Join Together (album)

Join Together
Live album by The Who
Released	March 1990
Recorded	June–August, US Tour 1989
Genre	Rock
Length	130:44
Label	Virgin
The Who chronology
Won't Get Fooled Again EP (1988) Join Together (1990) Thirty Years of Maximum R&B (1994)

Join Together is a box set of live material released from The Who's 1989 25th Anniversary Tour. Several of the tracks were recorded at Radio City Music Hall, New York, and at Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, with the rest from various other concerts during the tour.^[1] The live rendition of Tommy was compiled from two charity shows on 27 June at New York City's Radio City Music Hall(*) and on 24 August at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles(**) (see marked in the track list below). Songs from the second part of the album originated from 6 concerts (verified by comparison with audience recordings from the tour): A Little Is Enough and Won't Get Fooled Again come from Pontiac, MI, 25 July; Eminence Front and 5.15 - Raleigh, NC, 27 July; Rough Boys - Tampa, FL, 29 July; Trick of the Light - Vancouver, BC, 19 August; Face the Face, Join Together and You Better You Bet come from the show on 22 August at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego; Dig, I Can See for Miles, Love Reign O'er Me and Behind Blue Eyes come from the show at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on 24 August 1989.

It was released in 1990 by Virgin Records in the UK and MCA Records in the US. The album was released in the US as a vinyl three LP set in March 1990, where it reached #180 in the US charts. It was also released on cassette tape, and later released on MCA as a two-CD set. The box set included a full colour booklet including credits and pictures from the tour, and was dedicated to Keith Moon.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
MusicHound	1/5[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Pete Townshend except where noted.

Disc one: Tommy

1. "Overture/It's a Boy" – 5:26 **
2. "1921" – 2:52 **
3. "Amazing Journey" – 3:07 **
4. "Sparks" – 4:36 **
5. "Eyesight to the Blind (The Hawker)" (Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 2:18 *
6. "Christmas" – 4:25 **
7. "Cousin Kevin" (John Entwistle) – 3:56 *
8. "The Acid Queen" – 3:44 *
9. "Pinball Wizard" – 4:21 *
10. "Do You Think It's Alright?" – 0:23 *
11. "Fiddle About" (Entwistle) – 1:39 *
12. "There's a Doctor" – 0:21 **
13. "Go to the Mirror!" – 3:22 **
14. "Smash the Mirror" – 1:09 **
15. "Tommy, Can You Hear Me?" – 0:58 **
16. "I'm Free" – 2:09 **
17. "Miracle Cure" – 0:25 **
18. "Sally Simpson" – 4:18 **
19. "Sensation" – 2:22 **
20. "Tommy's Holiday Camp" (Keith Moon) – 0:58 *
21. "We're Not Gonna Take It" – 8:44 **

Disc two

1. "Eminence Front" – 5:53
2. "Face the Face" – 6:15
3. "Dig" – 3:46
4. "I Can See for Miles" – 3:43
5. "A Little Is Enough" – 5:06
6. "5:15" – 5:48
7. "Love Reign O'er Me" – 6:49
8. "Trick of the Light" (Entwistle) – 4:49
9. "Rough Boys" – 4:44
10. "Join Together" – 5:15
11. "You Better You Bet" – 5:40
12. "Behind Blue Eyes" – 3:38
13. "Won't Get Fooled Again" – 9:30

Personnel

The Who

• Roger Daltrey – lead vocals, tambourine, harmonica, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar
• John Entwistle – bass guitar, vocals
• Pete Townshend – acoustic and electric guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

• Steve 'Boltz' Bolton – electric guitar
• John Bundrick – piano, keyboards
• Chyna – backing vocals
• Simon Clarke – brass
• Simon Gardner – brass
• Jody Linscott – percussion
• Roddy Lorimer – brass
• Billy Nicholls – musical director, backing vocals
• Simon Phillips – drums
• Tim Saunders – brass
• Neil Sidwell – brass
• Cleveland Watkiss – backing vocals

References