My Generation: The Who

The Who’s debut album My Generation will be reissued as a five-disc super deluxe edition box set in November and will feature a wealth of material, including unreleased songs, recently discovered album demos and new stereo mixes…

"My Generation" is the debut studio album by the English rock band The Who, released on 3 December 1965 by Brunswick Records in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it was released by Decca Records as The Who Sings My Generation in April 1966, with a different cover and a slightly altered track listing. The album was made immediately after The Who got their first singles on the charts and according to the booklet in the Deluxe Edition, it was later dismissed by the band as something of a rush job that did not accurately represent their stage performance of the time. However, critics often rate it as one of the best rock albums of all time.

Cardboard sleeve reissue from The Who featuring the high-fidelity SHM-CD format and using 2011 DSD remaster based on the UK analog master. The Mini-LP sleeve faithfully replicates the UK first press LP (die-cut design), which comes with an inner sleeve, a poster, and a serial-numbered label card. Also comes with a bonus cardboard sleeve which replicates the Japanese promotional LP and an obi which faithfully replicates the Japanese first press LP. Comes with a new description and lyrics. This reissue series featuring albums "Odds And Sods (+12)", "Original Soundtrack Tommy", "The Who By Numbers (+3)", "Who Are You (+5)", "The Kids Are Alright", "Original Soundtrack Quadrophenia (not included in this publication)", "Face Dances (+5)", "It's Hard (+4)", "The Singles (+9)", "Who's Missing & Two's Missing (+9)", and "BBC Sessions (+8)".

One of the greatest albums in rock history, The Who's first album is back in US spec! The Who's first album "The Who Sings My Generation" (mono & stereo/no chart record) was released in April 1966. The order of some of the songs was changed, and "I'm a Man" (Bo Diddley/55 cover), which was on the UK version, was replaced with "Instant Party" (apparently because of its sexualized lyrics). The UK version of "Kids Are All Right" is an edited version of the single. The cover of the US version, with Big Ben in the background, has a great atmosphere, and it is no wonder that many fans prefer it to the artwork of the UK version. This disc is a 2-in-1 coupling of mono and stereo versions of all 12 tracks from the US version. ~Excerpt from the commentaryCommentary: Masaru Konishi

My Generation is the debut studio album by the English rock band The Who, released by Brunswick Records in the United Kingdom in December 1965. In the United States, it was released by Decca Records as The Who Sings My Generation in April 1966, with a different cover and a slightly altered track listing. The album was made immediately after the Who got their first singles on the charts and according to the booklet in the Deluxe Edition, it was later dismissed by the band as something of a rush job that did not accurately represent their stage performance of the time. On the other hand, critics often rate it as one of the best rock albums of all time.

An explosive debut, and the hardest mod pop recorded by anyone. At the time of its release, it also had the most ferociously powerful guitars and drums yet captured on a rock record. Pete Townshend's exhilarating chord crunches and guitar distortions threaten to leap off the grooves on "My Generation" and "Out in the Street"; Keith Moon attacks the drums with a lightning, ruthless finesse throughout.

The Who's 1979 movie documentary, The Kids Are Alright, is widely regarded as one of the best documentaries of a rock group ever released. And with good reason – at 99 minutes in length, it features the perfect blend of songs, interviews, and interesting non-music clips from the early '60s, up until Keith Moon's untimely death in 1978. But what really holds the viewer's interest for the duration are the band's continuously fiery performances – The Who was long-considered "the world's greatest live act" for good reason. The opening out-of-control clip, "My Generation" from The Smothers Brothers TV show, was shocking stuff for the time (the mid-'60s), while live takes of "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" from Shepperton Film Studios in '78 are among the finest and most energetic live rock performances ever captured on tape. Also included is footage of the band's show-stopping set at Woodstock, early European TV appearances, "A Quick One" from The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, and a hilarious early-'70s band interview where Keith Moon and Pete Townshend trade witty banter. The Kids Are Alright is a thoroughly entertaining must-see for fans of The Who and rock & rollers everywhere.