On Friday, December 3, The Who returned to their alma mater, The Goldhawk, for a one-time appearance. The scene was not unlike King Arthur returning to Camelot. This was the local band that had "made good." Irish Jack had referred to this date being a "hero's return" and he is right, since the band had already played on Ready Steady Go earlier that evening, and their first album had already been available from West End record stores. This was the band returning to the scene of their previous triumphs, but it was not the "maximum R&B" that this audience remembered. Instead it was a sleek power driven, pulsating power pop band that performed a Nashville-type of Motown perfected by the Everly Brothers! Gone were the old standards like "I'm a Man" etc… Instead there were new songs from the My Generation album. During the set, Roger made an announcement about a great new band called The Action and their fantastic record called " Land of the 1,000 Dances" whereupon The Who proceeded with their own version, which sounded something like "Daddy Rolling Stone"! The Goldhawk was a "social" club, which is quite a paradox since the behavior of a number of patrons was quite anti-social. There were fights that broke out during the course of the evening and bouncers were dispatched with billyclubs to forcibly eject the troublemakers. This helped me get to the front row. The band was using their new Marshall equipment at the time, and Pete was playing a blond semi-acoustic Rickenbacker 360F. Towards the end of the set, he swapped guitars, and the band played "The Ox", and Irish Jack Has it Wrong- this was not the last song that the band played at the Goldhawk *. They finished off with "My Generation", which was rather flawed since the replacement guitar had been badly put together and promptly self-destructed after it was given a feeble tap against one of the Marshall 8x12's. Pete seemed to be a little pissed off about this, and picked up the broken parts and trashed them on the front of the stage, causing a riot. Antonioni was in attendance in the audience and recreated the "smashing up" sequence for his movie "The Blow-up". If you've ever seen the movie, you'll notice yours truly standing in the front row in front of Jeff Beck, a coincidence of fate! London was the pulse of the musical explosion. The Who were on the cutting edge and seeing them that night at the Goldhawk was like being in the Court of Kings! * Footnote: This appearance is referenced in "The Who Concert file", Joe Mc Michael and Irish Jack ( Omnibus Press)