‘Live at The Coliseum, 1969’ – One of the earliest known recorded performances of tracks from ‘Tommy’ to be shown today (11th November) at 4.30pm GMT.

The Who found an unreleased concert from Ottawa 1969 in their vaults, when all tapes from that tour were thought to have been destroyed. There was a complete performance of Tommy save for ‘I’m Free’, ‘Tommy’s Holiday Camp’ and ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’, which were probably lost during tape changeover at the show.

On the Box Set these tracks were replaced by 3 tracks from a show at Swansea in 1976, as no further recordings from 1969 were thought to exist. Since the Box Set was completed, two of the missing tracks, ’Tommy’s Holiday Camp’ and ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’,  have turned up. Although it is known that they are from the 1969 tour they don’t know the specific show, but they are offering them to fans this week as a free download from their official site.