Editing Live at Leeds (section)

==Release==
[[File:The Rolling Stones - Live'r Than You'll Ever Be original.jpg|alt=|thumb|The rubber-stamped cover of the bootleg ''[[Live'r Than You'll Ever Be]]'' inspired the cover]]

The original LP was released on 11 May 1970. The cover was designed by Graphreaks with the rubber stamp logo created by Beadrall Sutcliffe. It resembled that of a [[bootleg recording|bootleg LP]] of the era, parodying [[the Rolling Stones]]' ''[[Live'r Than You'll Ever Be]]''.{{sfn|Neill|Kent|2011|p=255}} It contains plain brown cardboard with "The Who Live at Leeds" printed on it in plain blue or red block letters as if stamped on with ink (on the original first English pressing of 300, this stamp is black). The original cover opened out, gatefold-style, and had a pocket on either side of the interior, with the record in a paper sleeve on one side and 12 facsimiles of various memorabilia on the other, including a photo of the band from the ''[[My Generation (album)|My Generation]]'' photoshoot in March 1965,{{sfn|Neill|Kent|2011|p=76}} handwritten lyrics to the "Listening to You" chorus from ''Tommy'', the typewritten lyrics to "[[My Generation]]", with hand written notes, a receipt for smoke bombs, a rejection letter from EMI,{{sfn|Neill|Kent|2011|p=59}} and the early black "Maximum R&B" poster showing [[Pete Townshend]] wind-milling his [[Rickenbacker]]. The first pressing included a copy of the contract for The Who to play at the [[Woodstock Festival]].<ref name=sleeve>{{cite AV media notes|title=Live at Leeds|publisher=Track Records|year=1970|id=2406 001}}</ref>

The label was handwritten and included instructions to the engineers not to attempt to remove any crackling noise. This is probably a reference to the clicking and popping on the pre-remastered version (such as in "Shakin' All Over"). Modern digital remastering techniques allowed this to be removed, and also allowed some of the worst-affected tracks from the gig to be used; on CD releases, the label reads, "Crackling noises have been corrected!"<ref>{{citation |last=Deskin |first=Scott |title=Leeds album showcases The Who's live improvisation |journal=The Tech |volume=115 |issue=17 |date=11 April 1995 |url=http://tech.mit.edu/V115/N17/thewho.17a.html |access-date=28 May 2016 |archive-date=29 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629235217/http://tech.mit.edu/V115/N17/thewho.17a.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Reissues===
The album was reissued on CD in 1995. It included most of the Leeds concert, missing most of the performance of "Tommy" except for one song.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Live at Leeds|id=527 169-2|publisher=Polydor|year=1995}}</ref> A further expanded edition of the album was released in 2001, this time with the complete concert, although not in the original running order.<ref name=thewho.com/>

For the 40th anniversary of the concert, a box set was released with the complete show at Leeds, and at Hull the following day. Part of the bass track from the Hull show was missing from the master tape, which was replaced with the performance from the Leeds gig where necessary.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/the-who-to-reissue-live-at-leeds-album-46103/|title=The Who to reissue ‘Live At Leeds’ album|work=Uncut|date=6 October 2010|accessdate=21 August 2023|archive-date=21 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821200040/https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/the-who-to-reissue-live-at-leeds-album-46103/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, the album was reissued on heavyweight vinyl, with a replica of the original 1970 LP's packaging.<ref name=thewho.com>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewho.com/music/live-at-leeds/|title=Live At Leeds|website=thewho.com|accessdate=21 August 2023|archive-date=21 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821195415/https://www.thewho.com/music/live-at-leeds/|url-status=live}}</ref>