Maximum R&B - The Birth Of The Who

MAXIMUM R&B - THE BIRTH OF THE WHO (320kbs-m4a/278mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd July 2024

This year (2015) The Who celebrate the 50th anniversary of their first UK single 'I Can't Explain' and their seminal track 'My Generation' (as well as their debut album) and mark it with the release of career spanning box set, a huge show in Hyde Park in July and headline slot at Glastonbury.

To recognise this momentous year, this new documentary sees guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend and lead singer Roger Daltrey look back to the very start of the band. Recalling how The Who's obsession with the music of Chicago, Memphis and Mississippi shaped their songwriting and explaining how these distinctively American songs, often born of social unrest and racial segregation, had parallels in the lives of post-war urban British kids, and in the case of The Who, earned them the now-legendary description 'Maximum R&B'

Hosted by Matt Everitt and featuring exclusive contributions from Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Graham Coxon from Blur, Wilko Johnson, Supergrass' Gaz Combes, Mark King from Level 42, Richard Barnes, Kaiser Chief Ricky Wilson, Johnny Marr and Sir Paul McCartney plus exclusive previously unreleased music from the band live in 1964.

MAXIMUM R&B - THE BIRTH OF THE WHO - EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/128mb/55mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd July 2024

The Who - Daddy Rolling Stone
Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line
Big Bill Broonzy - My Little Flower
Leadbelly - Midnight Special [RCA Victor]
Kenny Ball - The Green Leaves Of Summer [Hallmark]
Snooks Eaglin - That Certain Door
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
The Who - Smokestack Lightnin' (Live)
Jessie Hill - Ooh Poo Pah Doo
Prince Buster - Al Capone [Trojan]
Booker T. & The MG's - Green Onions
The Who - Green Onions (Live)
Arthur Alexander - Baby For You
The Miracles - I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying
Chuck Berry - Come On
The Rolling Stones - Come On [Abkco]
James Brown - I Don't Mind
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Please Don't Touch [Virgin]
The Who - I Don't Mind
The Who - Dancing In The Street (BBC Saturday Club Session, 15 Mar 1966)
Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) [Connoisseur Collection]
The Isley Brothers - Twist And Shout [Disky]
The High Numbers - Zoot Suit
Mose Allison - Young Man's Blues
The Who - Young Man's Blues (Live)
The Who - My Generation (Version 3 Demo)
The Who - Anytime You Want Me
The Who - Call Me Lightning
The Who - I Can't Explain [Polydor]

MAXIMUM R&B - THE BIRTH OF THE WHO - EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/150mb/65mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd July 2024

The Who - My Generation
The Who - Baby Don't You Do It
The Who - Howlin' Wolf song
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Heat Wave
The Who - Heat Wave
The Miracles - I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying
The Who - I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying (Live)
The Who - The Ox
The Who - Call Me Lightning
Bo Diddley - Hey! Bo Diddley
The Rolling Stones - Not Fade Away (Live)
Bo Diddley - Pretty Thing
The Who - Pretty Thing (Live)
The Who - You Really Got Me
The Who - Good Lovin' (BBC Session)
The Who - I'm A Man
Sandie Shaw - Puppet On A String
The Who - Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
The Who - Circles
The Jam - Batman Theme
The Who - Batman
The Who - Out In The Street
The Who - My Generation (Version 3 Demo)
The Who - My Generation
Patti Smith - My Generation (Live)
Manfred Mann- My Generation
Oasis - My Generation
The Who - The Kids Are Alright
The Who - (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave

The Who - Leaving Here (BBC Saturday Club Session, 24 May 1965)
The Who - Dancing In The Street (BBC Saturday Club Session, 15 Mar 1966)
The Who - So Sad About Us
The Who - I'm A Boy [Polydor]