Underplayed Gems

Tommy and Quadrophenia Live (2005)

Tommy and Quadrophenia Live poster
Original title
The Who | Tommy and Quadrophenia Live
Directed by
Aubrey Powell, Roger Daltrey
Genre
music
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
6h 57m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This DVD box set captures the Who performing two classic rock operas from separate tours. The first disc shows their 1989 performance of Tommy, and the other discs feature their 1996-1997 performances of Quadrophenia. Both concerts include the core band members backed by a large ensemble of additional musicians.

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What happens

Tommy and Quadrophenia Live is a 3-disc DVD box set that includes performances by the Who from their 1989 (the Tommy portion) and 1996–1997 tours (the Quadrophenia portion). Whilst the Tommy part of the set had been already released on VHS, material from the Quadrophenia Tour had not been commercially available previously. Both sets present a heavily augmented backing band supporting Roger Daltrey (vocals), Pete Townshend (guitar, piano and vocals) and John Entwistle (bass guitars and vocals). In 1989 the band featured Steve 'Boltz' Bolton on guitar, John Bundrick on piano and keyboards, Simon Phillips on drums, Jody Linscott on percussion, and Chyna, Billy Nicholls and Cleveland Watkiss on backing vocals, along with the Kick Horns brass ensemble. The 1996–97 band swapped Zak Starkey for Phillips on drums and Pete's brother Simon Townshend for Steve Bolton on guitar. For both tours Townshend heavily relied on acoustic guitars for the main part of the show, only trading it in for his electric guitars on some of the older numbers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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