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Directors: Paul Crowder
Format: PAL
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Number of discs: 2
Classification: 15
Studio: Universal Pictures Video
DVD Release Date: 26 Nov 2007
Run Time: 120 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000WBP282
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 10,563 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who is a very satisfying, two-disc set anchored by an excellent documentary directed by Murray Lerner (The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival), whose 1970 footage of the band in concert appears in Lerner’s Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival. Lerner’s new film includes recent and extensive interviews with surviving Who members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, who candidly recall every chapter of the group’s career, from childhood to the premature deaths of drummer Keith Moon and bassist John Entwistle, and beyond to Daltrey and Townshend’s continuing, now-autumnal collaboration. Much of what is said and captured in Amazing Journey has been noted before in myriad ways (including the Who’s 1979 autobiographical feature The Kids Are Alright), but the older Daltrey and Townshend get, the richer their insights into Who history. Lerner’s organisation of sub-topics and material also makes Amazing Journey powerful and resonant, including the Who’s earliest period as an emerging club band (called the High Numbers) emphasising rhythm and blues, and Townshend’s gradual transformation into a songwriter trying to break traditional pop forms. Key relationships are examined and explored, but of special note is Daltrey’s and Townshend’s separate, fascinating assessments of the former’s evolution as a vocalist and frontman. (Each maintains that it was Daltrey’s personal connection to the central character in Tommy that turned him into an expansive, charismatic singer.)

A second disc contains superb outtakes from Amazing Journey, with an emphasis on the wisdom of Daltrey and Townshend, both in their 60s, examining their individual artistries. Who fans and musicians alike will certainly enjoy an exciting analysis, from the likes of the Edge, Simon Townshend (Pete’s brother and member of the Who’s backing band) and Eddie Vedder, of Townshend’s gifts as a guitarist. A wonderful mini-documentary co-directed by D.A. Pennebaker (Don’t Look Back) captures a recording session from 2003, and footage of the High Numbers in a 1964 performance (from an aborted film by the Who’s late co-manager, Kit Lambert) is a remarkable artifact. --Tom Keogh

Synopsis

This epic title matches the grand sounds created by one of rock's most influential bands. All four band members--Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon--share their thoughts on their rise to fame. This documentary also includes rare film footage, as well as praise from famous fans such as Eddie Vedder and Sting. Both casual and avid fans of the rockers will be pleased by the exhaustive and exhilarating footage found in Amazing Journey.

Special Features

Four individual mini films on each band member's musical brilliance, as examined by the rest of The Who and their musical contemporaries
'Who Art You?' - takes the viewer from Ealing Art School, through the bullseye and mod look, into the Pop Art movements, and relates how The Who became a band as visual as they were musical
'Who's Back' - in 2003, legendary film-maker D.A. Pennebaker (Monterery Pop Don't Look Back) was allowed to film The Who recording in the studio the hit song Real Good Looking Boy.

Additional DVD Bonuses

The Scrapbook - out-takes for the fans from Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who, covering in depth the tragic 1979 concert at Cincinnati, a legal battle, Peter Townshend on writing Won't Get Fooled Again, and more.
The High Numbers at the Railway Hotel - the long-lost film shot in 1964 by managers Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert of the band's Railway Hotel performance. This is the earliest performance footage known to exist on film of The Who, or the High Numbers as they were then called.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Unmissable for Who fans and a bargain for all, 28 Dec 2007

By	D. Lundholm (The Chalfonts, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is an exhaustively compiled selection of the Who's finest moments, with some amazing new archive footage of the High Numbers (pre the decision to name themselves the Who) performing in April 1964 at the Railway Hotel in Wealdstone, filmed by Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp (who became their managers). And it's far from being the only bit - there are 834 clips of copyright cleared vision and music excerpts here, lovingly compiled with peerless sound and vision. It sounds great through a standard television but having heard it at the premiere on a large screen, it will sound even more marvellous in a proper cinema set up.

Townshend is one of the greatest rock composers of all time given Tommy, Who's Next and especially Quadrophenia, (and he is undeniably one of the most influential musicians of the 60s and 70s). There is due regard paid to their complex history, the influence of early and later management and their impact on performers such as Jimi Hendrix. Rightly, Daltrey, Moon and especially Entwistle are all recognised on both discs for their particular talents and their unique contribution to the band. And the deaths of Moon and then Entwistle are not glossed over, and it's clear how their personal behaviours contributed to their deaths.

This does not have the longer, full song, performances that you can find on the Kids are Alright, but in many ways it's a more accessible history of one of the finest rock bands we've ever seen and heard, and one that is still ever-watchable, and capable of coming up with relevant new music, playing venues smaller than stadia, and with a marvellous back catalogue to discover.

I saw the Who in Glasgow in 1975, and many times since. Entwistle inspired me to take up bass guitar, and I play it still. I will sit my children down and play them this DVD, in order to make sure they hear and understand just how much music can shape a teenage childhood and an adult life. Do yourself a favour and buy this DVD and indulge.

NB: it does have plenty of adult language, including drugs and sex references from the start, but nothing you won't find after 9pm on the UK channels....

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3.0 out of 5 stars Worth it for the high numbers alone, 1 Dec 2007

By	Damon Paul Harritz Grech - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Firstly this set is certainly worth owning if nothing else just to see Kits incomplete High Numbers Railway Hotel film, but here is where it falls down as it could have carried on so nicley from where this left off through the use of more imaginative and interactive DVD menus and interface. The never before seen clips from here on are edited and talked over and leave you feeling like you want to see more. RSG Shindig and beat club clips need to be found soon on one disc and this could have been the time to do it, but alas. Otherwise the interviews are all interesting and the content is engaging. In companion with the kids are alright and the Max Rb films this set does work but as I say it could have been so much more and this band and their work demands this

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5.0 out of 5 stars See Them,Feel them ,Hear them., 25 Feb 2008

By	C.Elder "catoelder" (Paris,France) - See all my reviews

This is a film of the WHO,with concert footage,family members,recording sessions,interviews etc from the very early days to the present.I found the insights provided by other stars like Sting;U2;Pearl Jam;etc into the music and musicianship of the WHO really worthwhile.To be analysed and dissected by other experts added a very different set of insights into this great band.Sting describing the famous,intricate bass-line of "My Generation";U2 talking about the the guitar virtuosity of Townsend;the drumming of Moon analysed and reconstructed;and the power chords and how they came to be played on many WHO songs,were amazing to watch and listen to.
Some one of these commentators finally summed up the WHO as a band that had a "lead guitarist";a "lead drummer",a "lead bassist" and a "lead singer" and somehow it all worked instead of being a mess.
What a great description of a great band.
Get this dvd and enjoy it and think back to a simpler time.

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