Re: Who By Numbers

[i.j.burn@reading.ac.uk (ian burn)]

A great idea to fill up the "Who By Numbers" disk with demos, but I wonder
who 'owns' the demos? All the Townshend 'Scoop' albums came out on Abco (or
what ever it calls itself), while The Who stuff is on Polydor/MCA.

Quite apart from any reluctance on the part of the band members to mix Who
material with Townshend demos they may not be able to do so for
contractural reasons.

Anyone know the facts?

>Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 10:17:42 -0500 (EST)
>From: James L Jackson <jacksonj@battelle.org>
>Subject: Re: Who By Numbers
>To: thewho@mpath.com
>Sender: owner-thewho@gateway.mpath.com
>Precedence: bulk
>
>>  "Who By Numbers" is currently being worked on, but with NO bonus tracks
>slated, unless WE (yes you too) can come up with some suggestions.
>
>WF:
>        I always love to hear _studio outtakes_, when they are available...
>If there aren't, maybe some quality "demo" versions, a la "Scoop", would be
>cool to put on the disc.
>
>        gary m.
>
>
>        -------------end original message-----------
>
>        I will second Gary's comment here, if the demos don't sound puny.
>Or, if
>        demos and outtakes or unused songs can't be found, I wouldn't
>object to
>        live versions. The question remains what WBN songs the band performed
>        live. We know of Squeeze Box (yech) and Dreaming From the Waist,
>but did
>        they do anything else from that album in 75 or 76?
>
>        Jim
>


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