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Is there something in the air?
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The band was named after their jazz pianist Andy 'Thunderclap' Newman. The band also features John 'Speedy' Keene and Jimmy McCulloch (who later played alongside Paul McCartney).
They were an average band with one dynamite song to their name. 'Something in the Air' was produced by Pete Townshend, who also played bass on the record under the name of Bijou Drains. The song was released around the same time as The Who's 'Tommy', in spring 1969.
What made it galling on one hand, yet satisfactory on the other, for Townshend was that the production and atmosphere were majestic, and the record rightly reached No1 in the singles chart.
Tommy, conversely, was mixed by The Who's manager, Kit Lambert (not Townshend), and the production is awful, even for 1969, despite the concept album being regarded as a seminal piece of British rock history.
They were an average band with one dynamite song to their name. 'Something in the Air' was produced by Pete Townshend, who also played bass on the record under the name of Bijou Drains. The song was released around the same time as The Who's 'Tommy', in spring 1969.
What made it galling on one hand, yet satisfactory on the other, for Townshend was that the production and atmosphere were majestic, and the record rightly reached No1 in the singles chart.
Tommy, conversely, was mixed by The Who's manager, Kit Lambert (not Townshend), and the production is awful, even for 1969, despite the concept album being regarded as a seminal piece of British rock history.