Pete Townshend and Frank Dunlop, the Young Vic’s artistic director, are reportedly photographed by the Evening Standard (I use the term “reportedly” because I can’t always trust that dates associated with images on gettyimages. I LOVE gettyimages.com, but have found countless misdated photos on their site) You can view the image here
The Who are billed as session guests on BBC Radio One’s The Johnnie Walker Show.
Frank Zappa’s videotape movie 200 Motels begins shooting and concludes on the 29th.
Pete and Keith are drinking at the Speakeasy when Frank Zappa asks them if they want to be in his new movie
The Who hold a press conference at the Young Vic
Keith is photographed dressed as Scrooge for Disc and Music Echo magazine Christmas edition. He is standing outside ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’ in Portsmouth Street, Westminster, which is believed to have been the inspiration for the antique shop in the Dickens novel of that name
Viv Stanshall releases his solo single “Suspicion,” credited to Vivian Stanshall & Gargantuan Chums. It is produced by Keith with Moon on drums and John on brass and bass. It is sent out by Track Records offshoot Fly. It fails to make the charts.
The Who fail to play the Fillmore North in Newcastle after Roger gets fogged in on the motorway.
Thunderclap Newman’s “Wild Country” backed with “Hollywood Dream” is released in the U.K.
Keith sits in on congas at an East Of Eden gig at the Lyceum, London