Pre-order this from Amazon uk. When I did it yesterday it came to under $11.00. I think it's now over $12. US is double that.

The Who Live At The Filmore 1968

Is this official or a legal bootleg?

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Is this official or a legal bootleg?

It's a Universal release, so I guess it's official.

I know there have been boots of this, but now it's official.

Via Ultimate Classic Rock: The Who Fillmore 1968

An oft-bootleg concert by the Who will soon gets its first official release. Live at the Fillmore East 1968, which documents the last show of a two-night stand at the New York venue, arrives on April 20.

The two-disc, three-LP set, whose track listing is below, focuses largely on material from their two previous records, The Who Sell Out and A Quick One. But there are also three Eddie Cochran covers -- "Summertime Blues," "C'mon Everybody" and "My Way" -- takes on Benny Spellman's Allen Toussaint-penned "Fortune Teller" and Johnny Kidd and the Pirates' "Shakin' All Over," and a lengthy version of "My Generation."

The band's manager, Kit Lambert, had recorded the shows in the hopes of putting out a live album as a stopgap while the band worked on Tommy. Instead, they put their new single, "Magic Bus," with some older tracks and delivered Magic Bus: The Who on Tour. The Fillmore tapes were mixed by longtime Who live soundman Bob Pridden for this release.

Bill Graham had only opened the East Village club a month earlier. Although it was only open for three years -- Graham closed it in 1971 due to changes in the music industry -- its place in rock history was secured due to the number of famous live albums that were recorded in that time, including works by the Allman Brothers Band, Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa.

For the record, this is not the concert that Pete Townshend mentioned in The Kids Are Alright where he was arrested for kicking a policeman, who was trying to stop the show because the building next door was on fire, off the stage. That took place in May 1969.

The Who, 'Live at the Fillmore East 1968' Track Listing

LP 1
1. "Summertime Blues"
2. "Fortune Teller"
3. "Tattoo"
4. "Little Billy"
5. "I Can't Explain"
6. "Happy Jack"
7. "Relax"

LP 2
1. "I'm a Boy"
2. "A Quick One, While He's Away"
3. "My Way"
4. "C'mon Everybody"
5. "Shakin' All Over"
6. "Boris the Spider"

LP 3
1. "My Generation (Part 1)"
2. "My Generation (Part 2)"

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

From The Who website:

20 FEB 2018

THE WHO LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST 1968

On April 20 Universal Music are releasing a 3-LP / 2-CD set of The Who’s stunning 1968 live performance at Bill Graham’s Fillmore East theatre in New York.

The Who were in New York to conclude a gruelling tour on April 4, 1968, the day that Dr Martin Luther King was assassinated. America was already a country divided; Anti-Vietnam demonstrations, civil rights disturbances and militant student activism. With this turmoil as a backdrop on Friday and Saturday, April 5 and 6, 1968 The Who performed two incendiary live sets at Bill Graham’s legendary Fillmore East on the lower East Side of Manhattan.

The venue had only just re-opened in March by Graham from its previous incarnation as the Village Theatre where the band had played on a couple of occasions the year before. The Who were the first British rock act to headline the Fillmore East and were booked to play four shows over the two nights. However, because of feared social unrest in the wake of Dr King’s assassination, it was decided to compact the shows into one per night.

The Who’s time in New York City in 1968 can best be described as ‘lively’. Keith Moon’s antics with cherry bomb explosives had meant that the band had to move hotels. When installed in the at the plush Waldorf Astoria he then somehow managed to a blow a door off its hinges and, the band had to move once more.

On the morning of the Fillmore rehearsal, the band were photographed for Life magazine and legend has it that the band were so tired from Moon’s antics that they nodded out under the large Union Jack draped over them at the base of the Carl Schurz Monument in Morningside Park. This iconic image was later used as the cover and poster for The Who’s classic film ‘The Kids Are Alright’.

Both nights were recorded by Who manager Kit Lambert with the intention of releasing the results as the Who’s fourth album after The Who Sell Out and before Tommy. Disaster struck when it was discovered that due to faulty equipment or human error only part of the first night was captured. Thankfully the second night was recorded and has now been fully restored and mixed by long time Who sound engineer Bob Pridden (who was responsible the band’s sound on those nights in 1968) from the original four-track tapes. For the 50th anniversary of these legendary shows, the unreleased recordings are to be issued on triple vinyl LP and double CD.

Due to an acetate reaching the bootleg market in the early ‘70s, The Who’s reputation as rock’s most dynamic live act quickly grew. The show is regarded by fans as something of the ‘holy grail’ of Who live shows equalling the legendary Live At Leeds album. The tapes have been meticulously remastered for optimum sound quality and will only serve to enhance The Who’s reputation as the best live act of the time.

The 3LP set include three Eddie Cochran numbers; ‘My Way’, ‘Summertime Blues’ and the never before released Who version of ‘C’mon Everybody’.

Also featured is a rare cover version of ‘Fortune Teller’ written by Allen Toussaint, originally recorded by Benny Spellman but made famous by The Merseybeats. These shows also showcased ‘Tattoo’ and ‘Relax’ from The Who Sell Out as well as stunning extended versions of ‘A Quick One (While He’s Away)’ and ‘My Generation’ which becomes a 30-minute-plus jam with a the climax of guitar-smashing and drum demolition!

TRACKLIST

Disc One / Side 1

1 - Summertime Blues
2 - Fortune Teller
3 - Tattoo
4 - Little Billy

Disc One / Side 2

1 - I Can’t explain
2 - Happy Jack
3 - Relax

Disc Two / Side 3

1 - I’m A Boy
2 - A Quick One (While He’s Away)

Disc Two / Side 4

1 - My Way
2 - C’mon Everybody
3 - Shakin’ All Over
4 - Boris The Spider

Disc Three / Side 5

1 - My Generation (Part One)

Disc Three / Side 6

2 - My Generation (Part Two)

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Can't Wait!

Pete Townshend Details Massive 'Who Came First' Reissue

Who guitarist unearths eight unreleased tracks for 45th anniversary edition of debut solo LP


The Who's Pete Townshend will reissue his debut solo album, 'Who Came First,' with eight previously unreleased tracks. K & K Ulf Kruger OHG/Redferns/Getty

By Jon Blistein

The Who's Pete Townshend will mark the 45th anniversary of his debut solo album, Who Came First, with an expansive reissue featuring eight unreleased tracks. The two-CD set arrives April 20th via UME

Among the previously unreleased songs are three cuts, "Nothing Is Everything," "There's a Fortune In Those Hills" and "Meher Baba in Italy." The track list also boasts new edits and alternate versions of songs like "Parvardigar" and "Content," as well as a live version of "Drowned" recorded in India.

The collection will also feature new liner notes from Townshend, the album's original poster and a 24-page booklet packed with rare photos of Townshend and his guru, Meher Baba, in the recording studio. Who collaborator Jon Astley remastered the 45th anniversary edition of Who Came First using the original master tapes.

Released in 1972, Who Came First found Townshend collecting tracks from two previously released, but rare, collaborative tribute albums to Baba, Happy Birthday and I Am. Townshend then fleshed out the record with a handful of demos from the Who's unfinished rock opera, Lifehouse.

Along with Townshend's reissue of Who Came First, the Who will commemorate the 50th anniversary of a two-night stand at the Fillmore East with a double CD, Live at the Fillmore East 1968, also out April 20th.

Who Came First 45th Anniversary Edition Track List

CD 1
1. "Pure and Easy"
2. "Evolution"
3. "Forever’s No Time At All"
4. "Let's See Action"
5. "Time Is Passing"
6. "There’s a Heartache Following Me"
7. " "Sheraton Gibson"
8. "Content"
9. "Parvardigar"

CD2
1. "His Hands"
2. "The Seeker" (2017 edit)
3. "Day Of Silence"
4. "Sleeping Dog"
5. "Mary Jane" (Stage A Version)
6. "I Always Say" (2017 Edit)
7. "Begin The Beguine" (2017 edit)
8. "Baba O’Reilly" (Instrumental)
9. "The Love Man" (Stage C)*
10. "Content" (Stage A)*
11. "Day Of Silence" (Alternate Version)*
12. "Parvardigar" (Alternate take)*
13. "Nothing Is Everything"*
14. "There's A Fortune In Those Hills"*
15. "Meher Baba In Italy"*
16. "Drowned" (live in India)*
17. "Evolution" (live at Ronnie Lane Memorial)
(* denotes previously unreleased song)

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Excited for the '68 show. Nice to have a recording that predates Tommy!!!

No one happens to have the Lifehouse Chronicles box set from like 20 years ago right? That new Who Came First release got me thinking of that and it seems unfindable these days. I remember when it came out I was like "he always shits on Who's Next cause of what it wasn't. I'm not sure I care about 6 discs of him trying to get a project that never came together when what he cobbled up is one of the greatest albums ever." And now I'd love to hear that process.

Saw them in '68 in Central Park New York;
part of their summer concert series in Sheeps Meadow there.
To this day, inside or out, Airport or Earthquake,
and I've been through a massive one that wrecked a LOT of this town,
car accident, or shotgun-blasts from competition clay pigeon shoots,
nothing...
never... no concert in older or modern days,,,
nothing Louder ever...
and it was out doors...
It was ALL pre-Tommy stuff;
we were really close up;
i had a Huge chunk of Pete's smashed guitarm,
thrown out in an incredible pushing crowd....
...
nobody had seen nor heard nothing like that live before,
nobody I knew...
and this was NYC,,,

Great recollections, Hopkins

The Who's Roger Daltrey says he'll release new solo album in June featuring soul covers, original tunes


ABC/Richard Cartwright

As Roger Daltrey prepares to launch a brief series of U.S. solo dates this Wednesday in Las Vegas, the Who frontman reveals that he plans to release a new album titled As Long as I Have You in June.

"I've gone back to the kind of music I was singing prior to The Who writing their own songs," Daltrey tells ABC Radio. "I've gone back to early soul, the kind of soul songs that [reflect] where I am in my life now and what I've been through as a vocalist."

The 74-year-old rock legend says that the record, which also includes "shades of gospel and shades of country," features mostly cover tunes, while he contributed two original songs as well.

Roger reports that he began the project four years ago, but it was shelved when The Who decided to head out on its 50th anniversary tour, then delayed again after the singer came down with meningitis. Daltrey tells ABC Radio that by the time he was ready to revisit the album, he'd lost confidence in it.

Roger credits his Who bandmate Pete Townshend with convincing him to finish the record.

"[When Pete heard it, he] said, 'This is fabulous, Roger. You've got to do this,'" Daltrey recalls. "And he offered to play guitar on it…And he was the one who gave me enthusiasm again for it."

Adds Roger, "I'm very proud of the album. It's very, very good."

Meanwhile, Daltrey says he's looking forward to his upcoming solo shows. "It gives me a chance to do different material," he notes. "[A] lot of the Who songs that The Who have never actually played live on stage. I do a lot of my own songs. And I generally have fun."

Here are all of Daltrey's March solo concerts:

3/7 -- Las Vegas, NV, The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
3/10 -- Las Vegas, NV, The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
3/13 -- Stockton, CA, Bob Hope Theatre
3/15 -- Oakland, CA, Fox Theater

[abcnewsradioonline.com]

New single sounds mighty fine!

Roger Daltrey - As Long As I Have You




Roger Daltrey Announces ‘As Long as I Have You’ Album

On June 1, a week before Roger Daltrey begins a tour where he'll perform Tommy with an orchestra, the Who singer will release As Long as I Have You. This will be Daltrey's first record since Going Back Home, his 2014 collaboration with Dr. Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson.

As Long as I Have You includes covers of songs written by Stephen Stills ("How Far"), Stevie Wonder ("You Haven't Done Nothing"), Nick Cave ("Into My Arms") and Garnet Mimms (the title track). Daltrey also wrote some of the songs, notably "Certified Rose" and "Always Heading Home."

For the singer, it's a return to his roots mixed with the wisdom that can only come with age. "This is a return to the very beginning, to the time before Pete [Townshend] started writing our songs to a time when we were a teenage band playing soul music to small crowds in church halls," Daltrey said in a statement.

"That’s what we were, a soul band," he continued. "And now, I can sing soul with all the experience you need to sing it. Life puts the soul in. I’ve always sung from the heart but when you’re 19, you haven’t had the life experience with all its emotional trials and traumas that you have by the time you get to my age. You carry all the emotional bruises of life and when you sing these songs, those emotions are in your voice. You feel the pain of a lost love. You feel it and you sing it and that’s soul. For a long time, I’ve wanted to return to the simplicity of these songs, to show people my voice, a voice they won’t have heard before. It felt like the right time. It’s where I am, looking back to that time, looking across all those years but also being here, now, in the soulful moment”

Daltrey worked with a band that includes former Style Council keyboardist Mick Talbot and Sean Genockey on lead guitar. Townshend contributed guitar on seven tracks, and noted that the record “shows Roger at the height of his powers as a vocalist.” The record was produced by Dave Eringa.

You can pre-order As Long as I Have You at the Who's official store. While there, you can also register to win one of 10 signed test pressings of the record.

Roger Daltrey, 'As Long as I Have You' Track Listing
1. "As Long as I Have You"
2. "How Far"
3. "Where Is a Man to Go?"
4. "Get on Out of the Rain"
5. "I’ve Got Your Love"
6. "Into My Arms"
7. "You Haven’t Done Nothing"
8. "Out of Sight, Out of Mind"
9. "Certified Rose"
10. "The Love You Save"
11. "Always Heading Home"

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Here's the original version of As Long As I Have You by Garnet Mimms from 1964 - great tune:

As Long As I Have You




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are these all covers tunes or new songs?

Per the article : "The record's track list includes originals ("Certified Rose," "Always Heading Home") and covers of songs by Nick Cave ("Into My Arms"), Stevie Wonder ("You Haven't Done Nothing") and Stephen Stills ("How Far")."

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Hmm... sound and production-wise, it kind of reminds me of the best of the McVicar soundtrack and his mid-80s LP release Under A Raging Moon -- catchy stuff with bite, at least according to the clip of the new single (As Long As I Have You) which the OP posted.

Ten years ago it sounded like he might be at the end of the road, vocally.

No one ever dreamed he'd bounce back to sound this good so far down the line.

He sounds practically timeless, and gives a spirited performance -- far more so than one would expect from someone in his mid-70s.

Good on him!

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Per the article : "The record's track list includes originals ("Certified Rose," "Always Heading Home") and covers of songs by Nick Cave ("Into My Arms"), Stevie Wonder ("You Haven't Done Nothing") and Stephen Stills ("How Far")."

thank you.

I saw Roger last Saturday at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas. He had the full Who touring band with him with the exception of Pete and Zak. His voice was perfect and very strong the entire show. Great show and the band was stellar too. Great set list as well! Roger said The Who would be touring again soon.

Great!

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I saw Roger last Saturday at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas. He had the full Who touring band with him with the exception of Pete and Zak. His voice was perfect and very strong the entire show. Great show and the band was stellar too. Great set list as well! Roger said The Who would be touring again soon.

Excellent news. Love the Who live. I've got right into them in the last few years.

ho ho seen a few recent clips from Hard Rock last week;
to me his vocals sound surprisingly much improved; Simon has a ton of spirit and really channels his brother. I was surprised this set-up was working so well.
Obviously Who material and Pete's blessing. What a story that Daltry. Amazing.
I first saw him in person 50 years ago this coming summer.
and that memory is more vivid that most everything that happened yesterday.
The very only time I was ever at the majestic and historic Metropolitan Opera House in NYC was to see The Who rock their little Opera.

for SURE nobodys quite like our hyper-charismatic front-boy; who is still in very excellent voice imo;
all 'petering the pan' and such; but pulling it off for sure.
I have so much love and respect for Roger and Pete.
What balz; a solo LP. whoa. guess i got give it a listen. thnx for posting this.

haha ringo's kid is all:
"Gosh I'd sure like to help you out w this one, Rog...
...but i just don't play small rooms."



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Roger has promised,in the past, an album of old rock n roll standards...but not surfaced as yet.
He (like Pete) also suffers from hearing loss. ANSWER: Don't play so bloody loud! Too late now, I guess.

I think its so awesome what both of them have been able to do outside of what we now call The Who (no judgement there, I think the two of them still sound great together with that band). Particularly Roger of late, but Pete in the past as well with all his various projects and books and stuff. And Roger now with a new album and singing really phenomenally and doing great different solo shows than what you get at a typical Who show. I just love seeing these older guys still out trying to prove something and having fun when they could easily sit around and do nothing. Encouraging to see that kind of drive, even if their stuff doesn't end up being my thing. Bravo guys and congrats to Roger who seems to be having a great life at the moment.

THE WHO’S ROGER DALTREY unveils his new solo project exclusively in the latest MOJO magazine. The album, entitled As Long As I Have You, released on June 1, is a heavy soul stew featuring full-blooded covers of R&B nuggets as sung by Garnett Mimms, Joe Tex and more, plus Daltrey originals including Certified Rose, once slated for inclusion on The Who’s last studio album, Endless Wire.

But Daltrey’s album nearly never came out, after viral meningitis laid him low in 2015.

“There was a time there when I didn’t think I’d make it all,” Daltrey confesses to MOJO’s Tom Doyle. “But this incredible peace came over me. I’ll never forget it.”

Returning to the project after his recovery, Daltrey wondered at first whether he should release it at all, until an intervention from his Who compadre Pete Townshend restored his confidence. Townshend now contributes guitar to seven of the album’s tracks. “Pete was the one who convinced me that it was great,” says the singer.

Daltrey takes the opportunity to take MOJO through the flashpoints of a stellar career in and out of the Who – like the gig in Aarhus, Denmark in September 1965 that led to him biffing drummer Keith Moon and, for a while, being kicked out of his own band.

“I agreed to go back,” Daltrey recalls, “and the agreement was that they stop doing drugs onstage. I didn’t give a f**k what they did offstage. But when the music’s getting f**ked up ’cos you’ve got so many purple hearts inside of you… Everything’s double speed and you can’t get the words in. I mean, you might as well not be out there. When rock gets too fast, it comes off the ground. It’s no longer a rock. It’s a bag of wind.”

Pete Townshend is also interviewed, exploring his contributions to As Long As I Have You, and his often-rocky relationship with Daltrey.

“You know the difficult thing for Roger and me is that we have never really collaborated on a creative level,” Townshend says, “not even in the way we plan stage shows. Either I am driving or he is driving.”

But he’s full of praise for Daltrey’s vocal powers (“Roger sings like a superhero”) and songwriting.

“The next ‘Who’ album if there is to be one really needs to feature songs from Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend in equal numbers,” he concludes, surprisingly.



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“Roger sings like a superhero” - PT




The scream on Won't Get Fooled Again has stopped many villains dead in their tracks.

Here he comes to save the day...

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

Steven Adler and Roger.

Thanks for the photo. For context, it was posted on Adler's Facebook March 17 -

"Greatest Party tonight with my old buddy Roger Daltry. He’s the best!!"

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