The Who - 30 Years Of Maximum R&B (4XCD Box Set) (1994)

The Who - Thirty Years of Maximum R&B (1994) 4CD Box Set
| Mp3 (CBR320/Stereo) ~ 728 Mb Complete Scans ~ 81 Mb
Genre: British Invasion, Rock, Mod, Psychedelia, Hard Rock | Label: Polydor | # 521 751-2 | Time: 05:02:54

Those owning one or more greatest-hits collections by this band won't get fooled again-this is the definitive collection, a 79-track anthology that artfully mixes classics and rarities and documents them all with a 72-page, full-color, photo-packed booklet containing a discography and group chronology. Among the many highlights: 14 unreleased musical tracks, including High Numbers tunes and hotly sought-after songs like Early Morning Cold Taxi , 14 live performances, advertisements, studio and stage chatter (like Pete Townshend's bashing Abbie Hoffman off the Woodstock stage) and a largely remixed sound quality.

This exemplary four-disc box takes the high road, attempting nothing less than an honest reconstruction of the Who's stormy, adventurous, uneven pilgrimage. While offering an evenhanded cross-section of single hits and classic album tracks, 30 Years garnishes the expected high points with B-sides, alternate and live versions of familiar tracks, and the quartet's earliest singles as the High Numbers. Reinforcing the package's documentary agenda are interview and stage-patter sound bites. What emerges is a fascinating chronicle of how the Shepherd's Bush mods journeyed from the giddy, explosive concision of their January 1965 debut single, "I Can't Explain," to the discursive, knotty sweep of creative architect Pete Townshend's "rock operas," Tommy, Quadrophenia, and the uncompleted, unreleased Lifehouse. The Who's swift evolution into rock visionaries is traced chronologically, meaning the band's original immersion in "maximum R&B," which forged their earliest club dates, doesn't surface on record until midway through the sequence, on key tracks from their thundering Live at Leeds album. Fans may quibble over the relative weight given specific albums, but the shape of the Who's career and their passionate identification with their audience are rendered faithfully. So, too, is Townshend's skill at mingling issues of faith and identity with generational manifestoes and sly broadsides. And there's ample evidence of the quartet's outsize musical power; the sheer volume and violence that earned them notoriety early on is matched by a lyricism that deepens by mid career. Given the candor of the presentation, it's not surprising that 30 Years reaches its zenith midway through the set or that the last song (a reunion of the surviving trio covering Elton John) can't help seeming anticlimactic.

CD1


01 - Pete Townshend Dialogue (live at the Long Beach Arena, 1971) (previously unreleased)
02 - I'm The Face (As The High Numbers) (remixed)
03 - Here 'Tis (As The High Numbers) (previously unreleased)
04 - Zoot Suit (As The High Numbers) (remixed)
05 - Leaving Here (As The High Numbers) (remixed)
06 - I Can't Explain
07 - Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
08 - Daddy Rolling Stone
09 - My Generation
10 - The Kids Are Alright
11 - The Ox
12 - A Legal Matter
13 - Pete Townshend Dialogue (live at Leeds University, 1970)
14 - Substitute (live at Leeds University, 1970) (remixed)
15 - I'm A Boy (remixed)
16 - Disguises (remixed)
17 - Happy Jack jingle (previously unreleased)
18 - Happy Jack (remixed)
19 - Boris The Spider (remixed)
20 - So Sad About Us (remixed)
21 - A Quick One (original version-live at the Rolling Stones Rock'n'Roll Circus) (previously unreleased)
22 - Pictures Of Lily (remixed)
23 - Early Morning Cold Taxi (previously unreleased)
24 - Coke 2 (previously unreleased)
25 - (This Could Be) The Last Time (remixed)
26 - I Can't Reach You (remixed)
27 - Girl's Eyes (previously unreleased)
28 - Bag O'Nails (previously unreleased)
29 - Call Me Lightning (remixed)




CD2


01 - Rotosound Strings
02 - I Can See For Miles (remixed)
03 - Mary-Anne With The Shaky Hand (remixed)
04 - Armenia City In The Sky (remixed)
05 - Tattoo (remixed)
06 - Our Love Was (remixed)
07 - Rael 1 (remixed)
08 - Rael 2 (previously unreleased)
09 - Track Records (previously unreleased) - Premier Drums
10 - Sunrise (remixed)
11 - Russell Harty Dialogue (previously unreleased)
12 - Jaguar (previously unreleased)
13 - Melancholia (previously unreleased)
14 - Fortune Teller (previously unreleased)
15 - Magic Bus (remixed)
16 - Little Billy (remixed)
17 - Dogs (remixed)
18 - Overture (remixed)
19 - Acid Queen (remixed)
20 - Abbie Hoffman Incident (live at the Woodstock Festival, 1969) (previously unreleased)
21 - Underture (live at the Woodstock Festival, 1969)
22 - Pinball Wizard (remixed)
23 - I'm Free (remixed)
24 - See Me, Feel Me (live at Leeds University, 1970) (previously unreleased) (previously unreleased)
25 - Heaven And Hell (remixed)
26 - Pete Townshend Dialogue (live at Leeds University, 1970) (previously unreleased)
27 - Young Man Blues (remixed)
28 - Summertime Blues (remixed)




CD3


01 - Shakin' All Over (remixed)
02 - Baba O'Riley (remixed)
03 - Bargain (live at San Francisco Civic Auditorium, 1971)
04 - Pure And Easy (remixed)
05 - The Song Is Over (remixed)
06 - Studio Dialogue (previously unreleased)
07 - Behind Blue Eyes (remixed)
08 - Won't Get Fooled Again (remixed)
09 - The Seeker (remixed)
10 - Bony Moronie (live at the Young Vic, 1971)
11 - Let's See Action (remixed)
12 - Join Together (remixed)
13 - Relay (remixed)
14 - The Real Me (previously unreleased version)
15 - 5.15 (single version) (remixed)
16 - Bell Boy (remixed)
17 - Love Reign O'er Me (remixed)




CD4


01 - Long Live Rock (remixed)
02 - Life With The Moons (previously unreleased)
03 - Naked Eye (live at the Young Vic, 1971) (previously unreleased)
04 - University Challenge (previously unreleased)
05 - Slip Kid (remixed)
06 - Poetry Cornered (previously unreleased)
07 - Dreaming From The Waist (live at Swansea Football Ground, 1976) (previously unreleased)
08 - Blue Red And Grey (remixed)
09 - Life With The Moons 2 (previously unreleased)
10 - Squeeze Box (remixed)
11 - My Wife (live at Swansea Football Ground, 1976) (previously unreleased)
12 - Who Are You (single version) (remixed)
13 - Music Must Change (remixed)
14 - Sister Disco (remixed)
15 - Guitar And Pen (remixed)
16 - You Better You Bet (remixed)
17 - Eminence Front (remixed)
18 - Twist And Shout (live at Shea Stadium, New York, 1982) (previously unreleased)
19 - I'm A Man (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York, 1989) (previously unreleased)
20 - Pete Townshend Dialogue (live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, 1969) (previously unreleased)
21 - Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

 

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