Television – Live at the Old Waldorf

Live at the Old Waldorf, San Francisco, 6/29/78

TelevisionLive at the Old Waldorf, San Francisco, 6/29/78 Rhino Handmade RHM2 7846 (2003)


Television could walk a fine line between long and winding but still captivating and intense guitar soloing and slightly tedious guitar wankery.  You get some of both here.  The sound is pretty clear, but for raw power this can’t touch The Blow Up (which excises all of the wankery).  This is reminiscent somewhat of all those Grateful Dead live discs that may amuse obsessive fans but just seem superfluous to most everyone else.