The Who & Quadrophenia

Description

Martin Popoff

Hardcover in slipcase |26.64 x 2.49 x 27.13 cm | 176 pp

Motorbooks | 2023 | 9780760379271

Take a deep dive into one of the best-selling albums ever with this beautifully produced and authoritatively written slipcased edition. Veteran rock critic Martin Popoffleaves no stone unturned in taking apartThe Whos generation-spanning masterpiece, Quadrophenia, while exploring each of the albums 17 tracks and their themes of identity, anxiety, and mental health.

Popoff also takes you on side journeys examining each band member,mod vs. rocker culture, thealbums famous graphic design, manager/producersChris Stamp and Kit Lambert,Quadropheniacollectibles, a brief discographyand complete LPtour dates.

Presented in a 10″ 10″slipcasedbook,The Who & Quadropheniais illustrated withstunning performance and candid off-stage photographyas well asrare memorabilia.The result is a richly presented celebration and your ultimate tribute to the rock opera masterpiece.

Chapters cover:

• The state of The Who as of 1973, including their role in Mod culture
• The recording sessions at famed Olympic Studios and the bands own Battersea location, including techniques used
• Song-by-song studies of each album side, including analyses of lyrics and the guitars, drums, keyboards, and synthesizers employed by members Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon
• The 1979 motion picture based on the albums song cycle
• The continent-hopping tours that supported the album
• The groups trajectory post-Quadrophenia