The Who – Columbia, MD (06/29/70)

The Who
Merriweather Post Pavilion,
Columbia, Maryland
June 29, 1970.

Source: Unknown Audience Recording.
Quality: Very Good, 7/10 rating.

Set List:

1.Heaven & Hell 4:26
2.I Can’t Explain 2:23
3.Young Man Blues 5:33
4.Overture 5:33
5.It’s a Boy 0:34
6.1921 2:21
7.Amazing Journey 3:15
8.Sparks (Beginning) 0:14
9.Eyesight to the Blind 1:53
10.Christmas 3:09
11.The Acid Queen (Incomplete) 2:17
12.Pinball Wizard 2:48
13.Do You Think it’s Alright 0:22
14.Fiddle About 1:14
15.Tommy Can You Hear Me 1:01
16.There’s a Doctor 0:20
17.Go to the Mirror 3:26
18.Smash the Mirror 1:13
19.Miracle Cure 0:13
20.I’m Free 2:21
21.Tommy’s Holiday Camp (Cuts in at beginning) 0:59
22.We’re Not Gonna Take It (Cuts) 6:58
23.Summertime Blues 4:15

Sound Quality: A good, but incomplete audience recording the guitar is a little too loud, but it’s a minor complaint.

Details: A very good show and recording, but a substantial part wasn’t taped ‘My Generation’ is definitely missing and probably ‘Water’ and ‘I Donít Even Know Myself’ as well. The group gives another fine performance, equaling the outstanding show at this same venue the year before. The playing is at its usual very high standard for this era and Townshendís solos are blistering in ‘Heaven and Hell’ and ‘Young Man Blues’ later what sounds like a flaw in the recording makes for a bizarre version of ‘Tommyís Holiday Camp’. The parts of the show that were taped are well-recorded and itís puzzling why only an hour of this great show exists.

57:01 Minutes.