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The Who - Thirty Years of Maximum R&B Audio CD

A fair review of the The Who "Thirty Years of Maximum R&B" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all The Who reviews here, or go back to the The Who tabs.

The Who Band: The Who
Title: Thirty Years of Maximum R&B
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Release Date: 1994-07-05
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Pete Dialogue - Pete Townshend 2: I'm the Face 3: Here 'Tis 4: Zoot Suit 5: Leaving Here 6: I Can't Explain 7: Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere 8: Daddy Rollin' Stone 9: My Generation 10: Kids Are Alright 11: Ox 12: Legal Matter 13: Pete Dialogue [Live] - Pete Townshend 14: Substitute 15: I'm a Boy 16: Disguises 17: Happy Jack Jingle 18: Happy Jack 19: Boris the Spider 20: So Sad About Us 21: Quick One, While He's Away 22: Pictures of Lily 23: Early Morning Cold Taxi 24: Coke 2 25: Last Time 26: I Can't Reach You 27: Girl's Eyes 28: Bag O'Nails 29: Call Me Lightning 30: Rotosound Strings 31: I Can See for Miles 32: Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand 33: Armenia City in the Sky 34: Tattoo 35: Our Love Was 36: Rael 1 37: Rael 2 38: Track Records/Premier Drums 39: Sunrise 40: Russell Harty Dialogue 41: Jaguar 42: Melancholia 43: Fortune Teller 44: Magic Bus 45: Little Billy 46: Dogs 47: Overture 48: Acid Queen 49: Abbie Hoffman Incident [Live] 50: Underture [Live] 51: Pinball Wizard 52: I'm Free 53: See Me, Feel Me [Live] 54: Heaven and Hell 55: Pete Dialogue [Live] 56: Young Man Blues [Live] 57: Summertime Blues [Live] 58: Shakin' All Over [Live] 59: Baba O'Riley 60: Bargain [Live] 61: Pure and Easy 62: Song Is Over 63: Studio Dialogue 64: Behind Blue Eyes 65: Won't Get Fooled Again 66: Seeker [Edit] 67: Bony Maronie [Live] 68: Let's See Action (Nothing Is Everything) 69: Join Together 70: Relay 71: Real Me 72: 5:15 [Single Mix] 73: Bell Boy 74: Love Reign O'Er Me 75: Long Live Rock 76: Life with the Moons 77: Naked Eye [Live] 78: University Challenge 79: Slip Kid 80: Poetry Cornered 81: Dreaming from the Waist [Live] 82: Blue, Red and Grey 83: Life with the Moons, No. 2 84: Squeeze Box 85: My Wife 86: Who Are You 87: Music Must Change 88: Sister Disco 89: Guitar and Pen 90: You Better You Bet 91: Eminence Front 92: Twist and Shout [Live] 93: I'm a Man [Live] 94: Pete Dialogue - Pete Townshend 95: Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting

30 years...THE WHO, in a box, 4 CD's.
Other than that, it's pretty much, business as usual. If you are a fan of THE WHO, then you have probably heard most of the material, contained in the box set, but if you sift threw the dust, a few nuggets might appear, with some rare, unheard tracks, in various forms.


Often immitated but never equaled
Maybe that is the problem. A box set is a great vehicle to get material out to a variety of fans. Trying to please everyone. As a fan who loves the 'hits', live material, rarities, and unreleased material, this thing hit on EVERY facet.


Mostly good, but some questionable choices of material...
It starts out with some songs when members of The Who were The High Numbers, and it contains almost all of their major hits, and some awesome, hard to find gems. This is one of the better box sets out there, and it's a pretty good summation of The Who's amazing journey of a career. It's not just hard to find songs we have here, but snippets of dialogue from concerts, commercial jingles, and comedy jingles as well. The "Abbie Hoffman incident" dialogue is kind of cool, when Hoffman interrupted The Who's performance to complain about the show, and Townshend chased him off with his guitar and swore at him. There are two great comic bits called "University Challenge" and "Poetry Cornered". There is a great live version of My Wife recorded at Swansea in 1976, where the band seems rejuvinated and totally kills on the song. The songs Join Together, Let's See Action, and Relay (which were all released as solo singles and never officially appeared on any albums) are included here, and they're awesome (especially Join Together, one of my favorite Who tracks). They also wisely include only two tracks from the post-Moon era, You Better You Bet (from Face Dances, their best album post-Moon), and Eminence Front, the only great song off the It's Hard album. The booklet that is included is excellent as well, giving an excellent overview of the history of The Who.

However, with all box sets, there are questionable choices. The version of A Quick One (While He's Away) is a mix of the studio and the live version (from The Rock and Roll Circus), and it doesn't segue well. Another decision (which is kind of infuriating) is that they only included 4 songs from Quadrophenia, which is The Who's best. And to top that off, the version of The Real Me isn't the original, but a version recorded while Kenney Jones was auditioning to be in the band. It's not bad, but it's nowhere near the intensity of the original. And the version of 5:15 is the shorter, single version. They also included the single version of Who Are You (a mistake), and they shortened the song Guitar and Pen (which has great music but lousy lyrics). The songs all segue as well, and sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't.

If you're a Who fan, buy this set. The positives outweigh the negatives. .


Not happy at all.

I received only one disc of the four, and it was damaged - looked like the surface of the disc had been dropped on sand. I ordered the Who's 30 Years Of Maximum R&B 4-cd set. It had pock-marks in the plastic and the information layer had been penetrated.
I wrote the seller requesting some resolution, never received a reply.
I will not do business there again.
Buyer BEWARE!!!.


The Best
They changed music as we know it and are one of the best bands of all time. if you could fit all the best of the Who into a smaller box set, this is it. Great set for someone not looking for the entire collection, but you will be surprised with all the great music here!.


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