity.  It's awkward here.  Not too bad but......cues are miss-
ed, the pace is rushed, shite ending......  Poor "Slip Kid."  

Moon has some trouble at this show.  He's sometimes behind the beat a 
bit ("See Me, Feel Me")  & he damn near butchers "Baba O'Riley" by
coming in way too early during Pete's "Don't cry....." part.  Which prompts 
Pete to say later:

    We'd like to apologize to you all for missing the show 
    yesterday, and uh....looks like there's a good chance of
    missing the show today as well so....(laughter - from 
    Rog?)  This one....  I don't know what's fucking going 
    on.  I'm only the guitar player.

The "My Generation Blues" version here is a bit different from the run-
of-the-mill.  They kind of apply the lyrics at a different part of the jam
which makes it louder & chunkier.  

There's some outstanding Pete solo work towards the end of the jam.
Just beautiful.  And then...right when you're expecting WGFA to kick 
in....the 2nd CD ends.  Errrrr!

Disc One                        Disc Two

I Can't Explain                Amazing Journey
Substitute                        Sparks
My Wife                         Acid Queen 
Baba O'Riley                  Fiddle About
Squeeze Box                  Pinball Wizard
Behind Blue Eyes            I'm Free
Slip Kid                         Tommy's Holiday Camp
Dreaming From the        We're Not Gonna Take It
    Wasit                         Summertime Blues
Magic Bus                     My Generation


Grade:  C


- SCHRADE in Akron