The Who - Stellar “Deep” Tracks

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@painless465 Ай бұрын

I put together a cassette in the 80’s and on the first side I had; Join Together,Let’s See Action, Too Much of Anything, Relay and Pure and Easy. Side 2 had Water, Postcard,Put the Money Down, Naked Eye and Long Live Rock. That would’ve been an incredible Who album!

@tomrobinson5776 Ай бұрын

Very cool 😉

@EricSchultz-zs8hz Ай бұрын

This is a nice video, and many of these (like Pure and Easy and Naked Eye) are my favorites as well. Because the "Magic Bus- On Tour" album wasn't really an official Who release, I would also count "Disguises" as a non-album deep track, because it was originally released on an EP in UK in 1966, "Ready, Steady, Who." Many people use the term "deep cuts" for songs that were on albums but rarely or never played on the radio. In that area, there are many lesser-known Who songs that are among my favorites, such as "So Sad About Us," "Sunrise," "Silas Stingy," "Sea and Sand," "Dreaming From the Waist," and "The Music Must Change."

@tomrobinson5776 Ай бұрын

All excellent tracks you’ve mentioned. 😉

@peterschulze491 Ай бұрын

Pure and Easy! “I listened and I heard - Music in a Word…. “ 💜

@mattrobbins2268 Ай бұрын

I love me some mid to late '60s Who. Sell Out is my favorite album of all time.

@JackTheMusicGuy Ай бұрын

WHAT??????

@tomrobinson5776 Ай бұрын

It’s always been my favorite Who album. 😉

@kgobrien1 Ай бұрын

i love 1968 era Who. I enjoy your content.

@tomrobinson5776 Ай бұрын

Thank you. That ‘67-‘68 period is fantastic. A lot of gems.

@luizoswaldoabreu2752 Ай бұрын

Yeah, it's my preffered the Who period too.

@VoiceofHarold1 Ай бұрын

Your wish album of 1968 kind of exists already. It's disc four in The Who Sell Out box set. They titled it, "The Road to Tommy." It starts with Glow Girl and ends with Magic Bus, and has all those great singles, B-sides and outtakes from '68, or at least most of them. Faith in Something Bigger is the second track too. Melancholia is another one that's on it. It's definitely one of the highlights of the box set. Pure and Easy, Dogs, and Little Billy would all be in my top 20 or 30 Who songs, for sure.

@JackTheMusicGuy Ай бұрын

Oooooo that hurt when you said they could have thrown off "my wife" thats my favorite song off who's next

@senatorjimdracula1603 Ай бұрын

"When I Was a Boy", an Entwistle song, is a favorite of mine. It was the B-side of "Let's See Action" in 1971. It eventually showed up on one of the "Rarities" albums. Keith does some drum fills that are very interesting and different from his usual playing.

@stevecowder4774 Ай бұрын

I’m a pretty big Who fan and I’m glad you brought up Odds and Sods. It’s actually been forever since I’ve listened to it, and it’s high time I did. But I do remember Pure and Easy, an excellent track. “ Getting in Tune “ and Going Mobile are two deep tracks that I’ve always enjoyed. Plus, I have a soft spot for “ Trick of the Light. “ Then there’s “ Eyesight to the Blind “, a short but powerful little gem.

@russellkroeker2822 Ай бұрын

All these tunes you mentioned here are the greatest Who tracks. Always loved the non album material. I predicted almost all the tracks you chose. Pure and Easy was also on Who Came First... Pete's first solo album but not nearly as good as the Who version. Great picks!!

@ricjan58 Ай бұрын

Another steller and much appreciated video, Tom. Being a big Who fan, I reluctantly picked up a copy of Odds and Sods in the late 70's, not expecting much, but ending up being blown away by the quality of the songs within. Jump ahead 20 years to the release of the expanded cd version and they did it again, doubling the length of the original lp with another set of astounding songs seeing the light of day for the first time.

@tomrobinson5776 Ай бұрын

@@ricjan58 I agree. That expanded CD version is fantastic and includes even more gems. 😉

@jimofoz653 Ай бұрын

Hi Tom. As a Who fan of almost 60 years, I really enjoyed the video. I believe that Pure and Easy was left off of Who's Next because it was the centre piece of the Lifehouse project, which was eventually abandoned by Townshend, on the advice of Glynn Johns, who engineered/produced the album. Townshend didn't want to include his main project centre piece on what became an album of random and some remaining songs of the project.

@nathanlaney4577 Ай бұрын

Hi Tom. Was never a major Who fan. I have "Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy," "Who's Next" and "Odds and Sods." I used to have "Tommy," but the cover started falling apart and, I think I played it too much because I really didn't care to hear it anymore, so I gave it away. I like the stuff on "Odds and Sods" very much. And you mentioned "Call Me Lightning," I also like that song a lot! I like the B-side to "I'm a Boy," a song called "In the City." Like the A-side too. I don't listen to them near as much as I used to. Some artist's music has really aged well with me (Kinks, Elvis Costello and Golden Earring have aged very, very well); but I don't find The Who to be one of them. Enjoyed the video Tom, and I agree with your choices; particularly the things from "Odds and Sods."

@TheVanmanderpootz Ай бұрын

I don't know how much this qualifies but my favourite Who song by a massive distance has always been "A Legal Matter" which was featured on the only Who LP that was in my Dad's collection "Meaty, Beaty, Big And Bouncy" (1971) and he also had the single "Squeeze Box" . "I don't Even Know Myself" from the reissue of "Who's Next". I also like Richard Thompson's live cover of "A Legal Matter" as well.

@tomrobinson5776 Ай бұрын

Love that track. I’ve always thought Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy was the best Who compilation of all time. Just perfect sequencing from start to finish.

@kso808 Ай бұрын

I’m not that familiar with the Who’s outtakes but I think their Who’s Next and Who Are You are nearly flawless LPs.

@glendepietro1521 Ай бұрын

Greyhound girl is an outstanding song.

@kevtruth Ай бұрын

I was going to mention Man With Money, but you did. That song has an explosive coda

@pkmcburroughs Ай бұрын

I like your idea about adding Pure and Easy to Who's Next, but I DO also like My Wife quite a bit.

@paulgoldstein2569 Ай бұрын

It could have been added in place of Going Mobile which I found just passable.

@tomrobinson5776 Ай бұрын

@@pkmcburroughs They could have squeezed it in somehow without dropping any tunes. Would have fit perfectly on that record.

@eddie227 Ай бұрын

I ❤ your videos Tom! I think we’re on the same wavelength as far as music. I’m surprised you didn’t pick Melancholia. I first heard the demo on Pete’s 1st Scoop & loved it! Then the studio version from ‘68 that was on the box set. It’s such a great song!

@tomrobinson5776 Ай бұрын

@@eddie227 They have so many golden gems from that 67/68 period. 😊

@ConglomerationCat Ай бұрын

This was great to watch! And ironically, I made a cassette a while back called "Odds and Ends" for myself and it pretty much contains your list. I included "That Motherland Feeling" a great Townshend demo that got shoved in the vaults.

@tomrobinson5776 Ай бұрын

@@ConglomerationCat Never heard that track. I’ll see if it’s online. 😉

@ConglomerationCat Ай бұрын

@@tomrobinson5776 It definitely is in KZbin. Just type in Pete Townshend That Motherland Feeling.

@paulgoldstein2569 Ай бұрын

@@tomrobinson5776 It has been on Pete Townshend bootleg CDs. Quite passable, not brilliant, but very short in playing time.

@ghengismcgillicutty4695 Ай бұрын

Totally agree with your choices! A version of Pure and Easy that almost rivals the familiar one is on the first deluxe Who’s Next cd first released in 1995. I can’t decide which is better.

@tomrobinson5776 Ай бұрын

@@ghengismcgillicutty4695 That version on Odds and Sods is just pure gold. 😉

@paulgoldstein2569 Ай бұрын

I prefer the Odds And Sods version. But the other version has a better sounding organ which may be the reason others prefer that version.

@paulgoldstein2569 Ай бұрын

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I knew all the tracks you mentioned. Odds And Sods eventually came out in an expanded deluxe edition with more outtakes, every one a banger, except Now I'm A Farmer from the original issue, and the two previosly unreleased High Numbers tracks, both of which were soulless Motown covers, Leaving Here (Eddie Holland) and Baby Don't You Do It (Marvin Gaye), plus their version of Summertime Blues. An earlier live version of their version of a song just called Man With Money (no THE in the title) from early 1966 was already available on their BBC Sessions CD. I picked up the version you mentioned which has a low volume, plus an earlier live version still, which according to details below was from Ready Steady Go in late 1965. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4WcmXyIeLF8ldE They sounded as though they were just getting the feel of the song then, only to be crippled by it's uneven sound quality. The Everly Brothers' original was first out on the B side of their 1965 hit, Love Is Strange. Both sides were then included on their next album. But this is a better sound quality 1966 live version by The Who. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZ7bZoeda5manbs

@tomrobinson5776 Ай бұрын

@@paulgoldstein2569 That’s a great black and white clip. That’s the one I mentioned in the video that I literally just found on You Tube a few days back. I’m sure that was not played live very often in the early days. I love the rawness of those early explosive performances.

@paulgoldstein2569 Ай бұрын

@@tomrobinson5776 Same here.

@TheAnarchitek Ай бұрын

Long Live Rock! "Down at the Astoria the scene was changing, Bingo and rock were pushing out x-rating. We were the first band to vomit at the bar, And find the distance to the stage too far. Meanwhile, it's getting late, at ten o'clock. Rock is dead they say, Long live rock."

@sspbrazil Ай бұрын

I have to correct you on “Pure and Easy”, the song was actually released in 1972 for the first time on Pete’s first solo Album, Who Came First, while it’s both he band composition version and just Pete’s initial version, it was released before Odds and Sods, also, no way I would take off “My Wife” from Who’s Next, that’s a great song and one of Entwistle’s best songs on a Who album. “Going Mobile” could have been removed to accommodate “Pure and Easy”.

@jimalaimo8467 Ай бұрын

Let us not forget " Now I'm A Farmer " from Odds and Sods ! Gourds !!!😄

@tomrobinson5776 Ай бұрын

Always loved that track. 😉

@SoIMarriedARecordCollector Ай бұрын

Enjoyed your video, major Who fan here. Worst Who deep track? "I've Been Away", the UK flipside to "Happy Jack" A clunker. - JT

@paulgoldstein2569 Ай бұрын

I like that song, although not in their usual style. But they would come out with unusual songs that some liked, others not.

@pauldaniels2019 Ай бұрын

I like your list. I would add Too Much of Anything from Odds and Sods to my list. In '72 Pete's first solo album came out, Who Came First. On it was a version of Pure and Easy that got a lot of airplay on KMET at the time.

@tomrobinson5776 Ай бұрын

Too Much Of Anything is awesome.

@Peter-Burbank Ай бұрын

I’m the Face and Here ‘Tis by the High Numbers open their box set, I just love those tracks

@tomrobinson5776 Ай бұрын

@@Peter-Burbank Great early tracks. 😉

@dreammachine2013 Ай бұрын

A lot of these songs were Singles (A or B-sudes) which I enjoyed tremendously when they came out! One you missed is " in the city", written by Keith Moon (!) and Entwistle, on the excellent flip Side of "I'm a Boy"🎉 In fact between 65 and 68 the Who produced one brilliant single after another! Apart from the awesome musical qualities they featured some celestial harmonies by Pete, Roger and sometimes Keith who enjoyed a number 1 Hit in Sweden 1966 as lead singer with the Who on "Bucket T) ❤ 2 great and philosophical Pete Townshend Songs are " Guitar and Pen" and "Don't let go the coat" on otherwise mediocre albums😊

@drewgeraci8434 Ай бұрын

Odds and Sods is a fantastic collection

@tomrobinson5776 Ай бұрын

I’ve always thought it was stellar.

@chrisboerger465 Ай бұрын

I love Pure and Easy, but Melancholia is probably my favorite Who deep track. I definitely could have done without Silas Stingy in favor of this song!

@newspapertaxis1 Ай бұрын

Mr. Capo.....Pure and Easy and Naked Eye are absolute GEMS!!!! Fingers and toes crossed you would mention them! I am a HUGE WHO fan...People make comparisons...Beatles vs Stone.....Who vs Zep..IMO The WHO are WAY better band then Zep Townshend is with out a doubt one of the true standing genius of R&R.....One on one...Daltrey and Plant Both great but..The edge to Plant...Drumming again both great at there style of playing..Tie.....Bass....No question..The OX...Guitar...Pete can Strum like there's no tomorrow and play lead..Page..Great lead player but I feel a bit weak on the strumming end...Pete again on this one....Songwriting.. Plant does the words/Page does the music....Pete does it all..Both have great songs but I feel the Who's is a bit more complicated. Townshend wins this for me.......Quadrophenia....DAMN!!!!

@TomFazzini Ай бұрын

Yeah, they missed a trick not putting on Pure & Easy on Who's Next - I've never thought of that. And that 'melody echo' heard later in 'The Song Is Over' - so right, that would've been brilliant on the same album.

@TerryTutor-cv3hh Ай бұрын

I remember the cigarette commercials ( I am 3 years older than you are)....How about their cover of Jan & Dean's "Bucket T?" Marvin Gaye's "Don't Do It"....also covered by The Band...."Too Much of Anything"....Peace and Love, Terry and Julia Tutor

@wtcwtc9861 Ай бұрын

It would be interesting to hear your Top 10 of other artists that released quality albums of outtakes in the vein of Odds And Sods.

@tomrobinson5776 Ай бұрын

@@wtcwtc9861 Sounds like a good idea. I’ll add it to my list. 😉

@lbellis8516 Ай бұрын

Tattoo from the extended cd of Live At Leeds ... and I've always thought most of Odds & Sods was pretty strong for an out takes lp. Postcard & Now I'm A Farmer are good lead off tracks.

@tomrobinson5776 Ай бұрын

I forgot about Postcard. Great Entwistle track.

@michaelpdawson Ай бұрын

So many great songs, and you didn't even mention the more obvious non-LP singles like "Join Together" and "Relay." Another one I'd throw in there is "Water."