Cat. No. VV 1489: THE WHO ~ THE BEST OF THE WHO. POLYDOR 423.025.
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.
'THE WHO' HAD THE MOST FAR OUT SOUND AND FAR OUT STAGE ACT OF ANY BAND THAT EMERGED FROM THE BRITISH INVASION OF THE '60s. THE MEMBERS OF 'THE WHO' ALL CAME FROM SHEPHERD'S BUSH, WEST LONDON. BAND MEMBERS ROGER DALTREY AND JOHN ENTWHISTLE STARTED OFF PLAYING IN A GROUP CALLED THE DETOURS WHO'S FORMAT WAS PLAYING CURRENT TOP TEN NUMBERS, HOWEVER, BOTH ROGER AND JOHN WANTED TO CREATE THEIR OWN MUSIC WHICH LED TO THE DETOURS DISBANDING. THE DUO CAME ACROSS A GUY BY THE NAME OF PETE TOWNSHEND PURELY BY ACCIDENT AND PETE TOLD THEM HE PLAYED GUITAR BUT WAS NOT IN A BAND AS HE DIDN'T LIKE THE MUSIC MOST BANDS WERE PLAYING. PETE HAD BUILT A RECORDING STUDIO IN HIS FATHER'S GARAGE AND WHEN ROGER AND JOHN VISITED THE STUDIO PETE PLAYED SOME MUSIC HE HAD RECORDED AND THE SOUND WAS WAY OUT AND EXACTLY WHAT ROGER AND JOHN WERE LOOKING FOR AND SO PETE BECAME THE THIRD MEMBER OF 'THE WHO'.
THE TRIO COULD NOT DECIDE ON A NAME INTIALLY FOR THE BAND BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF MUSIC THEY WERE PLAYING BUT EVENTUALLY SETTLED ON 'THE WHO' AS IT REALLY DID NOT FIT ANY OTHER STYLE OF MUSIC. THE BAND STARTED TO MAKE WAVES AND WERE BECOMING VERY POPULAR BUT SOMETHING WAS MISSING. THE DRUMMER ACCORDING TO THE OTHER MEMBERS WAS JUST TOO ORDINARY. ONE NIGHT WHEN THE BAND WAS PERFORMING A LAD WHO HAD BEEN DANCING TO THE BAND ALL NIGHT HAD A QUIET WHISPER IN ROGER'S EAR ASKING IF COULD HAVE A GO AT THE DRUMS AS HE FELT HE COULD PLAY BETTER THAN THE CURRENT DRUMMER. ROGER SAID 'YES" AND THE LAD ABSOLUTELY BLEW THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND AWAY AND SO KEITH MOON BECAME THE DRUMMER OF 'THE WHO'.
THIS ALBUM IS AN ORIGINAL COPY RELEASED IN 1966. SLEEVE IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME SIGNS OF WEAR INCLUDING A LITTLE LOSS OF GLOSS ON THE FRONT COVER AND SOME MINOR CREASES ALONG THE SPINE. THERE IS ALSO SOME YELLOWING ON THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE BUT NOTHING TOO SERIOUS MOST OF THE YELLOWING SHOWN IN THE IMAGE ARE THE RESULT OF THE SCAN. THERE ARE NO TEARS IN THE SLEEVE. THE RECORD IS GRADED GOOD WITH LIGHT SURFACE SCRATCHES AND THE OCCASIONAL FEINT CLICK WHICH DO NOT EFFECT PLAY, AGAIN NOTHING SERIOUS. THERE ARE NO SKIPS.
TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Substitute / Pictures Of Lily / Disguises / Batman / Barbara Ann / In The City. Side 2 - Happy Jack / I'm A Boy / Doctor Doctor / Circles / I've Been Away / Bucket T.
12" VINYL RECORD
