These limited-edition black vinyl versions have been mastered by long-time Who engineer Jon Astley at Close To the Edge and cut for vinyl by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios with a half-speed mastering technique which produces a superior vinyl cut. Both albums are packaged in their original sleeves with a libretto (Tommy), a psychedelic poster (The Who Sell Out) and with obi strips and certificates of authenticity.
Released in 1967, The Who Sell Out was the third album released by the band and is revered for being one of the first concept albums, celebrating the short-lived pirate radio stations of the late 60s with its groundbreaking use of fake adverts and jingles between songs. (Release Date 08 July 2022)
One of the most important albums of all time, Tommy is a rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind boy, which, when released in 1969, reached #2 in the UK charts and #7 in the US. The 2-LP album. It is packaged in the original triple-gatefold sleeve with the 12-page full-colour libretto.
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Last April to celebrate the 40th Anniversary edition of It's Hard, 2LP half-speed master 2LP half-speed were released includes a master of the album along with rare and unreleased material, including the Roger Daltrey vocal version of "Eminence Front". Find it in your local record store from April 23 onwards.
On Record Store day this year, legendary rock band The Who are releasing a special 40th Anniversary edition of their 1982 album, It's Hard.The four bonus tracks include ‘Eminence Front’ with Roger on lead vocal, an alternative mix of ‘Cry If You Want’, ‘One Life’s Enough’ with a lead vocal by Pete Townshend and an unedited 1997 remix of John Entwistle’s song ‘Dangerous’.
The Who may not make another album because they won’t make any money from it.
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend – are proud of how well-received 2019’s ‘Who’ was but they made a loss on the record and there was tension between the two of them, so they are reluctant to do it again.(Music-news)
“There’s no record market any more. Everybody talks about streaming, but have you seen what artists get from that? It’s a joke.
Pete Townshend: “I wrote ‘Athena’ when Theresa Russel turned me down”
“Athena” was written after a fatal encounter with American actress Theresa Russell from which Pete lost his game.
A demo version titled “Teresa” was recorded and presented to The Who by Pete Townshend during the Face Dances sessions. It can be found on Townshend’s compilation Scoop 3
“I got drunk as usual, but I had taken my first line of cocaine that very evening before meeting her and decided I was in love. When I came to do the vocal on the following day I was really out of my mind with frustration and grief because she didn’t reciprocate” (via “It’s Hard”)
A demo version titled “Teresa” was recorded and presented to The Who by Pete Townshend during the Face Dances sessions. It can be found on Townshend’s compilation Scoop 3.
Townshend recorded a demo version of the song under the title “Theresa” but when it came time to record the final version of the song for the album “It’s Hard,” both Russell and Townsend were married to other people. Feeling a little vulnerable releasing a song about unrequited love, Townsend decided to change the name to “Athena.” The “Spider-Man 3” actress has never publicly spoken out about her stint as Pete Townsend’s muse, but she sure has a fun conversation starter should she ever need it. (Grunge)
