The Who Sell Out 1974 U.S Stereo Pressing Vinyl Rip Flac With Bonus
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The Who Sell Out
Studio album by The Who
Released 15 December 1967
Recorded May–November 1967, Talentmasters Studios, New York City, New York, United States; IBC Studios, Pye Studios, De Lane Lea Studios, CBS Studios, and Kingsway Studios, London, England, United Kingdom; and Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California, United States
Genre Rock, psychedelic rock, pop, art rock
Length 37:23
Language English
Label Track
Producer Kit Lambert
Professional reviews
* Allmusic 5/5 stars link
* Robert Christgau (A+) link
* Rolling Stone:
o 1968 (Favorable) link
o 2009 5/5 stars link
Singles from The Who Sell Out
1. "I Can See for Miles"
Released: 14 October 1967
The Who Sell Out is the third album by the English rock band The Who, released in 1967 by Track Records in the United Kingdom and Decca Records in the United States. It is a concept album, formatted as a collection of unrelated songs interspersed with faux commercials and public service announcements. The album purports to be a broadcast by pirate radio station Radio London. Part of the intended irony of the title was that The Who were making commercials during that period of their career, some of which are included as bonus tracks on the remastered CD.
The album's release was reportedly followed by a bevy of lawsuits due to the mention of real-world commercial interests in the faux commercials and on the album covers, and by the makers of the real jingles (Radio London jingles), who claimed The Who used them without permission. (The jingles were produced by PAMS Productions of Dallas, Texas, which created thousands of station ID jingles in the 1960s and 1970s.) In 2003, the album was ranked number 113 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Contents
Album information
The cover is divided into panels featuring a photograph by David Montgomery of each of the band members, two on the front and two on the back. On the front is Pete Townshend applying Odorono brand deodorant from an oversized stick; Roger Daltrey sitting in a bathtub full of Heinz baked beans (holding an oversized tin can of the same). Roger Daltrey is said to have caught pneumonia after sitting for a prolonged period in the bathtub, as the beans had been frozen [1]. On the back is Keith Moon applying Medac from an oversized tube; John Entwistle in a leopard-skin Tarzan suit, squeezing a blonde woman in a leopard-skin bikini with one arm and a teddy bear with the other (an ad for the Charles Atlas course mentioned in one of the album's faux commercials).
"I Can See for Miles" was released as a single and peaked at #10 in the UK. Sell Out ends with an audio oddity that repeats into a locked groove—in this case, an a cappella jingle for Track Records.
This album is also notable in The Who discography for not featuring Roger Daltrey as the sole lead singer on most of the songs; he alone provides lead vocals to only three songs: "Tattoo", "I Can See for Miles" and "Rael". "Heinz Baked Beans", "Medac" and "Silas Stingy" are sung by John Entwistle; "Odorono", "Our Love Was/Is", "I Can't Reach You" and "Sunrise" by Pete Townshend; on the remaining songs—"Armenia City in the Sky", "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" and "Relax"—Daltrey and Townshend share lead vocals.
When the LP was released on Track Records in the UK in 1967 (Track 612 002 Mono & Track 613 002 Stereo) a poster was included inside the first 1000 copies. Only the first 500 Stereo copies & first 500 Mono copies ever came with an extremely rare Large Psychedelic Poster & sticker on the front of the cover stating 'Psychedelic Poster Inside'. Due to the stunning art on the poster, and the fact that only 1000 copies were ever made, 1967 UK 1st Pressings with the Poster & Sticker regularly fetch £600+ and have been known to make as much as £1000 for perfect examples.
A two-disc Deluxe Edition of the album was released on 16 March 2009 in the UK and 2 June 2009 in the U.S.[citation needed]
[edit] Track listing
All tracks written by Pete Townshend, except where noted.
Side one
* "Radio London" (Days of The Week)
1. "Armenia City in the Sky" (John Keen) – 3:12
* "Wonderful Radio London"
2. "Heinz Baked Beans" (John Entwistle) – 0:57
* "More Music"
3. "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" – 2:04
* "Premier Drums"
* "Radio London" (Instrumental)
4. "Odorono" – 2:16
* "Radio London" (Smooth Sailing)
5. "Tattoo" – 2:42
* "Radio London" (Church of Your Choice)
6. "Our Love Was" – 3:07
* "Radio London" (Pussycat)
* "Speakeasy"
* "Rotosound Strings"
7. "I Can See for Miles" – 4:17
Side two
* "Charles Atlas"
8. "Can't Reach You" – 3:03 (retitled "I Can't Reach You" on some later releases)
9. "Medac" (John Entwistle) – 0:57
10. "Relax" – 2:38
* "Rotosound Strings" (1995 remix only)
11. "Silas Stingy" (John Entwistle) – 3:04
12. "Sunrise" – 3:03
13. "Rael (1 and 2)" – 5:44 (retitled "Rael 1" on 1995 reissue)
* "Track Records (Instrumental version) (This track repeats into the endless locked groove at the end of Side 2)"
Sales chart performance
Album
Year Chart Position
1967 UK Chart Albums 13[2]
1968 Billboard Pop Albums 48[3]
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1967 "I Can See for Miles" Billboard Pop Singles 9[4]
UK Singles Charts 10[2]
Personnel
The Who
* Roger Daltrey – lead and backing vocals, percussion
* John Entwistle – bass guitar, lead and backing vocals, horns
* Pete Townshend – guitar, lead and backing vocals, keyboards, pennywhistle, banjo
* Keith Moon – drums, lead and backing vocals, percussion
Additional musicians
* Al Kooper – keyboards, organ
Also Included "I Can See For Miles" (Mono Mix Alt Bass)/ "Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand" (Electric Version)
Released 15 December 1967
Recorded May–November 1967, Talentmasters Studios, New York City, New York, United States; IBC Studios, Pye Studios, De Lane Lea Studios, CBS Studios, and Kingsway Studios, London, England, United Kingdom; and Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California, United States
Producer Kit Lambert
Also Included "I Can See For Miles" (Mono Mix Alt Bass)/ "Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand" (Electric Version)
* Roger Daltrey – lead and backing vocals, percussion
* John Entwistle – bass guitar, lead and backing vocals, horns
* Pete Townshend – guitar, lead and backing vocals, keyboards, pennywhistle, banjo
* Keith Moon – drums, lead and backing vocals, percussion
Additional musicians
* Al Kooper – keyboards, organ