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Long before the Who could be heard on nearly every television and movie soundtrack, they lampooned their "sell out" status on this '67 classic, now remastered and re-released.
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The Who Sell Out
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AMG Review of The Who Sell Out
Richie Unterberger
All Music GuidePete Townshend originally planned The Who Sell Out as a concept album of sorts that would simultaneously mock and pay tribute to pirate radio stations, complete with fake jingles and commercials linking the tracks. For reasons that remain somewhat ill defined, the concept wasn't quite driven to completion, breaking down around the middle of side two (on the original vinyl configuration). Nonetheless, on strictly musical merits, it's a terrific set of songs that ultimately stands as one of the group's greatest achievements. "I Can See for Miles" (a Top Ten hit) is the Who at their most thunderous; tinges of psychedelia add a rush to "Armenia City in the Sky" and "Relax"; "I Can't Reach You" finds Townshend beginning to stretch himself into quasi-spiritual territory; and "Tattoo" and the acoustic "Sunrise" show introspective, vulnerable sides to the singer/songwriter that had previously been hidden. "Rael" was another mini-opera, with musical motifs that reappeared in Tommy. The album is as perfect a balance between melodic mod pop and powerful instrumentation as the Who (or any other group) would achieve; psychedelic pop was never as jubilant, not to say funny (the fake commercials and jingles interspersed between the songs are a hoot). The 1995 CD reissue has over half a dozen interesting outtakes from the time of the sessions, as well as unused commercials, the B-side "Someone's Coming," and an alternate version of "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand."
The Who: The Who Sell Out (Deluxe Edition) (Review)
The Who Rock Honors
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9:23 PM (PST)I'm watching The Who Rock Honors on VH1 now; it's about 20 minutes in and Incubus just covered "I Can See For Miles" and "I Can't Explain". Now I understand the whole premise of this concert and whatever, but there are definietly certain bands that shouldn't cover certain other bands. Incubus is one of them. to start, brandon boyd's vocals are already sub par, but jose antonio co...
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Tattoo - Not Music Related
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I'm thinking of getting my first tattoo... its sort of something associated with a particular band but is also pretty generic (and no, it is not a heartagram - I have considered it though) and I know the place I want to have it too... on my right side over my ribs. I'm trying to figure out when I know it will be the right time or will I just never know? Will I get sick of it? Is it gonna look h...
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It's getting to the point...
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...where I'm fed up with MySpace.Today, I checked my Friend Requests and had one from a group of depraved individuals under the alias of "Oklahoma Boobs Network". When I checked the site, it was a page dedicated solely to getting "hot chicks" from the Oklahoma area to "show off what Mother Nature gave them". Are you kidding me? What in the Christ do these people expect? "Oh! Well, she has big b...
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"Pirate Radio" Walks the Plank
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Ever since I learned of their existence, I was fascinated by the romance of the pirate radio stations that were located on ships anchored off the coast of England in the 1960s. So I was overjoyed to learn that Richard Curtis - screenwriter/director of such pleasing Anglo rom-coms as "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Notting Hill" - was rolling out "Pirate Radio," a comedic movie tribute to the...
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The Who: The Who Sell Out (Deluxe Edition) (Review)
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Rock Shrine No. 42 – IBC Studios [The Who]
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In the 1950s International Broadcasting Company Recording Studios (IBC) was the leading independent studio in London. In the 60s it became home to a roll-call of amazing artists, including The Beatles (who pre-recorded a live TV show), The Bee Gees, The Small Faces, Status Quo, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Jimmy Page (as a session guitarist), Golden Earring, Adam Faith, and Duane Eddy.Like Abbey R...
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Dunny gets ink
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With my own collection growing out of hand the people over at Kidrobot have a new series of Dunny's coming out with a musical influence.There's a buzz coming from Kidrobot. It's the tattoo guns of 12 artists from this ultra limited Dunny series!Curated by our very own Toy Baroness, the series features some of the most recognizable names in the tattoo scene today. This series includes designs by...
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The Who Sell Out Deluxe Edition Released
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With little fanfare, Geffen Records has released a deluxe 2-CD edition of The Who Sell Out, one of the group's most important albums and the precursor to Tommy.Released in 1967, it was Pete Townshend's first attempt at a concept record. Although not a totally successful experiment, it remains a critical hit from a music perspective along with a curiosity in some of the "extras" on the album. ...
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Rock Shrine No. 28 – Ivor Court (The Who, Rolling Stones)
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Variously and together, from the autumn of 1964 to 1967:Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts lived here.The Who manager Kit Lambert both lived and had an office at no. 113 as he navigated the group from guitar-smashing debt to rock-opera riches. It was Lambert, the youngest in a line of upper-class artistics, who suggested to Pete Townshend he should write an opera. The result was ‘A Quick One
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What We Talk About When We Talk About The Who
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In a recent thread, Townsman jungleland2 raised an interesting point that I've heard raised many times over the years:Just got the 2-disc The Who Sell Out. I know this is their "great" record of the 60's but I am not connecting to it so farHave you had this feeling? Have you heard this feeling expressed by other rock-loving, Who-loving friends when they finally get around to checking out this c...
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Tattoo - Not Music Related
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I'm thinking of getting my first tattoo... its sort of something associated with a particular band but is also pretty generic (and no, it is not a heartagram - I have considered it though) and I know the place I want to have it too... on my right side over my ribs. I'm trying to figure out when I know it will be the right time or will I just never know? Will I get sick of it? Is it gonna look h...
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The Who Rock Honors
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9:23 PM (PST)I'm watching The Who Rock Honors on VH1 now; it's about 20 minutes in and Incubus just covered "I Can See For Miles" and "I Can't Explain". Now I understand the whole premise of this concert and whatever, but there are definietly certain bands that shouldn't cover certain other bands. Incubus is one of them. to start, brandon boyd's vocals are already sub par, but jose antonio co...
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I Can See for Miles
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When I am up in the Sierra Nevadas on a clear day this song rings in my mind.
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It's getting to the point...
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Track:"Melancholia"
...where I'm fed up with MySpace.Today, I checked my Friend Requests and had one from a group of depraved individuals under the alias of "Oklahoma Boobs Network". When I checked the site, it was a page dedicated solely to getting "hot chicks" from the Oklahoma area to "show off what Mother Nature gave them". Are you kidding me? What in the Christ do these people expect? "Oh! Well, she has big b...
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