Who's Next in surround would be a Holy Grail for me. We did get Quadrophenia but it was a bit disappointing sound wise. Hopefully this would be better.
Agreed: Quadrophenia just didn’t SLAM did it?!Who's Next in surround would be a Holy Grail for me. We did get Quadrophenia but it was a bit disappointing sound wise. Hopefully this would be better.
Who's Next in surround would be a Holy Grail for me. We did get Quadrophenia but it was a bit disappointing sound wise. Hopefully this would be better.
Agreed: Quadrophenia just didn’t SLAM did it?!
I’m pretty sure at least one multitrack is missing of Who’s Next…. But I’ll take an upmix
Ah thanks for that info. Hmm….. a little disappointing then…..!As noted, unless something has changed, three: Bargain, Song Is Over, and Getting In Tune. Plus the final multi for Baba has drums, bass, guitar, and piano all recorded across 2 tracks.
With the technology available for us today I bet they could do amazing things with what is still availableAs noted, unless something has changed, three: Bargain, Song Is Over, and Getting In Tune. Plus the final multi for Baba has drums, bass, guitar, and piano all recorded across 2 tracks.
Paging Giles Martin……With the technology available for us today I bet they could do amazing things with what is still available
Paging Giles Martin……
As noted, unless something has changed, three: Bargain, Song Is Over, and Getting In Tune. Plus the final multi for Baba has drums, bass, guitar, and piano all recorded across 2 tracks.
From Wikipedia:
Video game publisher Harmonix wanted to release Who's Next as downloadable, playable content for the music video game series Rock Band, but were unable to do so due to difficulty finding the original multitrack recordings...... The 16-track tapes to "Won't Get Fooled Again" and the 8-track tapes to the other material except "Bargain" and "Getting In Tune" have since been discovered.
The source of that last sentence is a book published in 2011. Hopefully the multis for those last two songs have since been located. Even if they haven't, remember that Townshend once gave us half of an album in 5.1 (the original surround mix of Quadrophenia) and that if this is indeed one of Steven Wilson's "high profile" projects, SW hasn't been afraid to do upmixes when a the multis for a few songs haven't been available (Tears For Fears, Tangerine Dream). Plus, with so many other non-LP songs recorded around this time ("The Seeker", "Let's See Action", "Relay", "Join Together") there could be a decent amount of extra surround mixes included, assuming the multis for thos tracks can be located.
EXCELLENT newsFrom Wikipedia:
Video game publisher Harmonix wanted to release Who's Next as downloadable, playable content for the music video game series Rock Band, but were unable to do so due to difficulty finding the original multitrack recordings...... The 16-track tapes to "Won't Get Fooled Again" and the 8-track tapes to the other material except "Bargain" and "Getting In Tune" have since been discovered.
The source of that last sentence is a book published in 2011. Hopefully the multis for those last two songs have since been located. Even if they haven't, remember that Townshend once gave us half of an album in 5.1 (the original surround mix of Quadrophenia) and that if this is indeed one of Steven Wilson's "high profile" projects, SW hasn't been afraid to do upmixes when a the multis for a few songs haven't been available (Tears For Fears, Tangerine Dream). Plus, with so many other non-LP songs recorded around this time ("The Seeker", "Let's See Action", "Relay", "Join Together") there could be a decent amount of extra surround mixes included, assuming the multis for thos tracks can be located.
EXCELLENT news
FWIW, WGFA *was* issued for Rock Band.
My guess is the lack of mention of Song Is Over is simply an oversight and it is (was?) in fact also still missing.
The Seeker, Let's See Action, Relay, and Join Together have all been remixed already, so the tapes exist, although technically only Let's See Action was from the Lifehouse/Who's Next sessions (although the others will probably be included regardless).
This is a great article by Glyn Johns about the recording of Baba O'Riley. The Who's “Baba O’Riley” - Classic Tracks - Mixonline
For me, it reinforces the feeling that all involved were at the top of their game and that Pete is a genius.
This is a great article by Glyn Johns about the recording of Baba O'Riley. The Who's “Baba O’Riley” - Classic Tracks - Mixonline
For me, it reinforces the feeling that all involved were at the top of their game and that Pete is a genius.
This tidbit about using a Lowrey organ for the opening of Baba is of extreme interest to me. Decades ago, I was messing around with this song on my Lowrey and found that I could duplicate that Baba intro to a degree beyond my wildest expectations. Now I know why!
"Townshend had the Lowrey organ and a synthesizer at hand, though it is the Lowrey alone heard on “Baba.” “So much of what people call ‘synthesizer’ in Who music is not,” Kehew states. “’Won’t Get Fooled Again’ is not really a synthesizer—it’s an organ, this Lowrey, being chopped up through a synthesizer, but it’s basically a stutter.”
The setting Townshend discovered on the Lowrey was called “Marimba Repeat,” which emulated sequencing in a way he had hoped to produce using an ARP 2500 he had just recently received.
“If you just hold the keys down, ‘Marimba Repeat’ does these little figures,” Kehew explains. “It jumps around, articulating the notes you’re holding, as if you’re playing very quickly and doing cool parts, but it does it for you. So it’s not a sequencer, and it’s not a sequence. It was a discovery, accidentally, on Pete’s part that it did these things, and he could use them in a rock song.”
Here is a pic of my Lowrey with the rhythm machine at the lower left. The second photo shows the "Marimba Repeat" tab (far left) mentioned in the article.
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Great stuff ar, didn't know you played keyboards!This tidbit about using a Lowrey organ for the opening of Baba is of extreme interest to me. Decades ago, I was messing around with this song on my Lowrey and found that I could duplicate that Baba intro to a degree beyond my wildest expectations. Now I know why!
"Townshend had the Lowrey organ and a synthesizer at hand, though it is the Lowrey alone heard on “Baba.” “So much of what people call ‘synthesizer’ in Who music is not,” Kehew states. “’Won’t Get Fooled Again’ is not really a synthesizer—it’s an organ, this Lowrey, being chopped up through a synthesizer, but it’s basically a stutter.”
The setting Townshend discovered on the Lowrey was called “Marimba Repeat,” which emulated sequencing in a way he had hoped to produce using an ARP 2500 he had just recently received.
“If you just hold the keys down, ‘Marimba Repeat’ does these little figures,” Kehew explains. “It jumps around, articulating the notes you’re holding, as if you’re playing very quickly and doing cool parts, but it does it for you. So it’s not a sequencer, and it’s not a sequence. It was a discovery, accidentally, on Pete’s part that it did these things, and he could use them in a rock song.”
Here is a pic of my Lowrey with the rhythm machine at the lower left. The second photo shows the "Marimba Repeat" tab (far left) mentioned in the article.
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