The Who – Who’s Next 50th Anniversary (Released 15th September 2023)

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*All orders will come with a limited hand numbered print while stocks last*

£82.99 – 4xLP, Limited Edition Including Live in San Francisco 1971

£31.99 – 1xLP, Limited Edition Indies Exclusive Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl

£31.99 – 1xLP, Limited Edition Half-Speed Vinyl

£27.99 – 1xLP, Standard Edition Vinyl

£31.99 – Picture Disc LP

£67.99 – 180g Black x3LP & Pete’s Demos (Acetates)

Remastered 50th anniversary edition. Who’s Next is the fifth studio album by The Who, released on 14 August 1971. Its origins lie in an abortive multi-media rock opera written by chief songwriter Pete Townshend called Lifehouse. The album was commercially and critically successful, and became the only one by the group to top the UK charts.

“Baba O’Riley” makes a spectacular opener, with a hypnotic drone disrupted by power chords that are parachuted in off the backs of meteorites. Dave Arbus’ subtle then frantic viola solo raises it another gear. There has rarely been a more durably evocative refrain than “teenage wasteland”. As ever, Daltrey’s ragged voice brings humanity to Townshend’s over-thinking. Moon is typically hyperactive: any drummer playing like this today would be ordered to rein it in.

“Bargain” floats on the tension between acoustic guitar and the brave new synth. Like most of the album, it’s melodramatic without – as with later Who – fattening into pomposity. “The Song is Over” oozes poignancy and ‘Getting in Tune’ and ‘Going Mobile’ are simply great songs. “Behind Blue Eyes” is a soul-searching ballad which bursts into belligerence, reflective then urgent. The climactic “Won’t Get Fooled Again” stretches itself and chews its restraints until it becomes much more than a riff and a scream. It’s on fire. In “meet the new boss, same as the old boss” it nailed the bleeding heart of protest-pop.

Tracklisting:

LP ONE: WHO’S NEXT (Remastered) Side A
Baba O’Riley
Bargain
Love Ain’t for Keeping
My Wife
The Song Is Over

LP ONE: WHO’S NEXT (Remastered) Side B
Getting In Tune
Going Mobile
Behind Blue Eyes
Won’t Get Fooled Again

LP TWO: LIVE AT THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO – DECEMBER 12, 1971 – Side C * Previously released with new remix ** Previously unreleased
Introduction**
I Can’t Explain*
Substitute*
Summertime Blues**
My Wife*
Baba O’Riley**

LP TWO: LIVE AT THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO – DECEMBER 12, 1971 – Side D * Previously released with new remix ** Previously unreleased
Behind Blue Eyes*
Bargain*
Won’t Get Fooled Again**

LP THREE: LIVE AT THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO – DECEMBER 12, 1971 Side E * Previously released with new remix ** Previously unreleased
Baby Don’t You Do It*
Magic Bus**

LP THREE: LIVE AT THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO – DECEMBER 12, 1971 Side F * Previously released with new remix ** Previously unreleased
Introduction To Tommy**
Overture**
Amazing Journey**
Sparks**

LP FOUR: LIVE AT THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM, SAN
FRANCISCO – DECEMBER 12, 1971 Side G * Previously released with new remix ** Previously unreleased
Pinball Wizard**
See Me Feel Me**
My Generation**

LP FOUR: LIVE AT THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO – DECEMBER 12, 1971 Side H * Previously released with new remix ** Previously unreleased
Naked Eye*
Going Down*

Tracklists

3LP: Black Vinyl I

LP ONE: WHO’S NEXT (Remastered) Side A

1. Baba O’Riley
2. Bargain
3. Love Ain’t for Keeping
4. My Wife
5. The Song Is Over

LP ONE: WHO’S NEXT (Remastered) Side B

1. Getting In Tune
2. Going Mobile
3. Behind Blue Eyes
4. Won’t Get Fooled Again

LP TWO: PETE TOWNSHEND’S LIFE HOUSE ACETATES – VINYL REPLICA Side C

1. Pure And Easy (Home Studio Mix) (Demo) – Lifehouse Chronicles*
2. Behind Blue Eyes (Demo) – Lifehouse Chronicles*
3. Love Ain’t For Keeping (Demo) – Lifehouse Chronicles*
4. Mary (Original Mix) (Demo) – Lifehouse Chronicles*

LP TWO: PETE TOWNSHEND’S LIFE HOUSE ACETATES – VINYL REPLICA Side D

1. Getting In Tune (Alternate Mix) (Demo)**
2. Going Mobile (Demo) – Lifehouse Chronicles*
3. Too Much (Demo) – Lifehouse Chronicles*
4. Time Is Passing (Demo) – Lifehouse Chronicles*

LP THREE: PETE TOWNSHEND’S LIFE HOUSE ACETATES – VINYL REPLICA Side E

1. Won’t Get Fooled Again (Demo) – Lifehouse Chronicles*
2. Song Is Over (Original Demo) – Lifehouse Chronicles

LP THREE: PETE TOWNSHEND’S LIFE HOUSE ACETATES – VINYL REPLICA Side F

1. Baba O’Riley (Original Demo)**

1LP Picture Disc:

Side A

1. Baba O’Riley
2. Bargain
3. Love Ain’t for Keeping
4. My Wife
5. The Song Is Over

Side B

1. Getting In Tune
2. Going Mobile
3. Behind Blue Eyes
4. Won’t Get Fooled Again