VIA PRESS RELEASE | Following the success of the four 7” singles box sets from The Who, Maximum As & Bs presents all of the bands A sides, B sides, and EPs in one place for the very first time.
The 5 CD set features 86 tracks from the Brunswick, Reaction, Track, and Polydor labels. Maximum As & Bs includes classic hits such as “Pictures of Lily,” “I Can See For Miles,” “Magic Bus,” “Pinball Wizard,” “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” “Substitute,” “I Can’t Explain,” “Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere,” “My Generation,” “Squeeze Box,” “Who Are You,” “You Better You Bet,” “Real Good-Looking Boy,” and the band’s last recorded track to date “Be Lucky.” The set includes rarely heard B sides and EP tracks along with the group’s first single, as the High Numbers – “Zoot Suit” b/w “I’m The Face.”
The box set features five CDs, in separate wallets, housed in a rigid, lift-off-lid style box along with a 48-page booklet, with track-by-track annotation by acclaimed Who writers with period photos and memorabilia. The full track listing for Maximum As & Bs is below.
ALSO COMING! | August 18, 2017, sees the re-issue for the first time in a decade and a half of Pete Townshend’s critically acclaimed demo and outtake collections Scoop, Another Scoop and Scoop 3. These albums give a unique insight into Townshend’s creative process and feature early versions of future Who classics including “Eminence Front,” “The Real Me,” “Long Live Rock,” “The Magic Bus” as well as many other Who hits. These double-CD and vinyl sets have been newly remastered at Abbey Road with the LPs remastered at half speed and pressed on pink (Scoop), yellow (Another Scoop) and light blue (Scoop 3) vinyl. The full track listings follow below.
Also coming exclusively on vinyl on October 27, 2017, are Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy and Live at Leeds, The Who’s first singles collection from 1971 and what the New York Times referred to as “Quite simply, it is the best live rock album ever made” respectively. Both albums have been cut at Abbey Road with half-speed mastering process and will be released on October 27 on heavyweight 180-gram vinyl.
THE WHO MAXIMUM As & Bs
CD 1
Zoot Suit
I’m the Face
I Can’t Explain
Bald Headed Woman
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
Daddy Rolling Stone
My Generation
Shout and Shimmy
Circles (AKA ‘Instant Party’)
Instant Party Mixture
A Legal Matter
The Kids Are Alright
The Ox
La-La-La Lies
The Good’s Gone
CD 2
Substitute
Circles
Waltz For A Pig
I’m A Boy
In The City
Disguises
Batman
Bucket T
Barbara Ann
Happy Jack
I’ve Been Away
Pictures Of Lily
Doctor, Doctor
The Last Time
Under My Thumb
I Can See For Miles
Someone’s Coming
Dogs
Call Me Lightning
Magic Bus
Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
CD 3
Pinball Wizard
Dogs Part Two
The Seeker
Here For More
Summertime Blues
Heaven And Hell
See Me Feel Me / Listening To You
Overture From Tommy
Christmas
I’m Free
Won’t Get Fooled Again
Don’t Know Myself
Let’s See Action
When I Was A Boy
Join Together
Baby Don’t You Do It
Relay
Wasp Man
CD 4
5:15
Water
Listening To You / See Me Feel Me
(Soundtrack Version)
Overture (Soundtrack Version)
Squeeze Box
Success Story
Who Are You
Had Enough
Long Live Rock
My Wife (Live)
5:15 (Soundtrack Version)
I’m One (Soundtrack Version)
You Better You Bet
The Quiet One
Don’t Let Go The Coat
You
CD 5
Athena
A Man Is A Man
Eminence Front
It’s Your Turn
Twist And Shout (Live
I Can’t Explain (Live)
Bony Maronie (Live)
Join Together (Live)
I Can See For Miles (Live)
Behind Blue Eyes (Live)
Real Good Looking Boy
Old Red Wine
Wire & Glass EP – Side A (5 x tracks)
Wire & Glass EP – Side B – Mirror Door
Be Lucky
I Can’t Explain (2014 Stereo remix)
PETE TOWNSHEND SCOOP 2CD
CD 1
So Sad About Us/Brrr
Squeeze Box
Zelda
Politician
Dirty Water
Circles
Piano: Tipperary
Unused Piano: Quadrophenia
Melancholia
Bargain
Popular
Behind Blue Eyes
Things Have Changed
CD 2
The Magic Bus
Cache Cache
Cookin’
You’re So Clever
Body Language
Initial Machine Experiments
Mary
Recorders
Goin’ Fishin’
To Barney Kessell
You Came Back
Love Reign O’er Me
SCOOP 2LP (PINK VINYL)
Side One
So Sad About Us / Brr
Squeeze Box
Zelda
Politician
Dirty Water
Circles (Instant Party)
Piano: Tipperary
Side Two
Unused Piano: Quadrophenia
Melancholia
Bargain
Things Have Changed
Popular
Behind Blue Eyes
Side Three
Magic Bus
Cache Cache
Cookin’
You’re So Clever
Body Language
Initial Machine Experiments
SIDE FOUR
Mary
Recorders
PETE TOWNSHEND ANOTHER SCOOP 2CD
CD One
You Better You Bet
Girl In A Suitcase
Brooklyn Kids
Pinball Wizard
Football Fugue
Happy Jack
Substitute
Long Live Rock
Call Me Lightning
Holly Like Ivy
Begin The Beguine
Vicious Interlude
La La La Lies
Cat Snatch
CD Two
Prelude #556
Baraque Ippanese
Praying The Game
Driftin’ Blues
Christmas
Pictures Of Lily
Don’t Let Go Of The Coat
The Kids Are Alright
Prelude, The Right to Write
Never Ask Me
Ask Yourself
The Ferryman
The Shout
ANOTHER SCOOP 2LP (Yellow Vinyl)
Side One
You Better You Bet
Girl In A Suitcase
Brooklyn Kids
Pinball Wizard
Football Fugue
Happy Jack
Side Two
Substitute
Long Live Rock
Call Me Lightning
Holly Like Ivy
Begin The Beguine
Vicious Interlude
La La La Lies
Cat Snatch
Side Three
Prelude #556
Baraque Ippanese
Praying The Game
Driftin’ Blues
Christmas
Pictures Of Lily
Don’t Let Go The Coat
Side Four
The Kids Are Alright
Prelude, The Right to Write
Never Ask Me
Ask Yourself
The Ferryman
The Shout
PETE TOWNSHEND SCOOP 3 2CD
CD One
Can you See The Real Me
Dirty Water
Commonwealth Boys
Theme 015
Marty Robbins
I Like It The Way It Is
Theme 016
No Way Out (However much I booze)
Collings
Parvardigar (German version)
Sea & Sand
971104 Arpeggio Piano
Theme 017
I Am Afraid
Maxims For Lunch
Wistful
Eminence Front
CD Two
Prelude 970519
Iron Man Recitative
Tough Boys
Did You Steal My Money?
Can You Really Dance?
Variations On Dirty Jobs
All lovers are deranged (Pete’s version)
Elephants
Wired To The Moon (part 2)
How Can You Do It Alone?
Poem Disturbed
Squirm Squirm
Outlive The Dinosaur
Teresa
Man And Machines
It’s In Ya
Lonely Words
SCOOP 3 3LP (LIGHT BLUE VINYL)
Side One
Can You See The Real Me
Dirty Water
Commonwealth Boys
Theme 015
Marty Robbins
I Like It The Way It Is
Side Two
Theme 016
No Way Out (However Much I Booze)
Collings
Parvardigar
Sea And Sand
971104 Arpeggio Piano
Side Three
Theme 017
I Am Afraid
Maxims For Lunch
Wistful
Eminence Front
Lonely Words
Side Four
Prelude 970519
Iron Man Recitative
Tough Boys
Did You Steal My Money?
Can You Really Dance?
Side Five
Variations On Dirty Jobs
All Lovers Are Deranged
Elephants
Wired To The Moon – Pt. 2
How Can You Do It Alone
Poem Disturbed
Side Six
Squirm Squirm
Outlive The Dinosaur
Teresa
Man And Machines
It’s In Ya
THE WHO MEATY, BEATY, BIG & BOUNCY
Side One
I Can’t Explain *
The Kids Are Alright #
Happy Jack #
I Can See For Miles
Pictures Of Lily #
My Generation #
The Seeker
Side Two
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere *
Pinball Wizard
Legal Matter #
Boris The Spider *
Magic Bus #
Substitute *
I’m A Boy #
* Mono
# Electronically enhanced for stereo reproduction
THE WHO LIVE AT LEEDS
Side One
Young Man
Substitute
Summertime Blues
Shakin’ All Over
Side Two
My Generation
Magic Bus
