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Summary: Almost Perfect
Review: Although great pains were taken to ensure the accuracy of the information in Anyway Anyhow Anywhere, one has to question the completeness of a book that only traces The Who's history to Keith Moon's death in 1978. Also, the selective and incomplete discography at the end of the book makes me question the accuracy of the rest of the book.Some purists may argue that The Who ended with Keith Moon. But, Pete Townshend and Co. still made superior music with Kenny Jones. For me, The Who's story officially ends with their "farewell" It's Hard Tour. I would have liked to see the book continue until 1982. Still, there's no other book that has as much information on release dates, recording dates, and concert dates in one package. The lead in pages for each year read like a story and serve as an overview of the detail in each chapter. And the pictures are great and paint a picture of what was a very busy band. Other good Who books include The Who Maximum R&B by Richard Barnes and The Who Concert File by Joe McMichael and 'Irish' Jack Lyons.
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Summary: I purchased this book for eight dollars!
Review: And it's a damn good copy too! I don't know what the WHO are really all about (but isn't that why they're the Who?) but I bought this thing because I am intrigued by the Who's motives on conquering their generations! You get to see wedding photos of John and Pete's wives, and Keith's hot blonde girl! But is Roger...never mind. I can't exlain how big this book is, although the Who aren't the Beatles because they are wild and violent and grossly unpredictable. But hey, their song "Baba O'Reilly" is hilarious!
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Summary: Who's Missing
Review: As a Who fanatic who has seen The Who 15 times in concert, Pete Townshend solo 4 times, and John Entwistle once since 1982, I know the history of the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world didn't stop with the death of Keith Moon. Anyone who saw the Concert For New York in 2001 during which The Who were the best band to perform could see that. A quarter of a century of information is, therefore, omitted from this book. Dave Marsh made a similar mistake in downplaying the post-Moon era in his book, Before I Get Old. The story before Moon's death is great reading, though, and will serve to illuminate anyone's understanding of the first phase of The Who's legend.
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Summary: What about Cincinnati?
Review: I enjoyed this book, although the level of detail became tedious at times. I just have one question which possibly someone out there could answer - why was no mention made of the infamous concert in Cincinnati where 6 people were crushed to death? That concert put an end to festival seating, and was a major piece of Who history which was seemingly omitted from the book.
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Summary: Best Rock Book
Review: I thouroughly enjoy looking through this detailed day to day story of The Who. I have a similarly styled book on the Stones and this one of The Who is infinitely better. Whenever I have free time I look through this fantastic book and I am utterly amazed at it's thouroughness and, simply put, it is a great delight to read. The writing is superb and interesting and the photographs are of top quality. My compliments go out to the authors.
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Summary: Only for Collectors
Review: I would only recomend this book to collectors simply because of the overwhelming amount of trivial information in it. (though being an avid Who fan myself, i loved every word of it...)
However if you are willing to spend the money it is a beautiful book, filled with hundreds of high quality photos of the band and various who-related memerobillia. The information is sorted chronologically(day by day) and includes only the years when Keith played with the Who. The information ranges from day to day events (concerts, appearances) to more behind-the-scenes information, including direct quotes from band members, etc. Do not buy this book expecting any sort of sensationalism, it is very matter of fact and does not delve deeply into the personal lives of the band members.
Despite all that, I thought this book was worth every penny and have greatly enjoyed it. It is a wonderful look at the progression of The Who and their music.
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Summary: This book shows what The Who was all about!
Review: This book beautifully shows the rise, the highlights and ultimately the fall (with Keith Moon's death)of the very best band ever!
Both in words and vision it follows the band, with their payed concerts as a guide-line.
A lot of the images in it are shown for the very first time, which makes it a unique document in itself.
As said by the authors, The Who were not as televised, interviewed, and exposed in a way for example The Beatles and The Rolling Stones were in those early days.
Which makes this book a great effort!
Ofcourse this is must-read for Who-fans, but it is also a great
document for anyone who is interested in music-history, or the social movements seen in Britain in the sixties and seventies.
Buy it!
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Summary: Magnificent.
Review: This book is among the crème de la crème of all rock books and the product of sensational original research. The work that Neill and Kent must have put in to uncover all this information and these breathtaking illustrations, many of them never seen before, is simply awesome to consider. The result is no mere list but an absorbing, factually spot-on history, a living, breathing, driving account of the lives of four fascinating and highly original young men. Entwistle, Daltrey, Townshend and Moonie - this is/was your lives. (I heard the authors met with Entwistle and presented him their book just a couple of days before the guitarist died. He returned the compliment by enjoying a long look through the book and signing them a generous message in one of their copies.) This book is not cheap to buy but it is simply packed with love and devotion. Treat yourself.
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