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 Post subject: [2015-06-09] Pete Townshend/The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra "Classic Quadrophenia" symphonised version (DG)
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‘Quadrophenia’, conceived and written by Pete Townshend and released by The Who in 1973, went on to become a feature film and a theatre production. Now, 42 years later, a new “symphonised” version for orchestra, soloists and choir has been produced by Townshend himself, with brand new arrangements by Rachel Fuller.

The deluxe edition includes the complete CD and a 44 minute DVD featuring an exclusive on-camera interview with Pete Townshend, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the album, and the new music video for the song Love Reign O er Me shot on-location at the infamous Brighton Beach Pier in England, site of the Mods and Rockers riots of 1964.

Tracklist
1. I Am The Sea
2. The Real Me
3. Quadrophenia
4. Cut My Hair
5. The Punk And The Godfather
6. I'm One
7. The Dirty Jobs
8. Helpless Dancer
9. Is It In My Head?
10. I've Had Enough
11. 5:15
12. Sea And Sand
13. Drowned
14. Bell Boy
15. Doctor Jimmy
16. The Rock
17. Love Reign O'er Me

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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Q5V6RGE/?tag=imwan-20

Deluxe Edition
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VJ28EDS/?tag=imwan-20

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 Post subject: [2015-06-09] Pete Townshend/The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra "Classic Quadrophenia" symphonised version (DG)
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The Who's Pete Townshend to perform and release 'classical' version of 'Quadrophenia'

Pete Townshend has announced details of a "classical" version of The Who's classic 'Quadrophenia' album.

The original LP was released in 1973, with an orchestral re-recording of the album coming out to mark the influential band's 50th anniversary.

The recording features the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London's Oriana Choir, tenor Alfie Boe, conductor Robert Ziegler, singer-songwriter Rachel Fuller, plus Townshend on electric guitar. It was recorded at London’s Air Studios last October.

Townshend and co will perform the reworked album at the Royal Albert Hall in London on July 5, 2015, with tickets going on sale on Friday (December 5).

"A lot of major symphony orchestras are in trouble because their audience is getting old and the younger audiences prefer softer stuff, such as film soundtrack music," Townshend explains. "I think that Quadrophenia would reinvigorate their audiences and bring in people who might not otherwise go to see a symphony orchestra perform without lights and fireworks and a movie screen."

http://www.nme.com/news/the-who/81452

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 Post subject: [2015-06-09] Pete Townshend/The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra "Classic Quadrophenia" symphonised version (DG)
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A little more information about this project can be gleaned from the Royal Albert Hall's description of the upcoming live concert:

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As part of The Who's 50th Anniversary celebrations, Deutsche Grammophon present a world premiere concert of the new 'symphonised' version of Quadrophenia.

Pete Townshend has created a new orchestral version of one of The Who's landmark albums, Quadrophenia. The new incarnation of this classic rock opera is the latest chapter in Townshend's lifelong mission to break the three-minute mould of the traditional pop song and take rock music to a higher artistic level.

In the 1960s he defined the concept of the "rock opera" with Tommy, taking it a stage further with Quadrophenia. Conceived and written by Townshend in 1973, Quadrophenia went on to become an iconic feature film.

The new "symphonised" version of Quadrophenia, an album originally released by The Who in 1973, was orchestrated by Rachel Fuller, a professional composer, orchestrator and singer-songwriter. It will be released by the Deutsche Grammophon with a world premiere concert at the Royal Albert Hall, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and London Oriana Choir, conducted by Robert Ziegler, and starring Pete Townshend and Alfie Boe, who sings the parts originally sung by Roger Daltrey.

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 Post subject: [2015-06-09] Pete Townshend/The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra "Classic Quadrophenia" symphonised version (DG)
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I think that I'll stick with my original 1973 album and mix.


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i'm speechless, truly.

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Pete Townshend has created a new orchestral version of one of The Who's landmark albums, Quadrophenia. The new incarnation of this classic rock opera is the latest chapter in Townshend's lifelong mission to break the three-minute mould of the traditional pop song and take rock music to a higher artistic level.

Ah, so that was his lifelong mission ! It all makes sense now.

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you all know that this is, of course, only the beginning.

how many who albums are there?

plan on that many albums with the royal philharmonic..........there is never enough money (or never any new songs) for pete townshend.

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Renny wrote:
i'm speechless, truly.

you all know that is is, of course, only the beginning.

how many who albums are there?

plan on that many albums with the royal philharmonic..........there is never enough money (or never any new songs) for pete townshend.



I thought you were speechless. :roll:

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:21 pm 
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Rick A wrote:
Renny wrote:
i'm speechless, truly.

you all know that is is, of course, only the beginning.

how many who albums are there?

plan on that many albums with the royal philharmonic..........there is never enough money (or never any new songs) for pete townshend.



I thought you were speechless. :roll:

Rick A.


Those were two separate posts. He was speechless in the first one. The second one was the deluxe edition. :yay:

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alantig wrote:
Rick A wrote:
Renny wrote:
i'm speechless, truly.

you all know that is is, of course, only the beginning.

how many who albums are there?

plan on that many albums with the royal philharmonic..........there is never enough money (or never any new songs) for pete townshend.


I thought you were speechless. :roll:

Rick A.


Those were two separate posts. He was speechless in the first one. The second one was the deluxe edition. :yay:



Oh, Renny must have found his voice by that point. :wink:

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Rick A wrote:
alantig wrote:
Rick A wrote:
Renny wrote:
i'm speechless, truly.

you all know that is is, of course, only the beginning.

how many who albums are there?

plan on that many albums with the royal philharmonic..........there is never enough money (or never any new songs) for pete townshend.

I thought you were speechless. :roll:

Rick A.

Those were two separate posts. He was speechless in the first one. The second one was the deluxe edition. :yay:

Oh, Renny must have found his voice by that point. :wink:

Rick A.

There was Renny's first post, then his deluxe edition post, and soon ... the symphonised version of his post.

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Linda wrote:
Rick A wrote:
alantig wrote:
Rick A wrote:
Renny wrote:
i'm speechless, truly.

you all know that is is, of course, only the beginning.

how many who albums are there?

plan on that many albums with the royal philharmonic..........there is never enough money (or never any new songs) for pete townshend.

I thought you were speechless. :roll:

Rick A.

Those were two separate posts. He was speechless in the first one. The second one was the deluxe edition. :yay:

Oh, Renny must have found his voice by that point. :wink:

Rick A.

There was Renny's first post, then his deluxe edition post, and soon ... the symphonised version of his post.


Will there be different versions of the posts with bonus material peculiar to each version requiring us to view all the posts?

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just wait until i find the tapes i buried in my basement and add them to the super-duper deluxe re-re-re-remasterd version in a year or 2.

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just wait until i find the tapes i buried in my basement and add them to the super-duper deluxe re-re-re-remasterd version in a year or 2.



I already got an early promo copy. :D

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just wait until i find the tapes i buried in my basement and add them to the super-duper deluxe re-re-re-remasterd version in a year or 2.


Is that the version that will have the demos of the post? That's what I want to hear - the development process!

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alantig wrote:
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just wait until i find the tapes i buried in my basement and add them to the super-duper deluxe re-re-re-remasterd version in a year or 2.


Is that the version that will have the demos of the post? That's what I want to hear - the development process!

patience........

all in good time.......be assured, that at some point, townshend will figure out that it might be another way to rip off his fans with 50 year old music once again.

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Renny wrote:
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Renny wrote:
just wait until i find the tapes i buried in my basement and add them to the super-duper deluxe re-re-re-remasterd version in a year or 2.


Is that the version that will have the demos of the post? That's what I want to hear - the development process!

patience........

all in good time.......be assured, that at some point, townshend will figure out that it might be another way to rip off his fans with 50 year old music once again.



As President Ronald Regan had remarked "There you go again". Why do you keep saying "ripping off his fans" when it is "our choice"?

Man, you really have a hard-on for Townshend. I never seen such an obsession. Let it go bro, enjoy the music.

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Rick A wrote:
Renny wrote:
alantig wrote:
Renny wrote:
just wait until i find the tapes i buried in my basement and add them to the super-duper deluxe re-re-re-remasterd version in a year or 2.


Is that the version that will have the demos of the post? That's what I want to hear - the development process!

patience........

all in good time.......be assured, that at some point, townshend will figure out that it might be another way to rip off his fans with 50 year old music once again.



As President Ronald Regan had remarked "There you go again". Why do you keep saying "ripping off his fans" when it is "our choice"?

Man, you really have a hard-on for Townshend. I never seen such an obsession. Let it go bro, enjoy the music.

Rick A.

i did enjoy the music, immensely.......30+ years ago.

quit recycling for goodness sakes it is getting really old, really old.

and if you consider someone selling you the same product for the fourth or fifth or sixth time a rip off, i don't know what to say.


how many version of who's next have there been?

vinyl
CD
gold CD
remastered CD
remastered CD with bonus tracks
steve hoffman mastered CD

and for all i know there could be more.

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He's selling, NOT to you. To anyone who wants to buy it. It's voluntary. No one forces you to buy anything. No one is mislabeling the product as anything than what it is. Therefore, it is NOT rip-off.


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He's selling, NOT to you. To anyone who wants to buy it. It's voluntary. No one forces you to buy anything. No one is mislabeling the product as anything than what it is. Therefore, it is NOT rip-off.

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Guys,

I've wound this thread back several posts to the point where Renny said "okay" above, which seemed like a natural endpoint for the argument. What followed was too unWAN for my tastes, and not in the spirit of ICE.

BTW, I told Renny privately that I hoped he wouldn't be "speechless" in this thread for the entire six months until the release date. So if you want to get mad at somebody, take it out on me instead.

Probably not everybody agrees, but to me it's not a true Pete Townshend thread (or a Paul McCartney or Brian Wilson thread) without Renny anointing it with his opinions. I'm a fan of all three musicians (a really, really BIG fan of the latter two) ... and I talk with Renny a lot ... I know he never means anything personal towards others' musical tastes.

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