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| Pete Townshend Who Came First 1972 Track Records |
Pure
& Easy Evolution Forevers No Time at All Nothing is Everything .......... (Let's See Action) |
Time
is Passing Heartache Sheraton Gibson Content Parvardigar |
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| A
very inconspicuous debut from one of the leaders of rock music. Very spiritual,
and therefore, very much ignored at the time. Local note: Townshend wrote 'Sheraton Gibson' on tour with The Who while staying at the Sheraton Hotel . . . in Cleveland, Ohio!! |
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| Pete
Townshend & Ronnie Lane Rough Mix 1977 MCA Records |
My
Baby Gives it Away Nowhere to Run Rough Mix Annie Keep Me Turning Cat Melody |
Misunderstood April Fool Street in the City Heart to Hang On To Till the Rivers All Run Dry |
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| Teaming
up with Ronnie Lane, Townshend wanted to help the former Face
by producing an album for him. In some drunken reverie, PT decided to record with Lane. This is what they came up with. Probably sounds wonderful if you're drunk. |
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| Pete Townshend Empty Glass 1980 Atco Records |
Rough
Boys I Am an Animal And I Moved Let My Love Open the Door Jools and Jim |
Keep
On Working Cat's in the Cupboard A Little is Enough Empty Glass Gonna Get Ya |
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| An
incredible album, full of vim and vigor. The man is still angry -- angry
that Keith Moon was
dead, angry that people were writing The Who off as dinosaurs, angry that the punks that he admired so much were nothing more than idol worshippers themselves (see 'Who Are You'). Townshend vents all of his anger and frustrations here and it is a truly remarkable album that we're blessed with in return. |
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| Pete
Townshend All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes 1982 Atco Records |
Stop
Hurting People The Sea Refuses ..... ..... ..... No River Prelude Face Dance Part Two Exquisitely Bored Communication |
Stardom
in Acton Uniforms (Corp d'esprit) North Country Girl Somebody Saved Me Slit Skirts |
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| This
album has quite literally saved my life . . . countless times. A very spiritual
work, it makes the listener confront themselves and the very nature of their being in the world around them. At least that's what I get from it. In any event, definitely Townshend's strongest solo effort. Accused of hording his best songs for himself and giving The Who his second rate stuff in the 80s -- well, this record confirms that rumour in spades! |
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| Pete Townshend Scoop 1983 Atco Records |
So
Sad About us Squeezebox Zelda Politician Dirty Water Circles Piano: 'Tipperary' _________________ |
Unused
Piano: 'Quadrophenia' Melancholia Bargain Things Have Changed Popular Behind Blue Eyes ____________ |
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| The
Magic Bus Cache, Cache Cookin' You're So Clever Body Language Initial Machine Experiments |
Mary Recorders Goin' Fishin' To Barney Kessell You Came Back Love Reign O'er Me |
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| For
serious fans only. A collection of outtakes and demos that Townshend has
done over the years. Interesting, but not for the casual listener. |
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| Pete Townshend White City 1985 Atco Records |
Give
Blood Brilliant Blues Face the Face Hiding Out Secondhand Love |
Crashing
By Design I Am Secure White City Fighting Come to Mama |
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| A
socio-political condemnation of the London neighborhood where Townshend
grew up. Meant to be an urban renewal project after World War II that would help house those who lost their homes in the war, White City became nothing more than a glorified slum. Or at least that's what I've been lead to believe. Anyway, great production and great songs = a great, though overlooked, album. |
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| Pete
Townshend Pete Townshend's Deep End - Live! 1986 Atco Records |
Barefootin' After the Fire Behind Blue Eyes Stop Hurting People I'm One |
I
Put a Spell On You Save It for Later Pinball Wizard A Little is Enough Eyesight to the Blind CD Bonus Tracks: Won't Get Fooled Again A Little is Enough The Sea Refuses No River Face the Face Give Blood |
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| Live
album, recorded on the White City 'tour' and oddly enough featuring only
a couple songs off that album. I would have preferred only solo Pete material, excluding all Who tunes. Just would have been nice to hear some classic Townshend solo songs in the live format. Still good, though. Has a great cover of the English Beat's 'Save It for Later,' too. The video did have some extra tunes, so I added those when I burned this to CD. |
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| Pete Townshend Another Scoop 1987 Atco Records |
You
Better You Bet Girl in a Suitcase Brooklyn Kids Pinball Wizard Football Fugue Happy Jack _______________ |
Substitute Long Live Rock Call Me Lightning Holly Like Ivy Begin the Beguine Viscious interlude La La La Lies Cat Snatch _____________ |
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| Prelude
# 556 Baroque Ippanese Praying the Game Driftin' Blues Christmas Pictures of Lily Don't Let Go the Coat |
The
Kids Are Alright Prelude, The Right to Write Never Ask Me Ask Yourself The Ferryman The Shout |
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| Pete Townshend The Iron Man 1989 Atlantic Records |
I
Won't Run Anymore Pete Townshend with Deborah Conway Over the Top John Lee Hooker Man Machines Simon Townshend Dig The Who A Friend is a Friend Pete Townshend I Eat Heavy Metal John Lee Hooker |
All
Shall Be Well PT w/Deborah Conway & Chyna Was There Life Pete Townshend Fast Food Nina Simone A Fool Says . . . Pete Townshend Fire The Who New Life / Reprise Chyna w/ PT & Nicola Emmanuel |
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| Why,
Pete, why? At least there's a Who reunion on a couple
tracks. That's the ONLY thing that saves this mess, a rock opera based on a children's book in England. A resounding 'huh?' was heard 'round the world when this was released. |
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| Pete Townshend PsychoDerelict 1993 Atlantic Records |
English
Boy MEHER BABA M3 Let's Get Pretentious MEHER BABA M4 (signal box) Early Morning Dreams I Want That Thing DIALOGUE INTRODUCTION TO ...... ...... ...... "OUTLIVE THE DINOSAUR" Outlive the Dinosaur Flame (demo) Now and Then I Am Afraid |
Don't
Try to Make Me Real DIALOGUE INTRODUCTION TO ...... ................ ...... "PREDICTABLE" Predictable Flame MEHER BABA M5 (Vivaldi) Fake It DIALOGUE INTRODUCTION TO .............. "NOW AND THEN (reprise)" Now and Then (reprise) BABA O'RILEY (demo) English Boy (reprise) |
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| Now
THIS is more like it! Taking elements from White City and the abandoned
Who albatross, Lifehouse, Townshend finally purges some demons by releasing this, the closest thing to Lifehouse he had achieved up to this point. |
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| Pete
Townshend coolwalkingsmoothtalking straightsmokingfirestoking - Best of Pete Townshend 1996 Atlantic Records |
Rough
Boys Let My Love Open the Door Misunderstood Give Blood A Friend is a Friend Sheraton Gibson English Boy |
Street
in the City Pure and Easy Slit Skirts The Sea Refuses No River A Little is Enough Face the Face Uneasy Street Let My Love Open the Door ..... ..... ..... ..... (e.cola mix) |
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| An
inconsequential greatest hits album, most likely a contractual obligation
from Atlantic Records. The bonus track of 'Uneasy Street' suckered me in and left alot to be desired. Oh well . . . |
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| Pete Townshend The Lifehouse Chronicles 2000 Eel Pie Records |
Disc
1 Teenage Wastleand Goin' Mobile Baba O'Riley Time is Passing Love Ain't for Keeping Bargain Too Much of Anything Music Mnust Change Greyhound Girl Mary Behind Blue Eyes Baba O'Riley (instrumental) Sister Disco |
Disc
2 I Don't Know Myself Put the Money Down Pure and Easy Getting in Tune Let's See Action Slip Kid Relay Who Are You Join Together Won't Get Fooled Again Song is Over |
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3 Baba M1 Who Are You (Gateway Remix) Behind Blue Eyes (1999) Baba M2 Pure and Easy (1999) Vivaldi (fr. PsychoDerelict) Who Are You (live) Hinterland Rag Pure and Easy (1999) Can You Help the One .. ..... ..... You Really Love? Won't Get Fooled Again (live) |
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4
One Note: Prologue Purcell: Fantasia Upon ..... ..... ..... ..... One Note Baba O'Riley Scarlatti: Sonta K: 212 Tragedy Corette: No. 4 Aria Corette: No. 2 Giga Corette: No. 6 in D minor Corette: No. 3 Adagio ..... ..... ..... and Allegro Purcell: The Gordon Knot Untied Overture Allegro Air Rondeau minuet Air Jig Chaconne Air Minuet Overture (reprise) |
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| Disc
5 Lifehouse Radio Play, Part 1 |
Disc
6 Lifehouse Radio Play, Part 2 |
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| Townshend
FINALLY realised his dream of finishing Lifehouse, that albatross
around The Who's neck (and Townshend's) for years. Interestingly enough, Pete included several demos, outtakes and live solo renditions of Who classics. Why he used a rapper on some of these is beyond me. In trying to cash in on the newest musical craze, he lessened the importance of these songs by trivialising them. Another interesting note is that he incorporated elements of his 1993 album, PsychoDerelict into this final version of Lifehouse. On 5 December 1999, BBC Radio3 broadcast the radio play of Lifehouse - and this is what encompasses the final two discs of this exhaustive collection. Enjoy. |
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