13 Oct 2016

THE 2016 MY GENERATION SUPER DELUXE EDITION

Super Deluxe Edition featuring unreleased songs, demos, mixes, remasters, new notes from Pete Townshend, an 80-page book, rare memorabilia and much more!

5-CD Super Deluxe box set, 3-LP Edition* and 2-LP Edition*

Released 18 November / 10 February*

In the half century since its release The Who’s debut album MY GENERATION has lost none of it’s raw visceral power and still stands as the ultimate musical declaration of teenage rebellion. The title track alone has been covered innumerable times by the likes of Oasis, Green Day, Patti Smith, Billy Joel, Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden amongst many more.

Back in 1965 the band were considered to be so dangerous that the tailors tasked with turning a Union Jack into a pop art mod jacket for the cover feared that they would be jailed for desecration of the nation’s flag.

The Who’s surly demeanour that day in 1965 at London’s Surrey Docks and the brazen appropriation of the symbol of state is the best advert possible for MY GENERATION  It’s an album that sounds like it looks: terse, confrontational and full of youthful angst and energy.

Brunswick Records first issued MY GENERATION in the UK in December 1965, and later in the US, under the title THE WHO SINGS MY GENERATION, in April 1966. It was produced by Shel Talmy who shot to fame with his work with The Kinks, a group that the teenage Pete Townshend admired greatly.

During a break in touring in 2015 Pete Townshend discovered tapes in his audio archive featuring previously unheard demos for the album which also included three totally unreleased songs that the other members of The Who hadn’t ever even heard, ‘The Girls I Could Have Had’,  ‘As Children We Grew’and ‘My Own Love’.

The spectacular 79-track five disc super-deluxe edition of MY GENERATION features these unheard songs as well as unreleased demos, unreleased alternate mixes, new remasters and a stereo remix which was created using new overdubs from Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend. For this mix Pete used exactly the same guitars and amps as the original album and Roger used the same type of microphone.

The super deluxe edition also features a stunning 80-page colour book with many rare and unseen period photos, candid and insightful new notes from Pete Townshend and period memorabilia.

Of the super deluxe box set Pete Townshend commented “Gathering these demos for this collection has been enjoyable; it’s wonderful for me to have these tapes made fifty-two years ago to listen to. I hope you enjoy them. They have a naiveté and innocence, a simplicity and directness, and an ingenuousness that reveals me as a young man struggling to keep up with the more mature and developed men around me. What an incredible group of strong, talented, young and engaging men they were!”

MY GENERATION SUPER-DELUXE Audio details:

CD1: Original album (mono mixes)  

• Originally released 1965
• Re-mastered 2016

CD2: Original album (new stereo mixes)  

• Previously unreleased on CD or vinyl. Released on iTunes 2014.
• Remixed by the band in 2014 – For the missing overdubs Pete used exactly the same guitars and amps as the original album, Roger used same type of microphone.
• Overdubs recorded at Pete’s home studio and Yellowfish Studio.

CD3: Mono mixes – bonus tracks  

• Tracks 1–12 originally released 1965-1966. Reissued 2002.
• Tracks 13-23 remixed in 2000, previously unreleased
• Re-mastered 2016

CD4: Stereo mixes – bonus tracks  

• Tracks 1-17 previously unreleased on CD or vinyl. Released on iTunes 2014.
• Tracks 18-21 previously unreleased.
• Re-mastered 2016

CD5: The Demos  

• Track 1 previously released as 45 rpm flexi-disc with Richard Barnes’ Maximum R&B book (re-mastered 2016)
• Tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, & 11 previously unreleased demo versions
• Tracks 3, 5, & 9 previously unreleased songs – ‘The Girls I Could’ve Had’, ‘As Children We Grew’, ‘My Own Love’ 
• Track 10 previously released on SCOOP (re-mastered 2016)

MY GENERATION SUPER-DELUXE Feature details:

• Stunning 80-page colour book with many rare and unseen period photos and memorabilia.

• Candid and insightful new notes from Pete Townshend illustrating the genesis of the demos and creative process.

• New essay by acclaimed music writer Mark Blake with additional track annotation by Who biographer Andy Neill.

• Six replica inserts:

• Flyer for The Who’s Tuesday night residency at the Marquee Club 1965.
• Admission card to the Scene Club in Ham Yard.
• Calling card for The Who’s management, New Action Ltd. with a photo of the group
• Admission card to the televising of The Who’s first appearance on Ready Steady Go! at Rediffusion TV Studios.
• 20″ x 30″ poster from a 1966 gig.
• 20″ x 30″ poster of The Who’s last ever gig at the Goldhawk Social Club.

• Hardback 12 x 12 album size slipcase.

MY GENERATION SUPER-DELUXE Track listing:

Release date – 18 November 2016

CD1: Original album (mono mixes)

1. Out In The Street
2. I Don’t Mind
3. The Good’s Gone
4. La-La-La Lies
5. Much Too Much
6. My Generation
7. The Kids Are Alright
8. Please, Please, Please
9. It’s Not True
10. I’m A Man
11. A Legal Matter
12. The Ox

CD2: Original album (new stereo mixes)

1. Out In The Street
2. I Don’t Mind
3. The Good’s Gone
4. La-La-La Lies
5. Much Too Much
6. My Generation
7. The Kids Are Alright
8. Please, Please, Please
9. It’s Not True
10. I’m A Man
11. A Legal Matter
12. The Ox

CD3: Mono mixes – bonus tracks 

1. I Can’t Explain
2. Bald Headed Woman
3. Daddy Rolling Stone
4. Leaving Here
5. Lubie, Come Back Home
6. Shout And Shimmy
7. (Love Is Like A) Heatwave
8. Motoring
9. Anytime You Want Me
10. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
11. Instant Party Mixture
12. Circles
13. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere (French EP Mix)
14. Out In the Street (Alt guitar break)
15. Out In the Street (Alt early vocal)
16. I Don’t Mind (Full Length)
17. The Good’s Gone (Full Length)
18. My Generation (Alt version)
19. I’m A Man (V2 – Early vocal)
20. Daddy Rolling Stone (alt. take)
21. Lubie (Alt Mix)
22. Shout And Shimmy (Alt mix)
23. Circles (Alt Mix)

CD4: Stereo mixes – bonus tracks

1. Out In The Street (Alt – Take 1)
2. I Don’t Mind (Full Length Version)
3. The Good’s Gone (Full Length Version)
4. My Generation (Instrumental Version)
5. The Kids Are Alright (Alt – Take 1)
6. I Can’t Explain
7. Bald Headed Woman
8. Daddy Rolling Stone
9. Daddy Rolling Stone (Alt version)
10. Leaving Here
11. Lubie, Come Back Home
12. Shout And Shimmy
13. (Love Is Like A) Heatwave
14. Motoring
15. Anytime You Want Me
16. Instant Party Mixture
17. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
18. Circles (New Mix)
19. Daddy Rolling Stone (Alt Take B – New Mix)
20. Out In The Street (Alt Take 2)
21. I’m A Man (Alt – New Mix)

CD5: Primal Scoop – The Demos

1. My Generation (V 3)
2. My Generation (V 2 – fragment)
3. The Girls I Could’ve Had
4. It’s Not True
5. As Children We Grew
6. Legal Matter
7. Sunrise (V 1)
8. Much Too Much
9. My Own Love
10. La-La-La- Lies
11. The Good’s Gone

* MY GENERATION 3 LP SET Track listing:

Release date – 10 February 2017

Disc One: Original LP – Mono mixes

Side 1

1. Out In The Street
2. I Don’t Mind
3. The Good’s Gone
4. La-La-La Lies
5. Much Too Much
6. My Generation

Side 2

1. The Kids Are Alright
2. Please, Please, Please
3. It’s Not True
4. I’m A Man
5. A Legal Matter
6. The Ox

Disc Two: Mono Bonus Tracks

Side 1 

1. I Can’t Explain
2. Bald Headed Woman
3. Daddy Rolling Stone
4. Leaving Here
5. Lubie, Come Back Home
6. Shout And Shimmy

Side 2

1. (Love Is Like A) Heatwave
2. Motoring
3. Anytime You Want Me
4. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
5. Instant Party Mixture
6. Circles

Disc Three: Primal Scoop – The Demos

Side 1 

1. My Generation (V 3)
2. My Generation (V 2 – fragment)
3. The Girls I Could’ve Had
4. It’s Not True
5. As Children We Grew
6. Legal Matter

Side 2 

1. Sunrise (V 1)
2. Much Too Much
3. My Own Love
4. La-La-La- Lies
5. The Good’s Gone

* MY GENERATION 2-LP SET Track listing:

Release date – 10 February 2017

Disc One: Original LP – Stereo mixes

Side 1

1. Out In The Street
2. I Don’t Mind
3. The Good’s Gone
4. La-La-La Lies
5. Much Too Much
6. My Generation

Side 2

1. The Kids Are Alright
2. Please, Please, Please
3. It’s Not True
4. I’m A Man
5. A Legal Matter
6. The Ox

Disc Two: Stereo Bonus Tracks

Side 1 

1. Out In The Street (Alternate Take 1)
2. I Don’t Mind (Full length version)
3. The Good’s Gone (Full length version)
4. My Generation (Instrumental version)
5. The Kids Are Alright (Alternate Take 1)
6. I Can’t Explain
7. Daddy Rolling Stone
8. Leaving Here

Side 2

1. Lubie (Come Back Home)
2. Shout And Shimmy
3. (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave
4. Motoring
5. Anytime You Want Me
6. Instant Party Mixture
7. Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
8. Circles (New Mix)