The Who - Live at Leeds 40th Anniversary super-deluxe collectors' edition

The Who are releaing a deluxe package to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the album bill as th greatest live album of all time

Live At Leeds was the ultimate confirmation of the Who's sheer ferocity as a live rock act without equal. Whereas their studio recordings had only tantalisingly hinted at the all-out barrage of the senses that a live Who gig produced, Live At Leeds removed all doubt.

Following on the heels of the success of the 'rock opera' Tommy, and the band's grandstanding appearance at the Woodstock Festival, when released in 1970, Live At Leeds unwittingly documented the Who at the peak of their powers, whose shows now stretched up to two and a half hours without a break containing Tommy as their centrepiece.

"What hits you when you listen to it is you realise how much you need to see the Who."
Pete Townshend, 1970

"Hull was a better gig than Leeds. I remember it like it was yesterday - although in retrospect Live At Hull doesn't really trip off the tongue''.
Roger Daltrey, 2010

The anniversary edition will comprise:
• Two CDs containing the full Leeds show from 14 February 1970 recorded for the album including the complete performance of Tommy

• For the first time ever - two CDs containing the Who's complete performance from Hull

• A heavyweight vinyl reproduction of the original six-track album as it was released in 1970

• A new 64-page hard-back, colour book containing rare photos, memorabilia from the original release (replica contracts, letters, poster gig list, photos etc.) and liner notes detailing the history of this landmark album.

• A replica 7" single – 'Summertime Blues / Heaven & Hell' with colour sleeve.

• A classic Pete Townshend poster

• Housed in a hard-back box with cover artwork reproducing the original black stamped vinyl first UK pressing which, according to the July 2010 edition of Record Collector magazine, is now valued at approximately £250 in mint condition.