3 Nov 2023
JOHN ENTWISTLE SOLO DELUXE EDITIONS NOW AVAILABLE DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME
EDSEL PRESENT
THE JOHN ENTWISTLE SOLO CATALOGUE
DELUXE EDITIONS
AVAILABLE DIGITALLY
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
SMASH YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL,
WHISTLE RYMES, RIGOR MORTIS SETS IN,
MAD DOG, TOO LATE THE HERO AND THE ROCK
PLUS 29 BONUS TRACKS
FEATURING GUEST APPEARANCES BY KEITH MOON, JOE WALSH,
PETER FRAMPTON, JIMMY MCCULLOCH, HOWIE CASEY,
EDDIE JOBSON, DICK PARRY AND ZAK STARKEY
AVAILABLE ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS NOW
Edsel is proud to announce that for the first time, the deluxe editions of the first six solo albums by John Entwistle, the legendary bass guitarist of The Who, will be available digitally. Voted the greatest bass player of all time by Rolling Stone magazine, Entwistle or ‘The Ox’ or ‘Thunderfingers’, as he was nicknamed, was the only member of The Who with formal musical training and songwriting credits on all of their albums made during his lifetime bar Quadrophenia. Entwistle was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 as a member of The Who.
SMASH YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL from 1971 was the first solo album by a member of The Who, Entwistle self-produced the album with a rookie engineer, Roy Thomas Baker, who would later become famous for producing Queen. Freddie Mercury later used the same piano used by Entwistle during the sessions for this album on ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’.
My Size 3:46
Pick Me Up (Big Chicken) 3:44
What Are We Doing Here? 3:50
What Kind of People Are They? 2:44
Heaven and Hell 4:56
Ted End 2:34
You’re Mine 4:38
No. 29 (Eternal Youth) 5:36
I Believe in Everything 3:11
Cinnamon Girl (Outtake) 3:05
It’s Hard to Write a Love Song (Demo) 4:54
The Haunted Can Be Free (Demo) 3:54
World Behind My Face (Demo) 4:56
My Size (Demo) 3:50
What Kind of People Are They? (Demo) 2:55
Pick Me Up (Big Chicken) (Demo) 3:07
No. 29 (External Youth) (Demo) 4:38
Ted End (Demo) 1:56
WHISTLE RYMES from late 1972 was produced by Entwistle and Thin Lizzy producer John Alcock. The album’s title pokes fun at a common misspelling of Entwistle’s surname. Several of the tracks give a wry view of domestic life, following the birth of Entwistle’s son, Christopher, earlier that year.
Ten Little Friends 4:02
Apron Strings 3:47
I Feel Better 4:46
Thinkin’ It Over 3:12
Who Cares? 4:28
I Wonder 2:58
I Was Just Being Friendly 3:33
The Window Shopper 3:28
I Found Out 3:51
Nightmare (Please Wake Me Up) 6:17
I Wonder (Demo) 2:54
All Dressed Up (Demo) 2:55
Back on the Road (Demo) 3:54
Countryside Boogie (Demo) 4:29
RIGOR MORTIS SETS IN was released in the spring of 1973 and was again produced by Entwistle and Alcock. It included covers of 50s and 60s rock and roll classics as well as a new version of ‘My Wife’ from The Who’s classic Who’s Next album.
Gimme That Rock ‘n’ Roll 2:57
Mr. Bass Man 2:46
Do the Dangle 4:05
Hound Dog 2:29
Made in Japan 3:48
My Wife 3:32
Roller Skate Kate 4:14
Peg Leg Peggy 3:38
Lucille 2:53
Big Black Cadillac 3:35
BP Big Gallon Jingle (100 Miles of Motorway) (Demo) 0:35
BP Big Gallon Jingle (100 Miles of Motorway) (Demo with voiceover) 0:34
Made in Japan (Early take) 3:54
Peg Leg Peggy (Early take) 3:53
MAD DOG by John Entwistle’s Ox followed in 1975, featuring the single ‘Cell Number 7’, which detailed The Who’s arrests after a hotel wrecking spree in Montreal while on their 1973 Quadrophenia tour where the band caused thousands of dollars of damage.
I Fall to Pieces 3:53
Cell Number 7 4:02
You Can Be So Mean 3:55
Lady Killer 3:28
Who in the Hell? 3:34
Mad Dog 5:27
Jungle Bunny (Instrumental) 4:03
I’m So Scared 4:01
Drowning 4:41
Mad Dog (Single mix) 3:56
Cell Number 7 (Single mix) 4:07
TOO LATE THE HERO Entwistle returned to his solo career in 1981 with Too Late The Hero. The album was recorded as a core trio of Entwistle on bass guitar, his longtime friend Joe Walsh of the Eagles providing all guitar work and Walsh’s former Barnstorm bandmate Joe Vitale on drums. Billy Nicholls, who still works with The Who to this day, provided most of the backing vocals.
Try Me 3:53
Talk Dirty 4:06
Lovebird 4:52
Sleeping Man 3:56
I’m Coming Back 4:02
Dancing Master 4:24
Fallen Angel 4:40
Love Is a Heart Attack 5:13
Too Late the Hero 7:23
Sleeping Man (Demo) 4:06
Dancing Master (Demo) 3:29
I’m Coming Back (Demo) 3:45
Love Is a Heart Attack (Demo) 2:57
Overture (Outtake) 5:13
THE ROCK For his last album of the century, Entwistle put together a new band called The Rock featuring future Who drummer Zak Starkey and Henry Small, formerly of Prism, on lead vocals. Their self-titled debut was initially scheduled for 1986 but it was not officially released until ten years later when it appeared as a John Entwistle solo album.
Stranger in a Strange Land 4:30
Love Doesn’t Last 3:38
Suzie 4:28
Bridges Under the Water 4:03
Heartache 5:06
Billy 3:45
Life After Love 4:19
Hurricane 4:23
Too Much Too Soon 3:30
Last Song 3:52
Country Hurricane 0:49
Casualty (Outtake) 4:24
Light in the Dark (Outtake)4:15
Break Your Heart (Outtake) 3:25
Love Doesn’t Last (Outtake)3:34
Heartache (Early version) 5:07
JOHN ENTWISTLE’S
SOLO CATALOGUE DELUXE EDITIONS
AVAILABLE DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME
j’m marina j want when the cds sell in amazon or in your site
Prefer a CD because when you lose it digitally do you it for ever always bought a hard copy of all music I have
Where can I purchase the cd,s & price ❓
Peter, the albums are currently only available to stream.