The Genius of Pete Townshend Volume One (Jigsaw Puzzle - Home Demos 1970-1971)



Label / Index #
Hiwatt

Compare with;
The Genuine Scoop (CD) (Hiwatt GS6575-ABCDE)
Lifehouse & Quadrophenia Demos 1970 & 1973 (CD) (Primadonna PD 086/087)
Lifehouse Demos (CD) (Yellow Dog Records YD)
The Lifehouse Demos (CD) (Howdy!)
P.T. Demos For The Who - Lifehouse- Demos 1970/71 (CD) (HIWATT HI 7071)

Venue: Home Demos 1970-1971
Recording: Soundboard
Comments: This is one KILLER CD! This is about the closest song order to the in-
tended Lifehouse project that I've ever seen. Strictly PT on these tunes. It starts
off with Pure And Easy with it's haunting chorus of "there once was a note pure
and easy..."and ending with the refrain "there once was a note, LISTEN!...." then
nicely rolls from one tune in to the next before finally ending the disc with Song Is
Over and it's reprise of the Pure And Easy refrain "there once was a note, pure
and easy playing so free like a breath rippling by". The sound is very good and
it features the 13 + minute version of Baba O'Riley. This appears to be a copy of the
vinyl LP The Genius of Peter Townshend and then some. This disc includes Let's
See Action and a few others which none of the above-mentioned titles do in direct
connection with the Lifehouse project. The folkes at the HIWATT label did a fine job
on this one. Compare with the CDs listed above.

 1. Pure And Easy
 2. Baba O'Riley
 3. Bargain
 4. Love Ain't For Keepin' (sic Love Ain't For Keeping)
 5. Mary
 6. Getting In Tune
 7. Going Mobile
 8. I Don't Even Know Myself
 9. Too Much Of Anything
10. Let's See Action
11. Time Is Passing
12. Behind Blue Eyes
13. Won't Get Fooled Again
14. The Song Is Over

Thanks to Ron G. the for the information to this CD.