Pete Townshend Best

Pete Townshend - Lifehouse Chronicles (2000) {6CD Box Set Eel Pie Recording EPR 002}
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© 1971, 2000 Eel Pie Recording | EPR 002/01~06
Rock / Classic Rock / Singer/Songwriter / British Folk Rock

It is OOP from Pete's website, so here's your chance to listen to this gem. This 6 CD set brings together, at long last, the realisation of Pete Townshend's 'Lifehouse' project. Originally conceived in 1971, the project spawned many of Townshend's greatest songs but has only now been seen to be complete. The reason for this is the broadcast, by the BBC, in December 1999 of the Lifehouse radio play adaptation. The play realised the first wholly complete narrative of the story in almost 30 years and has prompted Townshend to creatively revisit the project and put together his complete record of Lifehouse.

Pete Townshend - Another Scoop (1987) {2CD Set, Eel Pie–Atco 7 90539-2}
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© 1987 Eel Pie / Atco Records | 7 90539-2
Rock / Contemporary Rock / Hard Rock / Art Rock

Like its predecessor, Another Scoop is a collection of 27 demos Pete Townshend recorded for the Who, and if anything, it surpasses the first volume in terms of quality. Another Scoop has a greater percentage of familiar Who classics – including "You Better You Bet," "Pinball Wizard," "Happy Jack," "Substitute," "Long Live Rock," "Pictures of Lily," and "The Kids Are Alright" – and the outtakes are uniformly excellent, ranging from his takes on "Driftin' Blues" and "Begin the Beguine" to neglected gems like "Girl in a Suitcase," "Holly Like Ivy," and "Ask Yourself," and even weird experiments like "Football Fugue." For any Townshend fan, Another Scoop is necessary listening, containing some of his best and most adventurous work.

Pete Townshend - Live: The Empire 1998 (2000) {2CD Set, Eel Pie EPR 009-1/2}
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© 1998, 2000 Eel Pie Recording Productions Ltd. | EPR 009-1/2
Rock / Contemporary Rock / Hard Rock / Art Rock

Only available through mailorder at eelpie.co.uk. Recorded at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on November 9 1998, this double CD release marks Pete Townshend's return to the UK stage as a solo artist after an absence of thirteen years. Backed by musicians such as Rabbit, Chucho Merchan and Pete Hope Evans, as well as featuring freestyle rapper Hame on a number of Pete's best known tunes.

Pete Townshend - Pete Townshend's Deep End Live! (1986) {Atco 7 90553-2}
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© 1986 ATCO Records / Eel Pie | 7 90553-2
Rock / Classic Rock / Rock & Roll / Blues Rock

Pete Townshend and the Deep End Band played live for two benefit outings – November 1 and 2, 1985 at the Brixton Academy – to help support Townshend's own "Double O' Charities. The performances are excerpted here and were used in a made-for-home-video, also called Pete Townshend's Deep End Live!. Initially, a promotional 12" EP of the show was released to AOR radio stations in August of 1986. However, significant interest in the project would ultimately yield a 10-song LP which was issued to retail a few months later.

Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane - Rough Mix (1977) {ATCO Records 790097-2 rel 1983}
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© 1977, 1983 Eel Pie / Atlantic / ATCO Records | 7 90097-2
Rock / Classic Rock / Folk Rock / Rock & Roll

Rough Mix, Pete Townshend's 1977 collaboration with former Small Faces and Faces songwriter and bass player Ronnie Lane, combines the loose, rollicking folk-rock of Lane's former band, Slim Chance, with touches of country, folk, and New Orleans rock & roll, along with Townshend's own trademark style. Lane's tunes, especially the beautiful "Annie," possess an understated charm, while Townshend, with songs such as "Misunderstood," the Meher Baba-inspired "Keep Me Turning," and the strange love song "My Baby Gives It Away," delivers some of the best material of his solo career. Rough Mix stands as a minor masterpiece and an overlooked gem in both artists' vast bodies of work. Eric Clapton, John Entwistle, and Charlie Watts guest.

Pete Townshend & Raphael Rudd - The Oceanic Concerts (2001) {Rhino–Eel Pie R2 74289 rec 1979-1980}
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© 1979-80, 2001 Rhino / Eel Pie | R2 74289
Rock / Classic Rock / Folk Rock

This is an archival release designed for the fans, and it should be treated that way. That means while there are certainly interesting variations of familiar songs, rarities, and unexpected delights for fans, it's undeniably for those fans who will realize how these versions differ from the originals, or those who will delight in the subtle stage patter from Townshend. Most of all, it's for the fans who embrace the spiritual side of Townshend, particularly his recordings for his guru, Avatar Meher Baba, since he and Raphael Rudd performed these concerts in his honor, several songs derive from Townshend's independently released albums for him, and these recordings are taken from concerts given in 1979-1980 for a select group of Meher Baba devotees.

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