Odds & Sods

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Odds & Sods
Compilation album by The Who

Publication
(s)

1974

Label (s) Polydor (UK)

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

11; 23

running time

40m23s

occupation

production

The Who , Glyn Johns , Kit Lambert, Shel Talmy , Chris Parmeinter, Peter Meaden

chronology
Quadrophenia
(1973)
Odds & Sods The Who by Numbers
(1975)

Odds & Sods is a compilation by the British rock band The Who . It was released in 1974 and re-released as a remastered version in 1998. The two versions differ in their title list .

In the fall of 1973, during the recording of the film Tommy , John Entwistle put this compilation together to counter the numerous bootlegs . He and the producer of his solo album, John Alcock, put the album together from various recordings. Although enough material had been collected for two LPs, only one of them was released. However, the record could not stop the spread of bootlegs because large parts of the material could already be found on bootlegs.

Playlists

Original playlist

1. Postcard (3:27)

This composition by John Entwistle was written in August 1973. It was recorded in Pete Townshend's home studio Eel Pie . The original plan was to release the title as a maxi single, but that didn't happen in the end.

2. Now I'm a Farmer (3:59)

This piece was also recorded in Townshend's home studio in August 1973. It should appear as a maxi single with Postcard . The song was written by Pete Townshend.

3. Put the Money Down (4:14)

This Townshend composition dates from June 1972. It was produced by the Who and Glyn Johns . Roger Daltrey sang the vocal track in 1974 afterwards.

4. Little Billy (2:15)

Pete Townshend wrote this piece for the American Cancer Society in 1968 . The song was recorded in February 1968 at IBC Studios in London . Kit Lambert acted as producer. To Townshend's annoyance, Little Billy was not published by the American Cancer Society.

5. Too Much of Anything (4:21)

This track was created in April 1971 during the sessions for the album Who's Next in London's Olympic Studios . It was produced by Who and Glyn Johns. Nicky Hopkins played the piano as a guest musician . The song was written by Pete Townshend. The group played the play as part of the development of the Lifehouse project in early 1971 at their concerts at the Young Vic Theater.

6. Glow Girl (2:20)

Glow Girl was recorded at De Lane Lea Studios in London in January 1968 . The piece was produced by Kit Lambert. Composer Townshend commented on the genesis of the song:

"I tried to write an archetypal rock single; the Shangri-Las type thing, the Jan and Dean type thing. The car crashes, the motorcycle goes over the cliff, 'Oh no! and then there's a little spoken part: 'and then I went to the cemetery and I prayed over his grave'. "

- Pete Townshend in the booklet for the CD Odds & Sods

7. Pure and Easy (5:23)

Pete Townshend wrote this song for the Lifehouse project, which ultimately didn't materialize. The recording dates from May 1971. Townshend released the song in 1972 on his first solo album Who Came First . The first Who version of the piece was recorded in the Record Plant studio in New York on March 17, 1971 , but was not released until 1995 as a bonus track on the remastered CD version of Who's Next .

8. Faith in Something Bigger (3:03)

This track was recorded at CBS Studios in London in January 1968 . The piece was produced by Kit Lambert. The song was composed by Pete Townshend.

9. I'm the Face (2:32)

This song was released on July 3, 1964. The first single of the Who , which, however, yet at the time The High Numbers called. The play was written by Peter Meaden, the group's manager at the time. Was taken I'm the Face in June 1964 in London Fontana Studios . The piece was produced by Chris Parmeinter and Peter Meaden. As Townshends noted, the melody came from Slim Harpo's composition I Got Love If You Want It .

10. Naked Eye (5:10)

Pete Townshend developed this piece around a riff that he improvised at live concerts with the Who. The recording on Odds & Sods was made in Pete Townshend's home studio in August 1973.

11. Long Live Rock (3:54)

Pete Townshend traces the inspiration for this track back to an album idea called Rock Is Dead - Long Live Rock . The recording is from June 1972.

Title list of the remastered version

  1. I'm the face
  2. Leaving Here
  3. Baby Don't You Do It
  4. Summertime Blues (Studio Version)
  5. Under my thumb
  6. Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand
  7. My way
  8. Faith in Something Bigger
  9. Glow girl
  10. Little billy
  11. Young Man Blues (Studio Version)
  12. Cousin Kevin Model Child
  13. Love Ain't for Keeping (Alternate Version)
  14. Time is passing
  15. Pure and Easy
  16. Too Much Of Anything
  17. Long Live Rock
  18. Put the money down
  19. We Close Tonight
  20. Postcard
  21. Now I'm a Farmer
  22. Water
  23. Naked eye

Web links

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  • Booklet for CD Odds & Sods (Remixed and remastered version; 1998)
  • Booklet for the CD Who's Next (Remixed and remastered version; 1995)