The Who: Who's For Tennis?

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Here's my track list.

Glow Girl
Summertime Blues
Melancholia
Early Morning Cold Taxi
Little Billy
Fortune Teller
Faith in Something Bigger

The Last Time
Call Me Lightning
Dogs
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Under My Thumb
Someone's Coming
The Magic Bus

 

This video is my track listing that I posted to my blog years ago, with artwork designed by a friend of mine. Some enterprising YouTuber apparently decided to post the tracks and take credit for the idea in the process, referring to himself as a "genius" for putting it together in the comments section. Whatever.

I never envisioned this as the "real" Who's for Tennis, if such a thing were even possible. As Lukpak accurately summarized it earlier in the thread, it was just supposed to be a collection of odds and ends and a fun listen. Given the era covered, Who's for Tennis seemed as good a title as any.

 

it was just intended to cash in on the upcoming London tennis tournament.whatever songs thay had lying around at the time.not one of Lambert and Stamps better ideas.
really looking forward to their up coming documentary.
i'm a bit weary of hearing all the same old Who tales in band docs.
hopefully it will contain lots of behind the scenes footage,that we've only previously seen very briefly.

 

sorry to quote you so belatedly,but Astley wan't in charge of everything concerning the CD reissues.just doing the mix/mastering/tape locating.
sounds more like a Charlesworth oversight.he was in charge of track selection etc..........with the final say by Pete.

 

That artwork is on the Wikipedia entry also. Your friend is famous, sort of.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who's_for_Tennis?

 

"The record cover accompanying this article is a recent creation, imagining what the cover could have possibly looked like."

 

This and the 1972 Rock is Dead: Long Live Rock aborted album...the two great lost Who albums (although LLR begat Quadrophenia so it's all good)

 

Is there any speculative Long Live Rock track list?

 

http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threa...e-for-boxset-part2.269414/page-6#post-8342138

 

Thanks for the prompt reply, Lukpac.

 

Multitrack tapes of both Fillmore East shows are intact in The Who's tape archive. As far as I can tell, these are complete and include the otherwise unrecorded cover of "C'Mon Everybody" (which is great). I don't know why these shows haven't been consider for release, other than that they are clearly imperfect performances.

 

I thought the Filmore 68 performances were lost and not in the archives?

 

Er, Lifehouse?

 

Yes, of course, except loads of those songs ended up coming out on Who's Next and some singles/B-sides. Just about all of the intended Who's For Tennis? and LLR songs remained in the vault (apart from the two LLR tunes that made it to Quad) until we got the reissues in the 90s.

 

As of the late 1990s when I got this information first hand, absolutely not true.

 

It would be interesting to see what the next Who reissue(s) will be. Certainly with the 50th anniversary of My Generation next year this would be a wonderful opportunity to get the 2012 mastering to the masses.... And a deluxe set from that era could be a thing of beauty!

We've had Leeds, Quadrophenia and Tommy. Who's Next seems the obvious candidate.

But this 68 material is never likely to be collated in a meaningful way, which is a shame as it is a fascinating insight into the transitional period between Sell Out and Tommy.

 

Concert File claims they exist, and I was told "Fillmore '68 - yes, half-inch 4-track multis for both nights are in archive" by Andy Neill.

 

Somebody needs to track down the master 3-tracks for a proper stereo remix...

 

I sure don't agree with this. I think FiSB is a great pop song. Nothing at all embarrassing about it.

 

Now we just need the shows released

I love the sound of the boot. The recording really captures a more angry Who then was recorded from 1969 onward-IMO

 

Not only that, it was the most free-form/open-ended jamming they ever did. Relax, Shakin' All Over, My Generation...just great jams from that show!

 

That's hilarious! He's a professional designer and has done great mock covers for Lifehouse and Rock Is Dead... Long Live Rock too, as well as stuff for other bands. I'm going to give him a message and let him know he's made Wiki.

 

Er, the SF '71 live album?

 

This is the best thing I've heard all week. Come on Who camp, release these!