A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who
A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded | 23–24 February 1994 | |||
Venue | Carnegie Hall, New York City | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Continuum | |||
Producer | Richard Flanzer and Bob Ezrin | |||
Roger Daltrey chronology | ||||
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A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who, also known as Daltrey Sings Townshend, is a music event and a later live album by
Overview
The music event broke Carnegie Hall's two-day box office gross record, and was the fastest sell-out in the historic venue's history. The concert also raised money for Columbia Presbyterian Babies Hospital. This event was produced by Richard Flanzer and Roger Daltrey in celebration of Daltrey's 50th birthday. The Who's music was arranged for orchestra by
The event was followed by a major tour of the same name including John Entwistle on bass, Zak Starkey on drums and Simon Townshend on guitar. Although the tour was considered an artistic success, it didn't earn enough profit in several cities to cover high expenses, so it was concluded early.
In 1994, Daltrey's manager, Richard Flanzer, made a $450,000 deal to record and film the two nights of Carnegie Hall performances with Tim Brack (President of Continuum Records) with direction credited to Michael Lindsay-Hogg. The CD was released on Continuum 19402 USA. Edited by Alan Miller, a DVD was released 14 July 1998.[3] The vocal contribution of Sinéad O'Connor on "Baba O'Riley" and "After the Fire" were edited from the CD, but included on the DVD.
Track listing
All songs were written by Pete Townshend. The track listing for the CD and video is as follows:
- Overture (7:26)
- Pinball Wizard (3:19)
- Imagine a Man (4:29)
- Doctor Jimmy(6:15)
- The Song Is Over (5:43)
- The Real Me (4:42)
- Baba O'Riley (6:42)
- After the Fire (5:12)
- 5:15 (5:58)
- The Sea Refuses No River(6:11)
- Who Are You (6:25)
- Won't Get Fooled Again (8:07)[2]
"Overture" is not the Who song from
Personnel
Band
- Roger Daltrey – vocals
- John "Rabbit" Bundrick– keyboards
- Jon Carin – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Jody Linscott – percussion
- Pino Palladino – bass
- Phil Palmer – guitar
- Simon Phillips – drums
- Billy Nicholls – backing vocals
- Cleveland Watkiss – backing vocals
- Michael Kamen – arranger, conductor
- The Juilliard Orchestra – orchestra
Guest stars
- Linda Perry – vocals on "Doctor Jimmy"
- John Entwistle – bass on "The Real Me"
- on "Baba O'Riley" and "After the Fire"
- David Sanborn – saxophone on "5:15"
- Pete Townshend – guitar and vocals on "Who Are You"
Technical
- Produced by Bob Ezrin
- Recorded by Thom Panunzio and Bob Ezrin
- Mixed by Thom Panunzio, Bob Ezrin, Martin Horenburg
- Production and technical supervision: Robert (Ringo) Hrycyna
- Recorded on Remote Recording's Silver Truck with David Hewitt
See also
References
- AllMusic
- ^ a b "Roger Daltrey Discography". Archived from the original on 12 June 2010.
- ^ "Amazon listing".