Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #48609 in DVD
• Released on: 2000-06-26
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Full Screen, PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 85 minutes

Special Features
4:3 Full Frame
DVD 5
English
Region 2
PCM Stereo English
PCM Stereo

Synopsis
Concert performance of The Who before a crowd of 600,000 at the third and final Isle of Wight music festival on August 30, 1970. A signature performance by arguably one of the world's greatest ever live acts. Songs include: "I Can't Explain" "Summertime Blues" "My Generation" "Magic Bus" and nearly the entire Tommy opera in a rare performance by the original group.

From the Back Cover
Tracklisting:
1) Introduction
2) Heaven And Hell
3) I Can’t Explain
4) Young Man Blues
5) I Don’t Even Know Myself
6) Water
7) Shakin’ All Over/Spoonful/Twist And Shout
8) Summertime Blues
9) My Generation
10) Magic Bus
11) Overture It’s A Boy
Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker)
Christmas
12) The Acid Queen
13) Pinball Wizard
14) Do You Think It’s Alright?
15) Fiddle About
16) Go To The Mirror
17) Miracle Cure
18) I’m Free
19) We’re Not Gonna Take It
20) Tommy Can You Hear Me?

Customer Reviews

The Who (including Keith Moon) play UK's biggest festival.
A fitting visual testament to the absolute power of a unique British band forever dogged by an overwhelming sense of their own history.

From the very moment they open with Entwistle's "Heaven and Hell", through their ritual demolition of "I can't Explain", "Young man blues", a lot of "Tommy" and other crowd - pleasers such as "Magic bus", "Summertime blues" and "My generation", the band ROAR to frequent, repeated musical climaxes in a way that only The Who can. For those of us too young to have been there, this release is an absolute blessing.

Roger Daltrey's voice (and microphone twirling) are at a peak, so is Townshend's guitar playing amd Moon's (kit-thrown-down-the-stairs)drumming. John Entwistle - the REAL lead guitarist with The Who shines throughout.

On this release, the original line-up of the band slay 600,000 people, plus all of us TV viewers, in an utterly mesmerising performance that cannot be recommended too highly.

All you musicians out there who think you are really something will be humbled by this! Buy it and learn. This band has - and continues to - influence the world

One of the best!
Considering this Isle of Wight Festival was something of a shambles, (Ref: BBC2 documentary 'Sink the Island,' broadcast in 2001), it's a miracle any band's played. With Fiery Creations boss, Ricky Farr, then in his infancy at staging such an event, and Mick Farren, (then of It magazine), and friends doing everything possible to turn it into a free festival, (they believed it should be because how can an outdoor event have tickets when the crowd could sit beyond the fenced perimeter and listen for nothing), it was indeed a miracle.
But this excellent DVD has captured The Who at perhaps the best point in their career, and one of those 'must buys' for just about any rock fan. Marred only by 'Magic Bus' cut in as the 10th song when it actually should have been the last, (as Pete Townshend begins guitar demolition, which abruptly stops, then moves to the next song), the balance is masterful. Just a pity the person / people editing such filmed performances don't leave the running order alone; every band's set builds to a peak, and to have it placed somewhere else just isn't cricket! But that gripe ignored this is an excellent buy.

great...but
I love the Who live, what a band! This, although hampered slightly by the typical unweidiness of the period cameras and probably due to limited room on the stage is a chance to see Moony playing drums like only he could. The Who play well, perhaps Rogers voice could be a little better, but everyone is firing on all four cylinders. I would certainly recommend this dvd to Who (and music) fans everwhere.
Now the ...but. Why, oh why do concert film producers think that the original playing order should be changed? Do they think that the Who didnt know what order to play stuff? The producers of "Live at Leeds" cd did the same. The Who didnt play Tommy last, the last thing they played at IOW was Magic Bus. So why change it? They will be having the shark die at the beginning of Jaws next, PAH