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Maximum As & Bs
Artist
The Who

Maximum As & Bs 5CD

$79.98

Description

Every A-side and B-side The Who released, collected across five CDs: 85 tracks presented in chronological order.

It begins before they were even The Who, with "Zoot Suit" and "I'm The Face" issued as The High Numbers in 1964, and runs through the whole singles career: "I Can't Explain," "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere," "My Generation," "Substitute," "I'm A Boy," "Happy Jack," "Pictures Of Lily," "I Can See For Miles," "Pinball Wizard," "Won't Get Fooled Again," "Squeeze Box," "Who Are You" and on.

The B-sides are the argument for the set. Pete Townshend used the flip side as a laboratory, and John Entwistle used it to smuggle in the strangest songs in the catalogue. Hearing each single as originally issued, both sides in sequence, tells a very different story from any hits compilation.

The five discs are housed in individual sleeves inside a box with a 48-page booklet. Both stereo and mono mixes appear as appropriate to the original releases.

Tracklist

CD 1
1. Zoot Suit
2. I'm the Face
3. I Can't Explain
4. Bald Headed Woman
5. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
6. Daddy Rolling Stone
7. My Generation
8. Shout and Shimmy
9. Circles/Instant Party
10. Instant Party Mixture
11. A Legal Matter
12. The Kids Are Alright
13. The Ox
14. La-La-La-Lies
15. The Good's Gone

CD 2
1. Substitute
2. Circles
3. Waltz for a Pig
4. I'm a Boy
5. In the City
6. Disguises
7. Batman
8. Bucket T
9. Barbara Ann
10. Happy Jack
11. I've Been Away
12. Pictures of Lily
13. Doctor Doctor
14. The Last Time
15. Under My Thumb
16. I Can See for Miles
17. Someone's Coming
18. Dogs
19. Call Me Lightning
20. Magic Bus
21. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

CD 3
1. Pinball Wizard
2. Dogs Part Two
3. The Seeker
4. Here for More
5. Summertime Blues [Live]
6. Heaven and Hell
7. See Me, Feel Me/Listening to You
8. Overture
9. Christmas
10. I'm Free
11. Won't Get Fooled Again
12. Don't Know Myself
13. Let's See Action
14. When I Was a Boy
15. Join Together
16. Baby Don't You Do It
17. Relay
18. Waspman

CD 4
1. 5:15
2. Water
3. See Me, Feel Me/Listening to You [Tommy Original Soundtrack]
4. Overture [Tommy Original Soundtrack]
5. Squeeze Box
6. Success Story
7. Who Are You
8. Had Enough
9. Long Live Rock
10. My Wife [Live]
11. 5:15 [Quadrophenia Original Soundtrack]
12. I'm One [Quadrophenia Original Soundtrack]
13. You Better You Bet
14. The Quiet One
15. Don't Let Go the Coat
16. You

CD 5
1. Athena
2. A Man Is a Man
3. Eminence Front
4. It's Your Turn
5. Twist and Shout [Live]
6. I Can't Explain [Live]
7. Bony Moronie [Live]
8. Join Together [Live]
9. I Can See for Miles [Live]
10. Behind Blue Eyes [Live]
11. Real Good-Looking Boy
12. Old Red Wine
13. Sound Round
14. Pick Up the Peace
15. Endless Wire
16. We Got a Hit
17. They Made My Dream Come True
18. Mirror Door
19. Be Lucky
20. I Can't Explain [2014 Stereo Remix]