Live at Hull contains long-out-of-print live material recorded shortly after the legendary Live at Leeds gig. The original Live at Leeds track list is comprised of early standards and covers but no Tommy material. Hull, recorded a day after, included some then-favorites (like "Happy Jack") and a complete performance of Tommy.
However, because of recording issues and (according to Wikipedia) a troubling lack of bass, Hull never saw an official release until some of it (not all) was included exclusive special edition release of . .Leeds. The problem with John Entwistle's bass track on some songs was later fixed using a bold production technique first dubbed "xenochrony", by the late Frank Zappa. The neologism combines the Greek words for different (xenos) and time (kronos). Bass tracks from certain performances at Leeds were overdubbed onto their corresponding counterpart songs on Hull. This is done so seamlessly that it gives the illusion of a second shot at recording the bass tracks again in real time.
So this is the ultimate completionist's dream and aside from "Live at Isle of Wight" it's the only golden-age, live, recordings of Tommy available to the masses.
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[NOTE: despite my predilections for post-punk, The Who will ALWAYS remain my favorite band of all time.]
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