1986-09-06
Billboard reports that Atco has released a promo-only EP from Pete’s Deep End: The Brixton Concert videotape
Other
1986-09-05
Around this date, Roger attends the WEA 15th Anniversary Sales Meeting in Hollywood, Florida. While there he performs “Wild Thing” with Atlantic Vice President Perry Cooper in a band containing Peter Frampton, Genesis, and 20 label staff members
1986-09-01
Paul McCartney releases his album Press to Play that features Pete supplying lead guitar on the song “Angry.” Paul later says he got Pete to play after finding that the power chords he had written for the song caused him to start windmilling when he played it. You can listen to it on YouTube here
1986-08-22
Roger talks about what it is like to be famous on the British television interview show Danny Baker On Fame
1986-08-01
During this month the videotape of Pete Townshend’s Deep End: The Brixton, England Concert is released in short and long versions
1986-08-01
Future British poet laureate Andrew Motion publishes his book The Lamberts – George, Constant and Kit in the U.K. The story of three generations, each artistically talented and each doomed to a premature death, earns the author the following year’s Somerset Maugham prize. The section on Kit Lambert and his management of The Who features… Read More »1986-08-01
1986-07-26
The Flamin’ Groovies record an entire album in one night at Glebe Studios in Sydney, Australia
1986-07-04
Bruce Eder in Goldmine reviews a new bootleg called Dance To Keep From Crying. Billed as a live recording of The High Numbers from The Marquee Club, it later turns out to be from a 16mm film shot by manager Kit Lambert at the Railway Tavern 11 August 1964. Roger sings all the songs with… Read More »1986-07-04
1986-06-29
Pete’s father Cliff Townshend dies of cancer at the age of 70
1986-06-20
The Kids Are Alright is released on video in England