Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Live At Leeds & Hull

You’re bound to find The Who’s Live At Leeds album sitting comfortably towards the top of most best live albums of all-time lists. Recorded at the University of Leeds on February 14, 1970, during arguably the height of the band’s prowess, the gig featured a set of Who classics followed by a full run-through of their seminal rock opera Tommy – which had been released less than a year prior. The original Live at Leeds LP included just six selections from the show, while the 1995 reissue bumped the total to 14 songs before the entire performance was included on the 2001 release.

Last month, The Who released the definitive version of Live At Leeds through the impressive 6-disc Super Deluxe Edition. This latest and most comprehensive release includes not only the entire Leeds show, but also features their gig from next night at Hull City Hall – which the band thought was a better show and originally wanted to release. The Hull gig was initially thought to be unusable because the original recording was missing the bass track from the first four songs, but it was recently discovered that the bass tracks were there for the rest of the show. Thanks to modern technology, the bass parts were lifted from the Leeds show and patched in for the missing tracks from Hull for this release.

To commemorate the 40th anniversary, The Who have created this animated video for the live version of Tattoo…