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Pete Townshend’s Publishing Catalog and Other Rights Acquired by Primary Wave Music in Nine-Figure Deal
#Variety #News #PeteTownshend #PrimaryWave #TheWhohttps://variety.com/2026/music/news/pete-townshend-publishing-acquired-primary-wave-1236748637/
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Pete Townshend Enters Name, Image and Likeness Partnership with Primary Wave
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‘I witnessed Jack White and Elvis’s guitarist James Burton on the same stage – it was historic’
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‘I witnessed Jack White and Elvis’s guitarist James Burton on the same stage – it was historic’
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‘I witnessed Jack White and Elvis’s guitarist James Burton on the same stage – it was historic’
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‘I witnessed Jack White and Elvis’s guitarist James Burton on the same stage – it was historic’
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‘I witnessed Jack White and Elvis’s guitarist James Burton on the same stage – it was historic’
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Pete Townshend’s opinion on Jimmy Page
https://rockandrollgarage.com/pete-townshend-opinion-on-jimmy-page/
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Pete Townshend’s opinion on Jimmy Page
https://rockandrollgarage.com/pete-townshend-opinion-on-jimmy-page/
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Pete Townshend’s opinion on Jimmy Page
https://rockandrollgarage.com/pete-townshend-opinion-on-jimmy-page/
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Pete Townshend’s opinion on Jimmy Page
https://rockandrollgarage.com/pete-townshend-opinion-on-jimmy-page/
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Pete Townshend’s opinion on Jimmy Page
https://rockandrollgarage.com/pete-townshend-opinion-on-jimmy-page/
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"Squeeze Box" is a song by the English rock band the Who from their album #TheWhoByNumbers. Written by #PeteTownshend, the lyrics are couched in sexual #doubleEntendres. Unlike many of the band's other hits, the song features country-like elements, as heard in Townshend's banjo picking. "Squeeze Box" was a commercial success, peaking at No. 10 on the #UKSinglesChart and No. 16 in the US Billboard Hot 100. The song is also their only international number-one hit.
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"Behind Blue Eyes" is a song by the English #rock band #theWho. It is the second single from the band's fifth album, #WhosNext (1971), and was originally written by #PeteTownshend for his #Lifehouse project. The single entered the US #Billboard #Hot100 chart on 6 November 1971, reaching No. 34. The song is one of the Who's best-known recordings and has been covered by many artists, including #LimpBizkit.
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"Won't Get Fooled Again" is a song by the English #rock band #theWho, written by guitarist and primary songwriter #PeteTownshend. It was released as a single in June 1971, reaching the top 10 in the UK, while the full eight-and-a-half-minute version appears as the final track on the band's fifth studio album #WhosNext, released that August. In the US, the single entered #Billboard on 17 July, reaching No. 15.
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On April 22, 1993: #PeteTownshend's rock musical "The Who's Tommy" adapted for theatrical stage, opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 899 performances, winning 5 Tony Awards, and a Grammy Award.
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Empty Glass
Pete's solo album is released April 21, 1980 -- generally considered his best solo work. He wrote it during some troubled times -- the death of Keith Moon, alcoholism, spiritual searching and his own struggle with his fame as one of rock's icons. It's a great album -- many think better than anything coming out of The Who at the time. #petetownshend #emptyglass #80srock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #pop #rock #thewho
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Empty Glass
Pete's solo album is released April 21, 1980 -- generally considered his best solo work. He wrote it during some troubled times -- the death of Keith Moon, alcoholism, spiritual searching and his own struggle with his fame as one of rock's icons. It's a great album -- many think better than anything coming out of The Who at the time. #petetownshend #emptyglass #80srock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #pop #rock #thewho
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Empty Glass
Pete's solo album is released April 21, 1980 -- generally considered his best solo work. He wrote it during some troubled times -- the death of Keith Moon, alcoholism, spiritual searching and his own struggle with his fame as one of rock's icons. It's a great album -- many think better than anything coming out of The Who at the time. #petetownshend #emptyglass #80srock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #pop #rock #thewho
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Empty Glass
Pete's solo album is released April 21, 1980 -- generally considered his best solo work. He wrote it during some troubled times -- the death of Keith Moon, alcoholism, spiritual searching and his own struggle with his fame as one of rock's icons. It's a great album -- many think better than anything coming out of The Who at the time. #petetownshend #emptyglass #80srock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #pop #rock #thewho
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Empty Glass
Pete's solo album is released April 21, 1980 -- generally considered his best solo work. He wrote it during some troubled times -- the death of Keith Moon, alcoholism, spiritual searching and his own struggle with his fame as one of rock's icons. It's a great album -- many think better than anything coming out of The Who at the time. #petetownshend #emptyglass #80srock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #pop #rock #thewho
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Pete Townshend’s opinion on Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters
https://rockandrollgarage.com/pete-townshends-opinion-on-pink-floyds-roger-waters/
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Let My Love Open The Door 🤗
#PeteTownshend
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Keith Richards’ opinion on Pete Townshend
https://rockandrollgarage.com/keith-richards-opinion-on-pete-townshend/
#keithrichards #petetownshend #thewho #rollingstones #rock #Music
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"You Better You Bet" is a song by the English #rock band #theWho, appearing as the first track on their ninth studio album #FaceDances (1981). It is sung by frontman #RogerDaltrey with backing vocals from #PeteTownshend and bassist #JohnEntwistle. "You Better You Bet" became a hit and one of the Who's most recognizable songs. It was the last single by the band that reached the top 20 on the #Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 18.
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2 American guitarists Pete Townshend is a big fan of
https://rockandrollgarage.com/2-american-guitarists-pete-townshend-is-a-big-fan-of/
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"Baba O'Riley" is a song by the English #rock band #theWho, written by guitarist and principal songwriter #PeteTownshend. It is the opening track to the Who's fifth studio album, #WhosNext (1971). In Europe, it was released as a single in October 1971, coupled with "#MyWife". Performances of "Baba O'Riley" appear on several Who live albums. Widely regarded as one of the Who's finest songs and as one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
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Kate Bush – The Wedding List
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Kate Bush – The Wedding List
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"Let My Love Open the Door" is a song written and performed by the English #rock musician #PeteTownshend from his third solo studio album #EmptyGlass (1980). That year, it reached number nine on the #Billboard #Hot100 and peaked at number five on #RPM's Top 100 singles chart. Soon after the single's release, #RecordWorld anticipated that the song would "turn on pop radio to what #AOR has known for weeks."
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Let My Love Open The Door 🏩
#PeteTownshend
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Pete Townshend’s opinion on George Harrison
https://rockandrollgarage.com/pete-townshend-opinion-on-george-harrison/
#petetownshend #georgeharrison #Rock #Music #thewho #beatles
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/755700/ The singer Pete Townshend said was as good as Mick Jagger #Entertainment #MickJagger #music #PeteTownshend #RayDavies #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Pete Townshend’s opinion on Neil Young
https://rockandrollgarage.com/pete-townshend-opinion-on-neil-young/
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Let My Love Open The Door 🤗
#PeteTownshend
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Five iconic guitarists Pete Townshend couldn’t stand
(Credits: Far Out / Heinrich Klaffs / Harry Chase, Los Angeles Times / Center of the Universe) Tue…
#NewsBeep #News #Music #Entertainment #JimiHendrix #JimmyPage #PeteTownshend #RitchieBlackmore #TheWho #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Hatte ich vor über zwei Jahren schon mal verlinkt - egal, zumindest ich kann mich an der Nummer nicht satthören: Pete Townshend - Give Blood
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"Baba O'Riley" is a song by the English #rock band #theWho, written by guitarist and principal songwriter #PeteTownshend. It is the opening track to the Who's fifth studio album, #WhosNext (1971). In Europe, it was released as a single in October 1971, coupled with "#MyWife". Performances of "Baba O'Riley" appear on several Who live albums. Widely regarded as one of the Who's finest songs and as one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
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#AlternateFridayMusic
This is for Jan 30, 2026, #KidThe Who, “The Kids Are Alright” soundtrack, 1979
I encountered this film at the height of my Who mania, and it was EVERYTHING to me. It has grainy black-and-white footage of early gigs, TV appearances including the moment on the Smothers Brothers when Keith destroyed Pete’s hearing with explosives (not a metaphor), performances at The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus and at Woodstock, the video for “Success Story,” an outstanding deep cut of John’s (with the studio recording from “Who By Numbers," not included on the soundtrack album), their last appearance with Keith at Shephardson Studios, staged expressly for the film, and more. What it didn't have is the song “The Kids Are Alright.” (Seems they’ve added it onto the later DVD and Blu-ray releases behind additional closing credits, but I liked their little joke better.)
One of the best segments of the film/selections on the album, and itself somewhat in keeping with the “kid” theme, is their performance of Mose Allison’s “Young Man’s Blues.” The attitude of the original was already pure punk; in The Who’s hands, this jazz/blues piano piece becomes muscular, even menacing.
They fucking kill it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Xy7qRffog
#TheWho #MoseAllison
#KeithMoon #PeteTownshend #JohnEntwistle #RogerDaltry
#SmothersBrothers #RollingStones #TheRollingStones #RockAndRollCircus #Woodstock
#60s #60sMusic #70s #70sMusic #Rock #RockMusic -
#AlternateFridayMusic
This is for Jan 30, 2026, #KidThe Who, “The Kids Are Alright” soundtrack, 1979
I encountered this film at the height of my Who mania, and it was EVERYTHING to me. It has grainy black-and-white footage of early gigs, TV appearances including the moment on the Smothers Brothers when Keith destroyed Pete’s hearing with explosives (not a metaphor), performances at The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus and at Woodstock, the video for “Success Story,” an outstanding deep cut of John’s (with the studio recording from “Who By Numbers," not included on the soundtrack album), their last appearance with Keith at Shephardson Studios, staged expressly for the film, and more. What it didn't have is the song “The Kids Are Alright.” (Seems they’ve added it onto the later DVD and Blu-ray releases behind additional closing credits, but I liked their little joke better.)
One of the best segments of the film/selections on the album, and itself somewhat in keeping with the “kid” theme, is their performance of Mose Allison’s “Young Man’s Blues.” The attitude of the original was already pure punk; in The Who’s hands, this jazz/blues piano piece becomes muscular, even menacing.
They fucking kill it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Xy7qRffog
#TheWho #MoseAllison
#KeithMoon #PeteTownshend #JohnEntwistle #RogerDaltry
#SmothersBrothers #RollingStones #TheRollingStones #RockAndRollCircus #Woodstock
#60s #60sMusic #70s #70sMusic #Rock #RockMusic -
#AlternateFridayMusic
This is for Jan 30, 2026, #KidThe Who, “The Kids Are Alright” soundtrack, 1979
I encountered this film at the height of my Who mania, and it was EVERYTHING to me. It has grainy black-and-white footage of early gigs, TV appearances including the moment on the Smothers Brothers when Keith destroyed Pete’s hearing with explosives (not a metaphor), performances at The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus and at Woodstock, the video for “Success Story,” an outstanding deep cut of John’s (with the studio recording from “Who By Numbers," not included on the soundtrack album), their last appearance with Keith at Shephardson Studios, staged expressly for the film, and more. What it didn't have is the song “The Kids Are Alright.” (Seems they’ve added it onto the later DVD and Blu-ray releases behind additional closing credits, but I liked their little joke better.)
One of the best segments of the film/selections on the album, and itself somewhat in keeping with the “kid” theme, is their performance of Mose Allison’s “Young Man’s Blues.” The attitude of the original was already pure punk; in The Who’s hands, this jazz/blues piano piece becomes muscular, even menacing.
They fucking kill it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Xy7qRffog
#TheWho #MoseAllison
#KeithMoon #PeteTownshend #JohnEntwistle #RogerDaltry
#SmothersBrothers #RollingStones #TheRollingStones #RockAndRollCircus #Woodstock
#60s #60sMusic #70s #70sMusic #Rock #RockMusic -
#AlternateFridayMusic
This is for Jan 30, 2026, #KidThe Who, “The Kids Are Alright” soundtrack, 1979
I encountered this film at the height of my Who mania, and it was EVERYTHING to me. It has grainy black-and-white footage of early gigs, TV appearances including the moment on the Smothers Brothers when Keith destroyed Pete’s hearing with explosives (not a metaphor), performances at The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus and at Woodstock, the video for “Success Story,” an outstanding deep cut of John’s (with the studio recording from “Who By Numbers," not included on the soundtrack album), their last appearance with Keith at Shephardson Studios, staged expressly for the film, and more. What it didn't have is the song “The Kids Are Alright.” (Seems they’ve added it onto the later DVD and Blu-ray releases behind additional closing credits, but I liked their little joke better.)
One of the best segments of the film/selections on the album, and itself somewhat in keeping with the “kid” theme, is their performance of Mose Allison’s “Young Man’s Blues.” The attitude of the original was already pure punk; in The Who’s hands, this jazz/blues piano piece becomes muscular, even menacing.
They fucking kill it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Xy7qRffog
#TheWho #MoseAllison
#KeithMoon #PeteTownshend #JohnEntwistle #RogerDaltry
#SmothersBrothers #RollingStones #TheRollingStones #RockAndRollCircus #Woodstock
#60s #60sMusic #70s #70sMusic #Rock #RockMusic -
#AlternateFridayMusic
This is for Jan 30, 2026, #KidThe Who, “The Kids Are Alright” soundtrack, 1979
I encountered this film at the height of my Who mania, and it was EVERYTHING to me. It has grainy black-and-white footage of early gigs, TV appearances including the moment on the Smothers Brothers when Keith destroyed Pete’s hearing with explosives (not a metaphor), performances at The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus and at Woodstock, the video for “Success Story,” an outstanding deep cut of John’s (with the studio recording from “Who By Numbers," not included on the soundtrack album), their last appearance with Keith at Shephardson Studios, staged expressly for the film, and more. What it didn't have is the song “The Kids Are Alright.” (Seems they’ve added it onto the later DVD and Blu-ray releases behind additional closing credits, but I liked their little joke better.)
One of the best segments of the film/selections on the album, and itself somewhat in keeping with the “kid” theme, is their performance of Mose Allison’s “Young Man’s Blues.” The attitude of the original was already pure punk; in The Who’s hands, this jazz/blues piano piece becomes muscular, even menacing.
They fucking kill it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Xy7qRffog
#TheWho #MoseAllison
#KeithMoon #PeteTownshend #JohnEntwistle #RogerDaltry
#SmothersBrothers #RollingStones #TheRollingStones #RockAndRollCircus #Woodstock
#60s #60sMusic #70s #70sMusic #Rock #RockMusic -
"Let My Love Open the Door" is a song written and performed by the English #rock musician #PeteTownshend from his third solo studio album #EmptyGlass (1980). That year, it reached number nine on the #Billboard #Hot100 and peaked at number five on #RPM's Top 100 singles chart. Soon after the single's release, #RecordWorld anticipated that the song would "turn on pop radio to what #AOR has known for weeks."
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"I Can See for Miles" is a song by the English #rock band the Who, recorded for the band's 1967 album #TheWhoSellOut. Written by guitarist #PeteTownshend, it was the only song from the album to be released as a single.
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"Overture" is a song by English rock band #theWho, written by #PeteTownshend. The track is one of three instrumentals on #Tommy, the other two being "Underture" and "Sparks". On 9 October 1970, the song was included as the B-side of "See Me, Feel Me" – which did not chart – and was titled "Overture from Tommy".
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Why Keith Moon was so special according to Pete Townshend
https://rockandrollgarage.com/why-keith-moon-was-so-special-according-to-pete-townshend/
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The Who, Quadrophenia, 1973 on MCA
Not to be confused with the Quadrophenia soundtrack, which followed the 1979 film, this is the sixth studio album from The Who, a 2xLP release from 1973 on Track Records in the UK. It followed Tommy and Who’s Next.
Like Tommy, it’s a rock opera telling the story of a mod named Jimmy, who says in the liner notes:
Schizophrenic? I’m Bleeding Quadrophenic
I love the iconic mod parka on a vespa scooter with the faces of the band in the mirrors: photo by Graham Hughes from an idea by Roger Daltry.
My copy—via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis MN—is a 1980 or later Pickneyville Pressing with the rainbow MCA labels and “©”1980 MCA Records Inc.” in the rim text. The fourth side does not include “Record 1 Side 4” notation – not sure if that’s a misprint or manufacturing error.
#1970s #GrahamHughes #JohnEntwistle #KeithMoon #MCA #Mod #PeteTownshend #RockOpera #RogerDaltry #TrackRecords #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds -
"Won't Get Fooled Again" is a song by the English #rock band #theWho, written by guitarist and primary songwriter #PeteTownshend. It was released as a single in June 1971, reaching the top 10 in the UK, while the full eight-and-a-half-minute version appears as the final track on the band's 1971 album #WhosNext, released that August. In the US, the single entered #Billboard on 17 July, reaching No. 15.
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"You Better You Bet" is a song by the English #rock band #theWho, appearing as the first track on their ninth studio album #FaceDances (1981). It is sung by frontman #RogerDaltrey with backing vocals from #PeteTownshend and bassist #JohnEntwistle. "You Better You Bet" became a hit and one of the Who's most recognizable songs. It was the last single by the band that reached the top 20 on the #Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 18.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj58IHA3urc