- Audio Cassette (17 Oct 1990)
- Format: Import
- Label: Atlantic / Wea
- ASIN: B00000EC37
- Other Editions: Audio CD | DVD Audio | Vinyl
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. You Better You Bet | |||
| 2. Girl in a Suitcase | |||
| 3. Brooklyn Kids | |||
| 4. Pinball Wizard | |||
| 5. Football Fugue | |||
| 6. Happy Jack | |||
| 7. Substitute | |||
| 8. Long Live Rock | |||
| 9. Call Me Lightning | |||
| 10. Holly Like Ivy | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Prelude #556 | |||
| 2. Baroque Ippanese | |||
| 3. Praying the Game | |||
| 4. Driftin' Blues | |||
| 5. Christmas | |||
| 6. Pictures of Lily | |||
| 7. Don't Let Go the Coat | |||
| 8. Kids Are Alright | |||
| 9. Right to Write (Prelude) | |||
| 10. Never Ask Me | |||
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Another generous helping of assorted demos and outtakes.This one has a few of the collaborations with Ted Astley,who was the first one to turn Pete onto synthesisers as he'd used them himself for some of his film soundtracks.
Football Fugue is one of those Songs With A Very Clever Lyric,where the entire orchestra is likened to football hooligans: "hey you you're playing the wrong color harp"
Pete's always informative sleeve notes put you right in the picture.
Football Fugue is one of those Songs With A Very Clever Lyric,where the entire orchestra is likened to football hooligans: "hey you you're playing the wrong color harp"
Pete's always informative sleeve notes put you right in the picture.
2 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
As main songwriter and spokesperson for the Who, it always seemed odd that Pete Townsend had this alternate solo career which would often overlap with the Who (`Who's Next' was a mixed batch of work he'd intended for his solo project `Lifehouse'). Whereas the stunted contributions to the Who cannon from Entwhistle, Daltrey & even Moon resulted in their own solo projects, with Townsend, surely the Who was his solo project, just with 3 other musicians? The truth is, Townsend had musical dihorea, songs would just pour out of him. Whether it was his own twisted childhood, or his drink and drug problems of the late 70's-80's that triggered him to create so much, Townsend found his time post-Keith Moon's demise spent either half heartedly keeping the Who going as a touring band with limited album power (a few great songs aside, anything minus Moon isn't worth investing in Who wise) or crafting songs that represented himself at that time, many verging on the side of tender (something you couldn't accuse his Who output with). With the albums now re-mastered, and featuring extra tracks it's about time people paid more attention to Townsend's solo output, especially with a new Who album on the way...
Ultimately, the man is a genius, and although his solo work is equally engaging as well as infuriating, it's a rewarding trip nonetheless...
Ultimately, the man is a genius, and although his solo work is equally engaging as well as infuriating, it's a rewarding trip nonetheless...
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Amazing Work From a Legend
21 Sep 2006
Format:Audio CD
I find it truly amazing to hear these songs played on acoustic guitar. It is really interesting to me to compare the way Pete sings it on the original take versus how Roger would sing it on the master that everyone knows. I love hearing demos of any band, but particularly of The Who. To hear "Substitute" without Keith Moon roaring in the background. Or to hear "You Better You Bet" with lyrics missing. It's thrilling for any Who fan.
Every band seems to have, at some point in their career, put together a collection of unreleased work. The Beatles had their 3 Anthology sets, The Rolling Stones released multiple collections, and now you can have the newly rereleased Scoop albums, full of fascinating material by Pete Townshend. I'm only sorry we can't hear more.
Every band seems to have, at some point in their career, put together a collection of unreleased work. The Beatles had their 3 Anthology sets, The Rolling Stones released multiple collections, and now you can have the newly rereleased Scoop albums, full of fascinating material by Pete Townshend. I'm only sorry we can't hear more.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
If 'Scoop' was soda pop, then this is fine wine!
2 Aug 2004
Format:Audio CD
Like 'Scoop,' I also found this record on the $2 vinyl wall at the vintage music store in my college town. It's a shame they're both out of print now. Most of the songs on the first installment are peppy and upbeat, the musical equivalent of soda pop, but the songs on here are by and large more mature, lush, orchestrated, polished, like fine wine. Though on here, the Who demos are closer together instead of being separated by more songs, as was the case on 'Scoop.' Again you can hear the difference between the demos and what they became under Roger's vocal interpretation. Thanks to the version on this album, I received a whole new appreciation of "Don't Let Go the Coat," a song I had formerly not thought highly of. The lyrics here are a bit different from the Who version on FD, but now, lyrical differences or not, I like both versions and no longer want to skip either. There are also three songs (more like musical pieces though) here that had originally been intended for the scrapped Who album 'Siege,' which would have been released in about 1983, after IH--"Cat Snatch," "Ask Yourself," and "Prelude: The Right to Write." It was based on the idea that each of us is a soul in siege.
Side four is my fave, but there are great songs all throughout. My faves are "Brooklyn Kids," "Football Fugue," "Never Ask Me" (it should have been included on WAY!), "Girl in a Suitcase," "Begin the Beguine" (which I only found out rather recently was originally done by Cole Porter), "Prelude #556," "Baroque Ippanese," "Praying the Game," "Prelude: The Right to Write," "The Ferryman" (done in a theatrical production of Hesse's novel 'Siddhartha'; Vasudeva is the name of the Ferryman), and "The Shout." There are a number of beautiful instrumental pieces on here, evoking such an unexplainable mood and feeling, the likes of which can't be conjured up by a song with words. Sometimes words just get in the way, and pure unadultered music does what can't be done by mere words.
Side four is my fave, but there are great songs all throughout. My faves are "Brooklyn Kids," "Football Fugue," "Never Ask Me" (it should have been included on WAY!), "Girl in a Suitcase," "Begin the Beguine" (which I only found out rather recently was originally done by Cole Porter), "Prelude #556," "Baroque Ippanese," "Praying the Game," "Prelude: The Right to Write," "The Ferryman" (done in a theatrical production of Hesse's novel 'Siddhartha'; Vasudeva is the name of the Ferryman), and "The Shout." There are a number of beautiful instrumental pieces on here, evoking such an unexplainable mood and feeling, the likes of which can't be conjured up by a song with words. Sometimes words just get in the way, and pure unadultered music does what can't be done by mere words.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
The Archive Of A Genius
14 April 2002
Format:Audio CD
Of course you know that Pete Townshend is the guitarist and main songwriter of the british rock legend "The Who" - creator of evergreen epics such as "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia". However, this man who has probably faced more ups and downs in life than most other fellow musicians of the 60s, is much more than this. He's a musical genius, perfectionist, and workaholic, dedicating most of his life to the creation of new music. He caught the zeigeist of the 60s and 70s with high reliability, which were certainly his most famous years. However, he also began exploring new directions in songwriting with increasing dedication throughout the decades. The "Scoop" album series documents this search and progression in a nice way. It's a collection of individual demos of known songs, intermixed with lots of unpublished works from the vaults. It's clearly the latter that make these "rarities" albums most appealing. However, don't you ignore the demos! They show that "Big T." is not only a good songwriter, but also a great singer and multi-instrumentalist. He might not have a good voice from a classical point of view, but he sings honestly, with all of his heart and soul - much like Peter Hammill of Van der Graaf Generator. There are only a few rock musicians on earth that I would call "honest". Pete Townshend is on my top-three list (along with Peter Hammill and Joe Jackson), and "Scoop" / "Another Scoop" are the best albums to explain why.
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