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Re: who's Next - Aug?
On Thu, 3 Aug 1995 S94051010@ACS.SAULTC.ON.CA wrote:
> It is not possible to recreate Lifehouse just as it is not possible to
> recreate The Beach Boys' SMILE album - in both cases the albums as
> intended were never finished. To recreate it they'd have to finish it
Lifehouse has really become quite a mystery, and Pete hasn't helped. It
seems he's said something different about it in each interview he has given
over the years. According to his interviews in Guitar World,
lifehouse/who's next has been recorded in its entirty somewhere between
3-15 times.
These are the two most interesting versions of the story I've read:
1) Lifehouse was completed as a multiple disc album, but because of a
mistake Kit Lambert made they needed a single album. So, they
re-recorded the songs they chose for who's next.
2) 26 songs were recorded for who's next as a double album. They decided
for commercial reasons to go with a single album, so the best 9 songs were
chosen.
Anyway, it does sound like lifehouse (or at least a very long who's next)
was completed in the studio, maybe even two or three times.
> Lastly if they could find all the tapes that comprise a completed
> Lifehouse in acceptable condition it would almost definitely
> constitute a double CD package - and I have heard no word from any
> knowledgable source which would suggest this as the case.
It would certainly have to be two discs. I think you're right here.
Once again, for some reason, they seem to want to go with a single disc.
So, unless that changes, it seems that there still won't be a completed
lifehouse story released.
Luke Munro