ical ▁history . ▁There ▁then ▁followed ▁a ▁long ▁run ▁of ▁major ▁American ▁hits ▁beginning ▁with ▁K iss ▁Me , ▁Kate ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 1 , ▁Gu ys ▁And ▁D oll s ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 3 , ▁P aj ama ▁Game ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 , ▁and ▁Dam n ▁Yan ke es ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 . ▁But ▁this ▁exception al ▁period ▁did ▁at ▁last ▁come ▁to ▁an ▁end ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁when ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁The ▁B ells ▁Are ▁Ring ing ▁failed ▁to ▁ent hr all ▁anyone . ▁ ▁The ▁Col ise um ▁revert ed ▁to ▁the ▁original ▁name ▁when ▁the ▁Sad ler ' s ▁Well s ▁Opera ▁Company ▁moved ▁there ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁and , ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁the ▁Company ▁changed ▁its ▁name ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁English ▁National ▁Opera ; ▁it ▁bought ▁the ▁free hold ▁of ▁the ▁building ▁for ▁£ 1 2 . 8 ▁million ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁The ▁Col ise um ▁hosted ▁both ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁Royal ▁Vari ety ▁Perform ances ▁and ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁London ▁base ▁for ▁performances ▁by ▁English ▁National ▁Bal let , ▁which ▁perform ▁regular ▁seasons ▁throughout ▁the ▁year ▁when ▁not ▁on ▁tour . ▁ ▁The ▁Who ▁performed ▁there ▁and ▁recorded ▁their ▁concert , ▁on ▁ 1 4 ▁December ▁ 1 9 6 9 . ▁ ▁Techn ical ▁aspects ▁ ▁While ▁its ▁wing ▁space ▁is ▁limited ▁due