1963 – The Detours play St. Mary’s Hall in Putney 1964 – The High Numbers perform at Leo’s Cavern at the Olympia in Reading 1967 – Keith Altham reports in New Musical Express on a chaotic meeting at a recording studio attended by The Who and manager Kit Lambert. Pete describes The Who’s singles prior… Read More »Today in Whostory: 10/27/2020
1963 – The Detours play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1967 – Mono mixes of “Jaguar” and “Rael” are prepared for the upcoming album. It is at this point that the “Part 2” section of “Rael is chopped off, not to return until the 1994 30 Years of Maximum R&B boxset. 1968 – Decca/MCA’s own… Read More »Today in Whostory: 10/26/2020
1963 – The Detours play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1964 – The band, advertised as “The High Numbers – The Who” perform at Leo’s Cavern at the Olympia in Reading 1965 – The Who play the Carlton Ballroom in Slough, Southampton 1966 – The Who play Folkparken in Halmstad 1967 – An acoustic version… Read More »Today in Whostory: 10/24/2020
1966 – The Who play the Konserthallen in Gothenburg 1966 – The Who appear on Ready, Steady, Go! performing (lip-synced) “Batman”, “Cobwebs and Strange”, “Bucket T”, “I’m A Boy”, “Disquises” and “My Generation”/”Rule Brittania” 1966 – The Middlesex County Times’ “Profile Spot” features Betty Townshend (Pete’s Mom) 1967 – The Who play the New Century… Read More »Today in Whostory: 10/21/2020
1964 – The High Numbers perform at the Railway Hotel in Wealdstone 1965 – The Who play the Top Rank Ballroom in Southampton 1966 – The Who play the Herlev Hallen in Copenhagen 1966 – The Who pre-record the TV show Klar i Studiet miming to “I’m A Boy”, “Substitute”, and “My Generation” using instruments… Read More »Today in Whostory: 10/20/2020
1964 – The High Numbers play the Trade Union Hall in Watford 1966 – The Who record their first and only television special at Wembley Studios for Associated Rediffusion TV’s Ready Steady GO! as half the show (about 16 minutes) is turned over to the foursome. Only memories and photographs remain of this show which… Read More »Today in Whostory: 10/18/2020
1965 – The Who play the Baths Ballroom in Scunthorpe, Humberside 1966 – The Who are scheduled to play the Starlight Ballroom in Greenford but it appears the show was cancelled 1967 – Mono masters are mixed of “Tattoo,” “Odorono” and “Rael (1&2).” The ending is chopped off “Odorono” not to surface again until the… Read More »Today in Whostory: 10/16/2020
1963 – The Detours play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1965 – The Who go into IBC Studios to record their first LP. The afternoon session sees “A Legal Matter” and “The Ox” recorded for certain and probably also “The Good’s Gone”, “La La La Lies”, “Much Too Much” and “It’s Not True.” Roger says… Read More »Today in Whostory: 10/12/2020
1965 – The Who play the City Hall in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland 1966 – Melody Maker has its issue where “I’m a Boy” hits #1 on their charts. The headline is “Who’s number one? Schhh…you know Who.” Inside is an interview with Who manager Kit Lambert. 1967 – The Who play the Kinema Ballroom in… Read More »Today in Whostory: 10/08/2020
1964 – The High Numbers perform at The Mine at Carpenders Park Station 1966 – Keith is interviewed about the new album in New Musical Express. The article is called “Drummer Moon on Zither, Double Track Tuba, on Who lp.” 1966 – Reaction releases Oscar’s “Join My Gang”, an early Pete Townshend song. “The reason… Read More »Today in Whostory: 10/07/2020