RE: WGFA?Sun Dec 7 12:16:03 PST 1997

["Bowen, Daniel" <DBowen@vcomtelc.telecom.com.au>]

Shanon Dell wrote:
>         Last night I listened to Who's Better Who's Best (my first Who
> CD) for the first time in well over a year, maybe two.  WGFA came on
> and I noticed there was something different about it, then all of a
> sudden the song ended with no drum solo and with Daltrey's scream in the
> wrong place.  I looked at the running time of the song and it was only
> 3:37 (are you kidding?).  The liner notes even have the nerve to call it
> an "extended version."
>         Was this the version that was origianally released as a single or
> was it a special version just for this CD?  I noticed in the discography
> included with the box set that it says an "edited version" was released
> in June 25, 1971.  Is this pathic version on Who's Better Who's
> Best that same "edited version" or was this some sort of radio version
> or what?

Maybe the MCA version is different -- the Polygram release of WBWB
that I've got has the long version of WGFA. It too lists it as "extended".
The single version is out on "The Who - The Singles" CD.


Daniel
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