The Who Who's Next / Life House Super Deluxe Edition 10CD & Blu-Ray Audio Box Set
By The Who
The Who Who's Next / Life House Super Deluxe Edition 10CD & Blu-Ray Audio Box Set
By The Who
$299.99
Specifications
Condition: New
No. Of Discs: 12
UPC: 602435873077
No. of Tracks: 132
Format: Vinyl
Record Label: Geffen
Genre: Pop Rock
Description
The suite of songs by The Who on which, more than half a century ago, Pete Townshend foresaw the invention of the internet, of virtual reality and pandemic-style lockdown, is to be heard as he intended for the first time as a lavish, multi-format Super Deluxe edition.
Featuring 155 tracks, of which 89 are previously unreleased and 57 feature fresh remixes, the set will delight longtime Who fans with its long-sought, complete picture of Townshend's incredibly prescient songwriting, while captivating a new audience with his visionary description of a future that has, in many ways, come true. It features all of his songs, in their many stages of development, from the abandoned, audacious Life House project, started in 1970 as a follow-up to The Who's epic Tommy, and from the undisputed rock classic of 1971 that it evolved into, Who's Next. Across the course of the ten-CD set, Who's Next / Life House sets out Townshend's extraordinary vision of a world beset by climatic catastrophe and pollution, leading to a curtailing of personal freedom that will be all too familiar to the pandemic generation. Decades ahead of his time, he details how the population is then seduced and sedated by access to an entertainment "Grid," piped into every home via the use of virtual reality experience suits.
In his introduction to the new edition, Townshend describes Life House as "a portentous polemic about the coming of a nation beaten down by climate issues and pollution." He then explains how "an opportunist and autocratic government enforce a national lock-down in which every person is hooked up to an entertainment grid." Music itself then becomes an inconvenient diversion, "a very real distraction to the subjugation of the population in suits," with fascinating consequences. Songs that depicted a dystopian world in which faceless corporations control our lives may have been fiction at the time, but they have come to be more like documentary.
The unfulfilled project, which Townshend conceived as one part film script and one part blueprint for a live musical experiment, brought him to the edge of a breakdown. But, as he writes, "some wonderful music came from the project, and the idea has always held me in thrall, partly because so many of the strands of the fiction seem to be coming true."
Listeners will hear, for the first time, how that concept folded into Who's Next, widely regarded as not only one of the greatest albums in the band's astonishing catalogue, but a seminal moment in music history. Here, The Who's instinctive, scintillating cohesion reached new peaks, Townshend's brilliant creativity as one of rock's great auteurs brought thrillingly to life by Roger Daltrey's unsurpassed vocal performances, John Entwistle's visceral, fluid basslines and Keith Moon's fiery potency on the drums.
With the release of Who's Next / Life House, one of rock's great last untold stories is finally about to be recounted in full. Who's Next / Life House Super Deluxe Edition contains 10-CDs all remastered from original tapes by long time Who engineer Jon Astley as well as a Blu-Ray Audio disc with newly made Atmos and 5.1 surround mixes of the original album and 14 bonus tracks by Steven Wilson. The set features 155 total tracks including 89 unreleased tracks and mixes and another 57 previously released tracks but with a fresh remix. Showcased are Pete Townshend's Life House demos, the band's Record Plant NYC 1971 sessions, the Olympic Studios 1970-1972 sessions, singles and additional sessions, and two complete concerts for the first-time ever from London's Young Vic Theatre and San Francisco's Civic Auditorium both from 1971 and newly mixed.
The box contains a 100-page hardback book designed by Richard Evans with an introduction by Pete Townshend and new sleeve notes by compilers Andy Neil and Matt Kent giving an overview of this classic album as well as rare photos and memorabilia from the era. Life House – The Graphic Novel is a newly commissioned work putting the album's story into an interpretation in words and pictures of the story, and is a 172-page hardback book overseen by Pete Townshend. To round off this exceptional set there is a wallet containing a 20" x 30" poster of a gig in Sunderland, England, May 7, 1970; a 25.5" x 34.25 poster of a gig at Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO, December 10, 1971; a 20-page concert program from the Rainbow Theatre, London, November 4, 1971; a 16-page UK tour program, October/November 1971; a collectible four pin button set; and an 8" x 10" color photo of The Who with printed autographs.
Features
• Super Deluxe Edition
• 10CD & Blu-Ray Audio Box Set
• All 10 CDs Remastered from Original Tapes by Jon Astley
• Blu-Ray Audio Disc: New Atmos & 5.1 Surround Mixes of Original Album + 14 Bonus Tracks by Steven Wilson
• 155 Total Tracks Incl. 89 Tracks Previously Unreleased & Another 57 Tracks with a Fresh Remix
• Demos, Singles, Studio Sessions & 2 Complete Concerts
• 100-Page Hardback Book with New Liner Notes & Imagery
• 170-Page Life House Graphic Novel
• 2 Gig Posters
• 2 Concert Programs
• 4 Buttons
• Band Photo with Printed Autographs
Selections
CD ONE: WHO'S NEXT (Remastered)
1. Baba O'Riley
2. Bargain
3. Love Ain't for Keeping
4. My Wife
5. The Song Is Over
6. Getting In Tune
7. Going Mobile
8. Behind Blue Eyes
9. Won't Get Fooled Again
CD TWO: PETE TOWNSHEND'S LIFE HOUSE DEMOS 1970 - 1971 – PART 1
1. Teenage Wasteland (Demo)*
2. Too Much (Demo) *
3. Going Mobile (Demo)*
4. There's A Fortune in Those Hills (Demo)*
5. Love Ain't For Keeping (Demo)*
6. Bargain (Demo)*
7. Greyhound Girl (Demo)*
8. Mary (Alternate Mix) (Demo)**
9. Behind Blue Eyes (Demo)*
10. Time Is Passing (Demo)*
11. Finally, Over (Demo)**
12. Baba O'Riley (Original Demo)**
CD THREE: PETE TOWNSHEND'S LIFE HOUSE DEMOS 1970 – 1971 – PART 2
1. Pure And Easy (Home Studio Mix) (Demo)*
2. Getting In Tune (Alternate Mix) (Demo)**
3. Nothing Is Everything (Let's See Action) (Demo)*
4. Won't Get Fooled Again (Demo)*
5. Baba O'Riley (Demo)*
6. Song Is Over (2021 Remix) (Demo)**
7. Pure And Easy (Olympic Studios Mix) (Demo)**
8. Mary (Original Mix) (Demo)*
9. Baba O'Riley (First Editing Demo)**
10. Song Is Over (Original Demo)*
CD FOUR: RECORD PLANT, NYC SESSIONS MARCH 1971
1. Don't Do It (aka Baby Don't You Do It) [Take 2, Unedited, March 16, 1971]**
2. Won't Get Fooled Again [Take 13, March 16, 1971]*
3. Behind Blue Eyes (Version 1) [Take 15, March 16, 1971]**
4. Love Ain't For Keeping [Take 14, March 17, 1971]*
5. The Note (aka Pure and Easy) [Take 21, March 17, 1971]*
6. I'm In Tune (aka Getting in Tune) [Take 6, March 18, 1971*
7. Behind Blue Eyes (Version 2) [Take 10, March 18, 1971]*
CD FIVE: OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, LONDON SESSIONS 1970-72
1. Pure And Easy*
2. I Don't Know Myself [B-side with Unreleased Count-in]
3. Time Is Passing [Stereo Mix]**
4. Too Much of Anything [Original 1971 Vocal]**
5. Naked Eye [1971 Remake]**
6. Bargain (Early Mix)**
7. Love Ain't For Keeping (Unedited Mix)**
8. My Wife (Unedited Mix)**
9. Getting In Tune (Take 1 with Jam)**
10. Going Mobile (Alternate Mix)**
11. Song Is Over (Backing Track) [with Nicky Hopkins]**
12. When I Was a Boy**
13. Let's See Action (Unedited Mix)**
14. Relay (Unedited Mix) [Alternate Vocal]**
15. Put The Money Down [Remix with Original Vocal]*
16. Join Together [Unedited Remix]**
CD SIX: SINGLES & SESSIONS 1970-72
1. The Seeker (Original Single Mix)
2. Here For More [Original Single Mix]
3. Heaven And Hell [New Stereo Mix]**
4. Water [Eel Pie Sound Studio – New Unedited Mix]**
5. I Don't Know Myself [Eel Pie Sound Studio – New Unedited Mix]**
6. Naked Eye [Eel Pie Sound Studio – New Unedited Mix]**
7. Postcard [Eel Pie Sound Studio – Original 1970 Mix]**
8. Now I'm A Farmer [Eel Pie Sound Studio – New Remix]**
9. The Seeker (Unedited Version)**
10. Water (IBC Version)**
11. I Don't Know Myself (IBC Version)**
12. Let's See Action (Original Single Mix)
13. When I Was a Boy (Original Single Mix)
14. Join Together (Original Single Mix)
15. Relay (Original Single Mix)
16. Waspman (Original Single Mix)
17. Long Live Rock (Original Olympic Mix)
CD SEVEN: LIVE AT THE YOUNG VIC, LONDON – APRIL 26, 1971
1. Love Ain't for Keeping*
2. Pure And Easy*
3. Young Man Blues*
4. Time Is Passing*
5. Behind Blue Eyes*
6. I Don't Even Know Myself*
7. Too Much of Anything*
8. Getting In Tune*
9. Bargain*
CD EIGHT: LIVE AT THE YOUNG VIC, LONDON – APRIL 26, 1971
1. Pinball Wizard**
2. See Me, Feel Me**
3. Baby Don't You Do It*
4. Water*
5. My Generation*
6. (I'm A) Road Runner*
7. Naked Eye*
8. Bony Moronie*
9. Won't Get Fooled Again*
CD NINE: LIVE AT THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO – DECEMBER 12, 1971
1. Introduction**
2. I Can't Explain*
3. Substitute*
4. Summertime Blues**
5. My Wife*
6. Baba O'Riley**
7. Behind Blue Eyes*
8. Bargain*
9. Won't Get Fooled Again**
10. Baby Don't You Do It*
11. Magic Bus**
CD TEN: LIVE AT THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO – DECEMBER 12, 1971
1. Introduction To Tommy**
2. Overture**
3. Amazing Journey**
4. Sparks**
5. Pinball Wizard**
6. See Me Feel Me**
7. My Generation**
8. Naked Eye*
9. Going Down*
BLU-RAY AUDIO: Steven Wilson Atmos Mix (48kHz 24-bit)** Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix (48kHz 24-bit)** Steven Wilson Stereo Mix (96kHz 24-bit)* Original 1971 Stereo Mix (96kHz 24-bit)
1. Baba O'Riley
2. Bargain
3. Love Ain't For Keeping
4. My Wife
5. The Song Is Over
6. Getting In Tune
7. Going Mobile
8. Behind Blue Eyes
9. Won't Get Fooled Again
BONUS TRACKS: STEVEN WILSON ATMOS MIX (48KHZ 24-BIT) STEVEN WILSON 5.1 MIX (48KHZ 24-BIT)
1. The Seeker (Unedited Version)**
2. Here For More*
3. Now I'm A Farmer**
4. I Don't Know Myself (Eel Pie Sound Version)**
5. Water (IBC Version)**
6. Naked Eye (Olympic Sound Version)**
7. Pure And Easy**
8. Too Much of Anything**
9. Let's See Action**
10. When I Was a Boy**
11. Join Together (Unedited Version)**
12. Put The Money Down**
13. Relay (Unedited Version)**
14. Long Live Rock**
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