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Artist: The Who Title: The Who - Tommy and Quadrophenia Live Genre: Rock Format: 3 DVD Set Label: Rhino Records Website E Card The Who has their place in history now; if Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, the last two founding members, never performed or recorded again it would not make a difference. Their legend is written and secure in the minds of those with an ounce of familiarity concerning the history of rock music. Three DVDs is an enormous amount of footage but there is never a dull moment on this set. They cover a series of live performances from 1989-1997. Disc 1 covers the classic rock opera Tommy with a bevy of guest stars pitching in to make it extra special, similar to the film. Steve Winwood, Billy Idol, and other luminaries join the legendary British rockers on stage to give their audience a spirited performance. Pete Townshend is in particularly good form and interestingly enough performs every song on his acoustic, which was not disappointing in the least. He is still as powerful and magnetic without all the amplification, windmill gyrations (which he still does anyway) and smashing of guitars against the amps. Disc 2 is Quadrophenia. While not as good as Tommy, it is very entertaining and stimulating visually as they combined the screen film especially made for this live presentation with the performance. The director made the point of how difficult it was to do that without taking anything away from the bands performance. As it turns out, everything works out fine. Townshend said he originally wrote both pieces for an opera only and that Quadrophenia was a flop on stage, which Roger Daltrey concurred, it was much too difficult to perform satisfactorily on stage. It took many years before they finally came to terms with it and finally found some middle ground to make this a filming to remember. There are plenty of bonuses available as well. Interviews are ready at the touch of the enter button on your remote if you want to hear Pete or Roger talking about the projects. I decided to take in the entire musical presentation first then listen to what they had to say separate from the performances. It is all a bit time consuming but one hell of a grand time. Now if those two classic rock operas are not enough you can put the icing on the cake with a full DVD of their greatest hits live on Disc 3, including some of Pete’s most popular solo material. This is quite a package from Rhino Records. This was a very enjoyable experience for me. After all these years of enjoying The Who on CD, I finally had a marvelous opportunity to get some of the very best of their standout career all wrapped into one package. Yes sir, this one is real keeper. Get a copy for your resident rock fan; it will fit nicely in a stocking at Christmas. © Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck November 21, 2005 Rating-9/10 DVD FEATURES 3-Disc Box Set Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: 5.1 Surround Sound - English Disc 1: TOMMY - LIVE AT UNIVERSAL AMPITHEATRE, LOS ANGELES 1989 Text/Photo Galleries: Photo Gallery with Audio Commentary 1. Roger Daltrey & Pete Townshend Track List: 1. OVERTURE 2. IT'S A BOY 3. 1921 4. AMAZING JOURNEY 5. SPARKS 6. EYESIGHT TO THE BLIND 7. CHRISTMAS 8. COUSIN KEVIN 9. THE ACID QUEEN 10. PINBALL WIZARD 11. DO YOU THINK IT'S ALRIGHT? 12. FIDDLE ABOUT 13. THERE'S A DOCTOR 14. GO TO THE MIRROR! 15. SMASH THE MIRROR 16. TOMMY CAN YOU HEAR ME? 17. I'M FREE 18. EXTRA EXTRA/MIRACLE CURE? 19. SALLY SIMPSON 20. SENSATION 21. TOMMY'S HOLIDAY CAMP 22. WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT Disc 2: QUADROPHENIA - LIVE 1996 Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Roger Daltrey & Pete Townshend Bonus Documentary - 1. THE QUADROPHENIA STORY Track List: 1. I AM THE SEA 2. THE REAL ME 3. QUADROPHENIA 4. CUT MY HAIR 5. THE PUNK AND THE GODFATHER 6. I'M ONE 7. THE DIRTY JOBS 8. HELPLESS DANCER 9. IS IT IN MY HEAD? 10. I'VE HAD ENOUGH 11. 5:15 12. SEA AND SAND 13. DROWNED 14. BELL BOY 15. DOCTOR JIMMY 16. THE ROCK 17. LOVE REIGN O'ER ME Disc 3: LIVE HITS Additional Release Material:Interviews - 1. Billy Idol Track List: Universal Ampitheatre, Los Angeles 1989 1. SUBSTITUTE 2. I CAN SEE FOR MILES 3. BABA O'RILEY 4. FACE THE FACE 5. LOVE REIGN O'ER ME 6. BORIS THE SPIDER 7. DIG 8. JOIN TOGETHER 9. ROUGH BOYS 10. YOU BETTER YOU BET 11. BEHIND BLUE EYES 12. WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN 13. WHO ARE YOU? Quadrophenia Encore, 1996-1997 US Tour 14. WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN 15. SUBSTITUTE 16. I CAN'T EXPLAIN 17. THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT 18. BEHIND BLUE EYES 19. WHO ARE YOU? Giants Stadium, New Jersey 1989 20. THE ACID QUEEN 21. PINBALL WIZARD 22. A LITTLE IS ENOUGH
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