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THE WHO - Thirty Years Of Maximum R&B (1994)

This exemplary four-disc box takes the high road, attempting nothing less than an honest reconstruction of the Who's stormy, adventurous, uneven pilgrimage. While offering an evenhanded cross-section of single hits and classic album tracks, 30 Years garnishes the expected high points with B-sides, alternate and live versions of familiar tracks, and the quartet's earliest singles as the High Numbers. Reinforcing the package's documentary agenda are interview and stage-patter sound bites. What emerges is a fascinating chronicle of how the Shepherd's Bush mods journeyed from the giddy, explosive concision of their January 1965 debut single, "I Can't Explain," to the discursive, knotty sweep of creative architect Pete Townshend's "rock operas," Tommy, Quadrophenia, and the uncompleted, unreleased Lifehouse. The Who's swift evolution into rock visionaries is traced chronologically, meaning the band's original immersion in "maximum R&B," which forged their earliest club dates, doesn't surface on record until midway through the sequence, on key tracks from their thundering Live at Leeds album. Fans may quibble over the relative weight given specific albums, but the shape of the Who's career and their passionate identification with their audience are rendered faithfully. So, too, is Townshend's skill at mingling issues of faith and identity with generational manifestoes and sly broadsides. And there's ample evidence of the quartet's outsize musical power; the sheer volume and violence that earned them notoriety early on is matched by a lyricism that deepens by mid career. Given the candor of the presentation, it's not surprising that 30 Years reaches its zenith midway through the set or that the last song (a reunion of the surviving trio covering Elton John) can't help seeming anticlimactic. - amazon.com

DISC 1: 01. Pete Dialogue 02. I'm the Face 03. Here 'Tis 04. Zoot Suit 05. Leaving Here 06. I Can't Explain 07. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere 08. Daddy Rollin' Stone 09. My Generation 10. The Kids Are Alright 11. The Ox 12. A Legal Matter 13. Pete Dialogue [Live] 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. A Quick One, While He's Away 22. Pictures of Lily 23. Early Morning Cold Taxi 24. Coke 2 25. (This Could Be) Last Time 26. I Can't Reach You 27. Girl's Eyes 28. Bag O'Nails 29. Call Me Lightning

DISC 2: 01. Rotosound Strings 02. I Can See for Miles 03. Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand 04. Armenia City in the Sky 05. Tattoo 06. Our Love Was 07. Rael 1 08. Rael 2 09. Track Records - Premier Drums 10. Sunrise 11. Russell Harty Dialogue 12. Jaguar 13. Melancholia 14. Fortune Teller 15. Magic Bus 16. Little Billy 17. Dogs 18. Overture 19. Acid Queen 20. Abbie Hoffman Incident [Live] 21. Underture [Live] 22. Pinball Wizard 23. I'm Free 24. See Me, Feel Me [Live] 25. Heaven and Hell 26. Pete Dialogue [Live] 27. Young Man Blues [Live] 28. Summertime Blues [Live]

DISC 3: 01. Shakin All Over 02. Baba O'Riley 03. Bargain 04. Pure And Easy 05. The Song Is Over 06. Studio Dialogue 07. Behind Blue Eyes 08. Won't Get Fooled Again 09. The Seeker (edit) 10. Bony Moronie 11. Let's See Action 12. Join Together 13. Relay 14. The Real Me 15. 5. 15 (Single Mix) 16. Bell Boy 17. Love Reign O'er Me

DISC 4: 01. Long Live Rock 02. Life With the Moons 03. Naked Eye [Live] 04. University Challenge 05. Slip Kid 06. Poetry Cornered 07. Dreaming from the Waist [Live] 08. Blue, Red and Grey 09. Life With the Moons 2 10. Squeeze Box 11. My Wife 12. Who Are You 13. Music Must Change 14. Sister Disco 15. Guitar and Pen 16. You Better You Bet 17. Eminence Front 18. Twist and Shout [Live] 19. I'm a Man [Live] 20. Pete Dialogue 21. Saturday Night's Alright (For Righting)