The High Numbers - Gotta dance to keep from cryin' 1964

[drumbs]

LADIES AND GENTELMAN......THE WHO

well.., ya gotta start sometime..!

GREAT!!

[noodlam]

RAW! Thanks

[rdx506]

Go to HULU and watch the documentary on THE WHO called, 'AMAZING JOURNEY" It's a history of THE WHO.

[MrMod60]

i wish i was there



[stpzgrz]

So great

[seanroses]

raw stuff,mod like ya know,dont make em like they used to hey,gonna see daltry do tommy in a couple of weeks in nottingham

[lyds97]

ok, I'm officially a mod now!

[trevgk]

someone doesn't know what they are talking about. Keith Moon wasn't in High Numbers, the rest were, these photos are The Who. reminds me of The Blue Moon in Cheltenham, great

[jasoncsh35]

@trevgk That will be you then ! Keith Moon joined 'The Detours', who later changed their name to The Who in '64. Then for a short while when Pete Meaden managed them, they changed their name to The High Numbers when this performance at the Railway Tavern was shot. So to sum up, Keith was indeed a member of the High Numbers as they were The Who just with a different name for a while :)

Cheers.

[TwistedSpeech]

@trevgk You obviously don't know what you're talking about. You need to watch The Who's documentary. They were called The Who, with Keith, then their management named them The High Numbers, with Keith still in the band, then they went back to The Who when they got signed, with KEITH IN THE BAND!!! Don't talk unless you know.

[RickDougall]

@trevgk I agree. If you see the full version of this gig, Kit Lambert's at the start with a clapperboard with 'The Who' clearly written on it, not 'The High Numbers'.

[bornwithoutwarning]

Some bands and artists have that extra something. This is proof that the Who had it right from the beginning. Raw, melodic and soulful.

[TonyWoodcocksPerm]

How anyone can give this the thumbs down is beyond me...

This is fooking fantastic.

[governorgilf]

This is truly amazing footage here.  I had no idea stuff like this even existed. It's really interesting to see how young and raw they were here, before all the theatrics that followed in their later shows.

[ackee123]

64 to 67 they were on fire. The stuff they playin early on at places like the Railway was amazin. The Blues played at 150mph...while looking proper cool. I've seen the Who live 6 or 7 times now, but I would have loved to see em back then.

[askl23]

Why are some parts of this early in their career preserved in such quality? Like, "I Can't Explain" sounds like a single from nowadays, and this looks and sounds like some hipster just recorded it in black and white.

[CHACHOU33]

So mods so Fab!!!!! great great great!!!!!

[rockape629]

Now I see where Liam Gallagher gets his look from!

[guidoforever1089]

this is high numbers

at first they where the who then they change that but his producer choose the who

much better name but this music is greattt!

[merseymain]

Excellent

[sisforshenanigans]

Best band. I really dig these guys as the high numbers more than them as the who. "The High Numbers" even sounds smoother and better than "The Who," but that's just my opinion.

[skinheadregga69]

esta increible!!!!!!

[fritzeger]

This is amazing footage

[Quick420ful]

Pete and Roger go...lets not be the Beatles pt.2 Let's write our own sound.........gimme a blue and a green.

[drumbs]

KEITH MOON LIVES !!!!!!!!

[shaneshaky1]

MODS FOREVAH !!!! CMON THEN YOU FUCKIN ROCKAS !

[vampyros1]

Ya gotta love the couple slow dancin' this one!

[11xzxzxz]

Basically Keith and Roger you hear and it's fantastic anyway.

heartaches have gathered around misery has surely found me .. Smokey

[11xzxzxz]

Great Smokey Robinson song. Nice to see Roger sing with less bravado and more feeling; nice to see Pete not do any showy windmills, great to see Keith alive, and girls dancing in this video. The band that later consumed itself. After their greatest achievement Who Sellout (huh? who? what?) they really did sell well but for what?

[vampyros1]

@11xzxzxz 'Sell Out' is prob. my fave Who record too, but how can you discount 'Tommy' as a worthy piece of music?

[11xzxzxz]

@vampyros1 I didn't like it or anything after Who'sNext which was good for a while and now I never want to hear it again. I respect that you think Sellout is probably their best.

[11xzxzxz]

Really fine version of the Smokey Robinson classic. Both are classics examples of controlled raucousness.

[stOOpid68]

cool as f*ck

birth of a (MOD)Nation!!

[13umperCar]

You got your description wrong - Ther were called the detours, Then the Who,Then the high numbers and then the Who again. :)

[ChroniclesOfSpring]

ah, the last bit is missing. he pokes his tongue out and makes a funny face at the end.

[fatgreenwoody]

when you put some thought into it, this may be the most legendary peice of recorded drum history. no one but moonie was drummin' like that in 1964 or any other year for that matter. and this is one of only two clips that was ever recorded by the high numbers. legendary shit folks!!!!!!!!

[unknownkingdom]

@fatgreenwoody You're right, Keith Moon is the most easily recognized member of the band in this video. He doesn' t look or play *too* much differently than later on.

[terryboy79]

High Numbers

Guvnor's of the Mod Scene for me!

[LukaTaylorWatNow]

this music video looks like a bar scene from a movie or somethin

[g0skittleyourself]

i want the album!

[paterc02]

does any1 know where i could get a high numbers album? cheers

[Whicol2]

There is no High Numbers album.

They only released one single, and recorded three songs.

The only known live High Numbers material was the audio reel from the show in this video. There has been a bootleg floating around for years (I have it) of this show in it's entirety.

It was recorded onto video equipment, and the visual part was thought to be lost forever until a couple years ago when this footage surfaced in an attic in Sweden.

They they added the audio and... missing classic!

[stOOpid68]

@paterc02

there's a dvd ya can get from japan with all this gig and some demo type tunes, think there's "Leaving Here and stuff like that on it. look on amazon mate!

Lee

Liverpool Mods.

[CajonCraig]

I Love This Song & Always Will,Jimmy James Did A Good Version Too!

[78s4FR]

Great version of the 1963 Miracles song

[RoughlerTV]

this is the who not the high numbers. it is from the same gig as i cant explain

[jasoncsh35]

It's the High Numbers, filmed at the Railway Hotel in '64.

[TheWolfmansWhiskers]

@RoughlerTV The High Numbers are The Who b4 The Who as where the Cross Section as listed on the Quadrophenia Film Soundtrack

[SimononRocks]

@TheWolfmansWhiskers Cross section were nothing to do with The Who. They just appeared in the club in Quadrophenia

[ann2shoes]

@RoughlerTV The Who were called The High Numbers before they were The Who

[patdrumingerthingy]

accually they were called the who first then changed to the high numbers after they got a new manager but decided it didn't suit them

[ann2shoes]

That's news to me, never heard that story before, but it could be true.

[jasoncsh35]

Hi Ann, they were orginally the Detours. Then changed their name to The Who, and then further change it for a brief period to The High Numbers, before reverting it back to The Who.

[TheWhoQuad]

@jasoncsh35

That is the CORRECT order... Good Job Jason.

[MrVinalmagic]

@jasoncsh35 i thought it waS the detours then the high numbert then the who but u learn something new everyday wouldnt life be boring if u didnt???

[jasoncsh35]

@MrVinalmagic Hi fella, it would be very boring indeed....I often find out some interesting stuff via comments on youtube, that I never knew about...or thought was different. KTF!

[cameronismad234]

This is actually The Who when they were called 'The High Numbers' and this Railway Hotel gig in 1964 was way before Pete even wrote 'I can't explain.'

The only way in which this gig is related to 'I Can't Explain' is in that the footage was used in the compilated promotional video for 'I Can't Explain' on the 'Who's Better, Who's Best' DVD/Video.

[Whicol2]

Hardly "WAY" before Pete wrote I Can't Explain.

This gig was shot in August 1964, and The High Numbers/Who (still in name transition) recorded "I Can't Explain" in November 1964, and released it in Jan. 1965.

So...less than three months is hardly "Way" before, IMO...

[cameronismad234]

Okay point taken - I may have exaggerated when I said "way"... ...but my point still stands that it was before he wrote 'I Can't Exlain.'

[Whicol2]

Yep, and the best period in their career, in my opinion!

=)

[bensimps123]

@Whicol2 this was before they got properly got going ,your talking crap

[svinet1994]

@RoughlerTV the who is the high numbers

[ambreec28]

I would have never guessed this was a Motown song from the way they played this...I like both versions. :)

[ann2shoes]

OK - you've obviously done your research thoroughly!

[ludehead]

Looks like there was a few purple hearts being distributed that night!

[nevasnitch]

keith moon!legenday by the way , girls were so fking sexy & hot bk in the 60s!

[idiotaviento]

JOHN<3

[DrBuggles1]

Got this on DVD:D (Smug or what?)

[THExPHANTRESS]

I think its hilarious all the MODs/SOCs in there. Rog was playing the part of a MOD/SOC but that boy was def. a Rocker/Greaser. No matter how hard he tried....his fists proved it, he was a Rocker and always will be a Rocker.....even in his 60's.

LOVE YOU ROG!

[maraleja92]

I LOVE MOONIE

[DrBuggles1]

OX!

[gyro62]

Go Moonie ! HA HA HA... Boy I love this! Thanks so much for posting ! Keith is still my favorite drummer .'and I miss ya, you miserable old boot !

[bondurango]

I believe this footage was shot by two would-be filmakers, Kit Lambert & Chris Stamp, who wanted to make a documentary about a rock group trying to make it in the music business & happened on The High Numbers. Subsequently, they became their managers & changed their name back to The Who. But whatever happened to the the documentary? Did they ever finish it? I hope the rest of the film can be restored & released at some point.

[thegreatfish]

They didn't finish it. In fact, this is believed to be the only surviving footage from that documentary.

[bondurango]

I've seen other footage from the Railway Hotel, besides this one. In the documentary, Amazing Journey, The Who perform Heat Wave. That documentary has a lot of stuff in it from the Lambert/Stamp original. So this can't be the only surviving footage.

[thegreatfish]

Sorry, I didn't clarify. The Railway Hotel show is the only remaining footage. The documentary was never actually completed. It's possible that this show and the bits that appear in Amazing Journey are all that were ever actually filmed.

[DrBuggles1]

They never finished as Lambert and Stamp split and were replaced as the Who's management by Bill Curbishly, Kit Lambert died in 1981

[AXISOFHENDRIX]

SWEET- I never knew this footage existed- THANK YOU. LONG LIVE KEITH- be it, dead or alive.

[prodigyofpeace1983]

Well I looked up the title, says it's a Smokey Robinson & The Miracles tune. Sweet!

[prodigyofpeace1983]

This a cover or an original? If it's a cover, anyone know who did the song originally?

[jefson16]

Amazing. This is History.

[MetalTigger]

Brilliant footage of the guys.. thanks for posting... and even BIGGER thanks to the person who actually took the film.

[keithmoon90]

it was one of their 2 managers that they had, forget their names now, chris summit. n he took it as a small film which is y theres a few songs from the same gig recorded on film. i cnt remember y he filmed them i think he wanted evidence to show some big people, its on one fo the whos dvds :P

[ForbiddenHaze]

Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp

[keithmoon90]

Thats it!

[johnflaherty]

Kit and Chris were lookin' for an unknown band, so they could make a film about them. But soon after discovering The High Numbers/The Who, he dropped the idea and the duo became their managers.

[cdbasso]

Thier older stuff was the best...Though their late 60's-70's stuff is great..im a big fan of their first 3 albums..My generation..A Quick One & The Who Sell Out..they went too main stream with Tommy & Who's Next.

[Tranchera]

It's surprising they were putting out hits like Tommy just a few years after this. :P

Not to say it's bad, but they look amazingly young here.

[jasoncsh35]

Yeah it's a fair bit different back in the younger days, although I have to say I prefer their older stuff.

[unknownkingdom]

@jasoncsh35 It's different. I enjoy their later material the most, but...I like this too.