Last time we looked at 1975, and if anything 1976 was a bit more settled for The Who in some respects. Most of their time was spent doing a huge tour, with multiple Atlantic Ocean crossings. There were a couple of reasons for that.
Likely the largest reason was that the dispute betwixt the band and Kit Lambert was still in litigation, and it was sort of difficult to release old material, and new material was still being written. They were stuck in a way just to perform live. That was to my personal advantage, and more on that is to come later.
One the whole, the band were probably at their best musically in 1976. The exception was Moon, who was beginning to accelerate his decline both personally and musically, but that did not come out until sort of late in the year.