Gold [Original recording remastered]

Pete Townshend | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 15, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Hip-O Records
• ASIN: B000B8I8JQ
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #117,795 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Pete, November 17, 2005

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smarkarrow "smarkarrow" (Lutherville, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gold (Audio CD)

This wonderful compilation puts the spotlight on where it should be, Pete the amazing songwriter, musician and arranger. Freed from their narrative structure, songs like English Boy, Face the Face and Give Blood now sound fresher and more alive than they have ever been before.

The track list doesn't proceed chronologically and it shouldn't. This cements the idea of Townshend the songsmith (as opposed to the guy who feels compelled to write concept albums). The songs now come alive as individual creations, like much of his best work with the Who.

The remastering is clear and remarkably crisp. It has freed the sliding bass in The Sea Refuses No River and it adds new clarity to the French Horn in the back of the delicate finger picking of Sheraton Gibson. The momentum and flow of Slit Skirts is an even greater marvel than it was before. Every song shows how strongly Townshend is grounded in folk, blues, jazz and rock. Like any real artist, he steals from everything and makes it his own.

You will be amazed at how many of these songs you actually know. There is inspiration in every note and every word. Townshend's heart and spirit always cover his for his brain.

Kudos to Hip-O Records and the rest of the Gold series releases. They provide well over 100 minutes of great music for a relatively low cost. CDs are overpriced to begin with, so a bargain like this is welcome relief for the consumer.

Jeannie doesn't wear any slit skirts because she heard one note. It was pure and easy.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting collection, September 1, 2006

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Brandon J. Smith (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gold (Audio CD)

As a fan of The Who, I was curious to hear a large sampling of Pete Townsend's solo work and decided to pick this up. (The version I own is called "Anthology," but is exactly the same as this, called "Gold.") It's very interesting to hear the differences between these songs and those that Townsend made with The Who. Not every song hits its mark, and I certainly wouldn't consider every one of these to be a classic, but there are plenty of excellent songs here, and not a single one of them sounds like a Who song (except for those taken from the Lifehouse sessions, which are, of course, essentially Who songs anyway.)

I'd recommend this for anyone who, like me, is more curious than anything else. I was pleasently surprised, especially by "Brilliant Blues" and "Silk Skirts."

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Collection, December 16, 2007

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PHILIP S WOLF (SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gold (Audio CD)

I didn't need to purchase this Two CD Collection, as I have all I of these tracks on the original releases by Pete, but...

It's just Great to see 34 Fantastic Pete Townshend Songs right here all together in One Place at a Low Price.

With: "Rough Boys","A Friend Is A Friend","Pure And Easy" and "Let My Love Open The Door"...All the Big and well known Hits are here, and now they are right besides Lesser-Known Gems as: "Heart To Hang Onto","Keep Me Turning", "I Won't Run Anymore" and "Don't Try To Make Me Real".

To say this is THE Collection of The work of Pete Townshend, would be putting it Mildly. It is the place to begin for a New Listener, and for all of us that have been on The Magic Bus since the Year Dot, THIS IS The Collection that puts it all together properly.

This is an Excellent Collection and a nice Bargain...FIVE STARS !!!