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The Who - Odds & Sods (1974) [Remaster 1998]
EAC-FLAC Image with CUE & LOG - 521 MB | Complete Scans | 
Remixed & Remastered 1998 | TT - 77:40 minutes | Label: Polydor Ltd. (UK) / Cat. # 539791-2

Odds & Sods is an album that consists of studio outtakes and rarities by British rock band The Who originally released in 1974. The album was remastered and reissued in 1998 with six bonus tracks.

?allmusic.com says:
Odds & Sods, a compilation of outtakes and rarities from the Who's first decade, is a rather jumpy listen that harbors few songs that could be termed top of the line. Also, since its 1974 release, several of the tracks have been issued on other compilations, or as bonus tracks to CD reissues of legitimate Who albums. Setting your expectations at the appropriate level, however, 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 '70s; "Glow Girl" introduced some riffs that would resurface in Tommy; and "Postcard," John 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. The 1998 CD reissue is a must-have even if you've got the original LP, as it doubles the album size with a dozen bonus tracks, most previously unreleased. These include some really interesting items: the Motown covers "Leaving Here" and "Baby Don't You Do It" are taken from demos circa late 1964, the latter track featuring some early guitar distortion freak-out in the solo; "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" is the rare U.S. B-side version; there are late-'60s studio versions of Live at Leeds faves "Summertime Blues" and "Young Man Blues"; the Rolling Stones' cover "Under My Thumb" and "Water" are B-sides that weren't on an album for a long time; and there are less exciting alternates and outtakes from Tommy, Who's Next and Quadrophenia.?


Tracks:

01. I'm The Face
02. Leaving Here
03. Baby Don't You Do It
04. Summertime Blues
05. Under My Thumb
06. Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand
07. My Way
08. Faith In Something Bigger
09. Glow Girl
10. Little Billy
11. Young Man Blues (Studio Version)
12. Cousin Kevin Model Child
13. Love Ain't For Keeping
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

Reissue Produced & Mastered for CD by Jon Astrey.
Remixed by Andy Macpherson at Revolution Studios.