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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 well...
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Oct 26, 2023 · The sound is sharper, clearer, the nuances of Townshend’s more intricate passages teased out in much greater relief against the bigger, more abrasively Who-like songs. Technology has finally caught up with Townshend’s original vision. It’s enough for the band to try out Quadrophenia live again.
Mike Shaw, Curbishley’s early champion, later suffered a car crash while traveling to Liverpool for a Who show and consequently became paraplegic. It’s a story which visibly upsets the stoic Curbishley during our interview.
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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:
Aug 8, 2021 · Amazing Journey uses interviews recorded for the project with Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Kenney Jones, Noel Gallagher, The Edge, Eddie Vedder, Sting, Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols, The Who’s manager Bill Curbishley, The Who’s sound man Bob Pridden, Pete Townshend’s guitar tech Alan Rogan, music producer Shel Talmy, John Entwistle’s ...
Al Campbell has revealed he’s teaming up with ‘Quadrophenia’ producer Bill Curbishley on a UB40 biopic. The 61-year-old lead singer of the Birmingham reggae group and his manager – who also managed The Who and worked on their iconic musical movies – are set to leave no stone unturned in the the film, which will see Ali share his side ...
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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.
