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FW: BBC Recordings are set for 2/15/99 (30 yr anniversary of LAL)
Also from yesterday to wrong address.
(What the hell was I on??)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: O'Neal, Kevin W.
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 5:14 PM
> To: 'TheWho@igt.com'
> Subject: FW:New Spin Mag Article/ BBC recordings
>
> Here is what our "buddy" at Spin knows about the BBC recordings.
> Read the article by MCA below.
> Marc is going to run an article related to this. He promisses to be nice.
> HE FUCKING BETTER!!!!!!
> Funny how Marc is now being so helpfull.
>
> Stay in Tune,
> Kevin in VT.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mspitz@spinmag.com [SMTP:mspitz@spinmag.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 4:16 PM
> To: O'Neal, Kevin W.
> Subject: RE: i'm running this and i'll be nice so you can tell pete
>
> i saw them with the clash at shea stadium a million years ago actually...
> it comes out feb 15... if yr nice, maybe i'll send you an advance dub
>
>
> At 04:20 PM 11/16/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >when are you running it, and when are the CD's comming out.
> >The BBC CD's have been pushed back more times than rioters.
> >
> >Dude, when the Who tour, you should go. Sounds like you've never seen
> them.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: mspitz@spinmag.com [SMTP:mspitz@spinmag.com]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 3:52 PM
> >> To: O'Neal, Kevin W.
> >> Subject: i'm running this and i'll be nice so you can tell pete
>
> >> icNewswire: All DIRECT News
> >> LONG LIVE ROCK! MCA TO RELEASE THE WHO'S BBC SESSIONS
> >> MCA RECORDS - 11/16/1999 at 12:23:04
> >> Universal City, California, November 15, 1999 - MCA Records is set to
> >> release The Who: The BBC Sessions, a newly-compiled, 25-track
> collection
> >> of live BBC Radio broadcast performances by the pioneering British rock
> >> band. Spanning the years 1965 through 1973, the album's never before
> >> released tracks are culled from performances the band gave on such
> classic
> >> BBC shows as "Top Gear," "Saturday Club," "The Old Grey Whistle Test,"
> and
> >> "The David Lee Travis Show," capturing the Who's early days in all
> their
> >> ultra-high-voltage glory. Produced and assembled by Jon Astley, in
> >> cooperation with Who founding members Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey,
> and
> >> John Entwistle, The Who: The BBC Sessions is set to arrive in stores
> >> February 15, 2000, marking the 30th Anniversary of the group's seminal
> >> concert album Live At Leeds.
> >> Some of the most in-demand yet previously unreleased Who recordings are
> >> the group's BBC performances spanning the band's formative years, when
> >> Townshend and company established themselves as one of rock's truly
> great
> >> live acts. The Who's Live At Leeds (1970) is often cited as one of the
> >> greatest live albums of all time. As reported by Ice Magazine, "The BBC
> >> Sessions presents The Who as a young, energetic pop-music band that
> >> crafted some of the Sixties' most memorable rock music... it serves as
> a
> >> perfect companion piece to Live At Leeds in documenting the career of a
> >> band that many consider to be the best live act ever."
> >> Tracks included on The Who: The BBC Sessions are: "My Generation/Radio
> One
> >> Jingle," "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere," "Good Lovin'," "Just You And Me,
> >> Darling," "Leaving Here," "My Generation," "The Good's Gone," "La La La
> >> Lies," "Substitute," "Dancing In The Street," "Disguises," "I'm A Boy,"
> >> "Run Run Run," "Boris The Spider," "Happy Jack," "See My Way,"
> "Pictures
> >> Of Lily," "A Quick One," "Substitute (Version Two)," "The Seeker," "I'm
> >> Free," "Shakin' All Over," "The Relay," "Long Live Rock," and "Boris
> The
> >> Spider/Radio One Jingle." The package also includes insightful liner
> notes
> >> by Andy Neill, and track-by-track recording details.
> >> The Who launched their brilliant career in London in 1964. Their debut
> >> 1965 Decca Records release, The Who Sings My Generation, along with the
> >> group's 'smashing' performance on the television program "Ready,
> Steady,
> >> Go" sent their single "I Can't Explain" to #8 on the British charts and
> >> set the stage for The Who's induction into the rock world's elite.
>
> >> Over the course of the next ten years, lead vocalist Roger Daltrey,
> >> guitarist and vocalist Pete Townshend, bassist and vocalist John
> >> Entwistle, and drummer Keith Moon evolved into one of the greatest
> bands
> >> in rock history, thanks to their mesmerizing, guitar-smashing stage
> >> performances, and their instantly classic recordings. The 1969 release
> of
> >> the pioneering rock opera Tommy proved a watershed event for the band,
> >> with history judging the piece a timeless work of art. Who's Next, from
> >> 1971, is often cited as one of the premier rock albums of all time, as
> is
> >> 1970's Live At Leeds. The Who's second rock opera, Quadrophenia (1973)
> is
> >> similarly regarded as a modern masterpiece.
> >> The death of Keith Moon in 1978 ended what had been one of the most
> >> consistent line-ups in rock history, but the band persevered, releasing
> >> two new studio albums, Face Dances and It's Hard in 1981 and 1982,
> >> respectively. Since the band's 1982 breakup, several reunion
> performances
> >> have been staged, including a set at Live Aid in 1985 and a 25th
> >> Anniversary tour of the U.S. in 1989. The Who was inducted into the
> Rock &
> >> Roll Hall Of Fame in 1990. In 1994, to mark the group's 30th
> Anniversary,
> >> a box set anthology and companion concert video were released, both
> titled
> >> The Who: Thirty Years of Maximum R&B. MCA Records, in close conjunction
> >> with Pete Townshend, has concluded its extensive remastering campaign
> for
> >> the original Who catalog, a dedicated salute to the band culminating in
> >> the release of The Who: The BBC Sessions.
> >> Long Live Rock! The founding members of The Who have again come
> together
> >> for a series of charity concerts this fall, and are currently at work
> >> writing songs for their first new studio album since 1982, which is
> >> expected to be released in 2000. Pete Townshend's Lighthouse rock opera
> is
> >> due to be released in early 2000 as a limited edition 6-CD box set.
> >> Universal Music Group is a unit of The Seagram Company Ltd., a global
> >> entertainment and spirits and wine company.
> >> * * WWW.MCARECORDS.COM
>