In honor of the 61st anniversary of the release of "My Generation", this month's page is about Who and Who-related releases in the month of October.
Page updated October 1, 2026. This is a highly abridged version of what happened to and around The Who in October. Click for access to the full history.
October 1965
New music releases: "My Generation" - The Who; My Name Is Barbra, Two... - Barbra Streisand; Merry Christmas - Andy Williams; "Puppet on a String" - Elvis Presley
On the 29th, The Who's new single, "My Generation" backed with "Shout and Shimmy," is released in the U.K. by Brunswick. Derek Johnson says in New Musical Express, "Analyse the ingredients for a hit and you'll find them all in this disc. A storming, raving shake-beat, with crashing cymbals, raucous guitar, reverberating bass and hand-claps throughout - and that's just the backing. The lyric is topical and loaded with teenage appeal, about the snooty approach of some adults to youngsters. Sung with verve, a strong blues feel and an occasional stuttering gimmick, with chanting supporting the soloist."
October 1966
New music releases: The Monkees - The Monkees; "Good Vibrations" - The Beach Boys; Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme - Simon & Garfunkel; The Best of Dean Martin - Dean Martin
On the 1st, "I'm a Boy" reaches its official chart peak in the U.K. at #2.
On the 4th, "The Kids Are Alright" enters the Swedish Kvällstoppen sales charts where it will peak at #8.
On the same day, Oscar (a/k/a Paul Nichols) releases a 45 of a new Pete-composed song "Join My Gang." The song fails to chart.
On the 8th, Melody Maker declares "I'm a Boy" to be #1 on their charts.
Billboard reports that "I'm a Boy" has reached #3 in the Netherlands.
October 1967
New music releases: A Christmas Album - Barbra Streisand; "Daydream Believer" - The Monkees; "The Bare Necessities" - Phil Harris; Camelot - Original Soundtrack
On the 13th, "I Can See for Miles" backed with "Someone's Coming" is released in Britain. Derek Johnson in New Musical Express calls it "less tuneful" than The Who's previous hits. Chris Welch in Melody Maker says: "In a town without end, with a moon that never sets, there is a fire burning. It is the fire of The Who, once thought diminished or dying, but obviously glowing with that renewed heat. Forget Happy Jack sitting in sand on the Isle of Man, this marathon epic of swearing cymbals and cursing guitars marks the return of The Who as a major freakout force. Recorded in America, it's a Pete Townshend composition filled with Townshend mystery and menace and delivered by the emphatic Mr. Roger Daltrey. Nobody could deceive him because there is magic in his eyes and he can see for miles. And The Who are going to see their way back into the charts." Record Mirror says: "A first-rate Pete Townsend number...the idea is that the bloke can see for miles and know exactly when his girl is short on faithfulness. Tremendously tough guitar figures and powering percussion but topped by a fairly soft vocal line. Great harmonies on the repetitive title theme. Flip: Rather more routine, I thought, but interesting." And Tony Palmer raves in The Observer: "The Who have a sensational new record out this week, 'I Can See for Miles'. It has all the rowdy exuberance that one always hopes their music will contain. Somehow their last few records, such as 'Pictures of Lily' and 'Happy Jack', have been just too clever, too self-consciously articulate. But now the Who's instinctive violence has broken loose with brilliant effect. Peter Townshend and his men have made as yet no great contribution to the development of pop music. They ignore the mystic east, seem not to have heard of the flower-gazing junkies of San Francisco, don't write meaningful words, have private lives that are totally devoid of public tittle-tattle. Yet to me they are the Sir William Walton of pop music - masters of the royal fireworks, giants of the occasional and the ceremonial...their music has a natural pageantry, a rich and gaudy display of shouting and stamping. They do what everyone else has been doing for years, but much better. A pounding ostinato bass is used to batter quite a simple lyrical motif into an endless stream of chordal frenzies; the lead guitar, meanwhile, screams away with a falling counterpoint of relentless fury, whilst Keith Moon, astride his 14 drums, gives a breathtaking demonstration of free rhythmic drumming. Each bar is subdivided into what sound like totally arbitrary divisions, which are thus continually unpredictable and always disturbing. It is positively Bartokian in its elemental excitement and, like the song itself, has the appearance, at least, of spontaneous outburst. All these elements are fused in a devastating ending. The singer, Roger Daltrey, has made his last appeal; the lead guitar is wailing like the entire Highland Pipe Band; the drummer is quiet; the music is screwed up a quartertone, and, all of a sudden, the bass guitar followed quickly by the drummer and singer comes roaring in at full tilt with the same ostinato bass that began the piece. It is a master stroke. Of its kind, the record is matchless."
October 1968
New music releases: Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience; "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" - Marvin Gaye; "For Once in My Life" - Stevie Wonder; "Wichita Lineman" - Glen Campbell
On the 11th, two-and-a-half months after its U.S. release, "Magic Bus" is released by Track Records in the U.K., backed with a complete version of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." John Wells in New Musical Express says, "...a real driving powerhouse number written by Pete Townshend, on which the boys really go to town...a great one for dancers, particularly in the clubs, and certain to restore the boys to the British charts."
On the 12th, Billboard lists Magic Bus - The Who on Tour as a new album release. A collection of Who A-sides, album tracks and leftovers, the album gets bad marks in the Underground press for its title that could mislead buyers into thinking it was a live album. Unaware of the album prior to its release, Pete is furious with Decca. Despite, or perhaps because of the confusion, the album reaches #39 on the Billboard charts making it The Who's first Top Forty album in their U.S. charts. The LP also features a new stereo mix of "Magic Bus".
The Who's label Track Records also releases a compilation for the coming Christmas market. The cover is supposed to be a painting of an atomic bomb explosion made by David King, one of the designers of The Who Sell Out cover. Manager Chris Stamp had hired him, but the cover is rejected at the last minute for reasons unknown and a new cover is hastily assembled. A collection of previously released Who A and B-sides, Direct Hits goes retail in Britain on the 18th. Unlike its American cousin, the album gets no higher in the charts than "Bubbling Under" the Top 50.
October 1969
New music releases: Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin; "Fortunate Son"/"Down on the Corner" - Creedence Clearwater Revival; "I Want You Back" - The Jackson 5; "Something" - The Beatles
"I'm Free" peaks at #18 in the German charts and #17 in the Netherlands' Muziek Express charts.
While in New York, The Who are presented with their first Gold record awards for Tommy by Decca executive vice president Jack Loetz.
October 1970
New music releases: "Your Song" - Elton John; Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin; Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John; Taproot Manuscript - Neil Diamond
On the 2nd, the Pete-produced Thunderclap Newman LP Hollywood Dream is released. Despite a #1 hit single, the LP fails to chart in the U.K. In the U.S. it peaks at #161. It will be the group's only LP release.
On the 9th, Track records releases "See Me Feel Me" backed with "Overture from Tommy" in Britain. Derek Johnson in New Musical Express says, "I've tipped it for a hit because it deserves to be one, but so many fans now own the LP, that this extract must be expected to miss out on a lot of sales." He is correct as the single fails to chart in the U.K.
Billboard reports that Decca Records' "Who Month" promotion has been a huge success with retail sales of Who records "far above" $4 million dollars. Decca's vice president of marketing and creative services Tony Martell calls it "unparalleled in Decca's history."
For further promotion, Decca releases a second single from Live at Leeds, "Young Man"/"Substitute". The single fails to chart in Billboard but peaks at #109 in Cash Box after which Decca cancels sales of stock copies putting their sales muscle behind the concurrent release "See Me, Feel Me".
On the 31st comes a Melody Maker article, "Who's cheap singles plan dampened." In it, record executives call Pete's plan for marketing cheap maxi-singles unfeasible. The format is popular in budget-conscious Britain but is unknown in America. Ultimately the maxi-single is cancelled after U.S. Decca refuses to release it.
October 1971
New music releases: Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas - Elvis Presley; "American Pie" - Don McLean; "Imagine" - John Lennon; Teaser and The Firecat - Cat Stevens
On the 1st, the new Scaffold single, "Do The Albert," featuring Keith on drums is released in the U.K. It does not chart.
Also on the 2nd, Billboard reports that "Won't Get Fooled Again" has peaked at #6 in Canada.
On the 9th, John's first solo album Smash Your Head Against The Wall is finally released by Decca/MCA in the U.S. It peaks at #126.
On the 15th, two tracks left over from the Who's Next album sessions, "Let's See Action" backed with "When I Was A Boy," are released. Derek Johnson in New Musical Express calls it "a much less berserk item than the majority of the group's discs...This could fare better than many of The Who's singles, because its appeal should be wider than that of the group's heavier work." It reaches #16 in the U.K. charts. The single is released everywhere in the world except the U.S. where Decca decides to pull the two album tracks "Behind Blue Eyes" and "My Wife" for a single release. It peaks at #34 in Billboard and #24 in Cash Box.
Also this month, Polydor releases "Baba O'Riley" as a single in continental Europe and Australia/New Zealand. It peaks at #13 in the Netherlands charts.
On the 30th, Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy is released in the U.S. First pressings include an insert with notes. This collection of Who singles is the first time many U.S. Who fans hear the group's pre-Tommy catalog and several tracks such as "I Can't Explain" and "Substitute" become rock radio staples after years of cultish obscurity. To help matters along, Decca/MCA also re-releases "I Can't Explain"/"Bald Headed Woman" and "My Generation"/"Out in the Street" on 45. The album peaks at #11 in the U.S. charts and remains the most-loved of all the many, many, many Who best-of compilations.
Billboard reports that "Won't Get Fooled Again" has hit #5 in Israel and made it to #1 in Singapore.
October 1973
New music releases: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John; "The Joker" - The Steve Miller Band; "Jolene" - Dolly Parton; Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Neil Diamond
On the 5th, "5.15," from the new album Quadrophenia, is released in the U.K. The flip side is a 1970 studio recording of "Water" that John had recently mixed for the Odds and Sods project. Roy Carr in New Musical Express calls it the "most dynamic single of the year" while Chris Welch in Melody Maker say it "sounds a lot like The Stones, vocals aside." The single will ultimately reach #20 on the charts.
On the 19th, Quadrophenia is given its airplay premiere on 28 U.S. FM radio stations. It is accompanied by a taped interview with Pete explaining the storyline.
On the 20th, Chris Welch gives an advance review of Quadrophenia in Melody Maker: "...more than an LP, it's a battle cry, and a hammer of heartbeats. For this is a masterpiece - The Who at their greatest yet, sap flowing from the roots of their creation... so real, you can almost taste the HP sauce and smell the fag ash... the kind of project that progressive British rock is all about... like Wagner's 'Ring' cycle, it is exhausting, but richly rewarding."
On the 24th, Quadrophenia is played in its entirety on New York radio.
The massive Quadrophenia double album is released in the U.K. on the 26th. However the initial run sells out quickly and, due to a shortage of vinyl caused by the OPEC oil embargo, additional copies are not pressed for another week and a half.
On the 27th, Quadrophenia is released in U.S. at the same time as a single version of "Love, Reign O'er Me" with a different mix from the album. The B-side is "Water." The album peaks at #2 in the U.S. charts but the single reaches only #76 in the Billboard charts and #54 in Cash Box.
On the same day Charles Shaar Murray reviews Quadrophenia in New Musical Express: "...musically, some of it jars. A few of the more extravagant production touches, even after a half-dozen listens, sound about as comfortable as marzipan icing on a cheeseburger. Also, the band have dubbed on so much synthesizer, keyboard and brass that, at times, one aches just to hear some unalloyed guitar, bass, drums and vocals... isn't intensive listening to two-years-in-the-making double albums antithetical to the spirit of true rock 'n' roll? Personally, I couldn't care less... If you're going to sling it on at a party or walk in and out of the room while it's playing, then you're not going to get a damn thing out of it and you might as well save your £4.30 for other purposes. But if you're prepared to work at getting into Quadrophenia, and let it work at getting into you, then you might just find it the most rewarding musical experience of the year... it's by no means unflawed, but it's a triumph, certainly."
On the 29th, the RIAA announces that Quadrophenia has reached gold record status in the U.S.
On the 31st, Pete sends a letter to Mike Shaw at Track requesting that all copies of Quadrophenia for anywhere in the world be mastered in Los Angeles with the original master tapes.
October 1974
New music releases: "Killer Queen" - Queen; "Cat's in the Cradle" - Harry Chapin; Souvenirs - Dan Fogelberg; "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" - Barry White
On the 4th, Odds & Sods is released in Britain and on the 12th in the U.S. The reviewer in Records and Recordings states that only The Beatles could put out an album of outtakes as good as Odds & Sods while Roy Carr in New Musical Express calls Odds & Sods better than most bands' final products and Steve Simels in Stereo Review says Odds & Sods is more satisfying than Quadrophenia. The album reaches #10 in the U.K. and #15 in the U.S. The British version features the song titles on the back in Braille and is the last Who release on former Who managers Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp's Track Records label.
October 1975
New music releases: "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen; Tryin' To Get The Feeling - Barry Manilow; Rocky Mountain Christmas - John Denver; "Evil Woman" - Electric Light Orchestra
On the 3rd, The Who's first studio album of new songs in two years, The Who By Numbers, is released. It gets strong marks from Roy Carr in New Musical Express who headlines his review "Once upon a time, Pete Townshend was young and full of hope. That was then." Chris Charlesworth in Melody Maker calls the album subdued. It reaches #7 in the British charts.
In the U.S. Dave Marsh in Rolling Stone says Pete has "pulled the fastest one of all, disguising his best concept album as a mere ten-track throwaway." Ira Robbins in Trouser Press calls it a "tremendous (albeit not their best) album." John Rowntree in Records and Recordings feels it will one day be considered a classic like Who's Next as does Steve Simels in Stereo Review, although he thinks "Blue Red and Grey" is the "worst thing they have ever committed to vinyl."
On the 21st, the soundtrack to Lisztomania is released. Rick Wakeman's planned "concept album" version of the soundtrack is turned down for a simple collection of songs and performances. The result does not chart in the U.K. and peaks at #145 in the U.S. Wakeman's version of the soundtrack is not released until 2002.
October 1976
New music releases: The Best of The Doobies - The Doobie Brothers; Leftoverture - Kansas; Night Moves - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band; The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin
On the 1st, The Story of The Who is awarded Gold status by the BPI.
On the 22nd, a single from The Story of the Who comes out in Europe. "Substitute" is backed with the Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy version of "I'm a Boy" plus "Pictures of Lily." In addition to the 7" 45, the single is also released in a 12" format, the first ever in the U.K. "Substitute" re-charts in Britain, peaking at #7.
On the 25th, the soundtrack to All This And World War II, including Keith's cover of "When I'm Sixty Four," is released in the U.S. where it peaks at #48.
October 1977
New music releases: Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf; "We Will Rock You"/"We Are The Champions" - Queen; "Lovely Day" - Bill Withers; News of the World - Queen
On the 1st, another single from Roger's solo album One Of The Boys, "Avenging Annie" backed with "The Prisoner," hits the U.S. charts. It peaks at #88 in Billboard, #87 in Cash Box.
"Street In the City" backed with Ronnie Lane's "Annie" comes out in Britain as a single on the 28th. It does not reach the charts
October 1978
New music releases: 52nd Street - Billy Joel; "Hold the Line" - Toto; "My Life" - Billy Joel; "Fat Bottomed Girls" - Queen
On the 21st, The Jam's single "Down in The Tube Station at Midnight" enters the British charts. On the flip side is a cover of "So Sad About Us" and the picture sleeve carries a tribute to Keith.
October 1979
New music releases: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - Rod Stewart; "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - Queen; Damn the Torpedoes - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers; Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
The Quadrophenia Soundtrack is released in the U.K. on the 5th, in the U.S. on the 6th. It features new remixes of half the original album, three new Who songs and a side of favorite Mod songs of the early 1960s. It peaks at #23 in Britain, #46 in the U.S. Simultaneously with it is the soundtrack mixes of "5.15" backed with "I'm One" released as a single. It does not chart in the U.K. but reaches #45 in Billboard, #53 in Cash Box.
Also on the 5th, The Kids Are Alright soundtrack album is certified platinum by the RIAA in the U.S.
October 1980
New music releases: The River - Bruce Springsteen; Greatest Hits - Anne Murray; "Hells Bells" - AC/DC; Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police
On the 3rd, Roger's solo single "Without Your Love" backed with "Say It Ain't So Joe" is released in the U.K. where it peaks at #55.
On the 10th, Virgin re-releases The Who's long out-of-print first album My Generation in the U.K. It had been out of print since 1967 and is identical to the original release with the exception of the word "Virgin" in place of "Brunswick." Bruce Malamut reviews it in Melody Maker and calls it a timeless classic. It reaches #20 in the British charts.
On the 18th, the second U.S. single from Pete's solo album Empty Glass, "A Little Is Enough" backed with "Cats In The Cupboard", peaks at #72 in the U.S. Billboard charts. It reaches #89 in Cash Box.
October 1981
New music releases: Greatest Hits - Queen; "Don't Stop Believin'" - Journey; "Under Pressure" - Queen and David Bowie; Ghost in the Machine - The Police
On the 10th, John's Too Late The Hero LP enters the U.S. charts. It peaks at #71 becoming the only John solo record to hit the Top One Hundred in the U.S. Along with the LP, John also releases the single "Too Late The Hero" backed with "I'm Coming Back" in the U.K. In the U.S. "Dancing Master" is the B-side. A video for the song "Too Late The Hero" is also shot and appears on MTV at this time. The single peaks at #101 in the Billboard charts.
On the 11th, MCA's new cash-in on The Who's back catalog, Hooligans, is released in the U.S. It contains the first U.S. LP releases of "Let's See Action," "Join Together", and "Relay" and peaks at #52. There is also a single, "Had Enough"/"Bargain", pulled from this LP released in Canada.
October 1982
New music releases: 1999 - Prince; Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie; Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits - Hank Williams Jr.; Greatest Hits - Dan Fogelberg
"Athena" is released in Britain as a 12" picture disc backed with "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "A Man Is A Man."
October 1983
New music releases: Can't Slow Down - Lionel Richie; "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" - Cyndi Lauper; She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper; Colour By Numbers - Culture Club
On the 1st, T-Bone Burnett's LP Proof Through The Night hits the U.S. charts. Pete plays guitar on the songs "Fatally Beautiful," "The Sixties," "Hefner," and "Disney."
Simon Townshend's LP Sweet Sound is announced as a new release in the Billboard issue of the 15th. It is produced by older brother Pete.
During this month, Polygram releases It's Hard on CD and a double-CD of Tommy. They are pressed in Germany. Who's Next follows in November.
October 1984
New music releases: Make It Big - Wham!; The Unforgettable Fire - U2; "Born in the U.S.A." - Bruce Springsteen; Welcome to the Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
On the 1st, Barry Gibb's solo album Now Voyager is released with backup vocals by Roger on the song "Fine Line."
October 1985
New music releases: Songs You Know By Heart - Jimmy Buffett; Greatest Hits - The Cars; Afterburner - ZZ Top; Picture Book - Simply Red
On the 3rd, Roger holds an album release party for his solo LP Under a Raging Moon at Abbey Road Studios, London. Pete shows up to join in the festivities.
On the 5th, Roger's solo single, the Pete-penned "After the Fire" backed with "It Don't Satisfy Me" hits the U.K. charts. It will peak at #50.
On the 7th, Pete's first single from his new album, "Face the Face" backed with "Hiding Out" is released in the U.K. For promotion, Pete is on Channel 4's The Tube interviewed by Jools Holland then performing with his new solo band Deep End. Despite the promotion, the single fails to chart in the U.K.
October 1986
New music releases: "Livin' on a Prayer" - Bon Jovi; Every Breath You Take: The Singles - The Police; "Don't Dream It's Over" - Crowded House; Whiplash Smile - Billy Idol
On the 25th, Pete's LP, Deep End Live! from the 1985 Brixton Academy charity shows, premieres on Billboard's Top 200 chart. It will peak at #98.
October 1988
New music releases: Rattle and Hum - U2; Money for Nothing - Dire Straits; "Smooth Criminal" - Michael Jackson; Silhouette - Kenny G
On the 10th, Who fans who have been replacing their old vinyl with CD's get a cornucopia from MCA Records in the U.S. The Who Sings My Generation, A Quick One (Happy Jack), The Who Sell Out, and Magic Bus are re-issued for the first time since the early Seventies on the new format. In addition, Odds and Sods, a single disc version of The Kids Are Alright, reissues of Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy and Who Are You and an MCA release of Who's Last all become standard releases on CD in the U.S. In addition, MCA releases "My Generation"/"I Can't Explain"/"Happy Jack"/"I Can See For Miles" as a 3" CD single. Unfortunately, the sound quality on some of the discs is poor and MCA subsequently upgrades sound quality on some of the series.
On the 13th, MCA sends radio stations a six-track promotional CD from the forthcoming Who's Better Who's Best called Bet You Can't Pick Just One.
On the 21st, Goldmine reports that MCA and PolyGram had wanted to release The Who's first three albums on CD a year earlier but The Who asked for more money than either record label thought they were worth. They also report that a Who box set is in the works. The project gets as far as a preliminary compilation tape before the project is cancelled.
October 1991
New music releases: Greatest Hits II - Queen; Simply The Best - Tina Turner; Diamonds and Pearls - Prince and The New Power Generation; Greatest Hits Vol. II - Alabama
On the 14th, Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin is released on as an album and video in the U.K. The video features interviews with Roger and John and a little of Roger recording "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting." The album will peak at #21. The U.S. release follows on the 22nd and reaches #18 in the Billboard charts. In addition, The Who's cover "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" peaks at #8 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart.
October 1992
New music releases: Automatic for the People - R.E.M.; Greatest Hits - Gloria Estefan; A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'Bout Love) - Alan Jackson; Love Deluxe - Sade
On the 9th, Rhino Records releases a 4-CD set of recordings from the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival. It contains all of The Who's performance.
On the 30th, Pete Townshend's 1972 album Who Came First is released on a newly-remastered CD by Rykodisc with additional tracks from the Meher Baba albums. Deluxe editions come with a booklet.
October 1995
New music releases: (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis; Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins; Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt; "Wonderwall" - Oasis
On the 10th, MCA takes a chance on the then-thought-dead format of vinyl by reissuing Who's Next on 180-gram "virgin" vinyl.
October 1996
New music releases: Yourself or Someone Like You - Matchbox 20; Greatest Hits - Simply Red; Blue is the Colour - The Beautiful South; William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture - Various Artists
On the 15th, after a 28 year delay, The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is finally released on home video and CD. Both feature The Who's live performance of "A Quick One While He's Away" in a different mix of the same take used in The Kids Are Alright movie and soundtrack. The show was filmed December 1968 and was originally intended for British television. The CD peaks at #12 in the U.K. charts.
On the 29th, Message To Love: The Isle Of Wight Festival, 1970 featuring one Who track "Naked Eye" and The Who Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival, 1970 are released in the U.S. by Columbia/Legacy. The latter CD peaks at #194.
October 1997
New music releases: Talk On Corners - The Coors; Harlem World - Mase; "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia; Postcards From Heaven - Lighthouse Family
On the 28th, Angel Air Records releases Eddie Hardin's CD Wizard's Convention - Vol. 2 with a guest appearance by John on bass on the track "Sultana".
October 1998
New music releases: I've Been Expecting You - Robbie Williams; Hits - Phil Collins; These Are Special Times - Celine Dion; "Believe" - Cher
Also on the 20th, King Biscuit Flower Hour releases Best Of The Best with a live version of "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who recorded at Philadelphia in 1973.
October 1999
New music releases: "Say My Name" - Destiny's Child; "Sandstorm" - Darude; Steptacular - Steps; Rise - Gabrielle
On the 29th, Pete opens his website PeteTownshend.com and announces an upcoming Life House 6-CD boxset and planned Life House concert.
October 2000
New music releases: Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park; "Ms. Jackson" - Outkast; Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water - Limp Bizkit; "Down with the Sickness" - Disturbed
In Vanity Fair, Elvis Costello picks his 500 favorite albums. Two of them are My Generation and Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy. He cites "Substitute" and "The Kids Are Alright" as personal favorites.
On the 30th, Pete's Live > Fillmore 1996 double CD goes on sale at eelpie.com.
October 2001
New music releases: "The Middle" - Jimmy Eat World; Escape - Enrique Iglesias; Fever - Kylie Minogue; Now That's What I Call Christmas! (U.S.) - Various Artists
On the 16th, Rhino Records releases the 1979 recording Pete Townshend & Raphael Rudd — The Oceanic Concerts on CD in the U.S. It is released in the U.K. on the 22nd.
On the 23rd, Gov't Mule releases their CD The Deep End, Vol. 1 featuring John Entwistle playing bass on "Same Price."
On the 29th, Pete releases his third demo collection Scoop 3 sold through his Eelpie website.
October 2002
New music releases: "Lose Yourself" - Eminem; Stripped - Christina Aguilera; The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac; The Definitive Collection - Stevie Wonder
On the 7th, The John Entwistle Band's Left For Live is released in the U.K. re-mastered by Eastworld Records.
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On the 21st, The Who: Ultimate Collection boxset is released in the U.K. It features a different cover from the U.S., plus five more songs than the U.S. and two CD-Rom videos. It peaks at #17.
October 2003
New music releases: The Very Best of - The Eagles; In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 - R.E.M.; "Remember When" - Alan Jackson; The Very Best of Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
On the 28th, a double CD Tommy: Deluxe Edition is released mixed by Pete into 5.1 digital surround on SACD and with a disc of bonus tracks. It is later released on DVD-A as well.
October 2005
New music releases: All the Right Reasons - Nickleback; "Dance, Dance" - Fall Out Boy; "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" - Arctic Monkeys; "Over My Head (Cable Car)" - The Fray
On the 17th, a cover of the Buzzcocks' song "Ever Fallen in Love?" is included on a 2-CD tribute to the late BBC DJ John Peel. Roger is one of the artists singing the song.
October 2006
New music releases: Back to Black - Amy Winehouse; "Irreplaceable" - Beyoncé; Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift; The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
The Roger Daltrey collection Gold CD is released in the U.S. on the 10th.
On the 14th, Billboard reviews The Who's new promo-only single "Tea & Theatre"/"It's Not Enough": "Rock radio longing for windmill power chords and old-school pyrotechnics will cringe, but triple-A should dig this intimate, wistful conversation between two legends just having tea."
The reviews for Endless Wire appear on the 27th. Rolling Stone gives it 4 out of 5 stars. "Daltrey and Townshend have made a record as brazen in its way and right for its day as The Who Sell Out and Tommy were in theirs." The Times also gives it 4 out of 5: "Unlike their later albums, though, it never tries too hard, never attempts to touch the Zeitgeist: it gets by on its self-deprecating, daffy charisma quite nicely." The Guardian gives it 3 out of 5: "...you never feel like you're being cravenly invited to wallow in nostalgia: all these elements are pressed into the service of something undeniably modern." The Independent provides only 2 stars: "...the energy seems dissipated through weak arrangements." while the Los Angeles Times ponies up 2½: "The album is inconsistent — sometimes impenetrable, sometimes enlightening — but always engaged."
Endless Wire, the first Who album of new music in twenty-four years, is released on the 31st. It peaks at #9 in the U.K.. and #7 in the U.S.
October 2008
New music releases: "Heartless" - Kanye West; "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" - Beyoncé; "If I Were a Boy" - Beyoncé; "Kids" - MGMT
On the 29th, the A Quick One Box is released in Japan featuring new masters of both the mono and stereo versions of the album plus rare tracks.
October 2012
New music releases: "Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons; "Locked Out of Heaven" - Bruno Mars; Red - Taylor Swift; "Beauty and a Beat" - Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj
On the 25th, The Who: Opus Collection is released at Starbucks stores. It will peak at #161 on the Billboard charts.
October 2014
New music releases: 1989 - Taylor Swift; "Outside" - Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding; "Lips Are Movin'" - Meghan Taylor; "Runaway (U & I)" - Galantis
On the 27th, The Who Hits 50! is released as a download or 2-CD set in the U.S. It peaks at #93 in the Billboard charts. It is released in the U.K. on 3 November and peaks at #15.
October 2015
New music releases: "Sorry" - Justin Bieber; "Hello" - Adele; "Me, Myself & I" - G-Easy and Bebe Rexha; "Unsteady" - X Ambassadors
On the 16th, Jean-Michael Jarre releases his album Electronica Part 1: The Time Machine featuring a co-composition/performance with Pete on "Travelator (part 2)".
On the 30th, the boxset The Who: The Track Records Singles 1967-1973 is released in the U.K.
October 2017
New music releases: "Meant To Be" - Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line; "I Fall Apart" - Post Malone; "Jocelyn Flores" - XXXTentacion; "The Way Life Goes" - Lil Uzi Vert featuring Oh Wonder
On the 27th, the 5-CD set Maximum A's and B's is released.
October 2019
New music releases: "Highest in the Room" - Travis Scott; "Don't Start Now" - Dua Lipa; "Roxanne" - Arizona Zervas; "Bandit" - Juice Wrld and YoungBoy Never Broke Again
On the 3rd, the second single from the WHO album premieres on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show. Also the lead-off song of the album, "All This Music Must Fade" is described by its author Pete as "A song dedicated to every artist who has ever been accused of ripping off someone else’s song. Seriously? Our musical palette is limited enough in the 21st Century without some dork claiming to have invented a common chord scheme." Jon Pareles in The New York Times calls is "as crafty as it is candid."
On the 7th, Roger is interviewed in Music Week about the new album. "He threw all these songs at me. At first, I listened to them and thought, ‘They’re really good songs, but it sounds like a Pete Townshend solo album, so how do I make an addition to it because his demos are so good?’ When I told him that – and I was very honest with him – he thought I was just being difficult, but I wasn’t. I was trying to be honest with my feelings. As it happens it’s a much better Who album than a solo album!”
October 2020
New music releases: "Levitating" - Dua Lipa; "For the Night" - Pop Smoke featuring Lil Baby and DaBaby; "Forever After All" - Luke Combs; "Positions" - Ariana Grande
On the 6th, Pete releases a new mix of a song from the WHO album, "Beads on One String (Yaggerdang Remix)". It restores the synthesizer demo performed by song co-author Josh Hunsacker, replaces Pino Palladino's bass with a Pete performance and uses Roger's first take of the song that Pete thought more "heartfelt." "It must stand alone in a period when each of us is tempted to blame someone else for our troubles, maybe even God whoever we take her/him/both to be."
On the 16th, the 3-CD Who compilation Essential The Who is released in the U.K. The U.S. release is on the 23rd.
On the 24th, The Who release their 1967 Monterey Pop performance complete as the vinyl LP Captured Live at the Monterey International Pop Festival as part of that year's Record Store Day.
On the 30th, a deluxe edition of the WHO album is released including selections from The Who's live performances at Pryzm from the previous February.
October 2021
New Music Releases: "Easy on Me" - Adele; "Super Gremlin" - Kodak Black; "'Til You Can't" - Cody Johnson; "Enemy" - Imagine Dragons and JID
On the 1st, Rolling Stone has a new interview with Roger called "The Who’s Roger Daltrey Is More Concerned With Teen Cancer Patients Than Your Nostalgia". Roger discusses a new podcast he has founded called The Real Me featuring musical performers by teen cancer patients and problems scheduling performance dates: The problem in the business at the moment is a structural one. We can’t get any venues, because there’s a huge blockage to people waiting to get venues because so many people had to cancel tours.
On the 3rd, Roger stops by The Andrew Marr Show.
On the 6th, Pete jumps on Instagram to say he has managed to sell his home of 26 years, The Wick, and move everything to his new country estate: "It's been a wrench."
On the 14th, Roger attends the opening of an exhibition by The Connor Brothers at the Maddox Gallery in London, England.
On th 22nd, Pete returns to Instagram to say he has just recorded a new guitar part for a song by his wife Rachel. It was recorded at his barge studio.
On the 28th, Roger is interviewed for Art Taylor's Heart of Giving podcast and on the 30th, he is a guest on Billy Sloan's show on BBC Radio Scotland for a programme about The Who.
