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Re: The Who Get Orchestrated (fwd)



David Schenfeld writes:
> From list-owner-thewho  Sat Sep 24 10:38:00 1994
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> Date: Sat, 24 Sep 1994 13:39:00 -0500
> To: Alan McKendree <AI.amck@mcc.com>
> From: davids@shell.portal.com (David Schenfeld)
> Subject: Re: The Who Get Orchestrated
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> >The three surviving members of The Who ... are set to
> >enter the studio in October to help record, and play along with, an
> >orchestral album of their music.  [Mention of Procol Harum and Jimi
> >Hendrix orchestral albums].
> >
> >Quoting Steve Vining, VP at RCA, it says that Roger, John, and Pete "are
> >all deeply involved, and will perform on it," as well as guest vocalists
> >and guest stars.  Jon Astley will produce and Bill Curbishley is
> >"involved."
> 
> I'm rather amazed considering I had just read in interview where Pete was
> saying that he finally broke himself from The Who for good.
> 
> I also noted that Pete is sometimes fond of orchestral arrangements.  Some
> examples can be found on his Scoop 2 CD.  On the other hand, I'm not sure
> if Pete is too enthusiastic about the orchestral arrangement of Had Enough
> on Who are you.  You decide.  This is from the liner notes to the Mobile
> Fidelity version of Who Are You (highly, highly recommended).
> 
> "We used full orchestral string arragements here for the first time on any
> Who track.  It seemed OK to do it with one of John's songs - he was always
> struggling single-handed to lay down enough overdubbed brass parts on my
> stuff (especially Quadrophena) to sound like an orchestra himself.  Our
> Arranger was my wife's inspired father, Ted Astley.  The strings on this
> track are quantum.  But it's another cynical, life-weary lyric like New
> Song.  I wonder why John and I were so bored with life?"
> 
> -David
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