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May 18, 2019 · Bill Curbishley, music industry legend and long-term manager of The Who, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, as well as Judas Priest, sounds distinctly upbeat at the other end of the phone, as...
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Oct 26, 2023 · By ’73, no doubt hastened by Lambert and fellow manager Chris Stamp’s rejection of his debut solo album, Daltrey brought in Bill Curbishley to oversee his affairs. Townshend’s more protracted shift of allegiance to Curbishley signalled the end of an era, though it was hardly a surprise to all parties.
UK premier: 2 November, 1979. Director: Franc Roddam. Producer: Roy Baird, Bill Curbishley. Based on: The 1973 double-album Quadrophenia by the Who. Screenplay: Dave Humphries, Franc Roddam, Marting Stellman, Pete Townshend. Starring: Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Toyah Willcox, Philip Davis, Mark Wingett, Sting, Ray Winstone.
It’s a story which visibly upsets the stoic Curbishley during our interview. There was also the disaster of The Who’s 1979 Cincinnati gig, when 11 people tragically died following a stampede in the Riverfront Coliseum – something Curbishley counts as probably the hardest moment of his career.
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The Who’s classic rock opera Quadropheniawas the basis for this invigorating coming-of-age movie and depiction of the defiant, drug-fueled mod subculture of early 1960s London. Our antihero is Jimmy (Phil Daniels), a teenager dissatisfied with family, work, and love. He spends his time knocking around with his clothes-obsessed, pill-popping, scoote...
Franc Roddam’s Quadrophenia, based on The Who’s rock opera, comes to Blu-ray from Criterion, presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 on this dual-layer disc in a new 1080p/24hz high-definition transfer. The opening shot, of a sunset along a cliff, is a stunner and a good indicator of what’s to come. The oranges present in the sky reflected...
Criterion presents the film’s original stereo track (linear PCM) along with a newly remastered 5.1 DTS-HD MA surround track, created exclusively for this release. For the purists the stereo track sounds fine enough. Dialogue is clear and articulate (depending on how you handle the accents) and the music that appears sounds fine as well. But it has ...
We get a fairly decent selection of supplements for this new edition, starting with an audio commentaryby director Franc Roddam and director of photography Brian Tufano. It’s a fairly standard production track with Roddam taking the reins most of the time. He covers how the production came together, goes over casting (surprisingly he didn’t like Ph...
A fantastic edition, Criterion’s Blu-ray of Quadropheniadelivers in the audio and video department that should please all fans of the film or Who fans in general. Top on the decent supplements and the disc is a must-have. BUY AT:
May 22, 2013 · In 1971, Lambert and Stamp had brought in Stamp’s childhood friend Bill Curbishley to work at Track Records. Curbishley was smart, ambitious and, most importantly, clear-headed. Daltrey found an ally in Curbishley, and asked him to arrange the release of his solo album, in exchange for a percentage.
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Jun 29, 2012 · Pete Townshend opens his personal archive to revisit the Who's 1973 album Quadrophenia.
