The Who have introduced a new box set reissue of the 1978 album Who Are You. Codecs embody a “tremendous deluxe version” with seven CDs and one Blu-ray, together with 71 unreleased periods, demos, rehearsals, reside tracks, and the scrapped Glyn Johns mixture of the album, in addition to a brand new remaster of the completed unique. It additionally comes with a 100-page e-book and Atmos and stereo mixes by Steven Wilson. A 4xLP field set, 2xCD model, and different vinyl editions are additionally out there. Try the total tracklist, together with a trailer, under.
Who Are You was launched shortly earlier than the loss of life of the Who’s unique drummer, Keith Moon, and their subsequent tour was their first with out him. The U.S. leg of that tour is captured, newly combined, on a reside album within the field set, which options Kenney Jones of the Faces and the Small Faces on drums and keyboardist John “Rabbit” Bundrick. Additionally featured are recordings of rehearsals, in 1977 and 1978, from the band’s Shepperton studio, in addition to reside recordings from the studio made for the documentary The Youngsters Are Alright.
The Who’re at present in North America on a tour billed as their farewell. Revisit Pitchfork’s critiques of the reissues of The Who Sell Out and Who’s Next.