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Re: Newsletters-30 yrs. later



I appreciate, I appreciate.  Please post.  Quite unique...

On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, Dennis wrote:

> Since I have kept all the newsletters from the Original "Who Fan Club of
> England" (1966-70), I thought I could share excerpts with you on a regular
> basis, a sort of "30-years later" type of thing. Let me know what you
> think. I won't post them if they're not appreciated.
> 
> from the MAY/JUNE 1966 ISSUE:
>   "On Monday, 28th March, Richard Cole and I (Neville Chesters), sailed
> from Dover to Boulogne where we experienced our first mishap. The van and
> all the instruments were confiscated by French customs because we didn't
> have an official receipt for the gear. They said if we could put up 1,000
> pounds by the morning they would let us through. Polydor immediately sent
> the money so we we able to carry on to Paris. On Tuesday, The Who arrived
> in Paris. Most of the day was taken up rehearsing for 'Music Hall De
> France', a French television show. In the evening, Keith, John and Richard
> looned around some clubs.The following day the boys again rehearsed and
> finally did the show at 7p.m......
>   "Friday we rehearsed all day for 'Ready,Steady,Go'. The show went off ok,
> which was surprising since half the cameramen didn't speak English and kept
> goofing things up. That evening The Who did a live radio show.....
>   "Saturday we all slept till 1p.m. In the afternoon, the boys did a
> matinee at the Locomotive Club and did a midnight show. The reception there
> was fantastic. I honestly think The Who are now almost as big as The
> Beatles in Paris."
> 
>   Tail Pieces: Pete has moved to a new flat in North London... John has a
> pet bedgeringer called Ollie...Keith is having a calf-skin coat made by my
> friend Fiona Clive-Ross...Roger has a dog called Mouse...John and Pete are
> having pure-silk Union Jack jackets made...John is having a special bass
> guitar made which will look like a hockey stick...Marshalls took over a
> week to repair gear Pete smashed on the Paris trip...Pete wrote and
> produced 'Run Run Run' by The Cat...John has lost a lot of weight
> lately...Pete has bought a guitar from Cyrano, once a road manager with The
> Who, now with Gary Farr and The T-Bones...Pete has traded in his 1958
> Lincoln Continental for a 1964 model.
> _________________
> 
> Oh my Lord! I drive a 1963 Lincoln Continental convertible! Do great minds
> think alike, or am I thirty years too late? Well, regardless of what  cars
> we drive, I've got five-years-worth of ancient British newsletters here. If
> you'd like excerpts on a sort of monthly continuing basis, let me know. I
> love typing.
> ...Dennis
> 
>