THE WHO -- BBC Sessions Having been lucky enough to see the Who live on several occasions (including three with Keith Moon), I can tell you first hand that they were unmatched live, a fact that has been expressed repeatedly over the years. However, these tracks, recorded live in the BBC studios, have something missing -- a couple of things, actually. For one, John Entwistle's bass seems to have been left out of the mix on these sounds due to sound heavy-handed No-Noise processing. The sound comes across extremely tinny, not unlike the radio sound the liner notes describe the original broadcasts. You can hear the difference right away listening to the "Maximum BBC" boot that came out a year or two ago. The other thing is the spontaneity. On the early tracks, this isn't so surprising giving the confining nature of BBC radio in those days. But the later tracks sound more like outtakes rather than live performances. That's because, when the group became more famous, they turned down live performances and completed performances in the studio for use on the Beeb rather than sing them live. The cover art is, however, delightfully Mod and it's great to see Keith Moon again. But this release doesn't represent the full power of the Who -- only the part that came through the tinny radio speaker.