| Description: | Released in 1967 Sell Out was the third album released by the Who, it is remembered for the use of fake adverts and jingles between songs.
The album contains songs such as I Can See for Miles, Armenia City in the Sky and Tattoo, and has been mastered by long time Who engineer Jon Astley from the original tapes and is packaged in original sleeve with obi and certificate of authenticity.
This black vinyl version is engineered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios using a half-speed mastering technique which produces a superior vinyl cut. - The Who Sell Out is a bold depiction of the period in which it was made, the tail-end of the «swinging-60s» meets pop-art mixed with psychedelia and straight-ahead pop. It's a glorious blend of classic powerful Who instrumentation, melodic harmonies, satirical lyrical imagery crystallized for what was only the group's third album. The album's ambition and scope is unrivalled by the Who, or any other act from that period. Within the bold concept, were a batch of fabulous and diverse songs. «I Can See for Miles,» a top ten hit at the time, is a Who classic. «Rael,» a Townshend «mini-opera» with musical motifs that reappeared in Tommy and the psychedelic blast of «Armenia City In The Sky» and «Relax» are among the very best material anyone wrote during the 1960s One of the most extraordinary albums of any era, The Who Sell Out is The Who's last «pop» album. Two years later came Tommy - a double concept album about a deaf, dumb and blind kid. The Who Sell Out was originally planned by Pete Townshend and the band's managers Kit Lambert & Chris Stamp, as a loose concept album including jingles and commercials linking the songs stylised as a pirate radio broadcast. This concept was born out of necessity as their label and management wanted a new album and Townshend felt that he didn't have enough songs. The ground-breaking original plan for Sell Out was to sell advertising space on the album but instead the band opted for writing their own jingles paying tribute to pirate radio stations and to parody an increasingly consumerist society. The homage to pop-art is evident in both the advertising jingles and the iconic sleeve design created by David King who was the art director at the Sunday Times, and Roger Law who invented the Spitting Image TV show. The sleeve features four advertising images, taken by the renowned photographer David Montgomery, of each band member Odorono deodorant (Pete Townshend), Medac spot cream (Keith Moon), Charles Atlas (John Entwistle) and Roger Daltrey & Heinz baked beans. The story goes that Roger Daltrey caught pneumonia from sitting in the cold beans for too long. Two CDs. Digitally remastered and expanded edition. The Who Sell Out is a bold depiction of the period in which it was made, the tail-end of the "swinging-60s" meets pop-art mixed with psychedelia and straight-ahead pop. It's a glorious blend of classic powerful Who instrumentation, melodic harmonies, satirical lyrical imagery crystallized for what was only the group's third album. The album's ambition and scope is unrivalled by the Who, or any other act from that period. Within the bold concept, were a batch of fabulous and diverse songs. "I Can See for Miles," a top ten hit at the time, is a Who classic. "Rael," a Townshend "mini-opera" with musical motifs that reappeared in Tommy and the psychedelic blast of "Armenia City In The Sky" and "Relax" are among the very best material anyone wrote during the 1960sROGER DALTREY Vocals
JOHN ENTWHISTLE Bass Guitar, Horns, Keyboards and Vocals
KEITH MOON Drums, Percussion and Vocals
PETE TOWNSHEND Guitars, Keyboards and Vocals
Original recordings produced by Kit Lambert
Original Album recorded at Pye, CBS, De Lane Lea, and IBC Studios, London; Talentsound and Mirasound, NYC; Bradley's Barn and Columbia, Nashville and Gold Star, Los Angeles between March and October 1967
Original cover design by David King and Roger Law
Photography by David Montgomery
THE WHO SELL OUT DELUXE EDITION 2020
Executive Producers: Bill Curbishley and Robert Rosenberg
Previously unreleased material restored and remixed by Bob Pridden and Richard Whittaker at FX London
Remastered by Jon Astley at Close To The Edge
Design and art direction by Richard Evans
Liner Noes by Pete Townshend and Andy Neill
Photographs and Images: Digipak front / back, book cover front / back: David Montgomery; Digipak group photo: Alamy' CD One tray illustration: Adrian George; CD Two tray illustration: Petrus Wandrey; Booklet pages: 2, 15: The Who Tape Archive; 5: Tom Wright/Alamy; 6: Alamy; 8: David Montgomery/Getty Images; 9, 10: Advertising Archives; 11: Richard Evans; 13: Tom Wright
Reissue concept by Andy Street and Andy Neill
Product Management by Andy Neill
Universal thanks to Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend
Thanks to Graeme Anderson, Jon Astley, Greg Bell, Chas Chandler, Johnny Chandler, James Clarke, Myles Clarke, Nigel Dickie at The Kraft Heinz Company, Pete Drummond, Richard Evans, Roy Flynn, Julian French, Jeffrey C Hogue at Charles Atlas, Ltd. (charlesatlas.com). Jason How at Rotosound (rotosound.com), Chris Huston, Nicola Joss, Brian Kehew, Matt Kent, Lydia Kohl, Lucy Launder, Roger Law, Andy Macpherson, David Montgomery, Andy Neill, Luke Pacholski, Bob Pridden, Robert Rosenberg, Andrew Sandoval, Arnold Schwartzman, OBE, Miles Showell, Chris Sparrow, Pete Thompson, Lucinda Tse, Chris Welch, Richard Weiner and Richard Whittaker
The Who are managed by Bill Curbishley and Robert Rosenberg for Trini |
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