50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition 5CD Box Set!
Super Deluxe Edition features unreleased songs, demos, mixes, remasters, new notes from Pete Townshend, an 80-page book, rare memorabilia and much more!
In the half century since its release The WhoÂ’s debut album MY GENERATION has lost none of itÂ’s raw visceral power and still stands as the ultimate musical declaration of teenage rebellion. The title track alone has been covered innumerable times by the likes of Oasis, Green Day, Patti Smith, Billy Joel, Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden amongst many more.
Back in 1965 the band were considered to be so dangerous that the tailors tasked with turning a Union Jack into a pop art mod jacket for the cover feared that they would be jailed for desecration of the nationÂ’s flag.
The WhoÂ’s surly demeanor that day in 1965 at LondonÂ’s Surrey Docks and the brazen appropriation of the symbol of state is the best advert possible for MY GENERATION ItÂ’s an album that sounds like it looks: terse, confrontational and full of youthful angst and energy.
Brunswick Records first issued MY GENERATION in the UK in December 1965, and later in the US, under the title THE WHO SINGS MY GENERATION, in April 1966. It was produced by Shel Talmy who shot to fame with his work with The Kinks, a group that the teenage Pete Townshend admired greatly.
During a break in touring in 2015 Pete Townshend discovered tapes in his audio archive featuring previously unheard demos for the album which also included three totally unreleased songs that the other members of The Who hadn’t ever even heard, ‘The Girls I Could Have Had’, ‘As Children We Grew’ and ‘My Own Love’.
The spectacular 79-track five disc super-deluxe edition of MY GENERATION features these unheard songs as well as unreleased demos, unreleased alternate mixes, new remasters and a stereo remix which was created using new overdubs from Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend. For this mix Pete used exactly the same guitars and amps as the original album and Roger used the same type of microphone.
The super deluxe edition also features a stunning 80-page colour book with many rare and unseen period photos, candid and insightful new notes from Pete Townshend and period memorabilia.
Of the super deluxe box set Pete Townshend commented “Gathering these demos for this collection has been enjoyable; it’s wonderful for me to have these tapes made fifty-two years ago to listen to. I hope you enjoy them. They have a naiveté and innocence, a simplicity and directness, and an ingenuousness that reveals me as a young man struggling to keep up with the more mature and developed men around me. What an incredible group of strong, talented, young and engaging men they were!”
SUPER-DELUXE Audio details:
CD1: Original album (mono mixes)
• Originally released 1965
• Re-mastered 2016
CD2: Original album (new stereo mixes)
• Previously unreleased on CD or vinyl. Released on iTunes 2014.
• Remixed by the band in 2014 – For the missing overdubs Pete used exactly the same guitars and amps as the original album, Roger used same type of microphone.
• Overdubs recorded at Pete’s home studio and Yellowfish Studio.
CD3: Mono mixes – bonus tracks
• Tracks 1–12 originally released 1965-1966. Reissued 2002.
• Tracks 13-23 remixed in 2000, previously unreleased
• Re-mastered 2016
CD4: Stereo mixes – bonus tracks
• Tracks 1-17 previously unreleased on CD or vinyl. Released on iTunes 2014.
• Tracks 18-21 previously unreleased.
• Re-mastered 2016
CD5: The Demos
• Track 1 previously released as 45 rpm flexi-disc with Richard Barnes’ Maximum R&B book (re-mastered 2016)
• Tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, & 11 previously unreleased demo versions
• Tracks 3, 5, & 9 previously unreleased songs – ‘The Girls I Could’ve Had’, ‘As Children We Grew’, ‘My Own Love’
• Track 10 previously released on SCOOP (re-mastered 2016)
Features:
•Hardback 12 x 12 album size slipcase
• Stunning 80-page color book with many rare and unseen period photos and memorabilia
• Candid and insightful new notes from Pete Townshend illustrating the genesis of the demos and creative process.
• New essay by acclaimed music writer Mark Blake with additional track annotation by Who biographer Andy Neill.
Six replica inserts:
• Flyer for The Who’s Tuesday night residency at the Marquee Club 1965.
• Admission card to the Scene Club in Ham Yard.
• Calling card for The Who’s management, New Action Ltd. with a photo of the group
• Admission card to the televising of The Who’s first appearance on Ready Steady Go! at Rediffusion TV Studios.
• 20" x 30" poster from a 1966 gig
• 20" x 30" poster of The Who’s last ever gig at the Goldhawk Social Club
Musicians:
Pete Townshend, lead guitar
Keith Moon, drummer
Roger Daltrey, singer
John Entwistle, bass guitar
Selections:
CD1 - Original album (mono mixes):
1. Out In The Street
2. I DonÂ’t Mind
3. The GoodÂ’s Gone
4. La-La-La Lies
5. Much Too Much
6. My Generation
7. The Kids Are Alright
8. Please, Please, Please
9. ItÂ’s Not True
10. IÂ’m A Man
11. A Legal Matter
12. The Ox
CD2 - Original album (new stereo mixes):
1. Out In The Street
2. I DonÂ’t Mind
3. The GoodÂ’s Gone
4. La-La-La Lies
5. Much Too Much
6. My Generation
7. The Kids Are Alright
8. Please, Please, Please
9. ItÂ’s Not True
10. IÂ’m A Man
11. A Legal Matter
12. The Ox
CD3 - Mono mixes – bonus tracks:
1. I CanÂ’t Explain
2. Bald Headed Woman
3. Daddy Rolling Stone
4. Leaving Here
5. Lubie, Come Back Home
6. Shout And Shimmy
7. (Love Is Like A) Heatwave
8. Motoring
9. Anytime You Want Me
10. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
11. Instant Party Mixture
12. Circles
13. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere (French EP Mix)
14. Out In the Street (Alt guitar break)
15. Out In the Street (Alt early vocal)
16. I DonÂ’t Mind (Full Length)
17. The GoodÂ’s Gone (Full Length)
18. My Generation (Alt version)
19. I’m A Man (V2 – Early vocal)
20. Daddy Rolling Stone (alt. take)
21. Lubie (Alt Mix)
22. Shout And Shimmy (Alt mix)
23. Circles (Alt Mix)
CD4 - Stereo mixes – bonus tracks:
1. Out In The Street (Alt – Take 1)
2. I DonÂ’t Mind (Full Length Version)
3. The GoodÂ’s Gone (Full Length Version)
4. My Generation (Instrumental Version)
5. The Kids Are Alright (Alt – Take 1)
6. I CanÂ’t Explain
7. Bald Headed Woman
8. Daddy Rolling Stone
9. Daddy Rolling Stone (Alt version)
10. Leaving Here
11. Lubie, Come Back Home
12. Shout And Shimmy
13. (Love Is Like A) Heatwave
14. Motoring
15. Anytime You Want Me
16. Instant Party Mixture
17. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
18. Circles (New Mix)
19. Daddy Rolling Stone (Alt Take B – New Mix)
20. Out In The Street (Alt Take 2)
21. I’m A Man (Alt – New Mix)
CD5 - Primal Scoop – The Demos:
1. My Generation (V 3)
2. My Generation (V 2 – fragment)
3. The Girls I CouldÂ’ve Had
4. ItÂ’s Not True
5. As Children We Grew
6. Legal Matter
7. Sunrise (V 1)
8. Much Too Much
9. My Own Love
10. La-La-La- Lies
11. The GoodÂ’s Gone
Super Deluxe Edition features unreleased songs, demos, mixes, remasters, new notes from Pete Townshend, an 80-page book, rare memorabilia and much more!
In the half century since its release The WhoÂ’s debut album MY GENERATION has lost none of itÂ’s raw visceral power and still stands as the ultimate musical declaration of teenage rebellion. The title track alone has been covered innumerable times by the likes of Oasis, Green Day, Patti Smith, Billy Joel, Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden amongst many more.
Back in 1965 the band were considered to be so dangerous that the tailors tasked with turning a Union Jack into a pop art mod jacket for the cover feared that they would be jailed for desecration of the nationÂ’s flag.
The WhoÂ’s surly demeanor that day in 1965 at LondonÂ’s Surrey Docks and the brazen appropriation of the symbol of state is the best advert possible for MY GENERATION ItÂ’s an album that sounds like it looks: terse, confrontational and full of youthful angst and energy.
Brunswick Records first issued MY GENERATION in the UK in December 1965, and later in the US, under the title THE WHO SINGS MY GENERATION, in April 1966. It was produced by Shel Talmy who shot to fame with his work with The Kinks, a group that the teenage Pete Townshend admired greatly.
During a break in touring in 2015 Pete Townshend discovered tapes in his audio archive featuring previously unheard demos for the album which also included three totally unreleased songs that the other members of The Who hadn’t ever even heard, ‘The Girls I Could Have Had’, ‘As Children We Grew’ and ‘My Own Love’.
The spectacular 79-track five disc super-deluxe edition of MY GENERATION features these unheard songs as well as unreleased demos, unreleased alternate mixes, new remasters and a stereo remix which was created using new overdubs from Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend. For this mix Pete used exactly the same guitars and amps as the original album and Roger used the same type of microphone.
The super deluxe edition also features a stunning 80-page colour book with many rare and unseen period photos, candid and insightful new notes from Pete Townshend and period memorabilia.
Of the super deluxe box set Pete Townshend commented “Gathering these demos for this collection has been enjoyable; it’s wonderful for me to have these tapes made fifty-two years ago to listen to. I hope you enjoy them. They have a naiveté and innocence, a simplicity and directness, and an ingenuousness that reveals me as a young man struggling to keep up with the more mature and developed men around me. What an incredible group of strong, talented, young and engaging men they were!”
SUPER-DELUXE Audio details:
CD1: Original album (mono mixes)
• Originally released 1965
• Re-mastered 2016
CD2: Original album (new stereo mixes)
• Previously unreleased on CD or vinyl. Released on iTunes 2014.
• Remixed by the band in 2014 – For the missing overdubs Pete used exactly the same guitars and amps as the original album, Roger used same type of microphone.
• Overdubs recorded at Pete’s home studio and Yellowfish Studio.
CD3: Mono mixes – bonus tracks
• Tracks 1–12 originally released 1965-1966. Reissued 2002.
• Tracks 13-23 remixed in 2000, previously unreleased
• Re-mastered 2016
CD4: Stereo mixes – bonus tracks
• Tracks 1-17 previously unreleased on CD or vinyl. Released on iTunes 2014.
• Tracks 18-21 previously unreleased.
• Re-mastered 2016
CD5: The Demos
• Track 1 previously released as 45 rpm flexi-disc with Richard Barnes’ Maximum R&B book (re-mastered 2016)
• Tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, & 11 previously unreleased demo versions
• Tracks 3, 5, & 9 previously unreleased songs – ‘The Girls I Could’ve Had’, ‘As Children We Grew’, ‘My Own Love’
• Track 10 previously released on SCOOP (re-mastered 2016)
Features:
•Hardback 12 x 12 album size slipcase
• Stunning 80-page color book with many rare and unseen period photos and memorabilia
• Candid and insightful new notes from Pete Townshend illustrating the genesis of the demos and creative process.
• New essay by acclaimed music writer Mark Blake with additional track annotation by Who biographer Andy Neill.
Six replica inserts:
• Flyer for The Who’s Tuesday night residency at the Marquee Club 1965.
• Admission card to the Scene Club in Ham Yard.
• Calling card for The Who’s management, New Action Ltd. with a photo of the group
• Admission card to the televising of The Who’s first appearance on Ready Steady Go! at Rediffusion TV Studios.
• 20" x 30" poster from a 1966 gig
• 20" x 30" poster of The Who’s last ever gig at the Goldhawk Social Club
Musicians:
Pete Townshend, lead guitar
Keith Moon, drummer
Roger Daltrey, singer
John Entwistle, bass guitar
Selections:
CD1 - Original album (mono mixes):
1. Out In The Street
2. I DonÂ’t Mind
3. The GoodÂ’s Gone
4. La-La-La Lies
5. Much Too Much
6. My Generation
7. The Kids Are Alright
8. Please, Please, Please
9. ItÂ’s Not True
10. IÂ’m A Man
11. A Legal Matter
12. The Ox
CD2 - Original album (new stereo mixes):
1. Out In The Street
2. I DonÂ’t Mind
3. The GoodÂ’s Gone
4. La-La-La Lies
5. Much Too Much
6. My Generation
7. The Kids Are Alright
8. Please, Please, Please
9. ItÂ’s Not True
10. IÂ’m A Man
11. A Legal Matter
12. The Ox
CD3 - Mono mixes – bonus tracks:
1. I CanÂ’t Explain
2. Bald Headed Woman
3. Daddy Rolling Stone
4. Leaving Here
5. Lubie, Come Back Home
6. Shout And Shimmy
7. (Love Is Like A) Heatwave
8. Motoring
9. Anytime You Want Me
10. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
11. Instant Party Mixture
12. Circles
13. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere (French EP Mix)
14. Out In the Street (Alt guitar break)
15. Out In the Street (Alt early vocal)
16. I DonÂ’t Mind (Full Length)
17. The GoodÂ’s Gone (Full Length)
18. My Generation (Alt version)
19. I’m A Man (V2 – Early vocal)
20. Daddy Rolling Stone (alt. take)
21. Lubie (Alt Mix)
22. Shout And Shimmy (Alt mix)
23. Circles (Alt Mix)
CD4 - Stereo mixes – bonus tracks:
1. Out In The Street (Alt – Take 1)
2. I DonÂ’t Mind (Full Length Version)
3. The GoodÂ’s Gone (Full Length Version)
4. My Generation (Instrumental Version)
5. The Kids Are Alright (Alt – Take 1)
6. I CanÂ’t Explain
7. Bald Headed Woman
8. Daddy Rolling Stone
9. Daddy Rolling Stone (Alt version)
10. Leaving Here
11. Lubie, Come Back Home
12. Shout And Shimmy
13. (Love Is Like A) Heatwave
14. Motoring
15. Anytime You Want Me
16. Instant Party Mixture
17. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
18. Circles (New Mix)
19. Daddy Rolling Stone (Alt Take B – New Mix)
20. Out In The Street (Alt Take 2)
21. I’m A Man (Alt – New Mix)
CD5 - Primal Scoop – The Demos:
1. My Generation (V 3)
2. My Generation (V 2 – fragment)
3. The Girls I CouldÂ’ve Had
4. ItÂ’s Not True
5. As Children We Grew
6. Legal Matter
7. Sunrise (V 1)
8. Much Too Much
9. My Own Love
10. La-La-La- Lies
11. The GoodÂ’s Gone
