Right now, classic rock legends the Who are in the midst of a North American farewell tour that, as the band members themselves admit, might not be their actual farewell. Today, they have also announced plans for a new box-set edition of their classic 1978 album Who Are You. And apparently there's still a whole lot of previously unreleased material from the Who out there, since they have included a great deal of it on the new box set.
Who Are You was the eighth Who album, and it's the last one that they recorded with mythic wildman drummer Keith Moon, who died just a few weeks after the LP came out. The record includes the band's attempts to reckon with both punk and prog, and it was a big commercial success with a title track that would later become the CSI theme song. The band originally recorded the album with producer Glyn Johns before rejecting that version. The original Glyn Johns version of the LP is included in the box set, along with demos, alternate takes, and live recordings. Check out a trailer and the tracklist below.
TRACKLIST:
CD1 (Who Are You remastered):
01 "New Song"
02 "Had Enough"
03 "905"
04 "Sister Disco"
05 "Music Must Change"
06 "Trick Of The Light"
07 "Guitar And Pen"
08 "Love Is Coming Down"
09 "Who Are You"
CD2 (Glyn John Mix)
01 "New Song" (Glyn Johns mix) *
02 "Had Enough" (Glyn Johns mix) *
03 "905" (Glyn Johns mix) *
04 "Sister Disco" (Glyn Johns mix) *
05 "Trick Of The Light" (Glyn Johns mix) *
06 "Guitar And Pen" (Glyn Johns mix) *
07 "Who Are You" (Glyn Johns mix) *
08 "Trick Of The Light" (single version edit, Glyn Johns mix) *
09 "Guitar And Pen" (Glyn Johns alt mix) *
10 "Who Are You" (Glyn Johns single edit) *
11 "New Song" (Pete vocal, Steven Wilson mix)) *
12 "Sister Disco" (lost guitar mix, Steven Wilson mix) *
13 "Had Enough" (no orchestra, Steven Wilson mix)) *
14 "Guitar And Pen" (Pete guide vocal, Steven Wilson mix) *
15 "Love Is Coming Down" (no orchestra, Steven Wilson mix) *
16 "Who Are You" (early run through, Pete vox, Steven Wilson mix) *
CD3 (Sessions & Demos):
01 "Who Are You" (lost verse mix)
02 "Guitar And Pen" (Olympic 78 mix)
03 "Love Is Coming Down" (early run through)
04 "Empty Glass" (session outtake)
05 "No Road Romance" (session outtake)
06 "Trick Of the Light" (unused Olympic edit) *
07 "Who Are You" (clean radio edit)
08 "905" (John Entwistle demo) *
09 "Had Enough" (John Entwistle demo) *
10 "Back On the Road" (John Entwistle demo)
11 "Wild Horses" (John Entwistle demo)
12 "Trick Of The Light" (John Entwistle demo) *
13 "Good Time Coming" (John Entwistle demo) *
14 "Who Are You" (John and Cyrano’s mix from The Kids Are Alright)
CD4 (Shepperton 1977):
01 "Who Are You" (early version recorded live in Toronto, 1976) *
02 "The Kids Are Alright" (Shepperton Studios) *
03 "Run, Run, Run" (Shepperton Studios) *
04 "Spoonful / Smokestack Lightning" (Shepperton Studios) *
05 "I Saw Her Standing There" (Shepperton Studios) *
06 "Instrumental Jam" (Shepperton Studios) *
07 "Who Are You (Knocking It Into Shape 1)" (Shepperton Studios) *
08 "Who Are You (Knocking It Into Shape 2)" (Shepperton Studios) *
09 "Baba O’Riley" (Shepperton Studios) *
10 "Shakin’ All Over" (Shepperton Studios) *
11 "Bell Boy" (Shepperton Studios) *
12 "Won't Get Fooled Again" (Shepperton Studios) *
13 "Barbara Ann" (Shepperton Studios) *
14 "I Saw Her Standing There 2" (Shepperton Studios) *
15 "Drowned" (Shepperton Studios) *
CD5 (Shepperton 1978/79):
01 "Baba O’Riley" (Shepperton for The Kids Are Alright 1978) *
02 "My Wife" (Shepperton for The Kids Are Alright 1978) *
03 "My Generation" (Shepperton for The Kids Are Alright 1978) *
04 "Join Together" (Shepperton for The Kids Are Alright 1978) *
05 "Who Are You" (Shepperton for The Kids Are Alright 1978) *
06 "Won't Get Fooled Again" (Shepperton for The Kids Are Alright 1978) *
07 "Sister Disco" (Shepperton tour rehearsal 1979) *
08 "Music Must Change" (Shepperton tour rehearsal 1979) *
09 "Won't Get Fooled Again" (Shepperton tour rehearsal 1979) *
10 "Who Are You" (Shepperton tour rehearsal 1979) *
CD6 (Live USA 1979, part 1):
01 "Substitute" *
02 "I Can't Explain" *
03 "Baba O'Riley" *
04 "The Punk And The Godfather" *
05 "Boris The Spider" *
06 "Sister Disco" *
07 "Behind Blue Eyes" *
08 "Music Must Change" *
09 "Drowned" *
10 "Who Are You" *
11 "5.15" *
12 "Pinball Wizard" *
13 "See Me, Feel Me" *
CD7 (Live USA 1979, part 2):
01 "Long Live Rock" *
02 "My Generation" *
03 "I Can See for Miles" *
04 "Trick Of The Light" *
05 "Sparks" *
06 "Won't Get Fooled Again" *
07 "Jam / Take A Fool Like You" *
08 "How Can You Do It Alone" *
09 "Magic Bus" *
10 "Summertime Blues" *
11 "Dancing In The Street / Dance It Away" *
12 "The Real Me" *
* previously unreleased
The super deluxe edition of Who Are You is out 10/31; pre-order it here.
