The Who::BBC Sessions

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catalog# 5477271

Artist: The Who
Format: Vinyl LP
DiscSet: 2
Genre: Rock
Condition: New
Label: Universal/Polydor (UK)
Release: 2000

The Who::BBC Sessions

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Now best known for such sprawling rock operas as Tommy and Quadrophenia, the Who made its initial impact on the strength of brilliant radio singles and an explosive stage show. The BBC Sessions captures the best of both those worlds. Recorded live for BBC radio between 1965 and 1973, these 25 previously unreleased performances smartly balance hits (My Generation, Pictures of Lily), curiosities (covers of the Young Rascals' Good Lovin' and Martha and the Vandellas' Dancing in the Street), and well-chosen rarities (La La La Lies, Run Run Run).
The band blazes through these songs so fast -- and you thought the Ramones and the Minutemen invented that kind of lightning-speed concision -- that it's easy to miss how perfectly constructed they are. The Who's sound rests on the tension between carefully defined pop-song structures pushed to the breaking point by the band's propulsive, chaotic power. Singer Roger Daltrey and bassist John Enthwhistle are hardly slouches, but guitarist Pete Townshend and drummer Keith Moon are true wonders. They wail with such unrestrained glee that they frequently threaten to blow these songs apart. Then, by some miracle, they land in time, and the song ends. All that in two-and-a-half minutes -- with lovely, Beach Boys-derived vocal harmonies to boot. That's why it's earned the right to be called classic rock -- and why this disc is such an unadulterated pleasure from start to finish. 2 LP

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