I just saw this on Pete Townshend’s The Who site (e-mail registration required).THE WHO 2002 ENCORE SERIES Eelpie.com and themusic.com bring you exclusive live recordings on CD of shows from the 2002 WHO tour of North America.
The band are aware that many of the shows on this tour will be sold as bootleg recordings and to satisfy this demand they have agreed to release their own official recordings to benefit worthy causes.
Recorded and mixed live from the sound board, these CDs will be as close as you will get, and as quick as you will get, to reliving the experience. By this process you will be provided with good recordings at a reasonable price just as soon as we can make them.
Whether its because you enjoyed the show you attended so much, or whether you couldn’t make a particular venue but want to enjoy it anyway, you will be interested in this Encore series of CDs.
We anticipate each double CD will be available within three weeks of the show concerned and all profits from their sale will go to young peoples’ charities supported by The Who.
This is one of the coolest ideas I’ve seen in a long time. (The Music website wasn’t working this morning, but it’s up now and I just placed my order for last night’s Detroit show.)
