クラシックでパワフルなインスト、メロディックなハーモニー、風刺的かつ叙情的なイメージが見事にブレンドされたこのアルバムは、グループの3枚目のアルバムにしては珍しくその時代の他のバンドの追随を許さないほどの野心と広がりを持っています。トップ10入りを果たした"I Can See for Miles"、ミニ・オペラとも呼べる"Rael"、サイケデリック・ナンバー"Arm Armenia City in the Sky"や"Relax"など粒ぞろいの内容。「TOMMY」出現を予期させるハイセンスな一枚。
■CD ONE: THE WHO SELL OUT - MONO ALBUM 1.Armenia City in The Sky 2.Heinz Baked Beans 3.Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand 4.Odorono 5.Tattoo 6.Our Love Was 7.I Can See for Miles 8.I Can’t Reach You 9.Medac 10.Relax 11.Silas Stingy 12.Sunrise 13.Rael / Track Records run-off groove BONUS TRACKS - MONO 14.Pictures of Lily (original UK Track single mix) 15.Doctor, Doctor (original UK Track single mix) 16.The Last Time (original UK Track single mix) 17.Under My Thumb (original UK Track single mix) 18.I Can See for Miles (original UK Track single mix) 19.Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand (original US Decca single mix) 20.Someone’s Coming (original US Decca single mix) 21.Unused Radio London ad / Early Morning… (original 1967 mono mix) 22.Unused Radio London bulletin link /Jaguar (original 1967 mono mix) 23.Unused Radio London ad /Tattoo (early alternate mono mix) 24.Rael (Talentmasters Studio, New York early rough mix) 25.Sunn Amps promo spots 26.Great Shakes ad *Tracks 21, 24 & 25 previously unreleased
■CD TWO: THE WHO SELL OUT - STEREO ALBUM 1.Armenia City in The Sky 2.Heinz Baked Beans 3.Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand 4.Odorono 5.Tattoo 6.Our Love Was 7.I Can See for Miles 8.I Can’t Reach You 9.Medac 10.Relax 11.Silas Stingy 12.Sunrise 13.Rael
BONUS TRACKS - STEREO
14.Rael Naïve (complete with organ coda ending) 15.Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand (US single version) 16.Someone’s Coming 17.Summertime Blues 18.Glittering Girl 19.Early Morning Cold Taxi 20.Girl’s Eyes 21.Coke After Coke 22.Sodding About 23.Things Go Better with Coke 24.Hall of The Mountain King 25.Jaguar 26.Rael (remake; IBC version) / Track Records outro *Track 14 previously unreleased
■CD THREE: STUDIO SESSIONS 1967 / 68 1.Glittering Girl (Take 4) (2018 remix) 2.Girl’s Eyes (Take 2) (2018 remix) 3.The Last Time (Take 8) 4.Under My Thumb (Take 3) (2018 remix with full ending) 5.Our Love Was (Take 2) 6.Relax (4-track to 4-track mix with Pete vocal) 7.Relax (Takes 1 and 2) 8.Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand (Takes 1 & 9) 9.Relax (Remake Take 4) 10.I Can See for Miles (full version) 11.Medac (Take 11) 12.Odorono (Take 3) (2018 remix) 13.Heinz Baked Beans (Takes 1 & 3) (2018 remix) 14.Top Gear (Takes 1 & 2) (2018 remix) 15.Premier Drums (Takes 1 & 3) (2018 remix) 16.Charles Atlas (Take 1) 17.Rotosound Strings (Take 1) (2018 remix) 18.Track Records (2018 remix) 19.John Mason Cars (Takes 1 - 3) / Speakeasy / Rotosound Strings / Bag O’ Nails (2018 remixes) 20.It’s A Girl (aka ‘Glow Girl’) (Takes 1 & 3) 21.Mr Hyde (1st stage mix Take 1) 22.Little Billy (Takes 1 & 3) 23.Mrs Walker (aka ‘Glow Girl’) (4-track to 4-track mix, take 7) 24.Call Me Lightning (Take 1 backing track, stereo mix & jam) 25.Dogs (Take 3) 26.Melancholia (Take 1) 27.Shakin’ All Over (Take 3) 28.Magic Bus (Take 6)
*Most tracks on CD 3 include studio chat, all tracks previously unreleased in this form.
■CD FOUR: THE 1968 RECORDINGS (‘THE ROAD TO TOMMY’) 1.Glow Girl 2.Faith in Something Bigger 3.Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde 4.Call Me Lightning 5.Little Billy’s Doing Fine 6.Dogs 7.Melancholia 8.Fortune Teller 9.Facts Of Life (aka ‘Birds And Bees’, backing track) 10.Magic Bus (single version) 11.Call Me Lightning (US/UK mono single mix) 12.Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde (UK mono single mix) 13.Dogs (UK mono single mix) 14.Magic Bus (mono, longer version) *Track 9 previously unreleased ■CD FIVE: PETE TOWNSHEND ORIGINAL DEMOS 1.Kids? Do You Want Kids 2.Relax 3.Glow Girl 4.Glow Girl (Version 2) 5.Inside Outside USA 6.Jaguar 7.Little Billy 8.Odorono 9.Pictures of Lily 10.Relax (Version 2) 11.Melancholia (2018 remix) 12.Thinking of You All the While (‘Sunrise’ Version 2) 13.Mary Anne With the Shaky Hands 14.I Can See for Miles *All previously unreleased and exclusive to the Super Deluxe Edition.
■BONUS 7” Track UK 45: I Can See for Miles (early mono mix with single-tracked vocal) Someone’s Coming (original UK Track single mix with single-tracked vocal) Decca USA 45: Magic Bus (US/UK mono) Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde (original US Decca single mix)