Thanks to Prof Stoned for all the efforts; and bootlegged on various CD’s and Vol. 1 even for sharing the tracks at The Traders’ Den. 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 Live at Leeds. Pete Townshend 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.

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