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Odds & Sods PR Release



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      The Who's 1974 Classic `Odds & Sods' To Be Reissued By MCA Records
          In Newly-Expanded Edition, With 12 Additional Bonus Tracks

                        Release Date:  March 10, 1998

    UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing its ongoing
retrospective of the complete recorded output of The Who, MCA Records is
set to reissue a newly expanded edition of "Odds & Sods."  The classic 1974
collection of Who rarities has been newly remixed and digitally remastered
for CD.  A virtual feast for Who fans, this new edition is more than double
the number of tracks and length of the original (12 bonus cuts and over 75
minutes).  Complete with extensive track-by-track liner notes by Pete
Townshend (first published in the U.K. music magazine New Musical Express),
and all of the original graphics, "Odds & Sods" arrives in stores March 10,
1998.
    One of the first great rock rarities collections, the Gold-certified
"Odds & Sods" features 23 tracks spanning ten years in the early history of
The Who (1964-1974).  The album was originally compiled by Who bassist John
Entwistle, who combed through hundreds of hours worth of tape in the band's
vault to assemble the album.  The new edition features nine previously
unreleased tracks, including studio versions of "Summertime Blues," "Love
Ain't For Keeping," "Mary Anne With The Shaky Hands," and "Baby Don't You
Do It," as well as a rare studio version of "Young Man Blues," previously
available only on a long deleted 1969 sampler album.  Other tracks include
outtakes from the "Quadrophenia" and "Tommy" sessions ("We Close Tonight,"
"Cousin Kevin Model Child"), early singles, including the band's very first
("I'm the Face"), unreleased studio takes ("My Way"), and rare B-sides
("Water," "Under My Thumb").
    The Who -- Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, and original
drummer Keith Moon -- is one of the greatest bands in rock & roll history.
The release of the rock opera "Tommy" in 1969 proved a watershed event for
the band, with history judging the piece a timeless work of art, revered by
generations of music lovers.  "Who's Next," from 1971, is often cited as
one of the premier rock albums of all time, as is 1970's "Live At Leeds." 
The Who's other rock opera, "Quadrophenia" (1973), is similarly regarded as
a masterpiece.  The death of Keith Moon in 1978 ended what had been one of
the most consistent line-ups in rock history, but the band persevered,
releasing new albums through the early '80's.  The Who was inducted into
the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1990.
    The Universal Music Group encompasses MCA Records, MCA Records
Nashville, GRP Recording Company, Geffen Records, Universal Records, Rising
Tide, Hip-O Records, Interscope Records, Universal Music & Video
Distribution, Universal Music International, MCA Music Publishing and
Universal Concerts.

SOURCE  MCA Records
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    /CONTACT:  Jennifer Ballantyne, 818-777-4838, or Caroline Prutzman,
 212-841-8050, both of MCA Records/

CO:  MCA Records ST:  California IN:  ENT SU:  PDT





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