THE WHO MAXIMUM As & Bs

EVERY A SIDE, B SIDE & EP FROM THE WHO

5CD SET RELEASED OCTOBER 27 ON UMe/POLYDOR

PETE TOWNSHEND SCOOP, ANOTHER SCOOP & SCOOP 3

HALF SPEED REMASTERED LIMITED EDITION HEAVYWEIGHT COLOURED VINYL EDITIONS RELEASED AUGUST 18 ON UMe/POLYDOR

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Aug 01, 2017, 12:22 ET

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the success of the four 7" singles box sets from The Who, MAXIMUM As & Bs presents all of the bands A sides, B sides and EPs in one place for the very first time. The 5 CD set features 86 tracks from the Brunswick, Reaction, Track and Polydor labels.

The Who - 'Maximum As & Bs' 5-CD box set of every A Side, B Side and EP to be released on October 27, 2017, on UMe/Polydor

MAXIMUM As & Bs includes classic hits such as "Pictures of Lily," "I Can See For Miles," "Magic Bus," "Pinball Wizard," "Won't Get Fooled Again," "Substitute," "I Can't Explain," "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere," "My Generation," "Squeeze Box," "Who Are You," "You Better You Bet," "Real Good-Looking Boy" & the band's last recorded track to date "Be Lucky." The set includes rarely heard B sides and EP tracks along with the group's first single, as the High Numbers – "Zoot Suit" b/w "I'm The Face."

The box set features five CDs, in separate wallets, housed in a rigid, lift-off-lid style box along with a 48-page booklet, with track-by-track annotation by acclaimed Who writers with period photos & memorabilia. The full track listing for MAXIMUM As & Bs follows at the end of this release.

ALSO COMING!
August 18, 2017, sees the re-issue for the first time in a decade and a half of Pete Townshend's critically acclaimed demo and outtake collections SCOOP, ANOTHER SCOOP & SCOOP 3. These albums give a unique insight into Townshend's creative process and feature early versions of future Who classics including "Eminence Front," "The Real Me," "Long Live Rock," "The Magic Bus" as well as many other Who hits. These double-CD and vinyl sets have been newly remastered at Abbey Road with the LPs remastered at half speed and pressed on pink (Scoop), yellow (Another Scoop) and light blue (Scoop 3) vinyl. The full track listings follow at the end of this release.

Also coming exclusively on vinyl on October 27, 2017, are MEATY, BEATY, BIG & BOUNCY and LIVE AT LEEDS, The Who's first singles collection from 1971 and what the New York Times referred to as "Quite simply, it is the best live rock album ever made" respectively. Both albums have been cut at Abbey Road with half-speed mastering process and will be released on October 27 on heavyweight 180-gram vinyl.

THE WHO MAXIMUM As & Bs
*CD 1*	Dogs	Success Story
Zoot Suit	Call Me Lightning	Who Are You
I'm the Face	Magic Bus	Had Enough
I Can't Explain	Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hyde	Long Live Rock
Bald Headed Woman		My Wife (Live)
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere	*CD 3*	5:15 (Soundtrack Version)
Daddy Rolling Stone	Pinball Wizard	I'm One (Soundtrack
My Generation	Dogs Part Two	Version)
Shout and Shimmy	The Seeker	You Better You Bet
Circles (AKA 'Instant Party')	Here For More	The Quiet One
Instant Party Mixture	Summertime Blues	Don't Let Go The Coat
A Legal Matter	Heaven And Hell	You
The Kids Are Alright	See Me Feel Me / Listening
The Ox	To You	*CD 5*
La-La-La Lies	Overture From Tommy	Athena
The Good's Gone	Christmas	A Man Is A Man
	I'm Free	Eminence Front
*CD 2*	Won't Get Fooled Again	It's Your Turn
Substitute	Don't Know Myself	Twist And Shout (Live)
Circles	Let's See Action	I Can't Explain (Live)
Waltz For A Pig	When I Was A Boy	Bony Maronie (Live)
I'm A Boy	Join Together	Join Together (Live)
In The City	Baby Don't You Do It	I Can See For Miles (Live)
Disguises	Relay	Behind Blue Eyes (Live)
Batman	Wasp Man	Real Good Looking Boy
Bucket T		Old Red Wine
Barbara Ann	*CD 4*	Wire & Glass EP – Side A
Happy Jack	5:15	(5 x tracks)
I've Been Away	Water	Wire & Glass EP – Side B –
Pictures Of Lily	Listening To You / See Me	Mirror Door
Doctor, Doctor	Feel Me	Be Lucky
The Last Time	(Soundtrack Version)	I Can't Explain (2014 Stereo
Under My Thumb	Overture (Soundtrack	remix)
I Can See For Miles	Version)
Someone's Coming	Squeeze Box


PETE TOWNSHEND 'SCOOP' 2CD
*CD 1*	*CD 2*
So Sad About Us/Brrr	The Magic Bus
Squeeze Box	Cache Cache
Zelda	Cookin'
Politician	You're So Clever
Dirty Water	Body Language
Circles	Initial Machine Experiments
Piano: Tipperary	Mary
Unused Piano: Quadrophenia	Recorders
Melancholia	Goin' Fishin'
Bargain	To Barney Kessell
Popular	You Came Back
Behind Blue Eyes	Love Reign O'er Me
Things Have Changed

SCOOP 2LP (PINK VINYL)	Never Ask Me
*Side One*	Ask Yourself
So Sad About Us / Brr	The Ferryman
Squeeze Box	The Shout
Zelda
Politician
Dirty Water
Circles (Instant Party)
Piano: Tipperary

*Side Two*
Unused Piano: Quadrophenia	ANOTHER SCOOP 2LP (Yellow Vinyl)
Melancholia	*Side One*
Bargain	You Better You Bet
Things Have Changed	Girl In A Suitcase
Popular	Brooklyn Kids
Behind Blue Eyes	Pinball Wizard
	Football Fugue
*Side Three*	Happy Jack
Magic Bus
Cache Cache	*Side Two*
Cookin'	Substitute
You're So Clever	Long Live Rock
Body Language	Call Me Lightning
Initial Machine Experiments	Holly Like Ivy
	Begin The Beguine
*SIDE FOUR*	Vicious Interlude
Mary	La La La Lies
Recorders	Cat Snatch

	*Side Three*
PETE TOWNSHEND 'ANOTHER	Prelude #556
SCOOP' 2CD	Baraque Ippanese
*CD One*	Praying The Game
You Better You Bet	Driftin' Blues
Girl In A Suitcase	Christmas
Brooklyn Kids	Pictures Of Lily
Pinball Wizard	Don't Let Go The Coat
Football Fugue
Happy Jack	*Side Four*
Substitute	The Kids Are Alright
Long Live Rock	Prelude, The Right to Write
Call Me Lightning	Never Ask Me
Holly Like Ivy	Ask Yourself
Begin The Beguine	The Ferryman
Vicious Interlude	The Shout
La La La Lies
Cat Snatch
	PETE TOWNSHEND 'SCOOP 3' 2CD
*CD Two*	*CD One*
Prelude #556	Can you See The Real Me
Baraque Ippanese	Dirty Water
Praying The Game	Commonwealth Boys
Driftin' Blues	Theme 015
Christmas	Marty Robbins
Pictures Of Lily	I Like It The Way It Is
Don't Let Go Of The Coat	Theme 016
The Kids Are Alright	No Way Out (However much I booze)
Prelude, The Right to Write	Collings
Parvardigar (German version)	Iron Man Recitative
Sea & Sand	Tough Boys
971104 Arpeggio Piano	Did You Steal My Money?
Theme 017	Can You Really Dance?
I Am Afraid
Maxims For Lunch	*Side Five*
Wistful	Variations On Dirty Jobs
Eminence Front	All Lovers Are Deranged
	Elephants
*CD Two*	Wired To The Moon – Pt. 2
Prelude 970519	How Can You Do It Alone
Iron Man Recitative	Poem Disturbed
Tough Boys
Did You Steal My Money?	*Side Six*
Can You Really Dance?	Squirm Squirm
Variations On Dirty Jobs	Outlive The Dinosaur
All lovers are deranged (Pete's version)	Teresa
Elephants	Man And Machines
Wired To The Moon (part 2)	It's In Ya
How Can You Do It Alone?
Poem Disturbed
Squirm Squirm	THE WHO 'MEATY, BEATY, BIG &
Outlive The Dinosaur	BOUNCY'
Teresa	*Side One*
Man And Machines	I Can't Explain *
It's In Ya	The Kids Are Alright #
Lonely Words	Happy Jack #
	I Can See For Miles
	Pictures Of Lily #
SCOOP 3 3LP (LIGHT BLUE VINYL)	My Generation #
*Side One*	The Seeker
Can You See The Real Me
Dirty Water	*Side Two*
Commonwealth Boys	Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere *
Theme 015	Pinball Wizard
Marty Robbins	Legal Matter #
I Like It The Way It Is	Boris The Spider *
	Magic Bus #
*Side Two*	Substitute *
Theme 016	I'm A Boy #
No Way Out (However Much I Booze)	* Mono
Collings	# Electronically enhanced for stereo
Parvardigar	reproduction
Sea And Sand
971104 Arpeggio Piano

*Side Three*	THE WHO 'LIVE AT LEEDS'
Theme 017	*Side One*
I Am Afraid	Young Man
Maxims For Lunch	Substitute
Wistful	Summertime Blues
Eminence Front	Shakin' All Over
Lonely Words
	*Side Two*
*Side Four*	My Generation
Prelude 970519	Magic Bus