Pete Townshend - It Must Be Done - Non-Album Tracks (2004-2015)

I've posted a long series of albums of Pete Townshend stray tracks. This is the last one, at least until more songs come to light. I must admit I don't think his stray tracks from the 1990s were consistently strong when compared to his earlier work. But, in my opinion, he does better here. Yes, it covers a decade of time, but this makes for a consistently solid listen.

I'm not entirely sure, but I think I count five cover versions: "Stone (Evolution)" by Ronnie Lane, "No Face, No Name, No Number" by Traffic, "Three Steps to Heaven" by Eddie Cochran, "Corrina, Corrina," a traditional song famously done by Bob Dylan, and "Chameleon" done by and with Des Horsfall's Kuschty Rye.

The latter, by the way, is a band that is extremely influenced by Ronnie Lane's music, naming themselves after one of his songs and including some members of his band. So "Chameleon" sounds uncannily (in a good way) like a Townshend-Lane collaboration that could have been found on their 1977 album together, "Rough Mix."

Two of the original songs, "In the Ether" and "Endless Wire," are solo versions of songs from the 2006 Who album "Endless Wire." They sound very different (and in my opinion better) in stripped down versions here, without any Roger Daltrey. Note that the era of this album overlaps with the "in the Attic" recordings Townshend did from 2005 to 2007. I haven't included any performances here that are on that, though a couple of the song are the same, but different versions.

Here's the link to the "In the Attic" album. If you've a Townshend or Who fan at all, you really should give it a listen:

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2018/04/pete-townshend-in-attic-2005-2007.html

One of the most recent songs here, "Guantanamo," is going to be on a new Who album coming out at the end of 2019, which will simply be called "Who." This version of the song came out on a 2015 Pete Townshend greatest hits album. But the Who version is going to be called "Ball and Chain," even though the lyrics indicate it's the same song. So I've included that new name as a subtitle.

Six of the songs are officially unreleased. For a few of those, the sound quality is a little less than the others, notably "Three Steps to Heaven." But it's nothing too bad.

I haven't found anything worthy of inclusion from after 2015, so this should be the last album in this stray tracks series, as I mentioned above.

This album is 48 minutes long.

01 Stone [Evolution] (Pete Townshend & Slim Chance)
02 Heart to Hang On To (Pete Townshend & Sam Brown)
03 In the Ether (Pete Townshend)
04 Endless Wire (Pete Townshend)
05 No Face, No Name, No Number (Pete Townshend)
06 Three Steps to Heaven (Eric Clapton & Friends with Pete Townshend)
07 Corrina, Corrina (Pete Townshend)
08 Guitar Instrumental (Pete Townshend)
09 It Must Be Done (Pete Townshend & Nathan Barr)
10 You Stand by Me (Pete Townshend & Eddie Vedder)
11 Chameleon (Pete Townshend & Des Horsfall's Kuschty Rye)
12 How Can I Help You (Pete Townshend)
13 Guantanamo [Ball and Chain] (Pete Townshend)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15983957/PeteT_2004-2015_ItMustBeDne_atse.zip.html

For the album cover, I used a photo of Townshend from a 2014 awards ceremony.