Fwd: Re: Pete's guitar playing in 79 & 82

[Slipkid@gnn.com (Ian Derby)]

>>>So where did Mobile Fidelity get them from not so many years ago?
>
>They got their tapes from Pete Townshend. However, they weren't the master
>tapes, they were a copy tape. As a matter of fact, the vocal for that
>"Eyesight To The Blind" was recorded ~'72/'73. Mobile Fidelity doesn't
> always
>use "master tapes". It's too bad they advertise it that way. 
>

That's not true.  The vocal track was recorded back when they recorded Tommy 
in late '68/early '69.  It was released on reissue of Tommy in the UK in 
'73.  


Ian  
"I'm pissed off, I'm pissed off all the time" ---Ray Rhodes