Thanks to Prof Stoned for all the efforts; and bootlegged on various CD’s and Vol. 1 even for sharing the tracks at Dime. made it to some lavishly packaged colored vinyl release in 2013 (no, I did not buy it). Prof Stoned noted: So why revisit this now? Quite frankly; I felt This collection consists of direct-to-stereo the mastering work on the 2006 volumes soundboard recordings that were made for could be improved upon. But that’s not the possible inclusion on a live album during The only reason; the requests to finish the series Who’s 2nd American tour of 1969. The tapes never really stopped and there was still ended up being rejected in favor of what be- some great material left that I had received came . drastical- from a few helpful people. Luckily, I kept ly tried to prevent the 1969 tapes from being my notes from 2006 which made it a lot bootlegged by destroying them, but some of easier to complete Vol. 4+5. I pieced Vol. the material eventually did find its way into 1-3 together again from scratch, rather than circulation, albeit scattered over various poor- using the original unmastered files and this ly compiled/mastered bootlegs and with very has led to some new insights which helped little documentation to accompany them. improving the overall quality.

“The Fall 1969 Soundboard Tapes Vol. 1-5” + + + + + collects every single circulating recording from this tour with the exception of officially All original recordings made by Bob Pridden. released material. Furthermore, the best Research, Notes & Sound Engineering by available sources have been selected, the Prof Stoned, Sept/Oct 2016 speed of all recordings has been corrected Information & additional audio sources and everything has been newly mastered for provided by Howard, Everett, Joe, Roland, optimal sonic consistency. A lot of the dates Tim, Luke. remain a mystery and probably always will, Special thanks to CG Whitman, whose unless previously uncirculated recordings of research inspired this series. this tour show up. Audio sources: It has been 10 years since I first started this - Pure Rock Theatre (CD, Hiwatt ZA59, series. As you may know, Vol. 4+5 did not get 1996) completed at the time, even though the first 3 - Wintertime Trip (CD, Dandelion DL 112, volumes were (and continue to be) quite pop- 1999) ular. All three ended up being professionally MP3 Version The Fall 1969 Soundboard Tapes Vol 2 ROIO orbootleg. in 2013ontheSuperDeluxeBoxsetversionofTommy,nonewhich hadpreviouslycirculatedon tain thefeelofalive-show.ThemajorityTommysection thisshowwasofficiallyreleased faded abruptly.Iremediedthisbyflyinginsomeaudienceresponse fromadifferentsourcetomain quality on“WintertimeTrip”.ThereissometapewarblingTr.01 &10andsomeofthetracksare Note: Sourcedfrom“PureRockTheatre”exceptfortwotrackswhich appearinslightlycleaner Tr. 06-10:unknownplace/date Tr. 01-05:CapitolTheater,Ottawa-October15,1969(1stSet) 06. I’mFree (cutsin)0:34 05. Young ManBlues7:18 04. Tattoo3:37 03. Fortune Teller 2:37 02. Can’t Explain2:26 01. Heaven andHell4:28 42 mins 10. Shakin’ All Over 6:36 09. SummertimeBlues5:07 08. We’re NotGonna Take It8:16 07. ’s Holiday Camp1:00 Trade Freely. NotForSale.

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