Billboard on Pete re-issues

[Brian Cady]

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002877180

Townshend Solo Catalog Expanded For Reissue
July 21, 2006, 12:00 AM ET
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

The Who principal Pete Townshend's solo catalog, a
number of titles from which have been out of print for
years, will be reissued in expanded editions Aug. 29
via Hip-O/UME. The move is timed to coincide with the
Sept. 12 kick-off the Who's fall North American tour.

The majority of the reissue titles feature new bonus
tracks. 1980's "Empty Glass," which is best known for
the pop hit "Let My Love Open the Door," will feature
alternate vocal versions of "I Am an Animal," "Keep on
Moving" and "And I Moved" plus an extended version of
"Gonna Get Ya." Its 1982 follow-up, "All the Best
Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes," includes the previously
unreleased "Vivienne," which appeared on the initial
LP track list but was later pulled, plus the B-sides
"Man Watching" and "Dance It Away."

Townshend's 1972 solo debut, "Who Came First," sports
the five bonus tracks included on a prior reissue plus
three new items: "Mary Jane," "I Always Say" and
"Begin the Beguine." 1985's "White City" boasts the
previously unreleased songs "Night School" and "Save
It for Later" plus a 12-inch vinyl extended mix of
"Hiding Out."

All three releases in Townshend's archival "Scoop"
series are also part of the reissue campaign, loaded
with demos for classic Who songs and fascinating
departures from the artist's usual guitar-based
compositions.

"When I have come up against any kind of problem in
the past I have always dealt with it through music;
either through writing a song or literally recording
the problem away therapeutically," Townshend writes in
the liner notes for the first "Scoop," which was
released in 1984. "For many years recording was my one
and only hobby."

Townshend's 1977 collaboration with the Small Faces'
Ronnie Lane will be available as a DualDisc with a new
audio mix, plus the bonus tracks "Only You," "Good
Question" and "Silly Little Man," which are outtakes
from the sessions.

The 1990 concert souvenir "Deep End -- Live" has been
expanded with "Magic Bus" and "Won't Get Fooled
Again." The album is drawn from a 1985 charity show at
London's Britxon Academy and found Townshend backed by
Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour and a horn section,
among other musicians.

Townshend's 1993 rock opera "Psychoderelict" will
appear both as a CD and a live DVD taped that year at
the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The CD includes the
non-album track "Psychomontage."

The artist's 1989 musical "The Iron Man," adapted from
Ted Hughes' story of the same name, does not include
any bonus tracks, according to a spokesperson.


-Brian in Atlanta
The Who This Month!
http://www.thewhothismonth.com

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