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PUBLISHED BY GENESIS PUBLICATIONS LTD UK
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For the first time in one book, Roger Daltrey, John
Entwistle and Pete Townshend have all written text.
'sublime... a very beautiful thing.
Superb classic and intimate photographs of the band'.
Time Out Magazine, December 2002
[read the whole review]
'Maximum Who: The Who in the Sixties strikes
a perfect balance between its lavish illustrations
and hilarious recollections by Pete Townshend, Roger
Daltrey and the late John Entwistle... The live
shots burst off the page.'
Featuring rare and never-before-seen photographs
by: Tony Gale, Colin Jones, Chris Morphet, Dominique
Tarlé, David Wedgebury and Baron Wolman.
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Ross Halfin: 'This book graphically
defines the image of The Who in the Sixties
in a way that has never been done before.'
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This edition is limited to 1,500 numbered copies
signed by Ross Halfin, of which 1,250 are bound
in quarter leather and red cloth, and 250 Deluxe
copies are bound in full leather and additionally
signed by Roger Daltrey. This large-format volume
is produced to the very highest standards on 200gsm
matt art paper, with gilt page edges. The images
and text are printed in monochrome and full colour
with image varnishing. The front board is silkscreened
with the famous Who logo and Mod target.
 The
book, a supreme example of the printer's art, is
enclosed in an elegant slipcase. [Trimmed page size:
360mm x 250mm. Number of pages: 272]
The Deluxe copies are bound in full
leather and numbered from 1 to 250 inclusive. They
are additionally signed by Roger Daltrey on behalf
of Teenage Cancer Trust to which cause Genesis has
made a donation. For more details visit http://www.teencancer.com/ - Teenage Cancer
Trust, Kirkman House, Kirkman Place, 54a Tottenham
Court Road, London W1T 2EL Registered Charity No.
1063559
Lovingly created to immaculate standards of editorial,
design and printing, Maximum Who, like every edition
by Genesis Publications, is a book to be treasured
forever. As the leading limited edition publisher
in the fields of modern music and culture, working
with the world's most highly regarded artists, musicians
and writers, Genesis has established a reputation
for quality which is second to none. Genesis fine
limited editions are now collected by loyal subscribers
in almost sixty countries. Such subscribers include
Rare and Fine Printed Books Departments of major
libraries and institutions. The Who Live, the first and only other book
on The Who to be published by Genesis, is now sold
out worldwide, and copies are highly sought-after.
'Genesis books are in a
league of their own. They speak a visual language
constructed on their own terms and they're finished
to a quality which reduces other, mere ordinary,
books to the level of pulp paperbacks. Just as importantly,
their texts open up the worlds of their subjects...
rewarding the reader with unprecedented access and
insight.' Record Collector magazine
Make sure that you don't miss out on your chance
to obtain Maximum Who. For, as with all Genesis
editions, early ordering is strongly advised to
avoid disappointment.
Deluxe copies - 6 COPIES ONLY
AVAILABLE PRICE $2200 NZ AND $2000 AUSTRALIA
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 This
exceptional, large-format limited edition
book documents all facets of the explosion
of The Who onto the British scene in the Sixties.
Ross Halfin's inspired image selection presents
the band's early years, from 1964 with the
arrival of drummer Keith Moon and the appointment
of management team Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp,
to 1969 with The Who on the cusp of stellar
success recording and rehearsing Tommy.
Fundamental as The Who's music undoubtedly
was, it was their visual imagery and sheer,
staggering vitality on stage that forms the
most indelible image of Sixties London. Forget
angry young men. The Who sped through the
mid-Sixties almost incandescent with rage:
at the world around them, at their equipment,
but mainly at each other. Now for the first
time in one book Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey
and John Entwistle re-live the creative rivalry,
tense recording sessions, freezing photo shoots,
girls, gigs and the multitude of other highs
and lows that went hand-in-hand with being
thrown into the forefront of the Sixties revolution.
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Roger Daltrey: It
was just really exciting times, with
the Mod thing coming up. Most of my
time was spent being the singer and
the placater of many fights that were
going to happen in the audience! A lot
of my mates were into all sorts of mischief
in those days.
Glyn Johns: Most
of the stories about Keith Moon aren't
really very funny. They usually involved
some elderly person getting injured
or something horrible.
John Entwistle: The
stories are funny when told, but the
actual aftermath was the horrible bit.
You smash up a hotel, you get thrown
out and you have to pay. In the end
hotels were putting us in rooms that
needed redecorating, hoping we'd smash
them up. So the whole smashing period
was a pain in the arse. You'd have to
find another hotel, and usually the
hotels would phone each other ahead
and say, 'Don't book these guys in,
they're monsters.' I mean, we got banned
from Holiday Inns for life. In America
there've been occasions where we've
had to stay in one state and drive to
another to play the gig, and we had
to completely move out of Alabama when
we blew the toilet up.
Maximum Who includes shots of some
legendary performances by the band during
the Sixties: the embryonic shows at
the Goldhawk Club; recording on Ready
Steady Go! and at the Duke of York's
Barracks for American TV; live at the
Richmond Jazz Festival in 1965, the
Pembroke College May Ball in Oxford,
and more. The Who are shown in the recording
studio in the early days with Shel Talmy
and Glyn Johns and later when recording
Tommy. Rehearsal sessions are also pictured
while more private moments are captured
in photographs of Pete, Roger and John
in their London homes, with their beloved
cars, and in the quest for Mod clothes
in Chelsea boutiques.
Pete Townshend: Tommy
was huge. It made Roger into a proper
front man. He was magnificent on stage
from this time forwards. I felt as if
a huge weight had been lifted. I think
I probably resented that there was yet
another glamour boy on stage (apart
from Keith and his goo-goo eyes), but
the pros outweighed the cons. The women
backstage were prettier. And Roger was
almost always very, very happy.
Several other key members of the band's
circle, including Glyn Johns and Bob
Pridden, as well as Pop Artist Peter
Blake, add their thoughts on their experiences
with the band. These extraordinary images
coupled with the fresh and revealing
text make this an edition of supreme
importance to anyone interested in rock
culture. And of course for Who fans
everywhere this amazing leather-bound
volume is absolutely essential to their
collection.
Bob Pridden: My
first gig with them was at Streatham
Locarno. When the stage turned round
and they were playing 'Heatwave' I went
into a state of shock. I'd never seen
such energy in a live band ever, ever,
ever. Total frightening energy. Afterwards,
when they'd smashed all the gear up
and were walking off stage, Roger said
to me, 'Get it fixed for tomorrow.'
I thought, 'This is going to be fun.'
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