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Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
This is a live album by the English rock band the Who, recorded at the Isle of Wight Festival on 29 August 1970. It came out on 29 October 1996 on Essential! Records, as a double CD in the United States. The UK followed in 2001, when it appeared as both a double CD and a triple vinyl set.
It catches the band a year after Tommy and before Who's Next, so this is the Who between two of their best-known studio records. A shorter film of the same concert was also issued in 1996, on VHS and DVD, for anyone who wants to see the set as well as hear it.
Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970: tracklist, credits and charts
30 tracks · 1:52:20Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1Heaven and HellJohn Entwistle5:17
- 2I Can't ExplainPete Townshend2:46
- 3Young Man BluesMose Allison6:07
- 4I Don't Even Know MyselfPete Townshend6:11
- 5WaterPete Townshend10:53
- 6OverturePete Townshend5:08
- 7It's a BoyPete Townshend1:34
- 81921Pete Townshend2:28
- 9Amazing JourneyPete Townshend3:19
- 10SparksPete Townshend5:10
- 11Eyesight to the Blind (The Hawker)Sonny Boy Williamson1:58
- 12ChristmasPete Townshend3:25
- Disc 2
- 1The Acid QueenPete Townshend3:41
- 2Pinball WizardPete Townshend2:51
- 3Do You Think It's Alright?Pete Townshend0:23
- 4Fiddle AboutJohn Entwistle1:16
- 5Tommy Can You Hear Me?Pete Townshend0:59
- 6There's a DoctorPete Townshend0:22
- 7Go to the Mirror!Pete Townshend3:32
- 8Smash the MirrorPete Townshend1:16
- 9Miracle CurePete Townshend0:13
- 10I'm FreePete Townshend2:25
- 11Tommy's Holiday CampKeith Moon1:02
- 12We're Not Gonna Take ItPete Townshend9:37
- 13Summertime BluesJerry Capehart and Eddie Cochran3:24
- 14Shakin' All Over / Spoonful / Twist and ShoutHeath, Kidd, Dixon, Berns, Medley6:27
- 15SubstitutePete Townshend2:11
- 16My GenerationPete Townshend7:16
- 17Naked EyePete Townshend6:34
- 18Magic BusPete Townshend4:35
- Produced by
- Jon Astley, Andy MacPherson
- Executive producer
- Bill Curbishley, Robert Rosenberg
- Mixed by
- Jon Astley, Andy MacPherson
- Mixed at
- Revolution Studios
- Mastered by
- Jon Astley, Simon Heyworth
- Artwork
- Hugh Gilmour
- Photography
- Richard Evans, Claude Gassian, Jim Marshall
- Recorded
- 29 August 1970
- Labels
- Essential! Records, Columbia/Legacy
- Length
- 1:52:20
Line-up
- Roger Daltrey · harmonica, vocals · guest
- John Entwistle · bass, vocals · guest
- Keith Moon · drums (drum set), vocals · guest
- Pete Townshend · guitar, vocals · guest
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 1996 | 84 |
| US Billboard 200 · 1996 | 194 |
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33.6
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42
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 29 October 1996 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 29 October 1996 | |
| Wikidata | 29 October 1996 | |
| US release | 29 October 1996 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1996 | earliest UK or European date |
12 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | XW | — | other | |
| — | XW | Mercury Studios | 00670211021707 | other |
| 1996 | GB | Essential! Records | 5017615832624 | other |
| 1996 | DE | Warner Music Vision | 706301436028 | other |
| 29 October 1996 | US | Columbia | 074646508428 | original |
| 2009 | XE | Eagle Records | 5034504139923 | other |
| 2009 | RU | Lilith Records | 8013252915819 | other |
| 2009 | US | Eagle Records | 826992018027 | other |
| 22 April 2009 | JP | Happinet | 4907953091092 | other |
| 4 March 2013 | XE | Salvo | 698458060723 | other |
| 2018 | GB | Rock Classics | 803343163254 | other |
| 23 November 2018 | DE | earMUSIC | 4029759129424 | other |
Cover art sources
fanarttv · upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| fanarttv ✓ | 1000×1000 | upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50) |
| coverartarchive | 600×600 | upscaled |