'75 was informally and internally called the 'Back To The Basics' Tour, (in response to the Quad live/backing tapes issues) so I'm sure that footage is amazing.

Do you have a web link to it? I'm not familiar with DIME.
Rob

>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: :audities@smoe.org
>To: rob@splitsville.com, audities@smoe.org
>Sent: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 09:59:41
>
>Recently, there have been a few DVD torrents over
>at DIME and Long Live
>Rock of prime Who from the `75 tour (all pro-shot
>and one in glorious
>5.1 that's pretty good for a non-professional mix).
>This is rock my
>friends.
>
>Not sure if this has been mentioned or not, but
>there is a new Who
>documentary scheduled to be released later this
>year. There's a trailer
>for it on the new Tommy/Quadrophenia live 3xDVD set
>recently released by
>Rhino.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: audities-owner@smoe.org
>[mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf
>Of rob@splitsville.com
>Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:46 AM
>To: audities@smoe.org; audities@smoe.org;
>audities@smoe.org
>Subject: RE: Re: The Early Who By A Landslide
>
>The R&R Circus performance has the advantage of
>familiarity, as we've
>all watched and been amazed by it hundreds of
>times. Even the inferior,
>abridged and sped up VCR version of it is
>spectacular, never mind the
>full-blown, cleaned up DVD version. 
>
>Still, Daltrey is less than a 25%-er- I'll take a
>howling, mic-twirling,
>confident, post-Tommy Roger with Pete prowling and
>leaping throughout
>stage left any day. They're truly operating on four
>cylinders. 
> 
>
>>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>>From: :audities@smoe.org
>>To: audities@smoe.org
>>Sent: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 16:19:30
>>
>>
>>Hey everyone!
>>
>>This has been a most enjoyable thread.
>>
>>The Who have LONG been a huge favo(u)rite of mine
>>.....hell, I even launched my career as a
>>"journalist" over thirty 
>>years ago
>>in order to commemorate the band's 1975 Toronto
>>concert
>>(with my fake Official Who Tour Programme,
>>aka Pig Paper No. 1,
>>which almost got me busted outside the venue that
>>night by an irate MCA 
>>rep)
>>(though I later heard Roger and even Pete quite
>>appreciated my literary 
>>efforts on their behalf).
>>
>>
>>I thought Greg Sager's post especially
>>was not only spot-on indeed,
>>but serves as a damn near ideal encapsulation
>>of the band's entire career
>>
>>....and not just because he realizes "Surfin'
>Bird"
>>is indisputably
>>the most perfect r 'n' r song ever recorded
>>(not to mention a very strong candidate for
>>First-Ever Power Pop Song
>>...at least a year before, well, "I Can't
>Explain,"
>>correct??!)
>>
>>
>>nevertheless,
>>Though while I can appreciate their stadium rock
>>years
>>("Who's Next"),
>>and "Who By Numbers" remains my all-time
>>second-fave Rock Star Mid-Life 
>>Crisis elpee
>>(after "John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band" of course)
>
>>it's the early (Sixties) Who
>>that should continue to amaze, amuse, and inspire
>>most all of us the 
>>most:
>>
>>as has already been said,
>>Just take one look at the band's "Rock and Roll
>>Circus" performance,
>>as therein lies perhaps THEE quintessential rock
>>'n' roll performance:
>>Each member, each note, each leap and laugh,
>>utterly crazed, conflicted, yet somehow still
>>seamlessly complimentary
>>with, to, and even against one another.
>>There are absolutely NO passengers on this ride!!
>>
>>Perhaps Tony Fletcher sums it all up best in his
>>"Moon" biography
>>when he states
>>"In the Truly Great Band, the sum is always worth
>>more than its 
>>individual parts"
>>
>>(which reminds me to keep out of The Great New
>Cars
>>Debate),
>>
>>
>>Gary "NP: 'Who?' by The Mayflowers, I kid you not"
>
>>Pig
>>
>>
>>
>>
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