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Brotherton Library

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Brotherton Library reading room, University of Leeds, 27th June 2014
Brotherton Library reading room, University of Leeds, 27th June 2014

The Brotherton Library is a 1936 Grade II listed Beaux-Arts building with some art deco fittings, located on the main campus of the University of Leeds. It was designed by the firm of Lanchester & Lodge, and is named after Edward Brotherton, 1st Baron Brotherton, who in 1927 donated £100,000 to the university as funding for its first purpose-built library. The Brotherton Library is a hub in what has become Leeds University Library. Initially, it contained all of the university's books and manuscripts, with the exception of books housed in the separate Medical Library and Clothworkers' (Textile) Library. As of 2022 it contains the main collections in arts and languages and the Special Collections' Research Centre, and it houses part of the University Library's administration. Science, engineering and social science research collections are located in the Edward Boyle Library, while the Laidlaw Library contains core texts for undergraduates and a high demand collection and the Health Sciences Library contains the University Library's medical and related collections, with a small satellite library at St James's University Hospital. The University Library is also responsible for the University Archives, the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, the Treasures Gallery and the International Textile Collection.

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The University of Leeds Refectory is a 2,100-capacity music venue located on the University of Leeds main campus in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.In the mid-20th century, the building operated as the university's main canteen. Notable past performers include The Who (who recorded the landmark live album Live at Leeds there), Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Iron Maiden, and Thin Lizzy. Other examples taken from the list of performances in 1971 and 1972 are Traffic (1971), Elton John (1971), Leon Russell (1971), The Rolling Stones (1971), The Kinks (1971), Rory Gallagher (1971), Rod Stewart (1971), The Moody Blues (1971), Ten Years After (1972), Mountain (1972), Paul McCartney and Wings (1972), Black Sabbath (1972), Procol Harum (1972), Jeff Beck (1972), Jethro Tull (1972), Queen, Leonard Cohen (1972) and Donovan (1972). On 16 February 1991, a performance by Leeds' home-town, post-punk, gothic rock, dark wave band The Sisters of Mercy was recorded for the double vinyl LP The Return to Arkham.Live at Leeds, recorded there by The Who on 14 February 1970, has been cited as the best live rock recording of all time by The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, the BBC, Q magazine, and Rolling Stone. A commemorative blue plaque has been placed at the campus venue at which it was recorded, the university refectory. A Rolling Stone readers' poll in 2012 ranked it the best live album of all time. On 17 June 2006, over 36 years after the original concert, The Who again performed at the University Refectory. The gig was organized by Andy Kershaw. Kershaw stated the gig was "among the most magnificent I have ever seen".