The Who – The Who Sell Out (2020 Reissue Double-LP on 180g Vinyl – Includes 10 Extra Tracks)

Initially released in December 1967 and described latterly by Rolling Stone as ‘The Who’s finest album’ The Who Sell Out reflected a remarkable year in popular culture. As well as being forever immortalised as the moment when the counterculture and the ‘Love Generation’ became a global phenomenon and ‘pop’ began metamorphosing into ‘rock’. The Who Sell Out is a bold depiction of the period in which it was made, the tail-end of the ‘swinging 60s’ meets Pop art mixed with psychedelia and straight-ahead pop. It’s a glorious blend of classic powerful Who instrumentation, melodic harmonies, satirical lyrical imagery crystallised for what was only the group’s third album. The album’s ambition and scope is unrivalled by The Who, or any other act from that period.

Within the bold concept, were a batch of fabulous and diverse songs. I Can See for Miles, a top ten hit at the time, is a Who classic. Rael, a Townshend ‘mini-opera’ with musical motifs that reappeared in Tommy and the psychedelic blast of Armenia City in the Sky and Relax are among the very best material anyone wrote during the 1960s.

Disc 2 of this double-LP edition includes 10 bonus tracks.

Track Listing

Side One

1. Armenia City in the Sky
2. Heinz Baked Beans
3. Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand
4. Odorono
5. Tattoo
6. Our Love Was
7. I Can See for Miles

Side Two

1. I Can’t Reach You
2. Medac
3. Relax
4. Silas Stingy
5. Sunrise
6. Rael 1

Side Three

1. Rael 2
2. Glittering Girl
3. Melancholia
4. Someone’s Coming
5. Jaguar

Side Four

1. Early Morning Cold Taxi
2. Hall of the Mountain King
3. Girl’s Eyes
4. Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand  (Alternative version)
5. Glow Girl

Format: Vinyl / 12” Album

No of Discs: 2

Label: Vinyl Lovers

Catalogue No: VL900297

Barcode: 8013252900297

Release Date: 12 Jun 2020