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By the mid-1970s, even The Who's leftovers had more interest than most rock best-of albums--"Glow Girl" is a concise blueprint of 1969's "Tommy"; "Naked Eye" and "Pure and Easy" were victims of the doomed Lifehouse project; "I'm the Face" was the band's mod-obsessed first single; and even "Little Billy," an anti-smoking advertisement, still rocks hard. John Entwistle's faux country "Now I'm A Farmer" was contemptible, but the closing anthem "Long Live Rock" redeemed such missteps. The CD reissue adds studio versions of "Young Man Blues" and "Summertime Blues," among many others, and re-orders the tracks. --Steve Knopper
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A review of this album back in 1974 stated "The Who's outtakes are more interesting than most band's albums" or such. Here's a thing which The Who have in common with Bob Dylan; both have a mountain of unreleased gems sitting in the vaults. At least nowadays Ol' Bob is getting around to releasing his via The Bootleg Series. This collection was compiled by John eEntwistle while The Who were having another hiatus from recording and touring, and while Townshend and Daltrey were heavily involved with Tommy the Movie. Townshend did produce the review of the album for the NME, hilarious in itslef, and used as the liner notes. The original album contained many gems, including almost all of the "Lost 1969 EP", outtakes from "Who's Next", treasures from the abandoned 1972 album, and hard-to-obtain rareities. The expanded edition almost doubles the amount of material, and is even better than the original, even if errors have been made in the notes for lineage etc. You can compile the alternative "Who's Next", burn yourself a copy of that lost EP, marvel at the astounding sound quality of the really early Who, and spend many an evening thinking about what might have been if this lot had only had more focus and single-minded ambition. But that's The Who for you.
trivia; look closely at the names on the helmets. Roger allegedly bought them during the fractious Quadrophenia US Tour of 1973, to show that when they put their heads together it spelled "R-O-C-K"! But some sizes wre wrong, so swapping around had to happen. Townshend tore up the photo to be used for the cover, changed his mind, glued it together and hey-presto! The album was the first to have titles on the cover in braille for blind fans.
trivia; look closely at the names on the helmets. Roger allegedly bought them during the fractious Quadrophenia US Tour of 1973, to show that when they put their heads together it spelled "R-O-C-K"! But some sizes wre wrong, so swapping around had to happen. Townshend tore up the photo to be used for the cover, changed his mind, glued it together and hey-presto! The album was the first to have titles on the cover in braille for blind fans.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This CD is a great improvement on the original vinyl version. The original was less than half the length and features very little essential material at all. This expanded remastered version features much more stuff, nearly all of which much more essential to the original album, and somehow the songs from the original album sound better too. The remastered sound quality is excellent and the song sequencing is much better too. It doesn't quite deserve five stars but is still pretty much essential.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is worth owning even if you have the original (which I have) and showcases some great early covers of rock n'roll songs plus the wonderful electric version of "Love ain't for keeping," other new additions include the sardonic "Cousin Kevin, model child," and the superb "Water" these tracks are backed up by stage standards such as "Long live rock," and "Naked Eye," well worth getting.
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Oooooooooooooo
These tracks remind me of everything good about the whooooooo. Roger pete kieth and John playing b sides at there best.
A must have album
A must have album
Published 1 month ago by R. Howells
Not odd at all--The original analog mix and LP sequencing is restored...
If John Entwistle hadn't been bored we might not have ever seen "Odds and Sods". This terrific collection gathers rarities, singles, stray tracks all in one place. Read more
Published 4 months ago by WTDK
CD
Good buying experience, would have no hesitation in recommending the purchase of this and similar products to other Amazon customers.
Published 7 months ago by Anon
Good cd....but you also need the vinyl
The cd is good with bonus tracks,but it's well worth owning the vinyl version if you can get a copy. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mrs. T. Stratton
Quality Odds and Sods
Having owned this on vinyl buying it on cd was a no brainer. Yes it may be odds and sods but each track has its own quality and could be included on a normal album. Read more
Published 18 months ago by scooby265
Essential Who !!!
This is essential Who of , at the time of release , hard to find tracks . Any serious Who fan ( beginner or not ) would want these.....buy it !
Published on 6 July 2009 by D. Smith
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