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2011-06-03 10:06:27 UTC
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http://www.thewho.com/index.php?module=blog&blog_item_id=491
Pete's Blog
1st June, 2011
WHAT I'M DOING EVERYDAY
I am shut away in my home studio at the moment working to restore the
demos of Quadrophenia. Bob Pridden is doing surround-sound mixes of
selected tracks. Jon Astley is remastering the original vinyl mix, and
evaluating his own 1996 remix (the one where you can properly hear
Roger's astonishing vocals). I am sitting in a pile of notes, desk
diaries, photos (I took a lot of my own between 1971-1973 when
Quadrophenia emerged), original lyrics and writing liner notes.
I am really enjoying this work. Bob's mixes are mind-blowing. My demos
are among the best I've ever done, and include some real quirky tracks
that didn't make it onto the final album. I still find studio work
strange – I have to have the speakers very low in volume, not what I'm
used to. This package, due in October if all goes well, is another
Live at Leeds and Hull – or even another Lifehouse Chronicles – in the
making. You are going to love it. I hope so, because I am missing this
summer sunshine to get it completed on time.
In my recent interview with my friend Simon Garfield for INTELLIGENT
LIFE, I professed some difficulty in my interaction with fans as I
grow older. What is so wonderful about working on Quadrophenia is that
back in 1970, all the way through to the recording in 1973, the
primary challenge for me was to tell the story of the Who's fans and
at the same time address the wayward creative needs of the band as
individuals and artists. The Who, and Jimmy as a kind of model for one
or all of our fans, really had developed a powerful symbiosis that
deserved a project like Quadrophenia both to honour the mechanism and
address why it started to fail almost a soon as it had begun
So I am enjoying working with the music, but I'm enjoying writing
about it too.
http://www.thewho.com/index.php?module=blog&blog_item_id=491
Pete's Blog
1st June, 2011
WHAT I'M DOING EVERYDAY
I am shut away in my home studio at the moment working to restore the
demos of Quadrophenia. Bob Pridden is doing surround-sound mixes of
selected tracks. Jon Astley is remastering the original vinyl mix, and
evaluating his own 1996 remix (the one where you can properly hear
Roger's astonishing vocals). I am sitting in a pile of notes, desk
diaries, photos (I took a lot of my own between 1971-1973 when
Quadrophenia emerged), original lyrics and writing liner notes.
I am really enjoying this work. Bob's mixes are mind-blowing. My demos
are among the best I've ever done, and include some real quirky tracks
that didn't make it onto the final album. I still find studio work
strange – I have to have the speakers very low in volume, not what I'm
used to. This package, due in October if all goes well, is another
Live at Leeds and Hull – or even another Lifehouse Chronicles – in the
making. You are going to love it. I hope so, because I am missing this
summer sunshine to get it completed on time.
In my recent interview with my friend Simon Garfield for INTELLIGENT
LIFE, I professed some difficulty in my interaction with fans as I
grow older. What is so wonderful about working on Quadrophenia is that
back in 1970, all the way through to the recording in 1973, the
primary challenge for me was to tell the story of the Who's fans and
at the same time address the wayward creative needs of the band as
individuals and artists. The Who, and Jimmy as a kind of model for one
or all of our fans, really had developed a powerful symbiosis that
deserved a project like Quadrophenia both to honour the mechanism and
address why it started to fail almost a soon as it had begun
So I am enjoying working with the music, but I'm enjoying writing
about it too.