I've been seeing a lot of constructions of the abandoned Who album that became Quadrophenia, so I thought I would look at it from a different angle. What if instead of The Who recording Long Live Rock, Pete released it as a solo album?
Side One
01 Relay
02 Get Inside
03 Riot In A Female Jail
04 Love Reign O'er Me
05 Long Live Rock
Side Two
01 Is It In My Head_
02 Put The Money Down
03 Can't You See I'm Easy
04 Join Together
Reality Notes
Not a lot of imagination went into this. As I said, it fell together almost effortlessly. Even so, I am finding this comp to be very enjoyable to listen to. Editing was limited to making sure that the beginnings and endings were smooth and a bit of volume matching.
All of the songs except one are found on the five disc Genuine Scoop bootleg. Get Inside was finally released on the Director's Cut edition of Quadrophenia along with Is It In My Head? and Love Reign O're Me. Some of these can also be found on the official Scoop series.
The piano track on this version of Love Reign O're Me was reused on the final recording. According to Pete's notes, Pete was concerned that they would not be able to recreate it so they just transferred it to a 2 inch multitrack tape and rebuilt the song around it.
I got the track list from the Wiki article which states that a tape of Pete's demos was compiled so consider this a reconstruction of that demo reel. The timing of that tracklist splits nicely between songs five and six for vinyl purposes and the songs flow nicely so I felt no need to rearrange anything.
There is another song, Ambition, that according to the Wiki article was recorded during the Rock Is Dead sessions but at this time it does not circulate in any form outside of a live version Pete performed on The Attic, a weekly webcast that originates from Pete's London studio.
For the cover I used the painting that was used for the cover of Pete's third official demo collection, Scooped 3. I'm sure that it doesn't fit the timeline but I like it and it works.
Sources
The Genuine Scoop (bootleg)
Quadrophenia: The Director's Cut
[Update]
After seeing a picture of the demo reel box I see that I have Riot in a Female Jail and Love Reign O're Me switched around. (I have it as Wiki listed the track order. Wiki is sometimes wrong? Who Knew?) Feel free to adjust your downloads if you want but I'm keeping it as it is.
