Dear Boy: The life of Keith Moon (131 page)

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(Hyperion, USA 1997)

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(William Morrow, US 1987)

—
Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart
(William Morrow, US 1992)

Du Noyer, Paul.
We All Shine On: The Stories Behind Every John Lennon Song 1970–80
(Carlton, UK 1997)

Frame, Pete.
Rock Family Trees
(Omnibus, UK 1993)

Fuller, John G.
Are The Kids All Right?
(Times, US 1981)

Gambaccini, Paul; Rice, Tim; Rice, Jonathan.
British Hit Singles
(Guinness, UK 1995)

—
British Hit Albums
(Guinness, UK 1994)

Gillet, Charlie.
The Sound Of The City: The Rise Of Rock’n’Roll
(Da Capo, 1996)

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A History Of Jazz In Britain 1919–50
(Paladin, UK 1986)

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London’s Rock Landmarks
(Omnibus, UK 1985)

Hamilton, Marybeth.
When I’m Bad I’m Better: Mae West, Sex, and American Entertainment
(HarperCollins, US 1995)

Henderson, Dave.
The Life Of Jimi Hendrix: ‘Scuse Me While I Kiss The Sky
(Doubleday, US 1978)

Henry, Stuart & Mike von Joel.
Pirate Radio Then And Now
(Blandford, UK 1984)

Hewitt, Paolo.
Small Faces: The Young Mods’ Forgotten Story
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Waiting For The Sun: The Story Of The Los Angeles Music Scene
(Viking, UK 1996)

Leonard, Maurice.
Mae West, Empress Of Sex
(Birch Lane, US 1991)

Lewis, Roger.
The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers
(Arrow UK 1994)

Lundin, Olle.
The Who In Sweden
(Squeeze, Sweden 1995)

Maltin, Leonard.
Movie And Video Guide
(Plume, US 1994)

Marchbank, Pearce, & Miles.
The Illustrated Rock Almanac
(Paddington, UK 1977)

Marlowe, Christopher.
Doctor Faustus
(Mermaid, US 1965)

Marsh, Dave.
Before I Get Old: The Story Of The Who
(St Martin’s, US 1983)

McMichael, Joe, & Lyons, ‘Irish’ Jack.
The Who Concert File
(Omnibus, UK 1997)

Miles, Barry.
Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now
(Henry Holt, US, 1997)

Motion, Andrew.
The Lamberts
(Chatto and Windus, UK 1986)

Neill, Andy & Kent, Matt:
Anyway Anyhow Anywhere: The Complete Chronicle Of The Who 1958–1978
(Barnes & Noble, 2002)

Pang, May; with Edwards, Henry.
Loving John: The Untold Story
(Warner, US 1983)

Platt, John.
London’s Rock Routes
(Fourth Estate, UK 1985)

— with Chris Dreja & Jim McCarty.
Yardbirds
(Sidgwick & Jackson, UK 1983)

Reed, Oliver.
Reed All About It
(Coronet, UK 1979)

Ribowsky, Mark.
He’s A Rebel: The Truth About Phil Spector – Rock and Roll’s Legendary Madman
(Dutton, US 1989)

Savage, Jon.
England’s Dreaming: Sex Pistols And Punk Rock
(Faber & Faber, UK 1991)

Schaffner, Nicholas.
The British Invasion
(McGraw-Hill, US 1982)

Shaar Murray, Charles.
Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix And The Post-War Rock ‘n’ Roll Revolution
(St Martin’s, US 1990)

Sked, Alan; with Cook, Chris.
Post-War Britain: A Political History
(Pelican, UK, 1984)

Slaven, Neil.
Zappa: Electric Quixote
, (Omnibus, UK 1996)

Terrill, Marshall.
Steve McQueen: Portrait Of An American Rebel
(Donald I. Fine, US 1993)

Walker, Alexander.
Sellers
(Wiedenfield & Nicholson, UK 1981)

Ward, Ed; Stokes, Geoffrey; Tucker, Ken.
Rock Of Ages: The Rolling Stone History Of Rock‘N’Roll
(Summit, USA 1986)

Waterman, Ivan.
Keith Moon: The Life And Death Of A Rock Legend
(Arrow, UK 1979)

Whitburn, Joel.
The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Albums
(Billboard, US 1991)

—
The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Hits
(Billboard, US 1996)

White, Timothy.
The Nearest Farway Place: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys, And The Southern California Experience
(Henry Holt, US 1995)

Wholey, Dennis.
The Courage To Change
(Warner Books, US 1994)

Wolter, Stephen; Kimber, Karen.
The Who In Print: An Annotated Bibliography, 1965 through 1990
(McFarland, US 1992)

Altham, Keith. Who Are Going Around In Circles,
New Musical Express
, March 18, 1966

—Drummer Moon on Zither …,
New Musical Express
, Oct 7, 1966

—Townshend: ‘Moon Go Out Of So Many Hotels’,
Record Mirror
, July 18, 1970

Anon. Keith Moon Hospitalized,
Rolling Stone
, Sep 23, 1976

—At last! Entwistle’s Silence Is Broken,
Melody Maker
, Apr 16, 1966

—Who Incident – Keith Moon Hurt,
Melody Maker
, Aug 12, 1966

—Pop Think In: Keith Moon,
Melody Maker
, Dec 31, 1966

—Faces of Keith Moon,
Disc Weekly
, Jan 22, 1966

—A Little Touch of Moon ‘n’ Madness In The Night,
New Musical Express
, Aug 18, 1973

—Quirky, Turkey and Murky.
Club International
, Aug 1972

Boucher, Caroline. Moon Madness,
Disc and Music Echo
, Sep 5, 1970

—The Loons of Moon,
Disc and Music Echo
, Oct 30, 1971

—Tea House of the August Moon,
Disc
, Aug 25, 1973

Carr, Roy. Loon In Moon,
New Musical Express
, July 8, 1972

—Partial Eclipse of the Moon,
New Musical Express
, Apr 14, 1975

—Moon Raises Ruckus,
New Musical Express
, Aug 23, 1975

—The Best Part of Almost But Not Quite Breaking Up,
New Musical Express
, Oct 18, 1975

— So With One Mighty Bound …,
New Musical Express
, May 17, 1975 Charlesworth, Chris. Moon Probe,
Melody Maker
, April 22, 1972

Cohen, Scott. Keith Moon Collides with Danger and Destruction,
Circus
, February 1975

Cohn, Nik. Whoop-de-do.
New York
, Dec 15, 1975

Creedon, Larry. Keith Moon’s Split Personality.
Trouser Press
, June/July 1976

Dawbarn, Bob. The Economy Size, Family Pack Who …,
Melody Maker
, May 20, 1967

Drummond, Norrie. Who Are Mellower Fellows Now,
New Musical Express
, Feb 4, 1967

Farmer, Bob. Mad Moon the Door-blaster Strikes Again,
Disc
, April 20, 1968

Fletcher, Tony. Through The Years,
Jamming!
, June 1985

Goddard, Lon. Warming Up Moon’s New Home.
Record Mirror
, July 31, 1971

Green, Richard. Moon: Drummer Extraordinaire,
New Musical Express
, April 19, 1969

—Pete Townshend: The Man,
New Musical Express
, Nov 7, 1970

—The Fearful Duo Team Up To Make Disc,
New Musical Express
, Dec 19, 1970

—Mad Moon’s Tea Party,
New Musical Express
, July 24, 1971

—The Moon Report,
New Musical Express
, Oct 8, 1971

Hopkins, Jerry. Keith Moon Bites Back,
Rolling Stone
, Dec 21, 1972

Hutchins, Chris. With The Who in Denmark!
New Musical Express
, Oct 28, 1966

Kobernik, Harvey. Moon Beams,
Melody Maker
, Mar 8, 1975

Lewis, Nancy. Keith Moon Gets A ‘Welcome’ From The Deep South,
Disc and Music Echo
, Aug 12, 1967

Mackie, Rob. Will Normal Service Ever Be Resumed?
Sounds
, Aug 18, 1973

Marcus, Greil. The Different Drummer,
Rolling Stone
, Oct 19, 1978

Marsh, Dave.
Two Sides Of The Moon
review,
Rolling Stone
, May 22, 1975

—The Who Come To A Fork In The Road,
Rolling Stone
, Oct 5, 1978

—Keith Moon 1947–78,
Rolling Stone
, Oct 19, 1978

McConnell, Andy. Rollin’ & Tumblin’,
Crawdaddy
, May 1975

Middleton, Ian. ‘Rubbish – I’m Not Leaving The Who’ Says Keith Moon,
Record Mirror
, Aug 2, 1969

Moon, Keith. The Keith Moon Column,
Beat International
, Aug-Nov, 1967

Percival, Eamonn. The Keith Moon Exclusive,
International Musician & Recording World
, September, 1978

Russell, Rosalind. High And Dry In W12,
Disc
, May 17, 1975

Sanders, Rick. Bad Moon Rising,
Record Mirror
, Aug 18, 1973

Stewart, Tony. Who’s Last?
New Musical Express
, Dec 24, 1977

Thorpe, Martin. Total Eclipse Of The Moon,
Record Mirror
, May 24, 1975

Turner, Steve. The Ace Face’s Forgotten Story,
New Musical Express
, Nov 17, 1979

Valentine, Penny. The Day WHO Keith Blew Up,
Disc and Music Echo
, Sep 23, 1967

— Keith Moon: ‘I’ve been married for two years’,
Disc and Music Echo
, May 4, 1968

— The Sounds Talk-In: Keith Moon,
Sounds
, April 24, 1971

Various. ‘The Keith Moon Legend’,
Drums & Drumming
, USA, Oct/Nov 1989

Walter-Lax, Annette. ‘Blue Moon’,
Sunday Mirror
, UK, Apr 26, May 3, 10, 17, 1981

Welch, Chris. Moon Over Chipping Norton,
Melody Maker
, Oct 3, 1970

—
Two Sides Of The Moon
review,
Melody Maker
, May 24, 1975

— A Night On The Town,
Melody Maker
, December 3, 1977

— Who Sell In,
Melody Maker
, January 27, 1979

Young, Charles M. Who’s Back,
Musician
, July 1989

Atkins, John. Who’s Next & The Lifehouse Project,
Who’s Next
(MCA, USA; Polydor, UK, 1995)

Eden, Dawn.
The Harry Nilsson Anthology
(RCA, USA, 1994)

Pending, Patrick.
Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels
(Ryko/MGM, USA 1997)

Resnicoff, Matt.
Who Are You
(MCA, USA; Polydor, UK, 1996)

Stamp, Chris.
A Quick One
(MCA, USA; Polydor, UK, 1995)

Swenson, John.
The Who By Numbers
(MCA, USA; Polydor, UK, 1995)

Townshend, Pete.
Who’s Next
(MCA, USA; Polydor, UK, 1995)

The advent of the World Wide Web has made research of all kinds far easier and more enjoyable than ever previously imagined. Putting together the first edition of this book, between 1995 and 1998, I was constantly amazed at the speed with which I found musical and medical information – and stunned that I could even track down some of Keith’s acquaintances online. As explained on page 550, these were still the relatively early days of the Internet, long before Friends Reunited,
allmusic.com
, and broadband – and there were few sources of permanently archived, reliably accurate information. Typically, the one I relied on the most back then and which I would like to thank for being ahead of its time even as it was if entirely obsessed with the past –
delerium.co.uk
, which archived biographical information on obscure bands from the sixties and seventies – has since changed hands.

Only some of the historical research was conducted from the comfort of my computer. I also paid frequent visits to the antiquated British Newspaper Library at Colindale, London; the in-transit Records of Birth, Deaths and Marriages at St Catherine’s House, London; the resourceful Public Library at Brent Town Hall, Wembley, Middlesex; the ever-excellent Performing Arts Library at the Lincoln Center, New York City; the easy-to-access Newspaper Archives at the architecturally famous 42nd Street Library, New York City; and, on moving to Brooklyn in October 1996, the abundantly stocked shelves of the Biographies and Music Departments at the architecturally underrated and quite delightfully serene Public Library at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York City.

Keith Moon’s musical and film career is extensively detailed in the preceding text and I see no need to add yet more pages to an already lengthy book. In-depth Who discographies can be found in the back of the
Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
and
Maximum R&B
books as well as the
30 Years Of Maximum R&B
four-CD box set, the latter also being a great place to start a Who/Keith Moon collection. Fortunately, the campaign launched in the mid-Nineties to reissue The Who’s back catalogue on compact disc with satisfactory audio sound, bonus cuts and extensive liner notes, now includes a double-CD package of the very first album,
My Generation
, and a new edition of
Who’s Next
with a second, live, CD. (These reissues replace the dreadful CDs originally issued in the late Eighties at the height of record company exploitation over the conversion of hardware.) Keith’s drumming can also be heard at its finest on the double CD of
The Who Live At The Isle Of Wight
1970 (Legacy) and, in more spartan manner, on the
BBC Sessions
CD.

Keith’s solo album
Two Sides Of The Moon
was reissued on CD in 1997, along with the three Steve Cropper productions that were intended to mark the start of his second solo album. It’s still tough listening, but his charming character occasionally cuts through the lazy all-star jam sessions. Of his movies, all except
Son Of Dracula/Young Dracula
are available on home video in either the UK or USA and most are also occasionally shown on late night TV.

A complete list of commercially available videos and/or DVDs featuring Keith Moon can easily be obtained by anyone with a computer and access to an online store like Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
The Kids Are Alright
documentary was re-released in 2003 with a bonus DVD and is absolutely the first point of entry for anyone wondering what the previous 600 pages’ fuss is all about. The
30 Years Of Maximum R&B Live
compilation shows Keith in other concerts over the years at his best – and with a fan’s video-recording of his collapse at the San Francisco Cow Palace in 1973, also at his worst.
Who’s Better, Who’s Best
is a compendium of live footage and promo videos for completists only. The 1970 Isle of Wight concert is the only Moon-era show available in visual entirety. There are also videos available of the Woodstock and Monterey Pop festivals with substantial Who content.