Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V3 #568

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>The Who Mailing List Digest     Friday, 27 September 1996     
>Volume 03 : Number 568
>
>In this issue:
>
>	Steve Luongo UK trip #14
>	Ticket Info THE WHO IN BUFFALO N.Y
>	Re: Pete guitars and gear
>	[none]
>	Pete Guitars
>	Re: Quad in Philly
>	Remasters
>	re: Remastered MCA's
>	Hyde Park on MuchMusic
>	sweet justice
>
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>From: amck@eden.com (Alan McKendree)
>Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 21:54:34 -0500
>Subject: Steve Luongo UK trip #14
>
>Thu, 26 Sep 1996 07:40:35 -0400
>From: SLuongo@aol.com
>
>Day 14 going home
>
>We had a 2pm flight today from London Heathrow.  John and Lisa's
>friend Richard drove us to the airport.  Before we left we stopped at
>Alldays to pick up as much English chocolate as we could fit in our
>bags.  I for one don't want to hear the word Cadbury for a long time
>but I promised the girls in the office that I'd bring some home and I
>did.  2 of everything.  I felt like a Cadbury salesman.  The people at
>Alldays must have thought we were pretty well off our rockers.
>
>As we pulled in to Heathrow we saw a dozen cops with machine guns
>looking for someone.  Godfrey said that yesterday they had arrested a
>terrorist member of the IRA.  This didn't not make me feel very good
>about checking into Heathrow.
>
>When we got inside we went to the check-in desk to make sure that we
>had the right reservations this time and we did.  Yeah, upper class.
>During our dance of joy a man asked me to take my bag and go behind a
>screen so it could be checked by a customs lady.  I had a reel of 2"
>tape and a brief case with several electronic devices in it.  I guess
>it must have looked kind of strange on the X-ray machine.  When she
>opened my bag and saw the candy she said "Don't get sick."  I said
>"Too late."  She let me pack my bag and sent me off to meet Godfrey
>and Alan.
>
>We were escorted to the upper class lounge by a very nice flight
>attendant and sat down for a bite to eat.  They have a lot of great
>stuff to eat and it's all free.  However Alan didn't know this and
>asked the price of something since there were no prices on the menu.
>From that point on the girl that was serving us kept asking him if
>he'd like to borrow a few quid.  Alan thought about it for a
>while...
>
>We then discovered a skiing machine and that was that.  We were in the
>Alps skiing for free.  It was one of those virtual reality machines
>that you have to stand in and move as if you're skiing.  We were doing
>OK until we tried the pro racer setting.  At that point we were
>hitting trees and fences like there was no tomorrow. If this had been
>real there would have been no tomorrow for any of us.
>
>Now it was time to board our flight.  We had 3 spacious seats together
>and 7-1/2 hours of clear blue skies ahead of us.  After a while we had
>a nice lunch and prepared for the movie.  You'll never guess what it
>was.
>
>Quadrophenia.
>
>Yup that's right Quad, as if we hadn't heard enough of that at MSG for
>6 nights.  No matter, we watched and it was funny to see Phil Daniels
>as Jimmy after hanging out with him back stage and at the hotel.  When
>the film was over we all talked about our sessions at John's and the
>whole thing made us miss him so we pulled out the pictures from the
>day before and had a few laughs.
>
>We were just served "high tea" which consisted of finger sandwiches,
>salad, strawberries and a scone with crusted clotted cream spread.
>MMmmmm sounds appetizing doesn't it.  Well you can bet your boots we
>ate it all and it turned out to be quite nice.
>
>The captain just announced that we will be delayed by about 10 or 15
>minutes.
>
>I CAN"T WAIT TO GET OUT OF THIS PLANE!!!!!!!!!
>
>Ahhhh New York I can hear the pleasant ring of F*** You A**hole
>permeating the air.  Did I say air?  Well you know what mean.  It's
>good to be home.  It is almost 6:00pm and customs was a breeze which
>means we'll be right on time for rush hour.  I have an hour drive from
>Kennedy but it's no problem because I have a tape (JE Band) to listen
>to in the car and 2 weeks of stories to tell.  I can't wait to see my
>wife and Cody.  Then it's off for that Italian dinner.
>
>John is now in London beginning his Quad rehearsals and Godfrey, Alan
>and I will be doing some gigs around the area just for fun.  Godfrey
>has already told me about a jam at the Sam Ash on Queens Boulevard at
>5pm Saturday.  You can bet I'll be there with him.  ( any chance to
>play ).  We'll keep you posted about other events that we are involved
>in and we hope to run into some of you along the way. I thank you all
>for joining us on this trip and I'll drop in on you from time to time.
>
>Thanks again and we'll see you soon.
>
>All My Best Wishes,
>Steve Luongo
>
>P.S. a very special thanks to Alan McKendree for all his help.  Thanks
>Alan from the John Entwistle Band
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>From: larochel@vaxxine.com (Gary and Judy Larochelle)
>Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 00:20:36 -0400
>Subject: Ticket Info THE WHO IN BUFFALO N.Y
>
>Hello all you WHO FANATICS! Tickets for the WHO in Buffalo are going on
>sale this Saturday Sept 28th at 8:00 am. Where you might ask? At your
>favorite TOPS grocery store in Buffalo at a place called FANTASTIX ticket
>outlet. Let me give anyone who might be interested in going the phone
>number. Try 1-888 223-6000 or 1-716-888-4000. You can order tickets and put
>it on your plastic. Ticket prices are $35 $45 & $55 US of course. A big WHO
>HELLO to LAURIE RAE who was on the last digest asking about the show,SCOTT
>FURTNEY & JENNIFER L. DAVIES. I'm sorry for not getting back to you through
>your e-mail about the concert but I hope you have some luck getting
>tickets. This is a must see event for all us Who fans ,I don't think we'll
>see them on stage together again. LONG LIVE ROCK. GARY & TODD
>
>------------------------------
>
>From: Biggsk@aol.com
>Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 06:24:50 -0400
>Subject: Re: Pete guitars and gear
>
>Hello,
>
>catching up on the Pete guitars and gear trend here:
>
>Being almost 43 and a Who fan since 1967, I have seen a lot of shows and
>photos of the gear etc. the Who have used in their career from the early days
>to the later days.  Here's how it breaks down somewhat:
>
>1966 to 1968:  amps - Marshall 100 watt stacks.  Jim Marshall said he made
>the first 100 watt stacks for the Who and then Hendrix, Cream and others
>copied them.  They sounded like shit at Monterrey because they used Vox
>Super-Beatles amps and left their Marshalls at home.  Guitars include
>Rickenbackers (at least two different models),Fender stratocaster,
>telecaster, Gibson double neck SG, Firebird, SG Special (without the
>humbucking pickups but the black Gibson pickups that just SCREAMED) and ES
>335 semi-hollow body.
>
>1968 - Sunn amps and Sound City amps.  They were trying different equipment
>at different times to see what would do what they wanted.  I have a poster
>with Pete on it for Sunn amps.  They did use the Sunn Coliseum II PA systems
>(two of them) for the "Who's Next" tour in 1971.  Guitars as above but now
>leaning heavily more towards the SG since it was so light, could distort
>really well and Pete could bend the neck easily to bend notes.
>
>1969 to 1976 - the rule of the Hiwatts!!!!!  These amps were loud and very
>powerful which is why the Who loved 'em.  I also have a poster with Pete for
>Hiwatts.  John did start to mix some Sunn amps in as well for tone
>differences later on - Sunn heads and Hiwatt cabinets.  Pete broke too many
>SG's of the good ones he liked (the 1964 to 1969 model years).  Gibson tried
>a 1971 model for him that he didn't like so he switched to the heaviest
>guitar weight-wise on God's green earth - the Gibson Les Paul.  But, like
>Nigel Tufnel said in "Spinal Tap" - "just listen to the sustain.....".  They
>are a big piece of lumber indeed!  These lacked the humbuckings unfortunately
>and used crappy pickups - can't recall the type - but they could not touch
>the humbucking sound of Jeff Beck, Mick Ronson, Jimmy Page  or the other Les
>Paul axe warriors were getting.  I NEVER understood why Pete did not go for
>those.
>Onstage monitors started out in 1969 with WEM and then in 1971 switched to
>Sunn.  I think Sunn did the 1973 Quad tour as well.
>
>Other bands of the era that I saw using Hiwatts include Badfinger and the
>Kinks.
>
>From then on I really loose interest in the guitars, amps etc.  For the foot
>pedal - from about 1968 to 1972 or so Pete used a FuzzFace pedal.  I was in a
>band with a guitarist that had one and they were really cool.  Much better
>than others on the market because you could control the distortion and
>harmonics of it much better.
>
>Hope all this helps out.  Not bad for a drummer eh?
>
>Greg Biggs
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>From: "Frank S. Corotto" <fcorotto@nugget.ngc.peachnet.edu>
>Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 06:43:56 EDT
>Subject: [none]
>
>    Still more on Pete's equipment.  In 1989 Pete announced to his 
>Massachusetts crowd that he was playing an Eric Clapton model 
>Stratocaster.  They are supposed to be great guitars.
>    I think the hard sound to capture would be John's.  "Surgically 
>remove the arms from the upper torso of John Entwistle and carefully 
>attach them to..."
>    Any news on Atlanta dates?  What do people think of the 
>re-released Quadrophenia?  Did they fix the vocals on the album?  
>Supposedly they were recorded out of phase with themselves or 
>something like that.
>
>Dr. C.
>"However much I booze..."
>
>------------------------------
>
>From: scott@soundwave.com (scott james)
>Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 09:37:22 -0400 (EDT)
>Subject: Pete Guitars
>
>Don't forget the Schecter Telecasters that Pete used for several tours
>"Towards the End". In fact there is Pete Townshend Schecter model. I play a
>Schecter Strat (two singles and Humbucker in the bridge). Really really
>well made and very playable guitars.
>
>scott james
>
>SoundWave, The Pro Audio Web Space. Turn it up!
>http://www.soundwave.com
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>From: George Beck Box 194 <beckg@albsun3.alb.edu>
>Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 11:12:46 -0400 (EDT)
>Subject: Re: Quad in Philly
>
> I know the Quad tour is coming to Philly, But I don't know when.
>
>Any info would be greatly appreciated
>
>
>- -Pete
>
>------------------------------
>
>From: "Justin M. Cober" <Justin.M.Cober@cc.gettysburg.edu>
>Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 12:27:05 -0400 (EDT)
>Subject: Remasters
>
>I may be wrong, but I think the remastered albums are A Quick One, Sell
>Out, Tommy, Live at Leeds, Who's Next, and Quadrophenia.  Also, the latest
>"best of" collection called My Generation has some new mixes of songs,
>such as a mono version of Magic Bus.
>
>I think someone on the list posted the WBN and WAY are due out in November.
>
>Does anyone know if MCA plans to remaster TKAA or TWSMG?
>
>cober
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>From: "mrRocknRoll" <helg0020@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
>Date: Fri, 27 Sep 96 10:31:00 CDT
>Subject: re: Remastered MCA's
>
>Someone else mentioned A Quick One and Odds & Sodds, but THEE 
>remastered disc to get is LIVE AT LEEDS.  It contains, like, 8 or 9 
>extra tracks from the concert plus excellent liner notes.  It 
>basically amounts to the entire concert, but they only include 
>"Amazing Journey/Sparks" from the entire performance of TOMMY that 
>took place during the concert.  Buying that disc a few weeks ago has 
>really  (re)started WHo fever around my house.  Last night I just 
>picked up a remastered WHO'S NEXT, which also looks like it will 
>prove to be worth the investment (I've been gettin' 'em for under 
>$12).  Seriously---everyone go get the new LIVE AT LEEDS, if you 
>haven't already.  Who fever----catch it! 
>
>Michael Helget
>Program Director
>770 RADIO K (KUOM)
>University of Minnesota
>(612) 624-7373
>
>                   "All you touch
>                        and all you see
>                            is all your life
>                                   will ever be"
>                                                     -Floyd
>
>------------------------------
>
>From: "Jennifer L. Davies" <jen@nt.net>
>Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 13:05:17 -0400 (EDT)
>Subject: Hyde Park on MuchMusic
>
>        What a show!  I can't wait to hear it in November!
>        Roger was in fine form, vocally and physically.  During "Real Me",
>if he'd tried to do it identically to the album I wouldn't have known the
>difference.  He DID steal the show.
>        And I think, after all his experience in the acting field,  he's
>figured out what works and what doesn't.  He had some nice touches.  The
>best, though, was wheeling his arm as he played air-guitar.
>        Does Simon ever look like Pete!  They're even balding the same way!
>They move the same way on stage, too.
>        Who was the guy with the red guitar, who sang during "Dirty Jobs"?
>And the guy with the green?
>        Whoever it was that said Gary Glitter gave a Meatloaf-like
>performance was right.  I guffawed when he came out stomping like he was 20
>years old.  It was hilarious.  And couldn't they teach him to sing on-beat?
>Roger, when you sang with him, couldn't you have prompted him along instead
>of joining him?
>        Pete's "Drowned" was incredible!  There's nothing else to say about
>it... except to wonder why he changed "set me free" to "wash over me" in
>every verse.
>        John was indeed buried.  He got a nice solo in "5:15", though.
>        That was one heck of a crash-barrier, wasn't it?  Had to be 15 feet
>at least between the crowd and the stage!
>
>        Did those who saw it hang around long enough after Eric Clapton's
>bit to see the "I Can See For Miles" video?  It was awfully strange; of
>course, it was made in 1967, so that goes without saying.
>
>JenniferD
>A Guitar          __   ____
>\---\____________/   -     \
> :::=====================I  |
>/---/            \__ - ____/
>"The song is over...."
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>From: "Jennifer L. Davies" <jen@nt.net>
>Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 13:44:29 -0400 (EDT)
>Subject: sweet justice
>
>        Come to think of it, it's sweet justice for Roger that he's stealing
>the Quad shows from Pete.  (Pete: "Keith and I won over Roger and John.
>John just never joined and Roger... just lost, really.")
>
>JenniferD
>A Guitar          __   ____
>\---\____________/   -     \
> :::=====================I  |
>/---/            \__ - ____/
>"The song is over...."
>
>
>------------------------------
>
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