Recordings of Pete and Simon's Parents

[Beau McCrury <Beau.McCrury@ucop.edu>]

This is great, thanx.  After reading this I rushed home and
uncovered my copy of Maximum R&B and sho' nuf it be there.
I'll have to put this on my list of Who things to do, maybe
I'll get lucky.  I remember now why I don't refer to my copy
of Max R&B too often, the binding is all shot and everytime I
use it it gets a little worse.  Could they have put it together
any more cheaply!  Thanx Rich and thank Bill for me too.  Also,
thanx Jason for your input too.

Beau 'no applause necessary' McCrury

>>Subject: Recordings of Pete and Simon's parents
>>
>>I was wondering if there are any recordings of either of
>>Pete or Simon's parents when they were doing there big-band
>>thing?  I thought it would be a little fun to hear old
>>Cliff playing his sax or there mum crooning a tune or two.
>>I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who might have any ideas on this.
>>Thanx,
>>Beau 'The Seeker' McCrury
>
>By happy coincidence, my very good Who friend Bill Bedzyk just e-mailed me
>about Cliff's recording career.  He 
>reminded me of the ad on page 12 in Richard Barnes's The Who--Maximum R&B,
>which has a picture of Cliff "Townsend" and it promotes "his singing Selmer
>saxophone in Unchained Melody (from film 'Unchained')."  The B-side is
>apparently called Celeste, and the record number is DB3630 (78) so it would
>seem to be one of those 78 RPM disks, not a 45.  There's a big "Columbia
>Records" logo at the bottom of the ad.
>
>Bill also mentioned his aquisistion of a Cliff T. promo 45 (with his last
>name also misspelled?), Song For Sweethearts.  Many months ago I recall some
>Who fan saying that Cliff's only recordings were as a member of the
>Squadronaires, but here's proof of two solo releases, and there may be more
>(especially on 78s).