Another internet-only live album from the back pages of the Who guitarist, this double-CD set captures him back in his ol' stamping ground of Shepherd's Bush.
However, the music is radically different from the last time Pete played round those parts. Backed by a drum machine - in what one suspects is a conscious attempt to escape the spectre of the late, great Keith Moon - and a live rapper on some tracks, this is an at times radical overhaul of one of the most glittering canons in rock.
Sometimes - 'Who Are You's brilliant juxtaposition of power chords and rap - it works, on other occasions - a Fisher Price version of the once-mighty 'Anyway Anyhow Anywhere' - it doesn't. Still, kudos to Mr Townshend for not taking the easy route, as ever.
His solo acoustic material often comes across the best - a fiery 'English Boy', a plaintive 'Sheraton Gibson' - although the closing 'I'm One' is as straight and heartfelt as the Who original and all the better for it.
In football terms, a scoring draw.
You can buy this album from www.eelpie.com.
