[PREORDER] The Who - The Who By Numbers (Super Deluxe 5CD + Blu-ray)

Super Deluxe 5CD + Blu-ray Box Set

The Who By Numbers was the band's seventh studio album, released in October 1975 and produced by Glyn Johns, with a sleeve drawn by John Entwistle. It reached No. 7 in the UK and No. 8 on the Billboard 200, and "Squeeze Box" went top 10 in the UK, top 20 in the US and No. 1 in Canada. The original two-inch multitracks were located in 2020 in the Sunset Sound archive in Hollywood, where the album had been mixed.

This Super Deluxe edition rebuilds the album across five CDs and a Blu-ray, with 92 previously unreleased tracks and mixes. The remastered album is joined by eleven Pete Townshend demos, ten of them newly mixed by Townshend and eight previously unreleased; a disc of tracking sessions and outtakes from Ramport and Shepperton, including a jam with Nicky Hopkins; and a disc of early mixes and guide vocals, four new acoustic stripped mixes, and live tracks from Houston and Madison Square Garden. The fifth CD carries Who Put The Boot In, the Vetch Field, Swansea concert of 12 June 1976.

The Blu-ray holds Townshend's new Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and 2026 stereo mixes of the album, plus the previously unreleased film of the band at Metropolitan Stadium, Pontiac, Michigan, on 6 December 1975, a show that drew 76,896 people and was shot on two-inch videotape for the in-venue screens. A 100-page hardback book with notes by Pete Townshend and Andy Neill, photographs and memorabilia sits with a gatefold disc holder in a 12-inch hardback slipcase.

Tracklist

CD1 - The Original Album, Remastered

1. Slip Kid
2. However Much I Booze
3. Squeeze Box
4. Dreaming From The Waist
5. Imagine A Man
6. Success Story
7. They Are All In Love
8. Blue, Red And Grey
9. How Many Friends
10. In A Hand Or A Face

CD2 - Pete Townshend Demos

1. Keep Me Turning (Version 1) (Demo)
2. Slip Kid (Version 1) (Demo)
3. Squeeze Box (Demo)
4. Blue, Red And Grey (Demo)
5. Dreaming From The Waist (Demo)
6. How Many Friends (Demo)
7. Keep Me Turning (Version 2) (Demo)
8. Imagine A Man (Demo)
9. Slip Kid (Version 2) (Demo)
10. Round And Round (Working Title For In A Hand Or A Face) (Demo)
11. There Ain't No Way Out (Working Title For However Much I Booze) (Demo)

CD3 - Tracking Sessions, Ramport and Shepperton Studios

1. Ramport Jam (Excerpt)
2. She Loves Everyone (Tracking Session)
3. Control Myself (Dreaming From The Waist Tracking Session)
4. There Ain't No Way Out (However Much I Booze Tracking Session)
5. Goin' To Frisco - Round And Round (In A Hand Or A Face Tracking Session)
6. Hi-Heel Sneakers Jam With Nicky Hopkins (Studio Outtake)
7. Pete And Keith "The Artiste" (Studio Dialogue)
8. Success Story (Tracking Session)
9. How Many Friends (Tracking Session)
10. Imagine A Man (Tracking Session)
11. They Are All In Love (Tracking Session)
12. She Loves Everyone (Retake With Nicky Hopkins)
13. Squeeze Box (Tracking Session)
14. Instrumental 1 (Tracking Session)
15. I'm Dreaming (Dreaming From The Waist Retake)
16. Every Minute (Blue Red And Grey Tracking Session)
17. Instrumental 2 (Rough Mix Tracking Session)
18. The Who By Numbers US Radio Spot #1

CD4 - Early Mixes, Guide Vocals and Live

1. Slip Kid - Alternate Roger Vocal (Early Mix Without Overdubs)
2. However Much I Booze - Alternate Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
3. Squeeze Box - Alternate Roger Vocal
4. Dreaming From The Waist - Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
5. Imagine A Man - Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
6. Success Story - John Vocal (Early Mix)
7. They Are All In Love - Alternate Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
8. Blue, Red And Grey (Unedited Version)
9. How Many Friends - Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
10. In A Hand Or A Face (Early Mix)
11. They Are All In Love - Alternate Roger Vocal (Early Mix)
12. Squeeze Box (Acoustic Stripped Mix, 2026)
13. Imagine A Man (Acoustic Stripped Mix, 2026)
14. They Are All In Love (Acoustic Stripped Mix, 2026)
15. How Many Friends (Acoustic Stripped Mix, 2026)
16. The Who By Numbers US Radio Spot #2
17. Keith Moon And John Entwistle Preview The Who By Numbers With John Peel (BBC, 1975)
18. However Much I Booze (Live At The Summit, Houston, 20 November 1975)
19. Slip Kid (Live At Madison Square Garden, New York, 11 March 1976)

CD5 - Who Put The Boot In (Live At Vetch Field, Swansea, 12 June 1976)

1. My Wife
2. Baba O'Riley
3. Squeeze Box
4. Behind Blue Eyes
5. Dreaming From The Waist
6. Amazing Journey
7. Sparks
8. The Acid Queen
9. Fiddle About
10. Pinball Wizard
11. I'm Free
12. Tommy's Holiday Camp
13. We're Not Gonna Take It / See Me, Feel Me
14. Summertime Blues
15. My Generation / Join Together / My Generation Blues
16. Won't Get Fooled Again

Blu-ray - Audio: The Who By Numbers in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and 2026 Stereo (Pete Townshend mixes)

1. Slip Kid
2. However Much I Booze
3. Squeeze Box
4. Dreaming From The Waist
5. Imagine A Man
6. Success Story
7. They Are All In Love
8. Blue, Red And Grey
9. How Many Friends
10. In A Hand Or A Face

Blu-ray - Video: Live At Metropolitan Stadium, Pontiac, Michigan, 6 December 1975

1. I Can't Explain
2. Substitute
3. My Wife
4. Baba O'Riley
5. Squeeze Box
6. Behind Blue Eyes
7. Dreaming From The Waist
8. Boris The Spider
9. Magic Bus
10. Amazing Journey / Sparks
11. The Acid Queen
12. Fiddle About
13. Pinball Wizard
14. I'm Free
15. Tommy's Holiday Camp
16. We're Not Gonna Take It / See Me, Feel Me
17. Summertime Blues
18. My Generation / Join Together / Road Runner / My Generation Blues
19. Won't Get Fooled Again

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