Pete Townshend / Lifehouse Chronicles 1970-1999 / 6-CD Box Set / 2000

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Pete Townshend

Lifehouse Chronicles 

1970-1999

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6-CD Box Set / 2000 / Remastered / VBR-V0

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Tracklist:

Disc one: Lifehouse Demos Pt. 1

Teenage Wasteland
Goin' Mobile
Baba O'Riley
Time Is Passing
Love Ain't For Keeping
Bargain
Too Much Of Anything
Music Must Change
Greyhound Girl
Mary
Behind Blue Eyes
Baba O'Riley (instrumental)
Sister Disco


Disc two: Lifehouse Demos Pt. 2

I Don't Even Know Myself
Put The Money Down
Pure And Easy
Getting In Tune
Let's See Action (Nothing Is Everything)
Slip Kid
Relay
Who Are You
Join Together
Won't Get Fooled Again
The Song Is Over


Disc three: Themes and Experiments

Baba M1
Who Are You
Behind Blue Eyes
Baba M2
Pure And Easy
Vivaldi
Who Are You
Hinterland Rag
Pure And Easy
Can You Help The One You Really Love?
Won't Get Fooled Again


Disc four: Arrangements and Orchestrations

One Note-Prologue
Fantasia Upon One Note (Quick Movement)
Baba O'Riley
Sonata K 212
Tragedy
No. 4 Aria
No. 2 Giga
No. 6 in D Minor
No. 3 Agagio & Allegro
Hinterland Rag
Sonata K 213
Overture
Allegro
Air
Rondeau Minuet
Air
Jig
Chaconne
Air
Minuet
Overture (Reprise)
Tragedy Explained
One Note-Epilogue
Fantasia Upon One Note


Disc 5:

Lifehouse Radio Play Part 1


Disc 6:

Lifehouse Radio Play Part 2

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Lifehouse Chronicles was released in 2000 by Pete Townshend with the focus of the box being the formerly "abandoned" Lifehouse rock opera.

The set collects songs and other compositions relating to Lifehouse, a musical concept developed by Townshend in 1970 as a follow-up to The Who's highly successful rock opera, Tommy. 

Rooted heavily in the teachings of Townshend's spiritual mentor Meher Baba as well as in science fiction literature, Lifehouse was meant to explore the idea that music is the fundamental basis of all life – that every human being on Earth has a unique musical melody that "describes" them, and only them, perfectly. When the unique songs of enough people are played in unison, the result would be a single harmonic note – the One Note – akin to the quintessence sought by ancient alchemists. 

Lifehouse was to be a true multimedia project: a double LP rock opera, a motion picture, and an interactive concert experience.

Townshend assembled and released the Lifehouse Chronicles box set in 2000 as a formal culmination of his work on the project. 

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Pete Townshend / Lifehouse Chronicles 1970-1999 / 6-CD Box Set / 2000


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