Re: Books on the Who

[Joe Giorgianni <giorgianni@globalone.net>]

I also vote for Maximum R&B. Very good reading and the 
previously unpublished pictures (like Roger in the beans)
were just great.

I also have to throw in Ed Hanel's discography. You just have to
have it if you're a collector.

At 04:44 PM 11/21/95 -0500, you wrote:
>          Svante's recent posting about THE WHO IN SWEDEN made me 
>          wonder--what do you consider to be the ultimate Who book
>          
>          for example, is it Barnes's Max. R&B, or Marsh's BEFORE I 
>          GET OLD, or even Pete's own HORSE'S NECK?
>          
>          To answer my own query, I vote for MAXIMUM R&B--I find that 
>          to be the book I go to when I'm a Who reading mood (chris 
>          charlesworth's 1982 trade paperback bio is a very close 
>          2nd). I've read Swenson's book from 78/79 (I've got it, now 
>          I need to find it...), and Marsh's, and I go back to the 
>          source. Barnes's intimacy with the group makes me feel like 
>          I'm there.
>          
>          jim
>
>
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Joe Giorgianni
South Glens Falls, NY  12803
giorgianni@globalone.net