The Who Live: The Greatest Live Rock’n’Roll Band In The World. Compiled by Ross Halfin. The signed and numbered limited edition from Genesis Publications. A rare copy of this ultimate book for fans of The Who’s live shows, featuring the very best images, taken by 22 photographers and compiled by Ross Halfin, who is himself one of the 22. This is copy number 1234 from the limited edition of 1500 copies, which was published in 2000. The book is quarter-bound in black leather and housed in a printed slipcase. It is in “Like New” condition. The book features a Foreword by Pete Townshend, introductory texts by Bill Curbishley, Glyn Johns, Matt Kent and Ross Halfin, and recollections from many of the featured photographers. It also includes a Gold CD of The Who Live at Leeds, pressed specially for this edition. From the publisher: This remarkable limited edition charts the band’s performances from the early days in the Sixties through to Pete Townshend’s Lifehouse shows at Sadler’s Wells in London, with emphasis on the legendary tours of the Seventies when the band were labelled the greatest live rock’n’ roll band in the world. Accompanying the photographs are observations from Ross Halfin and Matt Kent, as well as other featured photographers. Never before has such a remarkable anthology of images from the world’s most celebrated photographers been assembled in one benchmark volume. This set of extraordinary photographs, mostly unpublished, includes the last shots of Keith Moon playing live. Masterprinted to the highest standards of craftsmanship, this superb edition is essential for all fans of The Who as well as collectors of fine art books on modern music. Page size: 320mm x 250mm / 180 pages / 400 images / ISBN: 0904351750 / Paper. Acid-free 200gsm matt art paper. Binding: Quarter-bound in black leather with gold stamping on spine. Front and back boards covered in brown craft paper printed with the title. Box: Slipcase featuring a collage of images printed on luxurious Italian paper. Live, I have never seen anything close to them. Phenomenal.
