Keith joins Pete and John only to discover that, with almost two years off since he was last behind the drums in a studio, he has forgotten how to play! Nevertheless, Pete, John, Keith and guest pianist Nicky Hopkins manage to lay down the track “She Loves Everyone” that will later be retitled “They Are… Read More »1975-04-30
Keith and his steady girlfriend Annette arrive in London from Los Angeles
With Roger busy on Lisztomania and Keith not yet in London, John borrows his solo band’s drummer Graham Deakin and he and Pete begin rehearsing for The Who’s next studio album.
Recording for The Who’s next studio album was to have begun at Shepperton Sound Studios in London but they are held up as Keith has yet to arrive from Los Angeles and Roger is still working on the movie Lisztomania
Pete, in an interview in Melody Maker, talks about his current feelings about the Tommy movie. He finds it “entertaining. I don’t like the first few minutes of it. I felt that was all a bit obligatory, that front part; it’s almost like padding. There’s a sense of relief for me when the plane crashes… Read More »1975-04-12
Keith’s marriage to Kim Moon officially comes to an end at the London Divorce Court in The Strand. She is granted a decree nisi based on Keith’s unreasonable behavior. Keith offers no defense. Kim by this time is living with Faces pianist Ian McLagen. Keith’s payoff for the divorce: £40,000
Pete demos “Girl in a Suitcase” which is rejected for the next Who album. The demo later surfaces on Pete’s 1987 LP Another Scoop. Other demos recorded around this time which don’t make it to the new Who album are “To Barney Kessell” and “Brrr”, later released on Pete’s 1985 album Scoop, “Ordinary Fella”, “Fight… Read More »1975-04-07
John’s interview on Alison Steele’s U.S. Army Reserve radio show Nightbird & Company is aired
The Russell Harty show features Roger and Ken Russell recorded the previous day
Roger and Ken Russell tape their appearances on the Russell Harty show. Roger talks about wanting to go out on the road with the “‘orrible ‘oo” while Russell declares only The Who can lift England from its “weird, feeble state.” It is broadcast the following evening and clips are used in The Kids Are Alright.