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Title: Not Fit For Release
Review: Pete Townshend's Oceanic Concerts is only interesting for its historic value. It amazes me that a recording of such low quality was officially released. The generally monophonic recording sounds like a bootleg. Distortion can be heard when Townshend plays his acoustic guitar too loud. The performances are nothing special either. Raphael Rudd's harp and piano playing doesn't fit well with Pete's guitar. It doesn't even seem like they rehearsed the few songs they played together on.Oceanic Concerts just shows that objectivity must be observed when releasing a CD. Quality should be paramount.I would rather hear an expanded version of Deep End Live which would include the songs from White City that were performed.[DW]
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