The Who-WHOS NEXT: Deluxe Edition-2CD 1971/2003-Polydor (UK)/Universal Music Company-008811305628-700 grn
Believe it or not, this landmark album has * never been reissued from the original master tapes til now! * But thats only the beginning disk one adds six bonus tracks, three of which have never been available. Then disk two captures a largely unreleased April 26, 1971 gig at Londons Old Vic Theatre at most of which of Pete Townshends Lifehouse project-the genesis for Whos Next - was unveiled to the public for the first time, warts and all.
The success of Whos Next and its slate of classic-rock tracks has often obscured its true roots - Lifehouse, the unwieldy multi-media project that Pete Townshend originally concocted as the follow-up to Tommy. Variously informed by apocalyptic visions, sci-fi notions of interconnectivity that neatly presaged the internet and, of course, an unwavering conviction that rock & roll would save the world, core tracks of the sprawling Lifehouse were recorded, cut, re-recorded and finally boiled down into a collection that seems to represent as much alienation ("Behind Blue Eyes") of and overweening cynicism ("Wont Get Fooled Again") as it does liberation and unity. Aside from Townshends own self-released, multi-disk meditation on the project, this expanded new edition is the most rewarding attempt to place Lifehouse and the over-exposed classic it spawned in their proper context. Six tracks from the albums original, but abandoned New York sessions flesh out the familiar material, with previously unreleased outtakes of "Getting in Tune" and a revealing, early arrangement of "Wont Get Fooled Again" warranting special note. The second disk documents one of Lifehouses most quixotic elements with the first-time release of one of the series of concerts staged at Londons Young Vic theater during the projects gestation, events during which band and audience would somehow mystically become One. Core tracks from the project are interspersed with typical hard-rocking Who fare of the time, resulting in a show whose focus and dynamics belied something very different from the arena-rock clichés that would eventually overwhelm them.
Originally Released In The US On 14th of August 1971 And In The UK On 25th of August 1971.
Featuring LESLIE WEST On CD 2.
Presented In A Digipak Is A Quadfold 8 Panel With Plastic O-Card (Plastic Slipcase) of Includes The Accompanying 28 Page Book Consists Of Tracklisting, Lyrics, Photographs And Credits.
Made In The EU.
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