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The Who

MUSIC

Official Website:
http://www.petetownshend.co.uk/projects/thewho/

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Roger Daltrey
Singer
1-Mar-1944   Vocalist for The Who
John Entwistle
Bassist
9-Oct-1944 27-Jun-2002 Bassist for The Who
Kelly Jones
Musician
3-Jun-1974   Frontman for Stereophonics
Keith Moon
Drummer
23-Aug-1946 7-Sep-1978 Drummer for The Who
Pete Townshend
Guitarist
19-May-1945   Lead guitarist for The Who

DISCOGRAPHY

The Who Sings My Generation (1965, Festival (UK))
1Out In The Street
2I Don't Mind (James Brown cover)
3The Good's Gone
4La La La Lies
5Much Too Much
6My Generation
7The Kids Are Alright
8Please, Please, Please (James Brown cover)
9It's Not True
10I'm A Man (Bo Diddley cover)
11A Legal Matter
12The Ox

The 1966 US (Decca) edition replaced the track I'm A Man with Instant Party (Circles). Reissued by in the US by MCA in 1974, and released on CD in 1988. A 2 CD 'Deluxe Edition' was released in 2002, including both I'm A Man and Instant Party (Circles) plus I Can't Explain, Bald Headed Woman (a version of a traditional song), and Daddy Rolling Stone (a cover of a song by Otis Blackwell), and an additional disc containing the following tracks:

The Who Sings My Generation - Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc (2002, Polydor (UK), MCA (US))
1Leaving Here (alternate) (Eddie Holland cover)
2Lubie (Come Back Home) (Paul Revere and the Raiders cover)
3Shout And Shimmy (James Brown cover)
4(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave (Martha and the Vandellas cover)
5Motoring (Martha and the Vandellas cover)
6Anytime You Want Me (Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters cover)
7Anyhow, Anywhere, Anyway (alternate)
8Instant Party Mixture
9I Don't Mind (full length version) (James Brown cover)
10The Good's Gone (full length version)
11My Generation (instrumental version)
12Anytime You Want Me (A Cappella version) (Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters cover)
13A Legal Matter
14My Generation

A Quick One (1966, Reaction (UK))
1Run, Run, Run
2Boris The Spider
3I Need You
4Whiskey Man
5Heatwave (Martha and the Vandellas cover)
6Cobwebs and Strange
7Don't Look Away
8See My Way
9So Sad About Us
10A Quick One While He's Away

The 1967 US (Decca) release was given the title Happy Jack, and replaced the track Heatwave with Happy Jack. Reissued in the US by MCA in 1974. A remastered edition was released on CD in 1995 by MCA (US) and Polydor (UK) with both Happy Jack and Heatwave, plus the additional tracks Batman (a cover of the TV show theme), Bucket T (a cover of a song originally performed by Jan and Dean), Barbara Ann (a cover of a song originally performed by The Regents), Disguises, Doctor, Doctor, I've Been Away, In The City, Happy Jack (acoustic version), Man With Money (a cover of a song by The Everly Brothers), and My Generation/Land Of Hope And Glory.

The Who Sell Out (1967, Track (UK), Decca (US))
1Armenia City In The Sky
2Heinz Baked Beans
3Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand
4Odorono
5Tattoo
6Our Love Was
7I Can See for Miles
8I Can't Reach You
9Medac
10Relax
11Silas Stingy
12Sunrise
13Rael

Reissued on CD by MCA (US) in 1988. A remastered edition was released on CD in 1995 by MCA (US) and Polydor (UK) with the additional tracks Rael 2, Glittering Girl, Melancholia, Someone's Coming, Jaguar, Early Morning Cold Taxi, Hall Of The Mountain King (a cover of a song by Edvard Grieg),Girls Eye's, Mary-Anne With The Shaky Hand (alternate version), and Glow Girl.

Magic Bus (1968, Decca (US))
1Disguises
2Run, Run, Run
3Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
4I Can't Reach You
5Our Love Was, Is
6Call Me Lightning
7Magic Bus
8Someone's Coming
9Doctor, Doctor
10Bucket T (Jan and Dean cover)
11Pictures Of Lily

Reissued on CD by MCA (US) in the 1980s.

Tommy (1969, Track (UK), Decca (US))
1Overture
2It's A Boy
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4Amazing Journey
5Sparks
6Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker)
7Christmas
8Cousin Kevin
9The Acid Queen
10Underture
11Do You Think It's Alright?
12Fiddle About
13Pinball Wizard
14There's A Doctor
15Go To The Mirror!
16Tommy Can You Hear Me?
17Smash The Mirror
18Sensation
19Miracle Cure
20Sally Simpson
21I'm Free
22Welcome
23Tommy's Holiday Camp
24We're Not Gonna Take It

A remastered edition was released on CD in 1996 by MCA (US) and Polydor (UK). A "Deluxe Edition" was released in 2003 including an extra disc containing the following tracks:

Tommy - Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc (2003, Polydor (UK), MCA (US))
1I Was
2Christmas
3Cousin Kevin Model Child
4Young Man Blues (version 1)
5Tommy Can You Hear Me? (alternate version)
6Trying To Get Through
7Sally Simpson (outtake)
8Miss Simpson
9Welcome (take 2)
10Tommy's Holiday Camp
11We're Not Gonna Take It (alternate version)
12Dogs, part 2
13It's A Boy
14Amazing Journey
15Christmas
16Do You Think It's Alright?
17Pinball Wizard

Live At Leeds (1970, Track (UK), Decca (US))
1Young Man Blues (Mose Allison cover)
2Substitute
3Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran cover)
4Shakin' All Over (Johnny Kidd and the Pirates cover)
5My Generation - a)My Generation, b)See Me, Feel Me c)Higher, d)Over Bridge, e)Coming Out To Get You, f)Underture, g)Driving Four
6Magic Bus

A remastered edition was released on CD in 1995 by MCA (US) and Polydor (UK) with the additional tracks Heaven And Hell, I Can't Explain, Fortune Teller (a cover of a song originally performed by Benny Spellman), Tattoo, Happy Jack, I'm A Boy, A Quick One While He's Away, and Amazing Journey/Sparks. In 2001 a 2 CD 'Deluxe Edition' was released, combining the 1995 version (minus Amazing Journey/Sparks) with an extra disc containing the following tracks:

Live At Leeds - Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc (2003, Polydor (UK), MCA (US))
1Overture
2It's A Boy
31921
4Amazing Journey
5Sparks
6Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker)
7Christmas
8The Acid Queen
9Pinball Wizard
10Do You Think It's Alright?
11Fiddle About
12Tommy Can You Hear Me?
13There's A Doctor
14Go To The Mirror
15Smash The Mirror
16Miracle Cure
17Sally Simpson
18I'm Free
19Tommy's Holiday Camp
20We're Not Gonna Take It

Who's Next (1971, Track (UK), Decca (US))
1Baba O'Riley
2Bargain
3Love Ain't For Keeping
4My Wife
5The Song Is Over
6Getting In Tune
7Going Mobile
8Behind Blue Eyes
9Won't Get Fooled Again

Reissued in the US by MCA in 1974. A remastered edition was released in 1995 by MCA (US) and Polydor (UK) with the additional tracks Pure and Easy (original version), Baby Don't You Do It (a cover of a song originally performed by Marvin Gaye), Naked Eye (live), Water (live), Too Much Of Anything, I Don't Even Know Myself, and Behind Blue Eyes (original version). In 2003 a 2 CD 'Deluxe Edition' was released, adding Baby Don't You Do It, Getting In Tune (version), Pure and Easy, Love Ain't For Keeping (version), Behind Blue Eyes (version) and Won't Get Fooled Again (version) to the original tracklist, and including an extra disc with the following tracks:

Who's Next - Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc (2003, Polydor (UK), MCA (US))
1Love Ain't For Keeping (live)
2Pure And Easy (live)
3Young Man Blues (live) (Mose Allison cover)
4Time Is Passing (live)
5Behind Blue Eyes (live)
6I Don't Even Know Myself (live)
7Too Much Of Anything (live)
8Getting In Tune (live)
9Bargain (live)
10Water (live)
11My Generation (live)
12(I'm A) Road Runner (live) (Junior Walker and the All Stars cover)
13Naked Eye (live)
14Won't Get Fooled Again (live)

Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy (1971, Track (UK), Decca (US))
1I Can't Explain
2The Kids Are Alright
3Happy Jack
4I Can See For Miles
5Pictures Of Lily
6My Generation
7The Seeker
8Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
9Pinball Wizard
10A Legal Matter
11Boris The Spider
12Magic Bus
13Substitute
14I'm A Boy

Reissued on CD by MCA (US) in 1985 and 1998.

Quadrophenia (1973, Track (UK), MCA (US))
1I Am The Sea
2The Real Me
3Quadrophenia
4Cut My Hair
5The Punk Meets The Godfather
6I'm One
7The Dirty Jobs
8Helpless Dancer
9Is It In My Head
10I've Had Enough
115.15
12Sea And Sand
13Drowned
14Bell Boy
15Doctor Jimmy
16The Rock
17Love, Reign O'er Me

Reissued on CD by MCA (US) in 1985 and 1994. A remastered edition was released in 1996 by MCA (US) Polydor (UK).

Odds And Sods (1974, Track (UK), MCA (US))
1Postcard
2Now I'm A Farmer
3Put The Money Down
4Little Billy
5Too Much Of Anything
6Glow Girl
7Pure And Easy
8Faith In Something Bigger
9I'm The Face
10Naked Eye
11Long Live Rock

A remastered was released in 1998 by MCA (US) and Universal (EUR) with the additional tracks Leaving Here (a cover of a song by Eddie Holland, Baby Don't You Do It (a cover of a song originally performed by Marvin Gaye), Summertime Blues (studio version) (a cover of a song by Eddie Cochran), Under My Thumb (a cover of a song by The Rolling Stones), Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand, My Way (a cover of a song by Eddie Cochran), Young Man Blues (studio version) (a cover of a song by Mose Allison), Cousin Kevin Model Child, Love Ain't For Keeping, Time Is Passing, We Close Tonight, and Water.

The Who By Numbers (1975, Polydor (UK), MCA (US))
1Slip Kid
2However Much I Booze
3Squeeze Box
4Dreaming From The Waist
5Imagine A Man
6Success Story
7They Are All In Love
8Blue, Red And Grey
9How Many Friends
10In A Hand Or A Face

Reissued in 1979 by MCA (US), and released on CD in 1988. A remastered edition was released in 1996 by MCA (US) and Polydor (UK) with the additional tracks Squeeze Box (live), Behind Blue Eyes (live), and Dreaming From The Waist (live).

Who Are You (1978, Polydor (UK), MCA (US))
1New Song
2Had Enough
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4Sister Disco
5Music Must Change
6Trick Of The Light
7Guitar And Pen
8Love Is Coming Down
9Who Are You

A remastered edition was released on CD in 1996 by MCA (US) and Polydor (UK) with the additional tracks No Road Romance, Empty Glass, Guitar And Pen (Olympic '78 mix), Love is Coming Down (Work-In-Progress mix), Who Are You (Lost Verse mix).

The Kids Are Alright (live) (1979, Polydor (UK), MCA (US))
1My Generation
2I Can't Explain
3Happy Jack
4I Can See For Miles
5Magic Bus
6Long Live Rock
7Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
8Young Man Blues (Mose Allison cover)
9My Wife
10Baba O'Riley
11A Quick One While He's Away
12Tommy Can You Hear Me?
13Sparks
14Pinball Wizard
15See Me, Feel Me
16Won't Get Fooled Again

Soundtrack album for the documentary film of the same name. A remastered edition was released by MCA (US) and Polydor (UK) in 2000 with the additional track Join Together/Roadrunner/My Generation Blues.

Face Dances (1981, Polydor (UK), Warner (US))
1You Better You Bet
2Don't Let Go The Coat
3Cache Cache
4The Quiet One
5Did You Steal My Money
6How Can You Do It Alone
7Daily Records
8You
9Another Tricky Day

Reissued on CD in 1988 by MCA (US). A remastered version was released in 1997 by MCA (US) and Polydor (UK) with the additional tracks I Like Nightmares, It's In You, Somebody Saved Me, How Can You Do It Alone (live), and The Quiet One (live).

It's Hard (1982, Polydor (UK), Warner (US))
1Athena
2It's Your Turn
3Cooks County
4It's Hard
5Dangerous
6Eminence Front
7I've Known No War
8One Life's Enough
9One At A Time
10Why Did I Fall For That
11A Man Is A Man
12Cry If You Want

A remastered edition was released in 1997 by MCA (US) and Polydor (UK) with the additional tracks It's Hard (live), Eminence Front (live), Dangerous (live), Cry If You Want (live).

Rarities, Volume 1 (1983, Polydor (UK))
1Instant Party (Circles)
2Disguises
3Batman (TV show theme cover)
4Bucket T (Jan and Dean cover)
5Barbara Ann (The Regents cover)
6In The City
7I've Been Away
8Doctor, Doctor
9The Last Time (The Rolling Stones cover)
10Under My Thumb (The Rolling Stones cover)
11Someone's Coming
12Mary Ann With The Shaky Hand
13Dogs
14Call Me Lightning
15Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde

Rarities, Volume 2 (1983, Polydor (UK))
1Join Together
2I Don't Even Know Myself
3Heaven And Hell
4When I Was A Boy
5Let's See Action
6The Relay
7Waspman
8Here For More
9Water
10Baby Don't You Do It (live) (Marvin Gaye cover)

Who's Last (live) (1984, MCA)
1My Generation
2I Can't Explain
3Substitute
4Behind Blue Eyes
5Baba O'Riley
6Boris the Spider
7Who Are You
8Pinball Wizard
9See Me, Feel Me
10Love Reign O'Er Me
11Long Live Rock
12Reprise
13Won't Get Fooled Again
14Doctor Jimmy
15Magic Bus
16Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran cover)
17Twist And Shout (The Isley Brothers cover)

Reissued on CD by MCA (US) in 1988.

Who's Missing (1985, MCA)
1Shout And Shimmy (James Brown cover)
2Leaving Here (Eddie Holland cover)
3Anytime You Want Me (Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters cover)
4Lubie (Come Back Home) (Paul Revere and the Raiders cover)
5Barbara Ann (The Regents cover)
6I'm A Boy (1st version)
7Mary Ann With The Shaky Hands (single version)
8Heaven And Hell
9Here For More
10I Don't Even Know Myself
11When I Was A Boy
12Bargain (live)

Two's Missing (1987, MCA)
1Bald Headed Woman (traditional song)
2Under My Thumb (The Rolling Stones cover)
3My Wife (live)
4I'm A Man (Bo Diddley cover)
5Dogs
6Dogs, Part 2
7Circles (revised version)
8The Last Time (The Rolling Stones cover)
9Water
10Daddy Rolling Stone (Otis Blackwell cover)
11Heatwave (Martha and the Vandellas cover)
12Goin' Down (live) (Allen Toussaint cover)
13Motoring (Martha and the Vandellas cover)
14Waspman

Join Together (live) (1990, MCA)
1Overture
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3Amazing Journey
4Sparks
5The Hawker/Eyesight To The Blind
6Christmas
7Cousin Kevin
8The Acid Queen
9Pinball Wizard
10Do You Think Its Alright?
11Fiddle About
12There's A Doctor
13Go To The Mirror
14Smash The Mirror
15Tommy Can You Hear Me?
16I'm Free
17Miracule Cure
18Sally Simpson
19Sensation
20Tommy's Holiday Camp
21We're Not Gonna TakeIt
22Eminence Front
23Face The Face
24Dig
25I Can See For Miles
26A Little Is Enough
275.15
28Love Reign O'er Me
29Trick Of The Light
30Rough Boys
31Join Together
32You Better You Bet
33Behind Blue Eyes
34Won't Get Fooled Again

30 Years Of Maximum R&B (1994, MCA)
1Pete Dialogue (live)
2I'm The Face
3Here 'Tis (Bo Diddley cover)
4Zoot Suit
5Leaving Here (Eddie Holland cover)
6I Can't Explain
7Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
8Daddy Rolling Stone (Otis Blackwell cover)
9My Generation
10The Kids Are Alright
11The Ox
12A Legal Matter
13Pete Dialogue (live)
14Substitute (live)
15I'm A Boy
16Disguises
17Happy Jack Jingle
18Happy Jack
19Boris The Spider
20So Sad About Us
21A Quick One While He's Away
22Pictures Of Lily
23Early Morning Cold Taxi
24Coke 2
25(This Could Be) The Last Time (The Rolling Stones cover)
26I Can't Reach You
27Girl's Eyes
28Bag O'Nails
29Call Me Lightning
30Rotosound Strings
31I Can See For Miles
32Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand
33Armenia City In The Sky
34Tattoo
35Our Love Was
36Rael 1
37Rael 2
38Track Records/Premier Drums
39Sunrise
40Russell Harty Dialogue
41Jaguar
42Melancholia
43Fortune Teller (Benny Spellman cover)
44Magic Bus
45Little Billy
46Dogs
47Overture
48The Acid Queen
49Abbie Hoffman Incident (live)
50Underture (live)
51Pinball Wizard
52I'm Free
53See Me, Feel Me (live)
54Heaven And Hell
55Pete Dialogue (live)
56Young Man Blues (Mose Allison cover)
57Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran cover)
58Shakin' All Over (Johnny Kidd and the Pirates cover)
59Baba O'Riley
60Bargain (live)
61Pure & Easy
62Song Is Over
63Studio Dialogue
64Behind Blue Eyes
65Won't Get Fooled Again
66The Seeker (edited version)
67Bony Moronie (live) (Larry Williams cover)
68Let's See Action
69Join Together
70The Relay
71The Real Me
725.15 (single version)
73Bell Boy
74Love Reign O'er Me
75Long Live Rock
76Life With The Moons
77Naked Eye (live)
78University Challenge
79Slip Kid
80Poetry Cornered
81Dreaming From The Waist (live)
82Blue, Red & Grey
83Life With The Moons 2
84Squeeze Box
85My Wife (live)
86Who Are You (single version)
87Music Must Change
88Sister Disco
89Guitar & Pen
90You Better You Bet
91Eminence Front
92Twist And Shout (live) (The Isley Brothers cover)
93I'm A Man (live) (Bo Diddley cover)
94Pete Dialogue (live)
95Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) (Elton John cover)

Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (1996, Columbia (US), Castle (UK))
1Heaven And Hell
2I Can't Explain
3Young Man Blues (Mose Allison cover)
4I Don't Even Know Myself
5Water
6Overture
7It's A Boy
81921
9Amazing Journey
10Sparks
11Eyesight To The Blind
12Christmas
13The Acid Queen
14Pinball Wizard
15Do You Think It's Alright?
16Fiddle About
17Tommy Can You Hear Me?
18There's A Doctor
19Go To The Mirror
20Smash The Mirror
21Miracule Cure
22I'm Free
23Tommy's Holiday Camp
24We're Not Gonna Take It
25Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran cover)
26Shakin' All Over (Johnny Kidd and the Pirates cover)
27Substitute
28My Generation
29Naked Eye
30Magic Bus

BBC Sessions (2000, Polydor (UK), MCA (US))
1Me Generation (Radio 1 Jingle)
2Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
3Good Lovin' (The Young Rascals cover)
4Just You And Me, Darling (James Brown cover)
5Leaving Here (Eddie Holland cover)
6My Generation
7The Good's Gone
8La La La Lies
9Substitute
10Dancing In The Street (Martha and the Vandellas cover)
11Disguises
12I'm A Boy
13Run Run Run
14Boris The Spider
15Happy Jack
16See My Way
17Pictures Of Lily
18A Quick One (While He's Away)
19Substitute (version 2)
20The Seeker
21I'm Free
22Shakin' All Over (Johnny Kidd and the Pirates cover)
23Relay
24Long Live Rock
25Boris The Spider (Radio 1 Jingle)

Also released in a 2 CD edition with the extra disc featuring the following tracks:

BBC Sessions - Bonus Disc (2000, Polydor (UK), MCA (US))
1Interview - Townshend Talks "Tommy"
2Pinball Wizard
3See Me, Feel Me
4I Don't Even Know Myself
5I Can See for Miles
6Heaven and Hell
7The Seeker
8Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran cover)

Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2003, SPV)
1I Can't Explain
2Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
3Pinball Wizard
4The Relay
5My Wife
6The Kids Are Alright
7Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand
8Bargain
9Magic Bus
10Who Are You
11Baba O'Riley (with Nigel Kennedy))
12Drowned
13Heart To Hang Onto
14So Sad About Us (with Paul Weller))
15I'm One (with Eddie Vedder))
16Getting In Tune (with Eddie Vedder))
17Behind Blue Eyes (with Bryan Adams))
18You Better You Bet
19The Real Me
205.15
21Won't Get Fooled Again (with Noel Gallagher))
22Substitute (with Kelly Jones))
23Let's See Action (with Eddie Vedder))
24My Generation
25See Me, Feel Me/Listening To You (with Eddie Vedder and Bryan Adams))
26Substitute
27Let's See Action
28My Generation
29See Me, Feel Me/Listening To You
30I'm Free
31I Don't Even Know Myself
32Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran cover)
33Young Man Blues (Mose Allison cover)



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