tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960772098173697898.post3071079667931829250..comments2024-03-22T14:01:26.256-07:00Comments on Just Backdated: A BARGAIN - THE BEST YOU EVER HAD, Part 8Chris Charlesworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05459094285776329847noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960772098173697898.post-51255112256665880002014-04-23T07:54:36.719-07:002014-04-23T07:54:36.719-07:00Been a silent reader of the posts, but can't t...Been a silent reader of the posts, but can't thank you enough. Interesting, exhilarating, insightful and lucid. Great, great reads. <br /><br />Ken K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960772098173697898.post-33378009061540318682014-04-23T06:13:12.903-07:002014-04-23T06:13:12.903-07:00Do you think that relationship is beyond a fresh a...Do you think that relationship is beyond a fresh approach given what has gone and what could be? My vision on my site www.thewhointhestudio.com would be for the band to do a once and for all re-issue of every studio variation of every track recorded with a final scouring of the vaults for as yet unreleased material - complete My Wife, complete Join Together, non-BBC Shakin' All Over, band Blue Red & Grey etc - in celebration of the 50th Anniversary. Ensuring that mastering is tasteful (not overly loud, EQ'd and uniform) across the whole set. Benn KempsterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960772098173697898.post-80047266715395622712014-04-20T01:28:47.644-07:002014-04-20T01:28:47.644-07:00You're right. A bit careless of me!You're right. A bit careless of me!Chris Charlesworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459094285776329847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960772098173697898.post-2278383571395468482014-04-19T15:15:18.525-07:002014-04-19T15:15:18.525-07:00Chris,
Thanks very much for this fantastic insigh...Chris,<br /><br />Thanks very much for this fantastic insight into "Thirty Years of Maximum R&B." I am one of those "younger" Who fans that you mentioned earlier - born in the late 70's, I never saw the Who live until 2000. (I do have to pat myself on the back for buying a copy of "Lifehouse Chronicles" before the show that night!)<br /><br />I first heard The Who on classic rock radio, which led to "My Generation - The Very Best of The Who", which led shortly thereafter to the box set. I've thoroughly enjoyed it for years, and I've been listening through again as I've been reading these articles. Now I'm finishing up rounding out my Who collection with "It's Hard" and "A Quick One." All their music has brought me great joy, and part of that is due to the dedicated and talented folks such as yourself who take the time to do things right. Thanks very much for all your hard work on the box set, the reissues, and this blog. I can't wait to dive in and read all your other articles. Thanks again!<br /><br />(P.S.: Sorry to nitpick, but the first line of "Baba O'Reily" is "out here in the fields" not "streets". I wouldn't mention it except I imagine, based on your writing, that you're a stickler for getting things right!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960772098173697898.post-47947720708149165452014-04-17T06:27:37.503-07:002014-04-17T06:27:37.503-07:00Thanks for a fascinating read, and thanks for all ...Thanks for a fascinating read, and thanks for all your work in assembling this retrospective. It convinced me to buy it to augment my Who collection. It's actually made me look forward to my work commutes because that's where I've been listening to it. :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627407429219875606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960772098173697898.post-62481619462092565892014-04-17T02:57:45.096-07:002014-04-17T02:57:45.096-07:00Thanks for that Wardo. Great blog, plenty of inter...Thanks for that Wardo. Great blog, plenty of interesting stuff. Chris Charlesworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459094285776329847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960772098173697898.post-25804209589539387612014-04-16T07:26:10.525-07:002014-04-16T07:26:10.525-07:00Indeed -- on the whole, the upgrade of the Who cat...Indeed -- on the whole, the upgrade of the Who catalog in the '90s was positively stellar. The 1995 Leeds is still my go-to choice, even after it was reissued twice. \<br /><br />As a plug, here's my take on the handful of missing tracks yet to be mopped:<br /><br />http://everybodysdummy.blogspot.com/2010/10/who-22-whats-left.htmlwardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825405583474881509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960772098173697898.post-26443504092398680962014-04-16T06:41:48.117-07:002014-04-16T06:41:48.117-07:00Hi Chris. Thank you for this insight into the maki...Hi Chris. Thank you for this insight into the making of the box set. I must say that disc 4 has always been my favorite, as it is just pure Who mayhem from beginning to end, more of a collage than a chronology (come to think of it, it resembles TKAA in that respect).<br /><br />Also, I'd like to thank you for the remasters project. The booklets and bonus tracks were and still are a gateway to extended Who heaven to me. Jeroennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960772098173697898.post-3943099945457444982014-04-16T06:33:58.010-07:002014-04-16T06:33:58.010-07:00Benn - I'm not sure I'm the right person t...Benn - I'm not sure I'm the right person to answer this question as my relationship with The Who isn't what it was, largely through neglect on my part. The simple answer is - I don't know. Material that has been released since the box and first wave of upgraded CDs was not available to us at the time for reasons unexplained, possibly because someone somewhere realised that a 'drip drip' strategy would spin things out for longer and create more product in the long term. Also, at the time there wasn't a precedent for the kind of Super Deluxe packages that there is now, nor the appetite for these packages that has been created by dwindling CD sales (due to downloading) and the consequent need to devise more attractive items to sell. BTW, I deeply regret the errors that crept into the upgraded Odds & Sods sleeve notes and realise now I should have liaised more closely with other 'experts' to get them right. In my defense, all I can say is that it happened at the very end of a very long reissue exercise... like the Norwegian Blue I must have been tired and shagged out after a long squawk. CCChris Charlesworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459094285776329847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960772098173697898.post-40140083282834937222014-04-16T05:19:20.074-07:002014-04-16T05:19:20.074-07:00Chris - thank you for this; its been great to re-l...Chris - thank you for this; its been great to re-live the box which, I have to say, I haven't played in its entirety for possibly 5 years given that the subsequent re-masters have knocked out all but a handful of the studio items included. What - I guess - is now occupying our minds as collectors and fans is the simple question of what is left in the vaults? The Odds And Sods re-master was great to have but the mastering and attention to detail in the notes left a great deal to be desired; surely, now, there's opportunity to set this straight and offer up a collector's feast in terms of an Odds And Sods Deluxe which empties the treasure trove of anything that has yet to escape. Were there items that didn't get released on the re-ssue program that had been prepared but deemed surplus to requirements? Benn KempsterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com