Baba O' Riley (live - Qwartz extended remix) (6:54)
Baba O' Riley (Qwartz dub remix) (6:55)
Review: House lover and studio wizard Qwartz has been at it again, with 'it' being editing some classic rock tunes into club-ready sounds for DJs and dancers. This time he tackles 'Baba O' Riley' firstly with an extended mix that brings all new life into The Who's original. It has a prickly low end with eerie guitars and disco motifs making it a raw, heads-down sound. The dub remix brings a little extra low-end weight.
Review: Rock opera - a niche genre with a few forerunners in the late 60s, but surely defined by this monumental project by The Who. As the band were hitting their stride and still relatively early on in their career, it was a bold move for Pete Townshend to compose this magnum opus, which came out in 1969 and sparked a run of theatre and cinema adaptations. Telling the story of deaf, dumb and blind pinball wizard Tommy Walker was a gamble that paid off, as critics hailed the album as their critical breakthrough and the accompanying stage show dazzled fans the world over. Now the album has been given the half speed remastering treatment at Abbey Road, meaning it sounds better than ever.
Review: On 6th July 2019, The Who headlined a sell out show at Wembley Stadium in London for the first time in forty years. Performing many of their greatest hits, the show featured the band as they've never been seen before, accompanied by a 57-piece orchestra. Now after an official CD release of the show released earlier in April, comes this deluxe 3xLP pressing edition of the same release, packed with unseen bits, bonus features and even a Blu-Ray DVD.
Review: The Who's 50th Anniversary edition of Who's Next is being released in multiple formats and chief among them is this relatively short and succinct 4xLP version. Though four sides of vinyl isn't usually thought to be "short", this is a minimal incarnation of the reissued album, compared to the juggernaut CD and Blu-Ray box set which contains over 155 original audio tracks on it. This version is as comparatively minimal and monolithic as the 2001: A Space Odyssey monolith referenced on its front cover, though it's not still without its nice extra-album bonuses, 'Pinball Wizard' and 'Naked Eye' included.
Review: With all-time rock anthems like 'Won't Get Fooled Again' and 'Baba O'Riley', it's perhaps no wonder Who's Next is The Who's best selling album, but it's no commercial compromise. Songs like 'Behind Blue Eyes' are as raw and visceral as the foursome ever were, even compared to much of today's indie music. The 50th anniversary reissue package at large has dug up 89 unreleased demos and rarities for the completist collector, but this vinyl edition concentrates on the album itself and is all the more powerful a listen for it.
Review: As part of the Who's massive reissue bundle of Who's Next, their most popular album, the half-speed remastered edition on vinyl makes for a relatively reserved version, compared to the mammoth CD box-sets full of demos and rarities also in tow. Primed for audiophiles - whose needs sometimes cross over with, but are no less distinct from, that of collection completists - this version of the album is special in that the original tapes have been re-treated using a half-speed remastering process, which enhances the sound quality and clarity of the original recordings. What's more, this version was done at Abbey Road Studios, of all places, with the process overseen by acclaimed engineer Miles Showell and from tapes prepared by Jon Astley.
Review: New to the mammoth set of limited edition half-speed remasters of The Who's best and most well-known material, and by commission from founding member Pete Townshend, comes this fresh reissue of The Who By Numbers. The band's seventh studio album, this album is known for its more introspective, personal sound and lyrical content, compared to their earlier and better known projects. Mirroring the earlier disillusionments portrayed on the smash that was Quadrophenia, By Numbers portrays Townshend's own disillusionment with the music industry, from sombre alcoholic meltdowns like 'However Much I Booze' to ironic, stoned detachments such as 'Success Story'.
Review: The most eminent British rock opera of all time, The Who's Quadrophenia, released in 1973, hears Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Roger Daltrey conceive and narrate the angst of a young postroom worker, Jimmy, living in post-war Britain amid the schismatics of the mods and rockers, as they warred in converse step. Exploring rebellion, let-off steam, and alienation through music, the record firmly set the stage for the 1979 film adaptation of the same name, which popularised the thoroughfare connecting London-Brighton as a vital identificatory artery for a certain angst-ridden generation. The album features standout tracks like '5:15' and 'Love, Reign O'er Me', and remains one of The Who's most celebrated works. It's now reissued through Bespoke Editions, with two CDs of Pete Townshend's demos, and a 5.1 DVD-A remix of eight tracks, plus handwritten lyrics in a book and a 13,000-word essay from Townshend.
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