Music

Maximum As & Bs

TRACK LIST

DISC ONE

  1. Zoot Suit (as The High Numbers)
  2. I’m the Face (as The High Numbers)
  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 (AKA ‘Instant Party’)
  10. Instant Party Mixture
  11. A Legal Matter
  12. The Kids Are Aright
  13. The Ox
  14. La-La-La-Lies
  15. The Good’s Gone

DISC TWO

  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

DISC THREE

  1. Pinball Wizard
  2. Dogs Part Two
  3. The Seeker
  4. Here For More
  5. Summertime Blues
  6. Heaven And Hell
  7. See Me Feel Me / Listening To You
  8. Overture From Tommy
  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. Wasp Man

DISC FOUR

  1. 5:15
  2. Water
  3. Listening To You / See Me Feel Me (Soundtrack Version)
  4. Overture (Soundtrack Version)
  5. Squeeze Box
  6. Success Story
  7. Who Are You
  8. Had Enough
  9. Long Live Rock
  10. My Wife (Live)
  11. 5:15 (Soundtrack Version)
  12. I’m One (Soundtrack Version)
  13. You Better You Bet
  14. The Quiet One
  15. Don’t Let Go The Coat
  16. You

DISC FIVE

  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. Wire & Glass EP – Side A (five tracks)
  14. Wire & Glass EP – Side B – Mirror Door
  15. Be Lucky
  16. I Can’t Explain (2014 remix)

Released on five CDs by Polydor Records on 13 October 2017 as Polydor 5780705.

Following the four 7” singles box sets, the Maximum As & Bs box set includes all the A-sides, B-sides and EP tracks on 86 tracks from the Brunswick, Reaction, Track and Polydor labels.  Includes classic hits and rarely heard B-sides, many on CD for the first time. Also features the band’s first single as the High Numbers – ‘Zoot Suit’ b/w ‘I’m The Face’

Five CDs in individual wallets housed in a rigid, lift-off-lid style box. Also includes a 48-page booklet, with track-by-track annotation by acclaimed Who writers Mark Blake, Chris Charlesworth and Matt Kent plus period photos & memorabilia.

Remastered by Jon Astley

Design & Art Direction: Richard Evans
Liner notes by Mark Blake, Chris Charlesworth and Matt Kent