More of The Who

More Compilation Albums with the Potential for Very Good Sound

This review is from the late 2000s I would guess.

Our advice nowadays would be to go for the British Track pressings. They’re the most likely to have reasonably good sound.

Wow — an original Black Label Track British Import pressing that plays QUIET and sounds about as good as any compilation of this material can hope to sound. We had about a half-dozen copies to compare against each other and none of them were as good as this one. I really doubt you can do much better. Like any comp the sound ranges from track to track, but relative to the other copies we played we award this one a conservative overall sonic grade of A+ to A++. 

Those of you who follow the site won’t be surprised to learn that some of the best sound on here is found on the tracks that Glyn Johns worked on.

This one comes in the original cool cover that’s die-cut to appear ripped. The later covers fake the effect.

TRACK LISTING

Side One

Postcard
Now I’m a Farmer
Put the Money Down
Little Billy
Too Much of Anything
Glow Girl

Side Two

Pure and Easy
Faith in Something Bigger
I’m the Face
Naked Eye
Long Live Rock

AMG  Review

Setting your expectations at the appropriate level, you’ll find much of this worthwhile. “Pure and Easy,” “Naked Eye,” and “Long Live Rock” were all concert favorites of the group in the 1970s; “Glow Girl” introduced some riffs that would resurface in Tommy; and “Postcard,” Entwistle’s tale of rock life on the road, was one of his better compositions. This also has their very first single, “I’m the Face,” recorded in 1964 when the group were known as the High Numbers.