Oct 08 2011
We had a really good time with Part I last week! I very much appreciated all of the comments and suggestions that folks sent. Now we are ready for Part II, and it gets even better!
This week we shall look at the bonus tracks that were included on the 1998 remastered CD, some of them previously unavailable except as bootlegs. Some of them are quite good, by the way. Of course, there are several stories to go along with them so we had better get started.
Oct 01 2011
Odds and Sods was the third “canonical” compilation album released by The Who, released 19740928, almost exactly 37 years ago today.
In the US the record was released by MCA, and in the UK by Track. There is some discrepancy as to how the record charted, some references saying #10 and #15 in the UK and US, respectively, whilst others indicate #10 and #8.
This is one of my favorite records, since it contains material not previously released, some of which is amongst their best. It also marked the final release of material that I consider “classic” Who, since the next studio album, The Who by Numbers, was a considerable departure from their old sound, a trend already started by Quadrophenia, discussed here and here.
All of the material was previously unreleased, except “I’m the Face” which we shall discuss in a bit. None of the material on the record was specifically recorded for it, but rather were studio tapes recorded months to years before it was compiled and released.