Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, Hammersmith Odeon, London, Britain, 12-26-1979 to 12-29-1979: Day 3, Part 2: The Who

On Day Three of the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, the Who were the headlining act, going on after opening sets by the Pretenders and the Specials. Previously, I posted one album containing parts of all three of their sets. However, in October 2026, I decided to post the entire Who set. So here it is. At the same time I'm posting this, I'm reposting a separate album containing the Pretenders and Specials sets.

When I first posted the albums from these Kampuchea concerts in 2023, I knew there was an available recording of the entire Who set, but I only chose to post some songs from it. In part that was because the sound quality was good, but not great. However, I have since found a source with excellent sound quality. 

The other reason I had at the time was that it was an off night for the Who. Lead guitarist (and occasional lead singer) Pete Townshend was going through a phase where he was going overboard with drugs and especially alcohol. It was very obvious to concert goers that he was very drunk during this concert. He danced around much more than usual, but sometimes flubbed his guitar or vocal parts. He also gave a kind of political speech during the "Dancing in the Street - Dance It Away" medley. It was meant to support the goals of the benefit concert, but it was done in a sarcastic style that could have been easily misunderstood. He also made a similar comment earlier in the concert, asking fans if they were happier to be living in London than in awful Cambodia/Kampuchea. That also was meant to be sarcastic, but might not have come across that way.

Anyway, it's true there are flaws like this. But I relistened to the concert and decided it was a damn good concert anyway. The Who were close to their prime (Keith Moon having died the year before), and there are very few excellent sounding recordings from 1979. I also wanted to post as much from these benefit concerts as I could. So I decided to post the whole performance.

Note that the song numbering begins with 12 in case you want to put this in the same folder as the Day 3, Part 1 performances by the Pretenders and the Specials. 

This album is two hours and 31 minutes long. 

12 talk (Who)
13 Substitute (Who)
14 I Can't Explain (Who)
15 talk (Who)
16 Baba O'Riley (Who)
17 talk (Who)
18 The Punk and the Godfather (Who)
19 talk (Who)
20 My Wife (Who)
21 Sister Disco (Who)
22 talk (Who)
23 Behind Blue Eyes (Who)
24 talk (Who)
25 Music Must Change (Who)
26 talk (Who)
27 Drowned (Who)
28 Who Are You (Who)
29 talk (Who)
30 5-15 (Who)
31 I Am the Sea (Who)
32 Pinball Wizard (Who)
33 See Me, Feel Me (Who)
34 Long Live Rock (Who)
35 talk (Who)
36 My Generation (Who)
37 I'm a Man (Who)
38 Sparks [Instrumental] (Who)
39 I Can See for Miles (Who)
40 Hoochie Coochie Man (Who)
41 Won't Get Fooled Again (Who)
42 talk (Who)
43 Summertime Blues (Who)
44 Dancing in the Street (Who)
45 Dance It Away (Who)
46 The Real Me (Who)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/61XsAiqm

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/v3rIXoAU5hT2zCo/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert. Pete Townshend is closest to the camera. Roger Daltrey is in the middle ground, and John Entwistle is farthest away. I sharpened the picture using Krea AI, and made some additional changes in Photoshop.