Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Who has released boxed sets commemorating many of the albums from the band’s storied discography, but never the coveted one that would celebrate the release that some fans consider the crown jewel of the catalog, “Who’s Next.” That changes Sept.
15 with “Who’s Next/Life House Super Deluxe Edition,” a 10-CD/1-Blu-Ray set that will include 155 tracks, 89 of them previously unreleased, plus spatial audio and surround mixes.
The expansive set will hark back to the legendary origins of “Who’s Next,” the band’s follow-up to “Tommy,” as what was originally designed by Pete Townshend as a concept album in its own right, “Life House,” before it shifted gears to become a more traditional, non-narrative rock album.
Two of the discs are titled “Pete Townshend’s Life House Demos 1970-1971.” Other CDs in the set include a disc of outtakes from the Record Plant sessions in 1971, two discs of alternate mixes, and complete live concerts from the era that took place at London’s Young Vic and San Francisco’s Civic Auditorium.
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