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TOWNSHEND Pete
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Personal Data:

Born:

19.05.1945

(London, GB, as Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend)

Appearances:

1962-2/64	Detours
2/64-11/64	High Numbers
11/64-12/83	The Who
1985	Deep End
1989-?	The Who
4/00-cca 2/22	The Who

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Happy Birthday	1970	Universal
2.	I Am	1972	Universal
3.	Who Came First	23.12.1972	Track		30	69
4.	Rough Mix & Ronnie Lane, prod. Glyn Johns	09.09.1977	Polydor		44	45
5.	Empty Glass	25.04.1980	Atco		11	5
6.	All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes	6/1982	Atco		32	26
7.	Scoop (2LP)	11.03.1983	Atco			25
8.	White City	10/1985	Atco		70	26
9.	Deep End Live!	10/1986	Atco			98
10.	Another Scoop (2LP)	3/1987	Polydor			198
11.	The Iron Man	27.06.1989	Virgin			58
12.	Psychoderelict	15.06.1993	Atlantic			118
13.	The Best Of	22.04.1996	Atlantic
14.	Pete Townshend Live: A Benefit For Maryville Academy	9/1999
15.	Lifehouse Chronicles (6CD box set)	2000
16.	Lifehouse Elements	23.05.2000	Redline Entertainment
17.	The Oceanic Concerts & Raphael Rudd	16.10.2001	Rhino
18.	Magic Bus / Live in Chicago	23.03.2004	Compendia
19.	Gold	15.11.2005	Hip-O
20.	Definitive Collection	23.01.2007	Hip-O
21.	Pete Townshend's Jukebox: The Music That Inspired The Band	05.11.2013	Chrome Dreams
22.	Peter Townshends Classic Quadrophenia & Alfie Boe	05.06.2015	Deutsche Grammophon
23.	Truancy: The Very Best Of Pete Townshend	29.06.2015	UMC
24.	Before and After the Who	14.08.2015	Big Enterprise Ltd.
25.	Who Am I: A Conversation	16.10.2015	Wienerworld
26.	Pete Townshend's Classic Quadrophenia Live & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	13.11.2015	Deutsche Grammophon
27.	Face the Face credited to: Pete Townshend's Deep End	16.09.2016	Eagle Rock

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Overture / See Me Feel Me / Listening To You & Roger Daltrey	28.03.1975	Polydor
2.	My Baby Gives It Away / April Fool & Ronnie Lane (v USA)	9/1977	MCA
3.	Street In The City / Annie & Ronnie Lane	11.11.1977	Polydor
4.	Nowhere To Run / Keep Me Turning & Ronnie Lane (v USA)	11/1977	MCA
5.	The Secret Policeman's Ball EP (Drowned / Pinball Wizard / Won't Get Fooled Again)	12/1979	Island
6.	Rough Boys / And I Moved	28.03.1980	Atco	23	89
7.	Let My Love Open The Door / And I Loved	20.06.1980	Atco		9
8.	Let My Love Open The Door / Classified / Greyhound Girl	6/1980	Atco	46
9.	Keep On Working / Jools And Jim	19.09.1980	Atco
10.	A Little Is Enough / Cat's In The Cupboard	10/1980	Atco		72
11.	Face Dances (pt. 2) / Man Watching	21.05.1982	Atco		105
12.	Uniforms (Corps D'Esprit) / Dance It All Away 12",CD + Stop Hurting People	30.07.1982	Atco	48
13.	Uniforms (Corps D'Esprit) / Slit Skirts (v USA)	8/1982	Atco
14.	Bargain / Dirty Water (v USA)	4/1983	Atco
15.	Face To Face / Hiding Out	10/1985	Atco	89	26
16.	Second Hand Love / White City Fighting (v USA)	1/1986	Atco
17.	Give Blood / Magic Bus (live) 12" + Won't Get Fooled Again	4/1986	Atco
18.	A Friend Is A Friend / Man Machines 12",CD + Real World	7/1989	Virgin
19.	I Won't Run Anymore / A Fool Says ...	11/1989	Virgin
20.	English Boy / Early Morning Dreams CD1 + Flame (demo) CD2 + Fake It / Psycho Montage	19.07.1993	east west
21.	Can't Outrun The Truth	24.03.2023

Videos:

1. White City - 11/1985
2. Pete Townshend: Music From Lifehouse - 26.2.2002, Image Entertainment, 100 min, live
3. Psychoderelict Live In New York - 2/2006, Universal Music, live, 168 min

Movies:

1. Iron Man (11/1993, muzikál)

Bibliography:

Richard Barnes / Pete Townshend: The Story Of Tommy (10/1977)
Pete Townshend: White City (1985)
Pete Townshend: Who I Am (11.10.2012, Harper Collins, autobiography)

Awards:

1993 Grammy Awards - Best Musical Show Album ("The Who's Tommy")
2001 Ivor Novello Awards - Lifetime Achievement Award
2008 Kennedy Center Honor

WWW Links:

http://www.petetownshend.com

Various:

31.12.2007 a charity show under Totally Abandoned name (+ Eric Clapton + Ringo Starr)

appeared on the LP:

Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert (5.10.73, RSO)
Wings: Back To The Egg (8.6.79, Parlophone)
David Bowie: Scary Monsters (9/80, RCA)
David Gilmour: About Face (5.3.84, Harvest)
Mick Jagger: She's The Boss (19.2.85)
David Bowie: Heathen (11.6.02, Columbia)
Martha Wainwright: I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too (10.6.08)

appeared on the SP:

Angela Porter: Peppermint Lump (24.8.79)
Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City (12/85, EMI)

produced by SP:

Thunderclap Newman: Something In The Air (5/69, Track)
John Otway: Misty Mountain (9/72, County)
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett: Murder Man (20.4.73, Track)
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett: Louisa On A Horse (12.11.76, Track)
Angela Porter: Peppermint Lump (24.8.79)
Craze: Motions (2.11.79, Cobra)
Mark Knopfler: Going Home (15.3.24)

produced by LP:

Straight Eight: No Noise From Here (3.8.79, Boots)

Compilation Appearances:

"Scoop" on British Deaf Association charity LP "Sometimes A Great Notion" (29.10.84, Swing The Cat)
"Let My Love Open the Door" on OST "Mr. Deeds" (11.6.02, RCA)

Press References:

Bang!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1993	13	08.12.1993	5	Big Bang
Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2002	5	07.03.2002	33	Forum kritikum	album review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1970	0	25.04.1970	6
1971	0	17.07.1971	27		interview
1972	0	29.01.1972	24		interview
1974	25	22.06.1974	8		interview
1975	14	05.04.1975	14	Singles	single review
1975	15	12.04.1975	28		interview
1975	50	13.12.1975	21	Mailbag
1977	38	17.09.1977	1		interview
1977	38	17.09.1977	8		interview
1977	46	12.11.1977	33	Singles	single review
1978	40	14.10.1978	1
1979	20	26.05.1979	9	After Dark	interview
1980	3	19.01.1980	3	News
1980	13	29.03.1980	21	Singles	single review
1980	16	26.04.1980	25	Albums	album review
1980	18	21.06.1980	18	Single File	single review
1980	32	20.09.1980	16	Singles	single review
1980	36	11.10.1980	31		interview
1982	20	15.05.1982	4	Fast Forward
1982	21	22.05.1982	19	Singles	single review
1982	26	26.06.1982	15	Albums	album review
1982	31	31.07.1982	19	Singles Bar	single review
1983	9	26.02.1983	4	Fast Forward
1983	12	19.03.1983	18	Albums	album review
1993	30	24.07.1993	34	Albums	album review
1993	30	24.07.1993	47	True Stories - Biting Tongues
1993	30	24.07.1993	33	Singles	single review
1994	30	30.07.1994	32	Rebellious Jukebox	interview
1995	41	14.10.1995	45	Info Freako	discography
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1966	0	11.03.1966	6	News
1972	0	16.12.1972	5	Interview	interview
1972	0	30.12.1972	3	News Desk
1973	0	27.10.1973	28
1973	0	03.11.1973	23
1974	0	20.07.1974	27
1974	38	21.09.1974	11
1974	0	23.11.1974	24	NME Guitar Book
1975	0	24.05.1975	24
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1992	18	14.09.1992	20	Čarostřelci	profile
1996	8		88	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2001	10		14	Pelmel
2006	3		69	DVD