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Six tracks from the album's original but abandoned New York sessions flesh out the familiar material, with previously unreleased outtakes of "Getting in Tune" and a revealing, early arrangement of "Won't Get Fooled Again" warranting special note. The second disc documents one of Lifehouse's most quixotic elements with the first-time release of one of the series of concerts staged at London's Young Vic theatre during the project's gestation--events during which band and audience would somehow mystically become one. Core tracks from the project are interspersed with typical hard-rocking Who fare of the time, resulting in a show whose focus and dynamics belied something very different from the arena-rock clichés that would eventually overwhelm them. --Jerry McCulley
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This is the 4th time Who's Next has been issued on compact disc -the original CD release in the 80s, the "Gold Disc" version in 1995, the "remix and remaster" in 1996, and now the "Deluxe Edition" in 2003. I'm reallly wondering what's deluxe about it. First of all, this "remaster" sounds exactly the same as 1996's "remix and remaster", which sounded suspiciously the same as 1995's Gold Disc. In other words, other than being mastered a little louder, no improvement has been made in the sound.
OK, then there's all that unreleased stuff, right? Wrong. Only two studio tracks appear that didn't show on the previous release. Namely, early versions of Won't Get Fooled Again and Gettin' in Tune. These versions are both little more than rehearsals, and therefore vastly inferior to the official versions. Interesting but hardly vital additions to the Who legacy
OK, but how about this great live stuff? Well....
This may be from their prime live period, but this is NOT a prime concert. Again, this Young Vic show was mostly new material which was still being tentatively performed. Again, interesting but you and I both know that there's other great live stuff that hasn't been released.
This "Deluxe Edition" would have been the right time to gather all the material that was part of the Lifehouse project and release on one collection. I see this release as a blown opportunity and, to be honest, more than a bit of a [cheat.]
If the younger guys have this interest in 1970s music, then perhaps those of us who were around in the 1970s should put them on to some of that decade's better music.
Here's one contribution from me. The Who's Who's Next is one of the 10 best albums of the 1970s. As such, it should be considered one of the essential albums in any collection of 1970s music.
It's just an excellent album throughout.
For those of you who haven't heard the album, you may be familiar with one track. The CSI TV series franchise has taken tunes by The Who as the theme music for its shows. The song 'Who Are You', for example is the theme for the CSI show based in Las Vegas. CSI: NY uses a song from this album 'Baba O'Riley' as it theme music.
You know you're getting old when the music you listened to in high school becomes elevator music and the theme music for TV shows. What a depressing thought!
Bottom line: Great album. One of the 1970s best albums. If you're collecting 1970s music, this is an essential album for your collection.
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