This article is about the live album by The Who. For other uses, see Live at Leeds (disambiguation).
1970 live album by the Who
Live at Leeds
Live album by
the Who
Released
11 May 1970 (1970-05-11)
Recorded
14 February 1970
Venue
University of Leeds Refectory, Leeds, UK
Genre
Hard rock[1]
Length
37:43
Label
Decca · MCA
Producer
Jon Astley
Kit Lambert
The Who
The Who chronology
Tommy (1969)
Live at Leeds (1970)
Who's Next (1971)
Singles from Live at Leeds
"Summertime Blues" / "Heaven and Hell" Released: June 1970
Live at Leeds is the first live album by English rock band the Who. It was recorded at the University of Leeds Refectory on 14 February 1970, and is their only live album that was released while the group were still actively recording and performing with their best-known line-up of Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Keith Moon.
The Who were looking for a way to follow up their 1969 album Tommy, and had recorded several shows on tours supporting that album, but disliked the sound. Consequently, they booked the show at Leeds University, along with one at Hull City Hall the following day, specifically to record a live album. Six songs were taken from the Leeds show, and the cover was pressed to look like a bootleg recording. The sound was significantly different from Tommy and featured hard rock arrangements that were typical of the band's live shows.
The album was released on 11 May 1970 by Decca and MCA in the United States,[2] and by Track and Polydor in the United Kingdom. It has been reissued on several occasions and in several different formats. Since its release, Live at Leeds has been ranked by several music critics as the best live rock recording of all time.[1][3][4]
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^Carr, Roy (January 2011). "The Who". Classic Rock: 75. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
^Hyden, Steven (29 January 2003). "The Who: Live at Leeds". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
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