Live At Shea Stadium 1982

The Who、LIVE AT SHEA STADIUM 1982 初の公式オーディオが2CDでリリース決定!

1982年の北米ツアーはドラムにケニー・ジョーンズをフィーチャーした最後のツアーとなり、バンドは1989年まで再びツアーを行っていません。
この録音はニューヨークのシェイ・スタジアムでの2夜のうちの2日目のショーをフィーチャーしており、1982年10月13日に録音されました。
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An audio spinoff of the 2015 home-video set Live at Shea Stadium 1982, this double disc comprises the Whos October 13 gig at Shea, the second show in a two-night stand at the storied New York venue. Touted as the Whos farewell, their 1982 tour found the group promoting the recent Its Hard, a conflicted record that saw the group attempting to lurch into the 1980s. The performance captured on Live at Shea Stadium 1982 -- a concert given in the first part of the tour, which stretched from September to December -- finds the group pushing the record with performances of its title track, "Dangerous," "Cry If You Want," and "Eminence Front" while curiously side-stepping "Athena," one of the songs from the album that endured in the popular consciousness. The band does lean into their arena-rock theatrics of the late 1970s and early 1980s to the extent that they give such 60s standards as "Substitute," "I Cant Explain," and "Pinball Wizard" muscular readings. On the whole, the band does sound surprisingly strong, playing with a vigor that belies the conventional wisdom that the Who were on their last legs with Kenney Jones behind the drum kit in 1982. It also helps that they demonstrate a sense of humor: the entire proceedings close with an encore containing "I Saw Her Standing There" and "Twist and Shout," a cheerful nod to the Beatles legendary concerts at this storied venue. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

2015年に映像ソフト化されていた82年10月13日のNYシェイ・スタジアム公演の模様が待望の公式ライヴ・アルバムとしてもリリースされた。この公演を含む北米ツアー自体がバンドにとって(最初の)解散ツアーとなり、キース・ムーンの後任だったケニー・ジョーンズ所属時のバンドとしては最後のツアーとなった。この時期ならではの余裕に溢れたタフな熱気が一気に味わえる2枚組!
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