Both albums are packaged in their original sleeves with obi strips and an Abbey Road Studios Half-Speed Mastering Certificate.(The Who.com)
First released in 1965, My Generation was The Who’s debut album. It peaked at #5 and unleashed The Who on to the world. It has been described as one of the greatest albums of all time by Rolling Stone, MOJO, and the NME and was included in the US Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry as ‘culturally significant’ to be preserved and archived for all time.
The band’s follow up album A Quick One was released in late 1966, it contains more experimental compositions including the nine-minute mini-opera ‘A Quick One, While He’s Away’ which was the precursor to what was to follow in later years, as well as classic Who tunes including ‘So Sad About Us’ and ‘Boris The Spider’. TRACK LIST BELOW
This first issue of Mod Icons focuses on the self-proclaimed ’Orrible ’Oo, charting their amazing journey from My Generation’s explosive proto-rock in 1965, right up to Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey’s successful incarnation of the band today.
In between you’ll find details of their colourful early Pop Art phase, the extraordinary tales behind their mega-selling concept albums Tommy and Quadrophenia, a touching profile of showboating drummer Keith Moon – who died tragically in 1978 – the little-documented story of the group’s tempestuous 1980s and ’90s, and much more besides.
MY GENERATION – HALF-SPEED MASTERED VINYL TRACK LIST
SIDE 1
1. Out In The Street
2. I Don’t Mind
3. The Good’s Gone
4. La-La-La-Lies
5. Much Too Much
6. My Generation
SIDE 2
1. The Kids Are Alright
2. Please Please Please
3. It’s Not True
4. I’m A Man
5. A Legal Matter
6. The Ox
My Generation – Half-Speed Vinyl Mastered Available to pre-order here
A QUICK ONE – HALF SPEED MASTERED VINYL TRACK LIST
SIDE 1
1. Run Run Run
2. Boris The Spider
3. I Need You
4. Whiskey Man
5. Heatwave
6. Cobwebs And Strange
SIDE 2
1. Don’t Look Away
2. See My Way
3. So Sad About Us
4. A Quick One, While He’s Away
A Quick One – Half-Speed Vinyl Mastered Available to pre-order here
The Who: Concert Memories from the Classic Years, 1964–1976 Out May 28, 2022The book due out phisically on May 2022 from Schiffer Publishing, it's already on pre-sale on Amazon.com
Pete Townshend: "Edoardo's book looks wonderful. The photos are very special. His take on The Who, and on me, is intriguing and extremely insightful. I wasn't always a pleasant person to be around in the early days. It's good to see that sometimes I managed to do some decent things for fans. I am very pleased to see this wonderful book published in English."
Most know that the legendary English rock band the Who performed concerts at ear-splitting volume, smashed their instruments, and became one of the world’s most influential groups.
Their period from 1964 to 1976 saw the creation of such classic songs as “My Generation,” “Pinball Wizard,” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” as well as the Tommy, Who’s Next, and Quadrophenia albums.
But how many know the stories of those fans affected by their music and live performances, or the angst and insecurities that drove bandleader Pete Townshend to new heights during this time?
Who saw Pete Townshend handing his guitar from the stage to a grateful fan, and what happened next? Or who has seen photos of bassist John Entwistle being anything but the “Quiet One”?
Or what happened backstage at Woodstock and the Monterey Pop Festival? This book offers what Pete Townshend himself describes as an “intriguing and extremely insightful take on the Who and myself.”
The reader will be thrown into untold stories, hundreds of previously unpublished photographs, and uncirculated recordings clarifying the misinformation, myths, and legends. It’s a labor of love from a fan for fans that gives voice to a collective consciousness that might otherwise fall silent over time.
