Psychoderelict

Psychoderelict was a concept album written, produced and engineered by Pete Townshend.

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Concept album - Pete Townshend

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Released in 1993, the album's songs tell the story of Ray Highsmith (commonly called Ray High), a

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1993 - Songs

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burned-out sixties rock star whose manager(Rastus Night) connives with a press

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reporter (Ruth Streeting) to re-invigorate the musician's career. Their plan: pretend to

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be a pretty fourteen-year-old girl trying to learn the ropes of singing stardom,

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sending pornographic photos of herself to him as part of the ruse.

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Later, they release the photos to the press along with the story, now

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tagged as the "Porno Pen Pal" scandal. All of High's

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previous albums have just been re-released, and sales jump.

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