CD Description
Originally released in December 1967, The Who Sell Out arrived at the tail end of a remarkable year in popular culture. As well as being forever immortalised as the moment when the counterculture and the "Love Generation" went global, 1967 produced tremendous musical upheavals as "pop" metamorphosed to "rock", elevating the likes of Cream, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, Traffic and the West Coast groups to prominence--both on the underground scene and the commercial arena. The homage to pop-art is evident in both the advertising jingles and the iconic sleeve design--created by David King (art director at the Sunday Times) and Roger Law (who invented Spitting Image) producing four giant images for each band member--Odorono deodorant, Medac spot cream, Charles Atlas and Heinz baked beans. This remastered edition of Sell Out features the following:

• Stunning reissue of the classic Who album from 1967, now upgraded to a greatly expanded 2 CD version in the acclaimed Deluxe edition range.

•Remastered from the original stereo and mono masters for the first time.

•The first official re-release of the mono mix (in the US and UK) since 1967

•Eleven previously unreleased songs and/or mixes.

•28-page booklet contains unseen photos and 1960s period advertisements. CD sleeve features out-takes from the original October 1967 album cover photo session by David Montgomery, the esteemed portrait photographer.

•Introductory essay by noted rock writer Dave Marsh and in-depth liner notes by Who biographer Andy Neill.


The Product Description provided by Amazon gives you a pretty good idea of what you get with this Deluxe Edition reissue so I won't repeat all those details again here. For those who are unfamiliar with the original release I'll just say that Sell Out is very loosely a concept album which combines some of Pete Townshend's most catchy pop songs linked by ads and jingles. Radio London was the UKs most popular and successful commercial radio station in the mid sixties and several of their original radio jingles are used here, as are some fake advertisements for genuine products. Pete Townshend could probably have had a very successful alternative career as an advertising copyrighter!

This new release's stereo version is a different mastering from the 90s release but is not a different mix - so it doesn't sound startling different - but this time it is actually taken from the original master tapes. The mono mix does sound different to the stereo mix and would have been regarded as the definitive version at the time of the original release in 1967. This release doesn't include all of the bonus material that was featured on the earlier 90s version, but is crammed to bursting with its own features - jingles, ads and tracks - many of which are previously unreleased.

This whole package is well up to the standard of previous releases in the Deluxe Edition series and will delight fans of The Who. The sticker on Roger Daltry's section of the cover says Free Psychedelic Poster Inside and there was one included with the original vinyl release; this poster, by Osiris Visions, is reproduced in the initial run of this release so don't hang about ordering! The booklet is informative and nicely produced and the whole package has the feel of a labour of love!

Listening to the earth-moving intro to I Can See For Miles, straight after the RotoSound Strings ad, still brings me out in goose bumps today - an absolute classic! Even if you have the 90s release there is enough new stuff here to make it worth seriously considering adding this one to your collection as well. An unreserved five stars for what may well be my favourite album by The Who!

Track List:
Disc: 1
1. Armenia City In The Sky - Kit Lambert, The Who
2. Heinz Baked Beans - Kit Lambert, The Who
3. Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand - Kit Lambert, The Who
4. Odorono - Kit Lambert, The Who
5. Tattoo - Kit Lambert, The Who
6. Our Love Was - Kit Lambert, The Who
7. I Can See For Miles - The Who
8. I Can't Reach You - Kit Lambert, The Who
9. Medac - Kit Lambert, The Who
10. Relax - Kit Lambert, The Who
11. Silas Stingy - Kit Lambert, The Who
12. Sunrise - Kit Lambert, The Who
13. Real (1 & 2) - The Who
14. Rael - Naive - The Who
15. Someone's Coming - Kit Lambert, The Who
16. Early Morning Cold Taxi - The Who
17. Jaguar - Kit Lambert, The Who
18. Coke After Coke - The Who
19. Glittering Girl - Kit Lambert, The Who
20. Summertime Blues - The Who
21. John Mason Cars - The Who
22. Girl's Eyes - The Who
23. Sodding About - The Who
24. Premier Drums - The Who
25. Odorono - The Who
26. Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand - Kit Lambert, The Who
27. Things Go Better With Coke - The Who
28. In The Hall Of The Mountain King - The Who
29. Top Gear - The Who
30. Rael (1 & 2) - The Who

Disc: 2
1. Armenia City In The Sky - Kit Lambert, The Who
2. Heinz Baked Beans - Kit Lambert, The Who
3. Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand - The Who
4. Odorono - Kit Lambert, The Who
5. Tattoo - Kit Lambert, The Who
6. Our Love Was - Kit Lambert, The Who
7. I Can See For Miles - The Who
8. I Can't Reach You - Kit Lambert, The Who
9. Medac - Kit Lambert, The Who
10. Relax - Kit Lambert, The Who
11. Silas Stingy - Kit Lambert, The Who
12. Sunrise - Kit Lambert, The Who
13. Rael (1 & 2) - The Who
14. Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand - Kit Lambert, The Who
15. Someone's Coming - Kit Lambert, The Who
16. Relax - Kit Lambert, The Who
17. Jaguar - Kit Lambert, The Who
18. Glittering Girl - Kit Lambert, The Who
19. Tattoo - Kit Lambert, The Who
20. Our Love Was - Kit Lambert, The Who
21. Rotosound Strings - The Who
22. I Can See For Miles - The Who
23. Rael - Kit Lambert, The Who
24. Armenia City In The Sky - Kit Lambert, The Who
25. Great Shakes - The Who

SPOILER!

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