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Odds & Sods songs This 1996 digitally remastered reissue of QUADROPHENIA contains remixed versions of "The Real Me," "Quadrophenia," "Dr. Jimmy" and "The Rock." It comes with a 52-page booklet. Originally released on Polydor (6235). Digitally remastered by Jon Astley (Close To The Edge). Includes a 56-page booklet. Originally released on MCA (10004). Recorded at The Kitchen, Battersea, England. The Who: Pete Townshend (vocals, guitar, keyboards); John Entwistle (vocals, bass, horns); Roger Daltrey (vocals); Keith Moon (drums, percussion, vocals). Composer: Pete Townshend. The Who: Pete Townshend (various instruments, background vocals); John Entwistle (bass instrument, background vocals); Keith Moon (drums, background vocals); Roger Daltrey. Personnel: John Entwistle (vocals, horns); Keith Moon (vocals, percussion); Roger Daltrey (vocals); Chris Stanton (piano); Pete Townshend, Rod Houison, Ron Nevison (sound effects). Audio Mixers: Ron Fawcus; Bobby Pridden. Audio Remasterer: Bob Ludwig. Audio Remixers: Andy McPhearson; Jon Astley. Recording information: The Kitchen, Thessally Road, Battersea, Ontario, Canada (05/1972-08/1973). Photographer: Graham Hughes. Unknown Contributor Roles: Jon Astley; Kit Lambert; Andy MacPherson; Bob Ludwig. Additional personnel: John Curle (spoken vocals); Chris Stainton (piano). 2 CD

Odds & Sods buy CD music This 1995 reissue of THE WHO SELL OUT includes songs and jingles not available on the original version. Originally released on Track (612002/613002). Released in the U.S. on Decca (4950/74950) in 1968. Only three albums into its recording career, the Who had already begun to distance itself from its proletarian R&B beginnings. Here, songwriter Pete Townshend follows up on the rock-opera idea he had introduced on A QUICK ONE with the extended, multi-part composition "Rael" and would later expand upon with TOMMY. The band had also begun exploring the form of the concept album. The songs are connected by bits of fake radio commercials and brass fanfares, and there's a little of everything thrown into the mix. All-out rockers like the vengeful "I Can See For Miles" vie for the listener's attention with the romantic declarations of "Our Love Was" and the soft, folky "Maryanne With The Shaky Hand" on this impressively eclectic album. Recorded in 1967 & 1968. Includes liner notes by Dave Marsh. The Who: Pete Townshend (vocals, guitar, piano); John Entwistle (vocals, bass); Roger Daltrey (vocals); Keith Moon (drums). Producer: Kit Lambert. Reissue producer: Jon Astley. Personnel: Pete Townshend (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); Roger Daltrey (vocals, harmonica); John Entwistle (vocals, trumpet, keyboards, bass guitar); Keith Moon (vocals, drums); Al Kooper (organ). Audio Remasterers: Jon Astley; Andy MacPherson. Audio Remixers: Jon Astley; Andy MacPherson. Liner Note Author: Dave Marsh . Recording information: Advision Studios, London, England (05/1967-11/1967); CBS Studios, London, England (05/1967-11/1967); Columbia Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA (05/1967-11/1967); De Lane Lea Studios, London, England (05/1967-11/1967); Gold Star Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA (05/1967-11/1967); IBC Studios, London, England (05/1967-11/1967); Kingsway Studio, London, England (05/1967-11/1967); Talent Masters Studios, New York, NY (05/1967-11/1967). Photographer: David Montgomery. Additional personnel: Al Kooper (organ).

Odds & Sods album for sale The 1996 reissue of WHO ARE YOU contains 5 previously-unreleased bonus tracks. Originally released on MCA (3050) on August 25, 1978. Includes liner notes by Matt Resnicoff. By the end of the '70s, the original version of the Who was reaching the end of its tether (Keith Moon was nearing the end of his life). WHO ARE YOU can be seen as something of a swan song for the spirit that ignited the rock & roll juggernaut that was the Who in its prime. The increased prominence of synthesizers here (the electronic flavoring of the title track recalls "Baba O'Riley") points towards the direction the post-Moon '80s version of the band would take. Instead of casting aspersions on socio-political ills, Townshend was casting glances askance at current musical trends ("Sister Disco") and his own occupation ("Guitar and Pen"). Entwistle's bass still rumbles melodically through the tunes in the grand style, and Daltrey's wounded-beast roar is at its most impassioned on such songs as "Had Enough." The end of an era was just around the corner, but the band blazed away regardless, making WHO ARE YOU the last must-have Who album. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Additional Tracks The Who: Pete Townshend (vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, bass, drums); John Entwistle (vocals, synthesizer, bass); Roger Daltrey (vocals); Keith Moon (drums, percussion). Reissue producers: John Astley, Andy MacPherson. The Who: Roger Daltrey (vocals); Pete Townsend (vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer); John Entwistle (vocals, horns, synthesizer, bass); Keith Moon (drums, percussion). Personnel: Pete Townshend (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Roger Daltrey (vocals, harmonica); John Entwistle (vocals, horns, keyboards, synthesizer, bass guitar); Keith Moon (vocals, drums, percussion); Ted Astley (strings); Rod Argent (piano, synthesizer); Andy Fairweather Low (background vocals). Audio Remasterer: Bob Ludwig. Audio Remixers: Jon Astley; Andy MacPherson. Liner Note Author: Matt Resnicoff. Recording information: Goring Studios (10/1977-04/1978); Olympic Studios, London, England (10/1977-04/1978); RAK Studios, St. John's Wood (10/1977-04/1978); Ramport Studios, Battersea, Ontario, Canada (10/1977-04/1978). Photographers: George Bodnar; Martyn Goddard; Ross Halfin; Terry O'Neill . Additional personnel: Rod Argent (piano, synthesizer); Andy Fairweather-Low (background vocals).

Odds & Sods CD music Principally recorded at IBC Studios, Pye Studios and Regent Sound, London, England in 1966. Tracks 1-10 originally released in the U.K. in 1966 as A QUICK ONE on Reaction (593002). Tracks 11-14 originally released in the U.K. in 1966 on the EP READY STEADY WHO! on Reaction (592001). Includes liner notes by Chris Stamp, the original release liner notes from READY STEADY WHO! by Francis Hitching and the original release liner notes from the U.S. album HAPPY JACK by Nick Jones. This 1995 reissue of A QUICK ONE includes the original British album along with four songs from the EP READY STEADY WHO!, three B-sides ("Doctor, Doctor," "I've Been Away" and "In The City") and three previously unreleased tracks. A QUICK ONE was first released in the U.S. in 1967 under the title HAPPY JACK, with the single "Happy Jack" replacing the British album track "Heatwave." A pivotal album in the early career of The Who, A QUICK ONE is the bridge between the band's original incarnation as a hard rockin' mod pop group and its subsequent, more ambitious, experimental phase. The album is also notable because it's centerpiece, "A Quick One, While He's Away," represents Pete Townshend's first attempt at "rock opera," a form which he and The Who would later perfect on TOMMY and QUADROPHENIA. The ten-minute track contains all the elements of the trademark Who style--complex arrangements and vocal harmonies, alternating heavy electric and light acoustic passages and a preoccupation with issues of morality and sexuality. Also interesting is the fact that A QUICK ONE includes, in addition to several Townshend masterpieces, one Roger Daltrey tune and two excellent songs each from both John Entwistle and Keith Moon. The Entwistle-penned tracks ("Whiskey Man" and "Boris the Spider") are among his best and introduced fans for the first time to the virtuoso bassist's dark, twisted sense of humor. Although prior to A QUICK ONE's release The Who had several hit singles, it was this album that put the music world on notice that Townshend and crew were far more than simply a high energy rock & roll band. Reissue producer: Jon Astley. Personnel: Pete Townshend (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Roger Daltrey (vocals, harmonica); John Entwistle (vocals, keyboards, bass guitar); Keith Moon (vocals, drums). Audio Remasterers: Jon Astley; Andy MacPherson. Audio Remixers: Jon Astley; Andy MacPherson. Liner Note Author: Chris Stamp. The Who: Pete Townshend (vocals, guitar, cello, penny whistle); John Entwistle (vocals, trumpet, bass); Roger Daltrey (vocals, trombone); Keith Moon (drums). Producer: Kit Lambert.

Odds & Sods buy CD music The 1996 reissue of THE WHO BY NUMBERS contains three live bonus tracks that weren't on the original LP. "Squeeze Box," "Behind Blue Eyes" and "Dreaming From The Waist" were recorded live in Swansea, Wales in 1976. Recorded in 1975 & 1976. Originally released on MCA (2161) in October 1975. Includes liner notes by Penny Valentine and John Swenson. Arguably the most underrated of the Who's albums, THE WHO BY NUMBERS represents a return to a more straight-ahead rock & roll sound after the extensive orchestration of QUADROPHENIA. It includes a pair of certified classics in "Slip Kid' and "Squeeze Box," as well as two of Townshend's prettiest ballads, "Imagine a Man" and "Blue Red and Grey." Released at a time when the man who wrote "I hope I die before I get old" was turning 30, many of the songs on WHO BY NUMBERS seem to be Townshend's way of dealing with the hardships of life as a hard-living, quickly aging rock star. Melancholy, world-weary and nostalgic, WHO BY NUMBERS is a far cry from the youthful playfulness of early albums like THE WHO SELL OUT. The album was evidently the product of four exhausted musicians, as the next Who album did not appear until three years later. Although not as bombastically exciting as WHO'S NEXT or LIVE AT LEEDS, THE WHO BY NUMBERS does include standout ensemble work from everyone involved (especially bassist John Entwistle) and serves as a fascinating mid-'70s snapshot of rock gods turning pensive at the height of their fame. Additional Tracks The Who: Pete Townshend (vocals, guitar, keyboards); John Entwistle (vocals, brass, bass); Roger Daltrey (vocals); Keith Moon (drums). Reissue producers: Jon Astley, Andy Macpherson. Personnel: Pete Townshend (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Roger Daltrey (vocals, harmonica); John Entwistle (vocals, keyboards, bass guitar); Keith Moon (vocals, drums); Dave Arbus (violin); Nicky Hopkins (piano, keyboards). Audio Remasterer: Bob Ludwig. Audio Remixers: Jon Astley; Andy MacPherson. Liner Note Author: John Swenson. Recording information: Eel Pie Studios, England (04/??/1975-06/12/1975); Island Mobile, England (04/??/1975-06/12/1975); Ramport Studios, England (04/??/1975-06/12/1975); Shepperton Sound Studio On Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio (04/??/1975-06/12/1975); Swansea Football Ground (04/??/1975-06/12/1975). Illustrator: John Entwistle. Photographer: Chris Walter.

Odds & Sods songs Originally released in March 1981, FACE DANCES was the Who's first album following the death of the group's original drummer, Keith Moon. He was replaced by Kenney Jones of the Small Faces. Principally recorded at Odyssey Studios, London, England from June-December 1980. The Who's first album of the '80s and their first without drum maniac Keith Moon was viewed with cynicism by many longtime Who fans, who declared the band a dead issue. In fact, FACE DANCES was arguably the band's last aesthetically successful album. The reckless abandon of the Moon era was irretrievable, but the Who's sound was maturing all along, and Moon's madness fit Townshend's mature, sophisticated tunes less and less. FACE DANCES is no bland-out, but the band mines the subtle end of their dynamic range more extensively and successfully than ever before. With the advancing years, the tension between Townshend's thoughtful lyrics and the rock-hero bravado of Roger Daltrey's delivery had grown more pronounced, charging these songs with subtextual energy. Guest Rabbit Bundrick's keyboards add color to Townshend's increasingly introspective examinations of adult relationships and responsibilites (sounds boring as hell, but really it's not) on "Another Tricky Day" and "How Can You Do It Alone." Entwistle's bass still rages and rumbles like a nuclear submarine, and the band's fire still rages on FACE DANCES, albeit with a bit more finesse. The Who: Roger Daltrey (vocals); Pete Townshend (vocals, guitar, keyboards); John Entwistle (vocals, bass); Kenney Jones (drums). Producer: Bill Szymczyk. Reissue producers: Jon Astley, Andy Macpherson. Recording information: Odyssey Recording Studios, London, England. Remastered