John Entwistle An Ox's Tale (2006)

The Rock is the sixth solo album by John Entwistle, bassist for The Who. It is his only solo album on which he did not sing lead vocals, a role performed instead by Canadian Henry Small. Beginning in 1985, the album was recorded over an 18-month period at Entwistle's own Hammerhead Studios in England and, on completion, was released as a private pressing by his label, WEA Records, but it was not publicly released until 1996. Having remained in the vaults for ten years, the album has subsequently been released in four different editions between 1996 and 2005, with separate covers for each. ~Wikipedia

The John Entwistle Band: Live finds the late Who bassist happily ensconced in his side project at the 1999 Itchycoo Park Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, playing a brief set for an appreciative crowd. Under the circumstances, Entwistle and his quartet wisely stick to Who covers, some composed by Pete Townshend ("The Real Me") and others ("Trick of the Light") by the Ox himself, though Who staples by other artists ("Summertime Blues," "Young Man Blues") help fill the bill.

Archive release. John Entwistle was the bassist for The Who until his untimely passing in 2002. He was voted as the greatest bassist of all time in a 2011 Rolling Stone readers' poll and named number seven by Bass Player in it's "100 Greatest Bass Players" issue in 2017. In 1971, Entwistle became the first member of The Who to release a solo album. This collection of songs on Volume One are from his years with the John Entwistle Band. Re-mastered versions of studio tracks including "Bogey Man" featuring Keith Moon, unreleased studio tracks like "I Wouldn't Sleep With You", demos that were recorded for The Who like "Where Ya Going Now", and live tracks including The Who cut "Trick Of The Light". Rarities Oxhumed - Volume One is the first in a series of recordings and projects to bring the music of John Entwistle to the fans and forever solidify him as one of the greatest rock musicians ever.

As evidenced by the songs John Entwistle wrote for the Who ("Boris the Spider," "My Wife," "Success Story," etc.), the group's bassist had a knack for penning straight-ahead hard rockers. But those expecting Entwistle to stick with hard rock on his subsequent solo outings were in for a surprise, as evidenced by the double-disc collection So Who's the Bass Player: The Ox Anthology. Covering his entire solo career (1971's Smash Your Head Against the Wall through 2000's Music from Van-Pires), The Ox Anthology is a fine overview of Entwistle's unpredictable work outside the Who.

1996 compilation on Repertoire. Featuring 18 of the very best solo recordings by The Who's bassist, 1971-1981. Housed in a digipak with an 18 page booklet featuring track-by-track annotations by Entwhistle himself, it includes 'My Size', 'Ten Little Friends', a radically different version of 'My Wife' from 'Who's Next' & more!

John Entwistle was the bassist for The Who until his untimely passing in 2002. He was Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers” and is considered to be one of the most influential bassists in the world, voted as the greatest bassist of all time in a 2011 Rolling Stone readers' poll and named number seven by Bass Player in its "100 Greatest Bass Players" issue in 2017. This collection of songs on Volume Two are from his years with the John Entwistle Band. Re-mastered versions of studio tracks including “Endless Vacation”, alternate mixes of tracks like “Sometimes”, and live tracks including The Who cuts “Real Me”and “Long Live.