I was late to the party when I was born in East London in 1973. By the time I was old enough to appreciate music The Who had disbanded and I was living in Canada. But like any legendary band their sounds still resonates through the ages. Paul Crowder and Murray Lerner have packed 40 years of history into two hours and created the definitive historical archive of The Who, arguably one of the greatest rock bands there ever was, is and forever will be.
Amazing Journey accomplishes so much. For starters, it is a really entertaining documentary. Next, for those of us who came late to the party it gives a thorough education of the band’s history; their start as The Detours, their influence on popular culture in England, the untimely deaths of Keith Moon and John Entwistle, Pete’s ambitious rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia through to the current shows with Pete and Roger. And hopefully, for those who have been longtime fans of the band it will rekindle those fond memories they had of the band between ’64 and ’83 when they disbanded, and the new memories with reunion tours and the current incantation of The Who with Roger and Pete.
Visually Amazing Journey is a rich palate of black and white films dating back to their early performances to digital footage of the remaining band members, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey. So much has had to be done combining all these various mediums of film to together that someone involved in the post-production is writing their thesis based on this process.
Amazing Journey will not have a theatrical release but it will be released on DVD on November 2nd in North America and November 5th in the UK. It will be a 2-disc set with individual docs on each band member, delving more thoroughly on their personal history in the band, and will feature two other short documentaries with concert footage and such.
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