The Best of Pete Townshend: Coolwalkingsmoothtalkingstraightsmokingfirestoking

~ Release by Pete Townshend (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Tracklist

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1Rough Boys
additional engineer:
Steve Nye (producer, engineer and pianist)
engineer:
Bill Price (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
bass guitar:
Tony Butler (English rock bassist with Big Country)
drums (drum set):
Kenney Jones (drummer for Small Faces, Faces, and The Who)
guitar, synthesizer and lead vocals:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
harmonica:
Peter Hope‐Evans
keyboard ["straight" keyboard]:
John “Rabbit” Bundrick
horn arranger:
Raphael Rudd
additionally recorded at:
AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom and Eel Pie Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recorded at:
Air Studios (Oxford Street, London. 1970–1991 recordings only) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom and Eel Pie Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Rough Boys
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd., Towser Tunes, Inc. and Windswept Pacific
34:00
2Let My Love Open the Door
additional engineer:
Steve Nye (producer, engineer and pianist)
engineer:
Bill Price (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
bass guitar:
Tony Butler (English rock bassist with Big Country)
drums (drum set):
Simon Phillips (rock drummer)
guitar, synthesizer and lead vocals:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
harmonica:
Peter Hope‐Evans
keyboard ["straight" keyboard]:
John “Rabbit” Bundrick
additionally recorded at:
AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom and Eel Pie Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recorded at:
Air Studios (Oxford Street, London. 1970–1991 recordings only) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom and Eel Pie Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Let My Love Open the Door
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd., Towser Tunes, Inc. and Windswept Pacific
4.252:42
3Misunderstood
producer:
Glyn Johns
recording of:
Misunderstood
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. and Windswept Pacific
2:57
4Give Blood
producer:
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
recording of:
Give Blood
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. and Windswept Pacific
5:38
5A Friend Is a Friend
producer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
recording of:
A Friend Is a Friend
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd., Heavy Metabolics Limited, Towser Tunes, Inc. and Windswept Pacific
5:01
6Sheraton Gibson
producer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
recording of:
Sheraton Gibson
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Fabulous Music, Ltd. (this is a publisher, not an imprint!)
2:35
7English Boy
producer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
recording of:
English Boy
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. and Windswept Pacific
4:49
8Street in the City
producer:
Glyn Johns
recording of:
Street in the City
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. and Windswept Pacific
6:06
9Pure and Easy
producer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
recording of:
Pure and Easy
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Fabulous Music, Ltd. (this is a publisher, not an imprint!) and Towser Tunes, Inc.
5:32
10Slit Skirts
producer:
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
recording of:
Slit Skirts
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd., Westminster Music Ltd. and Windswept Pacific
5:02
11The Sea Refuses No River
producer:
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
recording of:
The Sea Refuses No River
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd., Westminster Music Ltd. and Windswept Pacific
5:56
12A Little Is Enough
additional engineer:
Steve Nye (producer, engineer and pianist)
engineer:
Bill Price (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
bass guitar:
Tony Butler (English rock bassist with Big Country)
drums (drum set):
Mark Brzezicki
guitar, synthesizer and lead vocals:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
harmonica:
Peter Hope‐Evans
keyboard ["straight" keyboard]:
John “Rabbit” Bundrick
additionally recorded at:
AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom and Eel Pie Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
A Little Is Enough
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. and Windswept Pacific
4:38
13Face the Face
recording engineer:
Bill Price (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
guest vocals:
Emma Townshend (writer and journalist)
recording of:
Face the Face
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. and Windswept Pacific
45:51
14Uneasy Street
producer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
recording of:
Uneasy Street
writer:
Jon Lind, Billy Nicholls (English singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and musical director) and Pete Townshend (of The Who)
4:38
15Let My Love Open the Door (E. Cola mix)
additional producer:
Jack Hues, Chris Hughes (producer, aka “Merrick”) and Tim Oliver (UK producer and engineer)
producer:
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
remixer:
Jack Hues, Chris Hughes (producer, aka “Merrick”) and Tim Oliver (UK producer and engineer)
recorded at:
Air Studios (Oxford Street, London. 1970–1991 recordings only) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom and Eel Pie Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Let My Love Open the Door
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd., Towser Tunes, Inc. and Windswept Pacific
44:56