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Pete Townshend - Live > The Fillmore 1996 (2000) {2CD Set, Eel Pie EPR 010-2}
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© 1996, 2000 Eel Pie Recording Prod. | EPR 010-2
Rock / Acoustic / Classic Rock / Contemporary Rock

Recorded live at the Fillmore on April 30, 1996, this excellent disc captures Townshend stripping his career back to just guitar and keyboards (contributed by the great Jon Carin), and then running through 21 songs that could almost be a live recounting of the Scoop series. It's a staggeringly intimate performance, with Townshend exuding a warmth that rarely comes across on disc, but which here could heat your house all winter.

Pete Townshend - Live > La Jolla Playhouse 2001, June 23 (2001) {2CD Set Eel Pie EPR015-1/2}
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© 2001 Eel Pie Recording Prod. | EPR015-1/2
Rock / Contemporary Rock / Acoustic / Art Rock / Rock & Roll / Classic Rock

Two CDs capture the second of two fundraising concerts that Townshend played at San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse, and an enchantingly intimate look at the veteran Who man as he chats, jokes, and, of course, plays through a solid set of acoustified classics. The venue itself has some fond attachments to Townshend – it was here that he premiered the Tommy musical before launching it on Broadway and, hardly surprisingly, the deaf, dumb and blind kid opens the show, via a rousing "Pinball Wizard." Initially, it feels as though the second evening is simply going to be a recap of the first, as "Let My Love Opens the Door" follows on. But "Heart to Hang Onto," "Collings," "Sheraton Gibson," and the Quadrophenia chestbeater "I'm One" all make unexpected appearances amid the previous evening's fare, and Townshend's between-song chatter and joking is even more effusive than it was before.

Pete Townshend - Live > La Jolla Playhouse 2001, June 22 (2001) {2CD Set Eel Pie EPR014-1/2}
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© 2001 Eel Pie Recording Prod. | EPR014-1/2
Rock / Contemporary Rock / Acoustic / Art Rock / Rock & Roll / Classic Rock

The first of two fundraising concerts that Townshend played at San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse, and an enchantingly intimate look at the veteran Who man as he chats, jokes, and, of course, plays through a solid set of acoustified classics. The venue itself has some fond attachments to Townshend – it was here that he premiered the Tommy musical before launching it on Broadway and, hardly surprisingly, the deaf, dumb and blind kid opens the show via a rousing "Pinball Wizard." From there, Townshend swoops into an affecting "Let My Love Open the Door," setting the pace for the remainder of the show.