Amazing Journey
From the Tommy liner notes by Brian Cady: The first song written specifically for the work, with lyrics taken from the first lines of an Townshend poem. In an early song list, this song was followed by a link called "Beat Up."
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5:15
Piano by Chris Stainton. Recorded June 27, 1973. “His train journey down to Brighton, sandwiched between two city gents is notable for the rather absurd number of purple hearts he consumes in order to wile away the time. He goes through a not entirely pleasant series of ups and downs as he thinks about the… Read More »5:15
2009-09-10
Pete drops by the Theatre Royal in Plymouth to meet the cast of the musical Quadrophenia. “To hear my songs sung by new young people is a thrill. I enjoy working in music theatre and feel at ease. It is humbling and exciting at the same time.” Read more about the musical at our friends… Read More »2009-09-10
2009-08-24
Pete pens an entry at thewho.com announcing that he is working on a new musical to be called Floss. The story is: “Walter, a straight-cut pub rock musician, is able to retire when one of his songs becomes the TV anthem of a big car company. He becomes a house-husband while his wife Floss devotes… Read More »2009-08-24
2009-08-11
Pete Townshend writes a love letter to the people at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth in their quarterly journal, praising them for their work on the stage version of Quadrophenia. “All the time I have been working there I have had the pleasure of seeing young people rolling in and out on educational programmes, all… Read More »2009-08-11
Who Are You / By Numbers
Label / Index # Unknown Venue: Studio Recording: Soundboard Comments: What some individual appeared to have done was take the remixed (original track list) of the 2 albums and throw them on one CD, while creating unique artwork for the cover and copying parts of the liner notes for the remixes inside. No real label… Read More »Who Are You / By Numbers
2009-05-13
Roger meets Prince Charles at a health conference in Central London
Who Are The High Numbers?
Label / Index # Hiwatt Records Compare with; Live At Fillmore East, 1968 (CD) (Living Legend LLRCD 010) Swedish Meatballs (CD) (Hyacinth 126)) Venue: Tracks 1-8: Club Nalen, Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, October 25, 1966 Tracks 9-16: The Marquee Club, London, UK, April, 1964 Tracks 17-24: Grona Lund, Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday, June 2, 1966… Read More »Who Are The High Numbers?
2009-03-04
Roger Daltrey is presented with the James Joyce Award by UCD’s Literary and Historical Society In Dublin. The award is in recognition of his work with the Teenage Cancer Trust
Twilight of the Gods
Klinger worked on the movie The Kids Are Alright as a producer and this book is about that experience. It was written from notes he kept in a dairy at the time.