With Love is a 1976 album by Pete Townshend

Pete Townshend

Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...

 and friends dedicated to Townshend's spiritual mentor Meher Baba

Meher Baba

Meher Baba , , born Merwan Sheriar Irani, was an Indian mystic and spiritual master who declared publicly in 1954 that he was the Avatar of the age....

. Appearances and backup artists include Billy Nicholls

Billy Nicholls

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, Steve Humphries, Ronnie Lane

Ronnie Lane

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, Ron Wood

Ron Wood

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, Bruce Rowland

Bruce Rowland (drummer)

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, Lol Benbow, Paul Wyld, Peter Hope-Evans (of Medicine Head

Medicine Head

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), Sydney Foxx, among others. Other tribute albums produced by Townshend and dedicated to Meher Baba include Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday (1970 album)

Happy Birthday is a collaboration album by Pete Townshend and friends including Ronnie Lane, pressed and released in 1970 by Universal Spiritual League. The album was originally released in February 1970 as the first in a series of tribute albums dedicated to Pete Townshend's spiritual mentor...

, I Am

I am (Pete Townshend album)

I Am is a collaboration concept album by Pete Townshend and friends pressed in 1972. The album includes the original version of "Baba O'Riley" played by Townshend alone without lyrics, which, at 9:48, is almost twice as long as the augmented version which opens Who's Next. I Am was produced as a...

, and Avatar (a compilation of the previous three albums, later released as Jai Baba

Jai Baba

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)http://www.thewho.info/PTAlbums.htm.

Track listing

1. "Hail Avatar Meher Baba"
2. "Give It Up"
3. "Without Your Love"
4. "His Hands"
5. "Just For A Moment"
6. "Baba Blues"
7. "Meher"
8. "Contact"
9. "Gotta Know Ya"
10. "Sleeping Dog"
11. "All God's Mornings"
12. "Lantern Cabin"

External links

• Lyrics
• Pete Townshend solo album index
• Meher Baba Tribute Albums by Pete Townshend