RE: New Pete T. interviewSun Dec 7 14:28:19 PST 1997

[Michael Hanley <mhanley@microsoft.com>]

This has prompted me to plead: has anyone heard of pay per view info
yet?
mike

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>From: 	Alan McKendree[SMTP:amck@eden.com]
>Sent: 	Wednesday, May 15, 1996 10:47 AM
>To: 	thewho@mpath.com
>Subject: 	New Pete T. interview
>
>> From: TAPEBOY@aol.com
>> Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 03:35:43 -0400
>> Subject: New Pete T. interview
>> 
>> On line news service, 'Mr. Showbiz' has a 
>> Pete Townshend interview and retrospective which will be available
>>5/15 (how
>> appropriate!).    The interview with Pete was done May 3rd while Pete
>>was in
>> NYC for the Supper Club shows.
>> Mr. Showbiz's  URL is:
>> http://www.mrshowbiz.com/showbiz/musicreviews/
>
>Thanks for the pointer!  Some interesting bits therefrom:
>
>What will the staging of Quadrophenia look like? 
>
>There will be some images culled from the movie. There's specially
>shot film, subtitles, and narration drawn from the album sleeve
>story. A little bit of scenery, some backdrops and a little staged
>action, but essentially it's just us running through the material. I
>kind of think of myself as a guest artist. I am going to sing a couple
>of things with Roger, I hope.
>
>What prompted you to revisit Quadrophenia? 
>
>I remember when I did Carnegie Hall with Roger [in 1994], and hearing
>"Dr. Jimmy" and thinking how wonderful it sounded, but chiefly how
>wonderfully he sang it and how explosive it was. That made me want to
>do this. But the main thing was this new remix of the album we did for
>CD, which I got in March. I put it on, and "I Am the Sea" comes up,
>and it was just spectacular. Something happened in the original mixing
>process which destroyed the record.
>
>What happened? 
>
>Fuck knows what I did. It was some sort of phase problem. Quadrophenia
>now sounds very much like it sounded in the studio, as I remember it.
>
>Is there any temptation to turn the Quadrophenia production into a
>full-scale stadium tour?
>
>At the moment, I'm considering the idea of bringing it to Giants
>Stadium or something like that. Once it's up, you think, "Well, we
>should just hop the Atlantic with it." This thing has grown very
>quickly.
>
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