The Who - Who's Next (UK Deluxe 3 LP Edition) Vinyl rip in 24 Bit/96 Khz + CD-format

The Who's catalog was revamped in the mid-'90s, with every title (except My Generation, due to legal entanglements with producer Shel Talmy) receiving new remastering and bonus tracks. Nearly eight years later, Who's Next, one of the group's most beloved albums, was given another remastered/expanded treatment as part of Universal Chronicles' Deluxe Edition series. Now it spans two discs, including a full disc devoted to their legendary show at the Young Vic on April 26, 1971. Reportedly, this is also the first time the original master tapes were used for a CD master as well, and while the difference isn't as dramatically different as it was from the 1984 CD to the 1995 CD, this is a richer, resonant mix, which may be reason enough for some fans to acquire it. Most collectors will focus on the bonus material, all of which ranges from very good to great, yet the set on the whole gets a qualified recommendation for one very simple reason: The greatest of the material here was already featured as bonus material on the 1995 reissue. True, some of the versions were present as single edits, but the greatest songs – "Pure and Easy," a rollicking cover of "Baby Don't You Do It," the live set pieces "Naked Eye" and "Water," "Too Much of Anything," "I Don't Even Know Myself," the original take of "Behind Blue Eyes" – were all bonus tracks on the previous edition (this is not counting the fact that the electric version of "Love Ain't for Keepin'," which is really good, is also on Odds & Sods). That said, there is some unreleased music here that is either fascinating (the first take of "Won't Get Fooled Again," which sounds as if it's on the verge of collapse) or excellent (the whole of the Young Vic show, where you can hear the band get its strength back; it's a truly fine concert). But no matter how good, or even revelatory, some of this is, the end result feels underwhelming because any Who fan has heard the most crucial music here before (and those who enjoy nitpicking will surely wonder why there wasn't more of an effort to present Lifehouse rejects and outtakes here instead of a full concert). If you're a fan, Who's Next: The Deluxe Edition. –Allmusic

Tracklisting:

New York Record Plant Session:

1B.4 Baby Don't You Do It
2A.1 Gettin In Tune
2A.2 Pure And Easy
2A.3 Love Ain't For Keeping
2A.4 Behind Blue Eyes
2A.5 Won't Get Fooled Again

Recorded during sessions at the Record Plant in New York in March 1971; the group abandoned this material and re-recorded five of the six tracks again in England later in the year.



Live at The Young Vic Theater recorded on The Rolling Stones Live Mobile in South London on April 26, 1971:

2B.1 Love Ain't For Keeping
2B.2 Pure And Easy
2B.3 Young Man Blues
2B.4 Time Is Passing
2B.5 Behind Blue Eyes
2B.6 I Don't Even Know Myself
3A.1 Too Much Of Anything
3A.2 Getting In Tune
3A.3 Bargain
3A.4 Water
3B.1 My Generation
3B.2 (I'm A) Road Runner
3B.3 Naked Eye
3B.4 Won't Get Fooled Again

I didn't included the original album, this is not the best pressing for that, so, you'll find better rip from other ripper (Aksman, PBTHAL, or Doc Robert)