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Summary: Great book with one significant flaw
Review: First thing you should know is that while this is a thick book, it is also small; around 6" x 5", which is quaint, and not a flaw in anyway, just a surprise. There are lots of great pictures, reviews, accounts, and set lists provided.
The flaw, to my mind though, is that there are no references about circulating RECORDINGS of these shows. Most of the hardcore fans who would buy this book probably collect tapes, bootlegs, and cdrs. Most of the time a setlist or stage comments are provided for a show it's because a recording exists. I would have loved it if the authors could have aknowledged this with brief comments like, "A clear, but distant audience recording exists for the first 80 minutes of the concert" or "A mixed soundboard recording of this show has been bootlegged and rereleased many times." There are websites with this kind of information and other highly collected bands, such as Led Zeppelin, have entire books devoted to the collection of unreleased material.
If you're a fan you're guaranteed to enjoy this book regardless, so get it!
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Summary: The Who's amazing journey 1963 - 1997
Review: I really enjoyed this book. Especially the great photos included.
I bought my copy in London, so it was nice to travel parts of London and see a few places where they actually played! But it's really only for die hard fans of the band (like myself, I guess). Also interesting are the set lists to the shows they played.
I'm no good at writing reviews, but I'll highly recommend this one. It's worth the price. A thanks to Irish Jack and Joe McMichael for making it. And of course The Who. The greatest band in the world.
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Summary: The Who's Playbook
Review: If you get an opportunity to see The Who (now on tour - summer/fall 2000) please do so. Other than Bruce Springsteen, they are without peer on stage.This book does a fine job of detailing Who gigs from the early 1960's (as the Detours)to the 1996-1997 Quadrophenia tour. The authors recap the songs, the stage "happenings" (smashed guitars, onstage feuds, etc.)and other "Odds & Sods". It's kind of like a baseball box score for Who fans! If you're already a Who fan (or are an aspiring one) this is THE book for you!
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Summary: The Who's Playbook
Review: If you get an opportunity to see The Who (now on tour - summer/fall 2000) please do so. Other than Bruce Springsteen, they are without peer on stage.This book does a fine job of detailing Who gigs from the early 1960's (as the Detours)to the 1996-1997 Quadrophenia tour. The authors recap the songs, the stage "happenings" (smashed guitars, onstage feuds, etc.)and other "Odds & Sods". It's kind of like a baseball box score for Who fans! If you're already a Who fan (or are an aspiring one) this is THE book for you!
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Summary: The essential Who book
Review: The Who from '69-'76 were considered the greatest live rock band. That reputation has placed them in an all-time status. As long as the Who had Keith Moon and John Entwistle, they had the best rhythm section in rock music. The book documents every Who concert through the spring of '97. This book contains everything significant, it's a great read with excellent concert photos. The most interesting read is how the Who blew Led Zeppelin off the stage at the Merriweather Post Pavillion on May 25, 1969. My favorite live Zep period yet the Who had the upper hand.
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Summary: The essential Who book
Review: The Who from '69-'76 were considered the greatest live rock band. That reputation has placed them in an all-time status. As long as the Who had Keith Moon and John Entwistle, they had the best rhythm section in rock music. The book documents every Who concert through the spring of '97. This book contains everything significant, it's a great read with excellent concert photos. The most interesting read is how the Who blew Led Zeppelin off the stage at the Merriweather Post Pavillion on May 25, 1969. My favorite live Zep period yet the Who had the upper hand.
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Summary: a fantastic book that brings back great memories
Review: This book is a "must have" for any Who fan. Packed with photos, this book does a great job of documenting the wheres and whens of The Who. Covering shows and studio time, this book really brings it all into perspective. Every Who fan should have a copy!
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Summary: And now the facts on The Who
Review: This new book by 'Irish' Jack Lyons (who was the inspiration for "Quadrophenia") and Joe McMichael is as much a breakthrough book for The Who as Mark Lewisohn's "The Beatles' Recording Sessions" was for the Beatles. What I mean is that Lewisohn's book was the first to strip from the Beatles the legends and the anecdotes and present what really happened and when. This book does the same for the Who. The level of detail is simply incredible. Things which were hard to pin down to months are now given dates and venues. You can open the book and follow the history exactly as it happened. Anyone caught up in the obsession known as Who fandom owe McMichael and Lyons a debt of gratitude. Here's where you'll find the answers to everything you wanted to know about the Who.
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