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The Who * Who Are You (2025) - [Super Deluxe 7CD Blu Ray]

The Who * Who Are You (2025) - [Super Deluxe 7CD Blu Ray]

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The Who's eighth studio album, is to be released in a suite of formats including a super deluxe edition, this October featuring over 70 unreleased tracks including never before heard versions of the title track WHO ARE YOU, newly mixed live tracks from their first tour without original drummer Keith Moon, and candid recordings of the band rehearsing in 1977 and 1978. Also included in the 7CD/1 Blu-ray set are brand-new Atmos & Stereo mixes by Steven Wilson. The album will also be released as a deluxe 4LP box set, a 2CD deluxe edition.

Initially released in August 1978, WHO ARE YOU marked a significant chapter in The Who's career while a commercial triumph, peaking at No. 2 on the US Billboard 200 and achieving double platinum status and No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart, it was also tragically the last album to feature legendary drummer Keith Moon, who died a week after its release.

The album saw the band pushing boundaries once more, with the songs referencing the incoming influence of British Punk. Most notably, the title track was written after a night out with Steve Jones & Paul Cook of The Sex Pistols, and it reflected the sentiments of Music Must Change and Sister Disco. Pete Townshend also delivered some of his most ambitious and intricate arrangements, incorporating layers of synthesizers and strings into The Who's powerful backing tracks.

Title track WHO ARE YOU preceded the album in early July 78 and became an instant anthem and has remained in the band's set list to this day. Aided by its appearance in the CSI TV franchise in the early 2000s it is one of the band's most streamed tracks.

The initial sessions for the album took place at the band's Ramport Studios, produced by Glyn Johns and Jon Astley. However, the recording process was fraught with challenges and creative tensions. The Who Are You Super Deluxe Edition finally tells the whole story, featuring, for the first time, the rejected original Glyn Johns mix of the album, a newly remastered version of the released Jon Astley mix and fly on the wall rehearsal sessions from Shepperton Studios, which the band owned at the time, and a wealth of unreleased material including demos, alternate takes and in the case of standout track Sister Disco, a previously 'lost' guitar solo rescued from the multi-track tapes by Steven Wilson.

In 1978, the album was seen as a return to form for The Who, and anticipation for a tour to support the album was high. Sadly, the death of Keith Moon on 23rd August put paid to any such plans. The band introduced their new drummer, Kenney Jones, formerly of The Faces and The Small Faces, in May 1979, along with new keyboard player John' Rabbit' Bundrick. One of the many highlights of the super deluxe edition is the newly mixed live tapes from the US leg of the 1979 tour, capturing The Who's explosive new lineup in full flight with tracks from the album coming to life onstage with a renewed energy. The band sustained that energy into the new decade with the epic The Kids Are Alright film project, the Quadrophenia movie, and the multi-platinum Face Dances album in 1981.

Tracklist:

  1. CD 1: Who Are You - Remastered
  2. New Song
  3. Had Enough
  4. 905
  5. Sister Disco
  6. Music Must Change
  7. Trick of the Light
  8. Guitar and Pen
  9. Love Is Coming Down
  10. Who Are You
  11. * CD 2: Glyn Johns Mix
  12. All Tracks Previously Unreleased
  13. New Song (Glyn Johns Mix)
  14. Had Enough (Glyn Johns Mix
  15. 905 (Glyn Johns Mix)
  16. Sister Disco (Glyn Johns Mix)
  17. Trick of the Light (Glyn Johns Mix)
  18. Guitar and Pen (Glyn Johns Mix)
  19. Who Are You (Glyn Johns Mix)
  20. Trick of the Light (Single Version Edit - Glyn Johns Mix
  21. Guitar and Pen (Glyn Johns Alt Mix)
  22. Who Are You (Glyn Johns Single Edit)
  23. New Song (Pete Vocal - Steven Wilson Mix)
  24. Sister Disco (Lost Guitar Mix- Steven Wilson Mix)
  25. Had Enough (No Orchestra- Steven Wilson Mix)
  26. Guitar and Pen (Pete Guide Vocal- Steven Wilson Mix)
  27. Love Is Coming Down (No Orchestra- Steven Wilson Mix)
  28. Who Are You (Early Run Through -Pete Vox- Steven Wilson Mix)
  29. * CD 3: Sessions ; Demos
  30. Who Are You (Lost Verse Mix)
  31. Guitar and Pen (Olympic 78 Mix)
  32. Love Is Coming Down (Early Run Through)
  33. Empty Glass (Session Out Take)
  34. No Road Romance (Session Out Take)
  35. Trick of the Light (Unused Olympic Edit) Previously Unreleased
  36. Who Are You (Clean Radio Edit)
  37. 905 (John Entwistle Demo) Previously Unreleased
  38. Had Enough - John Entwistle Demo Previously Unreleased
  39. Back on the Road (John Entwistle Demo)
  40. Wild Horses (John Entwistle Demo)
  41. Trick of the Light (John Entwistle Demo) Previously Unreleased
  42. Good Time Coming (John Entwistle Demo) Previously Unreleased
  43. Who Are You (John and Cyrano's Mix from the Kids Are Alright)
  44. * CD 4: Shepperton 1977
  45. Are You (Early Version Recorded Live in Toronto, 1976) Previously Unreleased
  46. The Kids Are Alright (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
  47. Run, Run, Run (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
  48. Spoonful / Smokestack Lightning (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
  49. I Saw Her Standing There (Shepperton Studios Previously Unreleased
  50. Instrumental Jam (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
  51. Who Are You (Knocking It Into Shape 1 - Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
  52. Who Are You (Knocking It Into Shape 2 - Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
  53. Baba O'Riley (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
  54. Shakin' All Over (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
  55. Bell Boy - Shepperton Studios Previously Unreleased
  56. Won't Get Fooled Again (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
  57. Barbara Ann (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
  58. I Saw Her Standing There 2 (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
  59. Drowned (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
  60. * CD 5: Shepperton 1978/9
  61. Baba O'Riley (Shepperton for the Kids Are Alright 1978) Previously Unreleased
  62. My Wife (Shepperton for the Kids Are Alright 1978) Previously Unreleased
  63. My Generation (Shepperton for the Kids Are Alright 1978) Previously Unreleased
  64. Join Together (Shepperton for the Kids Are Alright 1978) Previously Unreleased
  65. Who Are You (Shepperton for the Kids Are Alright 1978) Previously Unreleased
  66. Won't Get Fooled Again (Shepperton for the Kids Are Alright 1978) Previously Unreleased
  67. Sister Disco (Shepperton Tour Rehearsal 1979) Previously Unreleased
  68. Music Must Change (Shepperton Tour Rehearsal 1979) Previously Unreleased
  69. Won't Get Fooled Again (Shepperton Tour Rehearsal 1979) Previously Unreleased
  70. Who Are You (Shepperton Tour Rehearsal 1979) Previously Unreleased
  71. * CD 6: Live USA 1979 - Part One
  72. Substitute Previously Unreleased
  73. I Can't Explain Previously Unreleased
  74. Baba O'Riley Previously Unreleased
  75. The Punk and the Godfather Previously Unreleased
  76. Boris the Spider Previously Unreleased
  77. Sister Disco Previously Unreleased
  78. Behind Blue Eyes Previously Unreleased
  79. Music Must Change Previously Unreleased
  80. Drowned Previously Unreleased
  81. Who Are You Previously Unreleased
  82. 15 Previously Unreleased
  83. Pinball Wizard Previously Unreleased
  84. See Me, Feel Me Previously Unreleased
  85. * CD 7: Live USA 1979 - Part Two
  86. Long Live Rock Previously Unreleased
  87. My Generation Previously Unreleased
  88. I Can See for Miles Previously Unreleased
  89. Trick of the Light Previously Unreleased
  90. Sparks Previously Unreleased
  91. Won't Get Fooled Again Previously Unreleased)
  92. Jam /Take a Fool Like You Previously Unreleased
  93. How Can You Do It Alone Previously Unreleased
  94. Magic Bus Previously Unreleased
  95. Summertime Blues Previously Unreleased
  96. Dancing in the Street / Dance It Away Previously Unreleased
  97. The Real Me Previously Unreleased
  98. *Blu-ray
  99. Who Are You - Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos, 1, Stereo ; Original 1978 Stereo Mix
  100. New Song
  101. Had Enough
  102. 905
  103. Sister Disco
  104. Music Must Change
  105. Trick of the Light
  106. Guitar and Pen
  107. Love Is Coming Down
  108. Who Are You
  109. Bonus Tracks - Steven Wilson Stereo Mix
  110. Guitar and Pen (Pete Vox)
  111. Love Is Coming Down (Alternate Take)
  112. Who Are You (Lost Verse Mix)
  113. New Song (Pete Vox)
  114. Love Is Coming Down (Orchestra Free)
  115. Had Enough (Orchestra Free)
  116. Who Are You (Alternate Take, Pete Vox)

UPC: 602448864871
Label: GEFFEN RECORDS
Release Date: 10.31.25
Format: CD

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