Live at Leeds [Original recording remastered] [Live] [Extra tracks]

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Anyone who owned the vinyl copy of Live at Leeds will barely recognize its digitized namesake. While the 1970 record offered a mere six selections, the 1995 CD reissue is fleshed out with a full 14 tracks. Reveling in the augmented Leeds prompts one to wonder why in the name of "Heaven and Hell" they didn't put out a double record in the first place. No matter. This Live at Leeds is actually superior to its revered predecessor. The Who are at their Maximum R&B peak here, bringing an almost proto-metal aggression to supercharged covers of "Young Man Blues," "Summertime Blues," and "Shakin' All Over" (all from the original record) and treating fans to originals familiar ("I Can't Explain," "My Generation," "Magic Bus") and less known ("Heaven and Hell," "Tattoo," "A Quick One"). An improved-upon classic. --Steven Stolder

Album Description
Digitally remastered Japanese reissue of The Who's 1970 album in a miniaturized gatefold LP sleeve with the original packaging intact. Limited to the initial pressing only, it also features all eight of the bonus tracks included on MCA's U.S. reissue in the '90s! The packaging perfectly replicates that of the original issue, complete with miniaturized of the notes, poster, letter from EMI Records, etc. 14 tracks total. The extra cuts are 'Heaven And Hell', 'I Can't Explain', 'Fortune Teller', 'Tattoo', 'Happy Jack', 'I'm A Boy', 'A Quick One, --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Live at Leeds
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A revelation as to why the Who were revered in live show
  • The best live album I have ever heard
  • "I Can't Explain" so let the music do the talking (5 stars)
  • who's all in the whoing
  • "Leeds" is the Leading Who Album
Live at Leeds
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ASIN: B000002OVJ
Release Date: 1995-02-28

Tracks:

  1. Heaven And Hell
  2. I Can't Explain
  3. Fortune Teller
  4. Tattoo
  5. Young Man Blues
  6. Substitute
  7. Happy Jack
  8. I'm A Boy
  9. A Quick One, While He's Away
  10. Amazing Journey/Sparks
  11. Summertime Blues
  12. Shakin' All Over
  13. My Generation
  14. Magic Bus

Amazon.com essential recording

Anyone who owned the vinyl copy of Live at Leeds will barely recognize its digitized namesake. While the 1970 record offered a mere six selections, the 1995 CD reissue is fleshed out with a full 14 tracks. Reveling in the augmented Leeds prompts one to wonder why in the name of "Heaven and Hell" they didn't put out a double record in the first place. No matter. This Live at Leeds is actually superior to its revered predecessor. The Who are at their Maximum R&B peak here, bringing an almost proto-metal aggression to supercharged covers of "Young Man Blues," "Summertime Blues," and "Shakin' All Over" (all from the original record) and treating fans to originals familiar ("I Can't Explain," "My Generation," "Magic Bus") and less known ("Heaven and Hell," "Tattoo," "A Quick One"). An improved-upon classic. --Steven Stolder

Album Description

Digitally remastered Japanese reissue of The Who's 1970 album in a miniaturized gatefold LP sleeve with the original packaging intact. Limited to the initial pressing only, it also features all eight of the bonus tracks included on MCA's U.S. reissue in the '90s! The packaging perfectly replicates that of the original issue, complete with miniaturized of the notes, poster, letter from EMI Records, etc. 14 tracks total. The extra cuts are 'Heaven And Hell', 'I Can't Explain', 'Fortune Teller', 'Tattoo', 'Happy Jack', 'I'm A Boy', 'A Quick One,

Album Details

Limited Japanese Version Featuring Lp Style Slipcase,& 8 Bonus Tracks. Digitally Remastered

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A revelation as to why the Who were revered in live show.......2007-07-14

If you'd only heard the poorly recorded vinyl of this set, this will be a revelation to you. And if you've never heard any live Who, this will make you jealous of those who did. A fine, fine set, wonderfully remastered and hugely expanded.

FYI - if you stumble across the "Live At Leeds Extended Edition", note that it's this set plus their live performance of "Tommy". IMHO the live Tommy isn't nearly as interesting as the studio or film versions, so if you're trying to choose between them, I recommend this one.

5 out of 5 stars The best live album I have ever heard.......2007-07-06

Fantastic performance and amazing production, especially on the remastered and extended version of this classic album. Crank it up on large speakers and it's just like being at a Who concert.

5 out of 5 stars "I Can't Explain" so let the music do the talking (5 stars).......2007-06-02

As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" I am often asked to write about rock and roll recordings from the 60's and 70's.

"Live At Leads" when issued originally on vinyl with a handful of tracks and surface noise would still be considered one of the finest on stage recordings ever; even if the bonus tracks and better quality never saw the light of day!!!

The music is a blowtorch. John Entwhistle's "Heaven And Hell" is a tremendous song to get the event going. The Who's version of "Fortune Teller" is stellar. If you want to experience the definitive "Summertime Blues" it is waiting for your ears.

When the Who were really "THE WHO" (Roger, Keith, John, and Pete) their shows were not only concerts but a rock and roll event.
Let's go back in time for the amazing journey.

Be well always,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"

5 out of 5 stars who's all in the whoing.......2007-05-13

This is not a bad album actually. Really. Give it a listen. It's a concert somewhere in England it's live not like the Who I saw at Pontiac Stadium in Detroit before the band changed all around but still the seed of fame is there growing just the same.

If you've seen The Who then I don't know what you're doing reading this but then any who is a lot but if you haven't and you want to know what you're missing Rock and Roll!

This is a double album of songs The Who have had around for years and the musicianship is about all that you can expect for a very tight four piece concert band.

I must say the taste required to enjoy this album runs a little off the wall but that's only in a very few numbers so you can relax and enjoy some of the hits that made The Who famous here.

I like My Generation. "People try to put us down... talkin' 'bout my generashean" I'm afraid I missed most of this Generation as it were 'cause I was only ten years old when this song first came out but it drew me to it like a siren in the night since I first heard the opening chords on the local radio station.

Magic Bus and thirteen other songs are played Live in concert on this album Live! just The Who and you to put in two albums worth of Rock and Roll. Not a bad album at all. Seriously.

Five stars out of five even for a live album.

5 out of 5 stars "Leeds" is the Leading Who Album.......2007-04-14

"Live at Leeds" was one of the best live rock LPs of the 1970s, and is currently available in competing expanded formats with different tracks. All of them have the original "Live at Leeds" LP as their core, but differ in the amount of extra tracks from the concert added to the CD. The current CD is the best value for the money; the longest version of "Leeds" is a two-CD set that includes a complete performance of "Tommy." Call me a heretic, but I could care less if I never hear "Tommy" again. As for the rest of the "Leeds" show, I simply can't get enough of it.

"Leeds" features the Who at their ferocious best. It sounds almost nothing like their studios albums of the time. Instead, the fast and brutal playing lays the groundwork for virtually every heavy riff-based rhythm-guitar player to follow in the Who's footsteps. Try and track down the original versions of Mose Allison's "Young Man Blues" and Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" and then listen to the blistering versions on this CD. The Who played like there was no tomorrow at the Leeds concert, and a very good argument could be made that this is one of the first true punk records from England. An equally good observation is that the arrangements on this CD are not too distantly related from what Jimmy Page did with Led Zeppelin on their second album.

"Leeds" is the CD many of us will remember the Who by, long after their many disappointing live reunion CDs (not to mention their increasingly weak studio LPs) are forgotten. This CD is proof of the power that rock and roll can have.
Live At Leeds [Deluxe Edition]
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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  • A Real "Deluxe Edition" Of A Lengendary Concert!
  • Best Live Rock Album - Ever! Swear to You Know Who...
  • Absolutely Incredible
  • A Classic Album Must Have, "Deluxe" Worthwhile for Tommy
Live At Leeds [Deluxe Edition]
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ASIN: B00005NB0H
Release Date: 2001-09-18

Tracks:

  1. Heaven & Hell
  2. Can't Explain
  3. Fortune Teller
  4. Tattoo
  5. Young Man Blues
  6. Substitute
  7. Happy Jack
  8. I'm A Boy
  9. A Quick One
  10. Summertime Blues
  11. Shakin' All Over
  12. My Generation
  13. Magic Bus

Tracks:

  1. Overture
  2. It's A Boy
  3. 1921
  4. Amazing Journey
  5. Sparks
  6. Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker)
  7. Christmas
  8. The Acid Queen
  9. Pinball Wizard
  10. Do You Think It's Alright?
  11. Fiddle About
  12. Tommy Can You Hear Me?
  13. There's A Doctor
  14. Go To The Mirror
  15. Smash The Mirror
  16. Miracle Cure
  17. Sally Simpson
  18. I'm Free
  19. Tommy's Holiday Camp
  20. We're Not Gonna Take It

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Long considered one of the greatest live albums ever recorded, the Who's Live at Leeds was originally edited and packaged to resemble the haphazard state of early-'70s bootlegs, then expanded and sonically upgraded in the mid-1990s. But this deluxe edition finally restores the blistering February 1970 Leeds University concert to its full running length by adding the band's earliest officially available live rendition of the then-fresh Tommy in its entirety. And while it isn't perfect (the Tommy tracks have been moved from their original slot in the show and resequenced to fit onto disc 2 here), this album now takes its place as the best available document of the Who in their truly ferocious prime, trumping the previously available Isle of Wight show (recorded some six months later) in both performance level and sound quality. It also begs a little revisionist pondering: Are these the true godfathers of punk? Pete Townshend's music and chord structures may have often been jazz-based, but they careen with an energy that seems at once feral and superhuman. Roger Daltrey's vocals snarl with palpable grit, while the rhythm section of John Entwistle and Keith Moon thunders menacingly along like an overheated locomotive. The Tommy heard here is still vital and alive, played by a band whose fervent, in-the-moment abandon is a wonder to behold. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Undeniable.......2007-06-23

The Who were are great live band. In the period from roughly 1968-1972, this great live band were at the very height of their abilities. Individually, Daltrey, Townshend, Entwistle, and Moon were tremendous, dynamic, and innovative forces on their respective instruments. When focused together in a live environment, as these discs show, they were nothing short of mind-alteringly breathtaking.

Live at Leeds consists of brilliant pop/rock songs and extended hard-rock pieces executed with devastating precision and power. The improvised sections in some of the lengthened songs add to, rather than detract from, their impact. The musical and dynamic interaction between the players is tremendous, bordering on magical, and demonstrates why The Who live were so powerful and exciting. This disc is well recorded with none of the usual live album nonsense: no unnecessary production tricks or fancy mixing theatrics, no goofy special effects, no faked-up crowd over-enthusiasm, or other foolishness; direct and down-to-business, much like the band themselves were at this time.

The recent digital remastering and restoration only adds to the sonic clarity. The added tracks of the Deluxe edition add another top-notch live version of Tommy, sharper than that from the Isle of Wight album, as well as some additional typical Who concert staples of the period. Further, the inclusion of between song banter among the band members and sonic snapshots of the band talking with the audience are an added treat. In short, the expansion of this album gives one a better feel what a full Who concert performance was like during this exciting period, yet still does not detract from its overall undeniable momentum.

Simply put, the best live rock album ever made. Period.

5 out of 5 stars A Real "Deluxe Edition" Of A Lengendary Concert!.......2007-06-22

In 1970,The Who released "Live At Leeds" as a six-song LP full of explosive,potent rock the night The Who played Leeds University Feb. 14 of the same year,namely the 15-minute "My Generation","Summertime Blues" and "Magic Bus".In the mid-90's,Live at Leeds was expanded to 14 tracks,remixed/remastered in excellent sound and contained all the songs performed by The Who the night outside of "Tommy",barring the "Amazing Journey/Sparks" medley.Finally,in 2002,the entire Leeds-including "Tommy" featured on Disc 2 exclusively-was made available at last on this 2-disc "Deluxe Edition".If one ever doubts that The Who invented punk,metal or garage-rock or their greatness,this will blown them away in a flash.When the reviewers say that this is "the best live album",they're not kidding!With a new remix supervised by Pete Townshend himself and remastered by famed engineer Jon Astley,it has never sounded so powerful,crisp and raw as it does here.The live "Tommy" segment is worth the price of this edition itself.("A bargain,the best I ever had" indeed!)"Live At Leeds(Deluxe Edition)" is something no serious rock fan should be without period.

5 out of 5 stars Best Live Rock Album - Ever! Swear to You Know Who..........2007-06-10

Know why this is the best live rock album, ever? Because these guys were the ORIGINAL punk rock musicians. This music is the essence of youthful exuberance, coupled with unbelieveable musicianship, that led to the advent of what became punk rock in the mid to late-1970's. I think this album is border-line rock/punk fusion, Return to Forever with fangs and claws.

The 15 minute montage of 'My Generation' is just an onslaught of the most unbelieveable guitar, bass and drum work. What is another alternative for best live rock album; surely not 'Frampton Alive!' (I think the album title includes the exclamation point, right?) What else? Please do advise, while you buy this album and rock your brain.

5 out of 5 stars Absolutely Incredible.......2007-05-20

Soon after Tommy was released in the United States, my dear friend Baum obtained tickets for a group of our close friends to see The Who perform Tommy at the Fillmore East with the Joshua Light Show. That was among a number of musical events I shall never forget. To this day, details of that show remain as clear as the evening it went down.

This Deluxe Edition is outstanding, both sonically and musically. If you are a fan of The Who, this is a must have. Don't even think twice. Get a copy, buckle in, crank it up, and immerse yourself in the experience only great rock n' roll can provide.

My only complaint is we had to wait so many years for this to be released in its full show glory. Past is past. Grab it now !!

5 out of 5 stars A Classic Album Must Have, "Deluxe" Worthwhile for Tommy.......2007-04-20

Some say this is the greatest live rock album of all-time . . . I won't say this as I know I haven't heard every live rock album out there. In my book, however, "Live at Leeds" is at the top . . . the problem is deciding between this version or the bootleg "Live at Leeds Complete". This version has cleaner audio but it is also "painted over" having heard LAL-Complete. I suppose it is nice though having a single live CD of Tommy which happens to be better than the original album (though the purist in me wants to protest that they cut up the concert in order to do this).

All in all, you're not a Who fan if you don't own at least one version of this concert (the original, bootleg, or deluxe version) and this version I highly recommend.

If you're new to the Who, I would recommend this concert first above anything else . . . it captures most everything essential (most importantly, that this is a band all about the live performance).

For hardcore fans who already own Live at Leeds original, this is a worthwhile purchase especially for comparative studies with Live at Leeds Complete.

No, this Deluxe edition isn't "Complete" . . . but it is still, in my opinion, better than the original Live at Leeds album.
Live at Leeds
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • unbelievable
  • Not worth upgrading from previous remastered CD
  • The best live album ever gets even better!
  • Best live album, ever (unless PT releases the live Quad!)
  • The definition of live albums
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ASIN: B00001YVDX
Release Date: 1999-10-12

Tracks:

  1. Heaven And Hell
  2. I Can't Explain
  3. Fortune Teller
  4. Tattoo
  5. Young Man Blues
  6. Substitute
  7. Happy Jack
  8. I'm A Boy
  9. A Quick One, While He's Away
  10. Amazing Journey/Sparks
  11. Summertime Blues
  12. Shakin' All Over
  13. My Generation
  14. Magic Bus

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars unbelievable.......2000-05-23

my favorite who album. probally even above tommy. (and above who's next). sometimes it feels as if the who is holding something back, not here.

4 out of 5 stars Not worth upgrading from previous remastered CD.......1999-12-13

I bought this having already bought the expanded Live At Leeds almost three years ago. Based on previous reviews, I was expecting to hear major sonic revelations on this gold disc.

Mobile Fidelity's magic works best when a release had poor remastering to begin with. The previous CD had already been remastered and expanded. It even included a picture disc.

Upon comparing the two, I could not tell any discernible differences in the sound quality. Which makes me wonder why Mobile Fidelity chose this release and Who's Next.

Given that gold discs fetch a premium, one should feel like he's getting something for his extra dollar. Stick to the regular remastered reissue.

5 out of 5 stars The best live album ever gets even better!.......1999-11-01

Wow! I've always wondered how they got such a great live sound on this album, and how they sounded so damn good on this particular night. And finally, Mobile Fidelity has seen fit to impart their remastering magic on this expanded edition of Live at Leeds. The Who have two sonic marvels in their catalog: Who's Next and this album, and now Mobile Fidelity has remastered them both. Man, does this sound great!

5 out of 5 stars Best live album, ever (unless PT releases the live Quad!).......1999-10-09

Simply the best live album ever. And that is not my opinion. Just listen carefully to interviews of major performers, even today's "kids", and every now and then they let it be known that this album was one of their primary influences. It may be the only recording that truly expresses the live form of the art.

5 out of 5 stars The definition of live albums.......1999-10-08

When The Who released "Live At Leeds" in 1970, it was sandwiched between their exhausting and exhilarating "Tommy" record and the emerging sound they inaugurated on "Who's Next". In a way, their live album is both a farewell to the five years of pop experimentation that led up to "Tommy" and a nod to the rawer, mega-watt sound that the band had developed after months of touring. Every Who fan remembers the opening notes of "Young Man Blues", which was the traditional beginning to "Live At Leeds". In the restored version we get John Entwistle's "Heaven and Hell", blisteringly played as the group warms up, followed by "I Can't Explain" and "Fortune Teller". Whether it's a Townshend original or an Eddie Cochran number, The Who do them all with an energy that teeters on anarchy, seering here, gently wafting there, and all of it built chord by chord on years of musical chops that few bands could match. The genuis of "Live At Leeds" is its complete refusal to gloss over the imperfections of a live performance. You can hear the random noises from instruments and mikes, and the cutting banter that The Who incorporated into their sets (funniest was Keith Moon interrupting Townshend's speeches to the audience). What you don't get are the studio-doctored, seamless patterns of other "live" albums. With The Who it's warts and all. You can tell the sings are live by the heat and energy of the playing. My favorite tracks are "Substitute" (shortened from the original and more viciously sung here), "Summertime Blues" and "Heaven and Hell", but between the bluster come the lighthearted touches like "Tattoo" and "I'm A Boy", songs from an earlier time that The Who give second life before moving on to a gutsier sound. "Live At Leeds" is a gust of electricty from a superb band, and it defines the term "live album".
Live at Leeds
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • This One Will Blow You Away
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ASIN: B00000DWG6
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Young Man Blues
  2. Substitute
  3. Summertime Blues
  4. Shakin' All Over
  5. My Generation
  6. Magic Bus

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars This One Will Blow You Away.......2005-07-27

Whenever a musical discussion centers on live albums, "Live at Leeds" almost inevitably takes the conversational forefront. This album could well be the greatest live album recorded by any group ever. The Who's incredible energy and musicianship are more than captured by this 1969ish performance in Leeds, England. Here, they more than prove that when they were in their prime, The Who were clearly the best live-performing band to be found anywhere. "Young Man Blues" starts off like an earthquake and The Who are in full throttle as they rock the roof off. "Summertime Blues" clearly belongs to them as well, even though Blue Cheer and several other groups have covered it as well. I'll not go on here any further; I'm exhorting you to give this CD a good listen if you haven't yet done so and I am convinced that you'll agree that what I've said here is indisputably true of the legendary Who.

5 out of 5 stars Great.......2004-12-31

This record is great even if it only has 6 tracks, it has a great sound. It is the best live Who out there. Highly Recomended
Live at Leeds '71
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Raw, Heavier Live Perspective
  • The Groundhogs at Their Best
Live at Leeds '71
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ASIN: B00005V31J
Release Date: 2007-07-17

Tracks:

  1. Cherry Red
  2. Garden
  3. Split - Part One
  4. Groundhog Blues
  5. Eccentric Man

Album Description

UK compilation featuring five great tracks, 'Cherry Red', 'Garden', 'Split' (Pt. 1), 'Groundhog Blues' & the 11 minute 'Eccentric Man'. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Raw, Heavier Live Perspective.......2006-08-31

I honestly don't know how I missed this band all these years, except to claim disadvantaged status as a Yank. At the urging of several friends I eventually obtained the Best of Groundhogs disc, and thoroughly enjoyed it, believing I had obtained the distilled essence of the band.

Well, hold everything. Live at Leeds offers a handful of the best Groundhogs compositions recorded as brutal (for 1971), stripped-down power-trio blasts. These performances make the studio versions sound positively genteel by comparison.

If any tune suffers for this simplification and brutalization it's the opener, "Cherry Red," best experienced in the still-heavy-but-slinkier multitracked studio vesion. From there it's one little masterpiece after another. The interpretation of "Garden" here, with its eerily poetic lyrical content delivered in Tony McPhee's earnest mumble, is one of two distinct highlights. Its topical brother, the brilliant closer "Eccentric Man," is 11-plus minutes of guitar-driven anti-social statement and alone worth the reasonable price of this release. The explosive first five seconds of this track are almost frighteningly powerful, leading into three verses of perhaps the most well-crafted blues lyrics ever to come from a British band, each followed by the concise, bellowed refrain: "They call me an eccentric man... but I don't believe them." There's an art to writing simple lyrics that can convey character, emotional state, and intent in eleven words without any suggestion of pathetic introspection. The best of the original blues masters had the knack; TS McPhee is a worthy successor, and his delivery is spot-on. "Eccentric Man" also features an extended octave-processed guitar solo that falls somewhere between Hendrix at Monterey and the heavier moments from the first Live Cream LP.

"Groundhog (Blues)," essentially a solo performance of back-porch blues by McPhee, is more electrically-charged than the incredibly authentic studio version, but still retains the air of an homage and steers entirely clear of parody.

Fans of Cream, Hendrix, Savoy Brown, John Lee Hooker or very early ZZ Top would each find something of serious blues-rock merit here. Audio quality is excellent, comparable to offical live releases from other bands from the period; this is no repackaged bootleg.

For anyone who has only heard Groundhogs studio tracks, this will be a real face-slapper and eye-opener. Righteous stuff.

4 out of 5 stars The Groundhogs at Their Best.......2004-03-13

The Groundhogs were the first band I saw live, back in 1971. This comes from that era, three concise numbers, one solo guitar blues, and one jammed-out song, from when they were supporting the Rolling Stones. When Tony McPhee & Co were on good form and kept to hard blues-rock numbers they were very good; when they tried to experiment with sonic effects, well they could be awful. Fortunately, this has them at their best, solid playing and great lead guitar.
Live at Leeds
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  • Electronically live...
Live at Leeds
Moodswings
Manufacturer: Artista
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ASIN: B0000072AE
Release Date: 1994-01-01

Tracks:

  1. Tabla Motown
  2. Crunch
  3. Back to Basics
  4. Hozanna
  5. Live Longer! (Spiritual High)
  6. Brutal

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4 out of 5 stars Live sounds good.......2006-01-17

This is my first CD by Moodswings, and I had really high hopes for this one, even though I bought this without knowing what song would be on this CD, or without knowing anything for the matter.

1. Tabla Motown (4.57): Starts off slow. This one has some really nice drums, it makes you want to dance. 4/5

2. Crunch (4.00): Up-tempo, with parts of "State of Indepence". 3/5

3. Back to Basics (3.11): Up-tempo as well. Nothing in particular. 3/5

4. Hozanna (6.09): Starts off slow with a man speaking, then the music picks up. Quite a pretty song. Nice touch with the choir. 4/5

5. Live Longer! (Spiritual High) (9.31): My favourite. It has that great theme we all know, really moody! Also contains "I have dream" by Luther King 5/5

6. Brutal (8.37): Another favourite of mine. Sounds like a soccer anthem. Has a great beat. 5/5

It's a shame this doesn't have "State of Independence", because that's the song which got me into learning more about Moodswings. This CD also has only 6 track, so I wish it were longer. I normally hate Live CDs, because of all the cheering and clapping in the back ground, however this CD has very little of the audience present. Highly recommended!

5 out of 5 stars Electronically live..........2000-12-11

When I first heard Moodswings I wondered how would they sounded "live", but I then dismissed it since "live" is something that not often occurs with electronic artist. When I first saw Live at Leeds I guessed it was something promotional, having nothing to do with Moodswings, but, when I listen to it, especially to Spiritual High, I started to believe that, if something electronic was going to be live, I defenitelly has to be Moodswings. I cannot express into words the feeling of listening to this beatuful song by Jon Anderson and Vangelis played so wonderful by Moodswings. If you like the band, buy it, it will re-affirm all you feel about them, and if you do not listened to them yet, this CD could be a good start, don't you think? [It's wonderful, specially when listening into the car in a long route to the south a rainy day]
Live at Leeds and More
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    John Martyn
    Manufacturer: Recall Records UK
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    ASIN: B000CEV4NG
    Release Date: 2006-02-21

    Tracks:

    1. Outside In [Live]
    2. Solid Air [Live]
    3. Make No Mistake [Live]
    4. Bless This Weather [Live]
    5. Man in the Station [Live]
    6. I'd Rather Be the Devil [Live]
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    8. You Can Discover [*]
    9. So Much in Love with You [*]
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    11. Mailman [*]

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    3. Yes We Can
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    5. Dealer
    6. Beverly
    7. Looking On
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    Live at Leeds (Quick One: 25th Anninversary Edition)
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      The Who
      Manufacturer: Universal
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      ASIN: B00006BGX2
      Release Date: 2002-08-26

      Tracks:

      1. Heaven and Hell
      2. I Can't Explain
      3. Fortune Teller
      4. Tattoo
      5. Young Man Blues
      6. Substitute
      7. Happy Jack
      8. I'm a Boy
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      Live at Leeds
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        The Groundhogs
        Manufacturer: Akarma Italy
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        ASIN: B00006AFOZ
        Release Date: 2004-08-16

        Tracks:

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        Live at Leeds '71
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          The Groundhogs
          Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000060OZY
          Release Date: 2002-04-09

          Tracks:

          1. Cherry Red
          2. Garden
          3. Split, Pt. 1
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