Posts Tagged ‘The Who’

New Year’s Eve in Paris this French TV show 1968 [Entire show] features  The Who – The Small Faces – Pink Floyd – The Troggs – Joe Cocker – Fleetwood Mac ,

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The Who released this album WHO’S NEXT on the 13th August 1971 featuring the classic songs “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and “Baba O’Reilly” both still in their live set, Roger Daltrys incredible vocalon “The Song Is Over” and “Bargain” John Entwhistles song “My Wife” and Pete Townshends ballad “Behind Blue Eyes” . Recorded at London Olympic Studios between March-May 1971 and produced by the Who and Glyn Johns . With parts of the Album coming from Pete’s “Lifehouse” a further sci-fi rock opera  project which did’nt come to fruition became the fifth studio album and almost certainally their most instant accesible finest record.  the Who’s sound changed with Townshend become infatuated with the fairly devolping sound of the synthesiser during the recording of the album  adding texture and amplifying the sound. Named as one of the best rock albums of all time and one of Classic Guitars best ever albums and featured in the VH1 “Classic Albums” series

from one of the first ever TV performances from the WHO on the Smothers Bros Television show the band have announced a tour of the UK and a new album, touring later this year with a number of dates around the UK. with a show at Nottingham Capital Arena on the 5th December with Daltrey who is now 70 years old and Townshend the younger at 69 years old the only original members the band will be touring as a 50th Anniversary show with the hits promised PINBALL WIZARD, WHO ARE YOU and BABA O’REILLY, in a retrospective look at their career.

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One of the most important music festivals and music events in popular history and the event that helped coin the phrase “THE SUMMER OF LOVE” it also concluded with the first major appearance of JIMI HENDRIX, The WHO and Indian sitar musician Ravi Shankar psychedelic band MOBY GRAPE………also appearing at the festival were The Association, Lou Rawls, ERIC BURDON and the Animals, plus SIMON and GARFUNKEL and the first big appearnce of JANIS JOPLIN and bought the introduction to white audiences the soul of OTIS REDDING.