Live at Hull 1970

"Hull was a better gig than Leeds, I remember it like it was yesterday, although in retrospect 'Live At Hull' doesn't really trip off the tongue!” - Roger DaltryRecorded over the same 2 days in February 1970 as the legendary ‘Live At Leeds’, ‘the Hull date was whispered about by some Who aficionados for years as the superior of the two gigs. While both dates were recorded for posterity, problems with the Hull recording stymied its release until extensive restoration work by Pete Townshend in 2010. It eventually surfaced in 2011 as part of the extras on the super deluxe, limited edition ‘Live At Leeds’ box, now deleted.Now, in 2012, ‘Live At Hull’ is at last being made available in its own right as part of a 2-CD / download set. Featuring incendiary performances of Who classics such as ‘Substitute’, ‘I Can’t Explain’ and ‘My Generation’, explosive covers of the standards ‘Fortune Teller’, ‘Summertime Blues’ and ‘Shakin’ All Over’ plus an entire disc comprising a suite of ‘Tommy’ recordings it shows the band at the absolute peak of their world-beating powers.Remastered, remixed and repackaged in a stylish 6-panel digi-pak, ‘Live At Hull’ can at last stand alongside its ‘Live At Leeds’ sister as an integral part of The Who’s enduring legacy. PRODUCT FEATURES•2-CD cut-down version of material previously released on the ‘Live at Leeds’ super-deluxe box set 2010.•Remastered and remixed audio material from Hull City Hall 15th February 1970 that was recorded for the album the following night. •Packaged in stylish 6-panel digi-pak.“In those days live albums were always Live At the Colosseum In Rome or Live At The Palladium, Hollywood Bowl, etc. I said ‘live’ isn’t really like that. Touring is much seedier. So why didn’t we think of Live At Grimsby or Live At Mud-on-Sea. I looked at the schedule and said: ‘You’re in Hull on Wednesday and Leeds on Thursday [sic] so it’s going to be Live At Hull or Live At Leeds’…!”Kit Lambert