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Via the free CD in the November issue of Mojo, Playmixt learned that “I’m The Face” by The High Numbers (aka The WHO) is ripped almost directly from “Got Love If You Want It” by Slim Harpo. Listen to them below, see if you agree (if you’re reading in the dashboard, click through to hear ‘em). The Ace Face says “Listen Up, Tickets” by k r on Grooveshark

Via the free CD in the November issue of Mojo, Playmixt learned that “I’m The Face” by The High Numbers (aka The WHO) is ripped almost directly from “Got Love If You Want It” by Slim Harpo.

Listen to them below, see if you agree (if you’re reading in the dashboard, click through to hear ‘em).

The Ace Face says “Listen Up, Tickets” by k r on Grooveshark

Outtakes from the original Dancing in the Dark video, which appears to have been directed by Jeff Stein, who created The Kids Are Alright, which is the chronicle of the Who up through 1978.  I can’t begin to elaborate on how hilarious this footage is.

(Source: youtube.com)

Deluxe QUADROPHENIA reissue due in November - pictured here.  Some surround sound mixes confirmed by Bob Pridden, the band’s longtime sound engineer.  The Second Disc has a a bit of info — check it out. Click through for the story. 

Deluxe QUADROPHENIA reissue due in November - pictured here.  Some surround sound mixes confirmed by Bob Pridden, the band’s longtime sound engineer.  The Second Disc has a a bit of info — check it out.

Click through for the story. 

Fascinating… file this under: The Whomperdinck.  or EngelTommy? The Who vs. Engelbert Humperdinck in comic form!  discographies: Justice League Of America #89, May 1971:  Noted futurist “Harlequin Ellis” [sic] pines longingly for Earth-2 refugee Black Canary as Engelbert Humperdinck serenades them with a show-stopping medley of hits from “Tommy.” 

Fascinating… file this under: The Whomperdinck.  or EngelTommy?

The Who vs. Engelbert Humperdinck in comic form! 

discographies:

Justice League Of America #89, May 1971:  Noted futurist “Harlequin Ellis” [sic] pines longingly for Earth-2 refugee Black Canary as Engelbert Humperdinck serenades them with a show-stopping medley of hits from “Tommy.” 

DC AREA READERS:  FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING OF “MONTEREY POP” THURSDAY JUNE 23 in Downtown Silver Spring at Sunset (approx. 8:37pm)

This will be part of the annual Silverdocs documentary film festival that’s hosted by the AFI Silver.  Filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus are being honored at the Charles Guggenheim symposium as part of the event.

Legend has it that Jimi and the Who were talking backstage (in the UK, both acts were on Track Records, the label set up by the Who’s managers), and Townshend confronted Jimi about stealing their act.  Jimi ended up lighting his on fire at Monterey, and an entirely new legend was born that night.

Thanks to americanroutes for the reminder:

The original trailer for Monterey Pop, D.A. Pennebaker’s cinema verite documentary of the first Monterey Pop Festival. 

Lucky attendees, 34 years ago today. were able to see Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, the Mamas and the Papas, the Who, and Janis Joplin.

So… how would you feel about a QUADROPHENIA BOX SET?! EDIT/UPDATE: reposting because Tumblr seemed to eat my original first paragraph. The fine folks over at MusicTap have tipped us off to some news they acquired via the fine folks over at Vintage Vinyl News reported, namely that Pete Townshend has announced he’s working on a QUADROPHENIA box set.  Indeed it is posted on his blog.  He indicates he’s focusing on demos, notes and even a surround sound mix for at least some tracks, and in terms of scale he’s comparing it to his 6-CD Lifehouse Chronicles box. They’re talking about including the original vinyl mix and the somewhat controversial 1996 remix, although which one of those mixes isn’t specified - I’m aware that there were differences between the UK and US versions of those CDs. You can read more about it at any of those previous links or here at Pete’s blog.  You might need to register for TheWho.net to read the entire entry, but registration is free.  Pete indicates this is due in October.  Additionally, this article Pete links to reveals that he is indeed still working on his long-awaited memoir.  He’s gotten up to their first 1969 performances of Tommy.  Recommended reading; it’s quite long, and reveals what sparked the overindulgence that resulted in the song Who Are You.

So… how would you feel about a QUADROPHENIA BOX SET?!

EDIT/UPDATE: reposting because Tumblr seemed to eat my original first paragraph.

The fine folks over at MusicTap have tipped us off to some news they acquired via the fine folks over at Vintage Vinyl News reported, namely that Pete Townshend has announced he’s working on a QUADROPHENIA box set.  Indeed it is posted on his blog. 

He indicates he’s focusing on demos, notes and even a surround sound mix for at least some tracks, and in terms of scale he’s comparing it to his 6-CD Lifehouse Chronicles box. They’re talking about including the original vinyl mix and the somewhat controversial 1996 remix, although which one of those mixes isn’t specified - I’m aware that there were differences between the UK and US versions of those CDs.

You can read more about it at any of those previous links or here at Pete’s blog.  You might need to register for TheWho.net to read the entire entry, but registration is free.  Pete indicates this is due in October. 

Additionally, this article Pete links to reveals that he is indeed still working on his long-awaited memoir.  He’s gotten up to their first 1969 performances of Tommy.  Recommended reading; it’s quite long, and reveals what sparked the overindulgence that resulted in the song Who Are You.

On the Portobello Road market is a long wall that’s now taken up with an art installation called Portobello ReCollection.  It’s meant to inspire with the music that was important to the area.  It seems to go on and on, and the experience is like getting to examine a really excellent LP collection.  It is introduced by a quote from the late Joe Strummer:

“There’s a brick wall in Notting Hill near Portobello Market that I would rather look at for hours than go to Madame Tussaud’s and it’s totally free and full of history.”

You can learn more about it here.   Or here.

Photos courtesy of Photomixt.

Bettye LaVette may have stolen this song from The Who and Eddie Vedder.

Watch it.

More about Bettye today at Popdose.

One of my all-time favorite Pete Townshend photos; from a promo for The Kids Are Alright, which is the best overall introduction to The Who I can think of. musikbox: suamae: xaduntollovoada: AF COISA MAIS LINDA DE DEUS FALAE aliceceneviva: and i have a whole life to love I own that as a poster :)

One of my all-time favorite Pete Townshend photos; from a promo for The Kids Are Alright, which is the best overall introduction to The Who I can think of.

musikbox:

suamae:

xaduntollovoada:

AF COISA MAIS LINDA DE DEUS FALAE

aliceceneviva:

and i have a whole life to love

I own that as a poster :)

I think THE WHO might have lost me with this stage production of my beloved QUADROPHENIA.

More info on the show here: http://www.quadrophenia.co.uk/index.php

What do you think?

Classic Albums Performed Live ?

Over at Mojo there’s a blog post about the trend of performing entire albums live - and whether that’s a bad trend for rock.  I’ve seen a few albums performed live:

Brian Wilson - Pet Sounds, SMiLE
Love - Forever Changes
The Who - Quadrophenia (twice in 1996)
The Musical Box  - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
[note: TMB is Peter Gabriel-era Genesis tribute, with full staging, original instrumentation, costumes & slideshow]
Sugar - Beaster

And all of these were excellent shows.  They were albums I was absolutely enamored of, and seeing them in concert was truly an experience.  That being said, I recall my cousin discussing seeing Husker Du on their Warehouse tour and they just came out and played the album in sequence.  He said he left because it was boring.

It’s interesting to note that all of these shows were decades after the album’s original release, apart from Sugar’s tour, but Beaster was really only an EP.  That suggests to me that some measure of distance is required before the appreciation of an album in a live concert setting.  Either that or the presence of Bob Mould!

Albums I’d probably enjoy seeing performed live, start to finish:

Big Star - Radio City or #1 Record or Third
Drive-by Truckers - Southern Rock Opera or Decoration Day or Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
The Twilight Singers - Blackberry Belle
The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen or 1965
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
The Affordable Floors - Drumming on the Walls
Sugar - Copper Blue

What do you think about classic albums played live?   Any you want to hear?

straypaper: eyesturnedskyward: Pete Townshend Gibson advert. (via) Another reason I want a Gibson. Killer Pete Townshend ad for Gibson.  Just imagine him sittin’ in the Sheraton Gibson, playing his Gibson.

straypaper:

eyesturnedskyward:

Pete Townshend Gibson advert.

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Another reason I want a Gibson.

Killer Pete Townshend ad for Gibson.  Just imagine him sittin’ in the Sheraton Gibson, playing his Gibson.

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