Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (The Who album)

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Live at the Isle of Wight Festival
Live album by
The Who
Released29 October 1996
Recorded29 August 1970;
East Afton Farm,
Isle of Wight,
England, UK
Genre
Length112:19
LabelColumbia/Legacy
ProducerJon Astley, Andy Macpherson
The Who chronology
My Generation: The Very Best of The Who
(1996) 		Live at the Isle of Wight Festival
(1996) 		BBC Sessions
(2000)

Live at the Isle of Wight Festival is a double live album by The Who, recorded at the Isle of Wight Festival on 29 August 1970, and released in 1996. A DVD of the concert was also released for the first time in 1996.[1]

Overview

The Who were one year and three months into their Tommy tour when they played their second engagement at the Isle of Wight Festival. As in 1969, they played most of their famous rock opera Tommy, which by this time was quite familiar to the festival crowd. Huge spotlights bathed the audience of between 600,000 and 700,000 attendees (according to the Guinness Book of Records)[2] and as The Who's tour manager John Woolf recalls, attracted "every moth and flying nocturnal animal on the island". The Who started their set at 2:00 A.M.[3]

By August 1970,

Naked Eye". These songs, which were being recorded at the time of the festival, were intended for an upcoming project known as Lifehouse. Although Lifehouse was eventually abandoned, the sessions paved the way to the Who's classic album Who's Next
.

The Who also performed some live staples such as "Substitute", "My Generation", "Magic Bus", "I Can't Explain", and the perennial covers of "Shakin' All Over" and "Summertime Blues".

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Robert ChristgauC+[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]
MusicHound4.5/5[7]
Rolling Stone(favourable)[8]

Track listing

All songs were written by Pete Townshend except where noted.

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."
Christmas
"		 Tommy3:25
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."
Odds and Sods
6:33
18."Magic Bus" single4:35

Personnel

The Who

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[9] 84
US Billboard 200[10] 194

References

  1. ^ "Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970". The Who Official Band Website. 1 October 1970. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  2. ^ "The original Isle of Wight festivals – in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. ^ Michael Heatley, liner notes from 1996 CD release
  4. ^ AllMusic review
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (3 December 1996). "Consumer Guide: Turkey Shoot". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  6. ISBN 978-0195313734
    .
  7. ISBN 1-57859-061-2
    .
  8. ^ Rolling Stone review
  9. ^ "The Who | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  10. ^ "The Who Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
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