The Who Concert File (Talking) (Talking S.)
by Joe McMichael, Jack Lyons
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Author: Jack Lyons, Joe McMichaelEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-06-01
ISBN: 1844490092
Number of pages: 312
Publisher: Omnibus Press
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Book Review: Chronicle Of The First 35 Years
Summary: 5 Stars
This fine volume of 208 pages of text and photographs of the worlds greatest live rock band. This tale of legends begins in Acton and Shepherd's Bush in 1962, and concludes in Spring 1997 at the massive Wembley Arena, for a Quadrophenia show.
The Who started making records in 1965 and the band has made a few nice ones over the past 46 years that have found an audience of several hundred zillion fans, but the really lucky folks are the ones who have witnessed the greatest live show of them all, The Who on stage. "Irish" Jack Lyons and Joe McDonald have produced this great volume that explains just what went down on stage and off over the course of 2,000 live shows that included the talents of Pete Townshend,Keith Moon, John Entwistle and Roger Daltrey, who were joined on stage by Kenney Jones, Rabbit, Tim Gorman, Simon Phillips, Abbie Hoffman, a few horn sections, a few backup singers and a boatload of concert guests that were invited (and sometimes not!) to the show.
The concerts of The Who are well known as the greatest live shows ever staged by a rock act and there is a wealth of details to be found here of what went on at these legendary concerts. The Marguee Club in Soho, London in 1965, Monterey Pop in 1967, Australia in 1968, Woodstock in 1969, Leeds and Hull in 1970, San Francisco in 1971 (my first show!) The Cow Palace in 1973, Winterland in 1976, Cincinnati in 1979, Toronto in 1982, Live Aid in London 1985, Radio City Music Hall in 1989, Hyde Park in London 1996, and a couple of thousand more.
This book should be a part of a proper Who library (with thirty or more great Who books that can be located with a bit of searching) This book gives fact over fiction concerning the live shows of The Who and it is great.
FIVE STARS!!!
Summary of The Who Concert File (Talking) (Talking S.)
In this small format version of the best-selling book, Joe McMichael and Irish Jack Lyons assemble an amazingly thorough chronicle of live performances played by the hardest working rock n roll band of all time. The Who clocked up a staggering 2,000 plus live concerts in a career that saw them play everywhere from West London pubs, via the Monterey, Woodstock and Isle of Wight Festivals, to Wembley Stadium, and Madison Square Garden. Features over 1,500 gigs, including set-lists, eye-witness accounts and background notes, backstage dramas, audience reactions, and on-stage rants. Now updated and amended to include all the concerts of the American tour of 2002 that was overshadowed by the sudden death of John Entwistle. With a foreword by Pete Townshend and contributions by leading Who commentators, including Chris Charlesworth, co-producer of The Who s acclaimed 4-CD box set.History & Criticism Books
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