Who’s Next was released by Track Records in August 1971 (2408 102), and in the 1980s as a CD (Polydor 813651-2) with a remixed and remastered CD (Polydor 527760-2) following in 1995. Without any hesitation, the four Who members gathered around one of the mysterious objects, and Russell started shooting. referencing Who's Next, LP, Album, DL 79182 The BEST sounding version I've heard by a landslide! The Album will be released on 22nd November 2019 and special limited editions are available on The Who’s official site. Who’s Next became the only Who album to make #1 in the UK charts. Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 [LP] by The Who (Vinyl, Oct-2015, 3 Discs, Eagle Rock) “We did a lot of different poses, including some based on the 2001: A Space Odyssey idea of the apes gathering around the black obelisk. The cover photo for The Who’s “ Who’s Next ” album shows a photograph of the band apparently having just urinated on a large concrete piling protruding from a slag heap. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Most of the songs recorded with Johns appeared on Who’s Next while the leftovers appeared on singles and later, Odds & Sods (see album). BROCKHAMPTON recently released its fifth studio album, GINGER, the follow-up to 2018’s iridescence.The 12-track project includes a smattering of features … 'Who's Next' started out as a rock opera Pete Townshend was working on called "The Lifehouse Project". Russell admits that he didn’t exactly have his finger on the motor drive, and took only a few shots. Who’s Next is the fifth studio album by English rock band The Who released on August 25, 1971. Who’s Next started life as a Pete Townshend concept entitled Lifehouse, which contained enough songs for a double album, but the project was eventually reduced to a single LP. In the US it was released by MCA (Decca 79182) in August, as a CD (MCA MCAD 37217), as a Gold Edition (MCAD-37217), as a remixed and remastered CD (MCA-11269) in 1995, and is also now available as a Deluxe 2-CD package (MCA 088 113 056-2), released in 2003. Although the project never came to fruition many songs from it would be used for 'Who's Next'. This episode all about the classic 1971 Who album 'Who’s Next'. In 2003, VH1 named the Who’s Next album cover one of the greatest of all time. Produced by The Who By raul on December 3, 2009 in Location, The Who. Click the link to confirm your email address.Please check your spam folder for the email, if it does not arrive, click this link... Sign me up for updates from Universal Music about new music, competitions, exclusive promotions & events from artists similar to The Who. Associate producer Glyn Johns, Sleeve design by Kosh. Russell is the only man to have worked on covers for the Brit ‘big three’: The Who, The Rolling Stones (Through The Past Darkly) and The Beatles (Let It Be). Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album covers. Talk about vintage. Under the Cover is a column that reveals the stories behind album art. It is a patchwork of 25 squares: 22 squares showing different coloured images placed around three squares forming the word "WHO" in the centre of the album cover. The album was recorded in fits and starts (the process is nicely detailed in the liner notes) with the end product being a definitive album by the group. She was, after … Then Pete started to piss on it, and I went with the flow, as it were. There are now two upgraded CD versions of the album. Anyway, the band had virtually finished Who’s Next, but still didn’t have a clue about what to do about the cover.” It was at this point that fate smiled benevolently. Up there among the elite British rock albums, The Who’s Who’s Next was not only a triumphant follow-up to Tommy, but also touched by the hand of Lady Luck – and that’s never more true than with the way the cover concept came together. It's not a retread, but it sounds like a Who album, which is crucial for something like this, as well as an upgrade for the 21st century." The cover shot for The Who's 1971 album, "Who's Next." Doug Sax's mastering really brings Keith Moon to the spotlight; you can actually hear his phenomenal drum fills - as the master tape suffered generation loss over the years, they tend to get muffled and lost in the mix in later issues. Taken at Easington Colliery, the concept for the photo came from band members John Entwistle and Keith Moon. By In the United Kingdom and elsewhere outside North America, they were signed originally to Brunswick Records.In 1966, they moved to Polydor Records and took the rights to their Brunswick recordings with them. (Classic Rock) 28 October 2016, How a rubbish dump in County Durham provided the backdrop to The Who's iconic album sleeve. And though the band appears to have urinated on … The Who, "Who's Next" album cover, 1971 by Ethan Russell. They poured some rainwater on the pillar to achieve a similar effect. “As far as I understand it, a lot of the songs on Who’s Next were originally intended for that record [Lifehouse]. Anyway, the band had virtually finished Who’s Next, but still didn’t have a clue about what to do about the cover.”. We have sent a confirmation email to {USEREMAIL}. All songs by Pete Townshend unless otherwise noted. The original album was re-issued on heavyweight vinyl in 2012 (Polydor 3715614). It peaked at #4 in the US, but songs from the album are continually played on American classic rock radio stations to this day. Who's Next is the fifth studio album by English rock band the Who. Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! The Deluxe Edition dropped four of these bonus tracks but included additional tracks from the New York Record Plant sessions, some of which feature Leslie West on guitar and Al Kooper on organ. "They were gone in a flash, but I said to him that they might make an interesting backdrop for a photo shoot. Thank you for signing up to Classic Rock. The Who have been with several labels over the years. All frames are of high quality wood. 'Live at Leeds' Photo : Courtesy Polydor Records. Easington Colliery is situated to the north of Horden, and a short distance to … “I was working with Pete Townshend on his Lifehouse project, which was an ambitious concept based on a futuristic era when people got their entertainment through being strapped into special suits,” recalls Ethan Russell, the American photographer who took the album’s iconic cover shot. The Who is a band I've mentioned before and have even looked at lead singer Roger Daltrey's 2018 output, book and album.I own a number of Who albums – not all, unfortunately; I was born too late and getting the older albums is difficult – but, by far, my favourite is Who's Next. There was a problem. It just contains the original 9 tracks and is presented in a single sieve cover (identical to the 1971 version). Color: Color Type: Archival Digital Print Edition: Limited Edition Signed: Signed. Before he became an instrument-smashing, windmilling rock star, Pete Townshend was … Bath Rated #11 in the best albums of 1971, and #214 of all-time album.. Much of Who's Next derives from Lifehouse, an ambitious sci-fi rock opera Pete Townshend … On the UK chart of September 18, 1971, the mighty 'Who’s Next' hit the top to become The Who's only No.1 album in their own country. It was a dumping ground for rubbish.”. The album was borne of an aborted attempt by Pete Townshend to write another rock opera to outdo Tommy. Thank you for registering! That was it. 2408 102; Vinyl LP). The Who’s twelfth studio album, WHO was released on 6 December 2019 in the following formats: Standard vinyl (Polydor 7747053), Deluxe audiophile triple vinyl (with rare demo ‘Sand’ on LP3) (Polydor 7748605), Standard CD (Polydor 773036), Deluxe CD (with three bonus tracks) (Polydor 0826465) and Cassette (Polydor 0806462). In 2003, the United States cable television channel VH1 named Who's Next's front cover the second greatest album cover … But 24 hours later, one of his photos had been turned into the cover we know today. © Photography by Ethan A. Russell. Pete was driving, and he asked me whether I had any ideas for the sleeve. The Who‘s “Who” album will be the 28th record cover that Peter Blake has designed. The photo is often seen to be a reference to the monolith discovered on the moon in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, which had been released only about three years earlier. The others also tried to take Pete’s lead, but couldn’t actually do it. Visit our corporate site. Genres: Hard Rock. Anyone who saw the trailer for the movie American Beauty will have been struck by the brilliance of ‘Baba O’Riley’, the track chosen to accompany it and which effectively doubled the impact of the clip.That track is the opener from Who’s Next from 1971, an album that proved massively successful for the band thanks in no small part to the song ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’. Recordings for the album began in New York with Kit Lambert as producer, but the band weren’t satisfied with the results and returned to London to re-record them at Olympic Studios in Barnes with Glyn Johns. A favorite album cover of mine is Who's Next, which just happens to be another album from the 70's. The paper record sleeve has a plastic film inner cover and two corner vents. Cover artwork. Please deactivate your ad blocker in order to see our subscription offer, Watch Saxon’s high-octane cover of Deep Purple’s Speed King, a celebration of rock ’n’ roll history, Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters and Jon Bon Jovi to celebrate Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration, Listen to Thunder revisit the ’80s with strutting hard rocker Going To Sin City, New York Dolls: the ultimate bluffers's guide, George Thorogood: the soundtrack of my life. Louder is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. “The odd thing is that it was only later on that I found out what those pillars were used for: to keep waste in place. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. Who’s Next was released by Track Records in August 1971 (2408 102), and in the 1980s as a CD (Polydor 813651-2) with a remixed and remastered CD (Polydor 527760-2) following in 1995. Louder All rights reserved. Skull and Roses (1971) Grateful Dead. “We were driving back through [County Durham] from a gig one night, doing about 110 miles per hour down the motorway – which freaked me out. In 1971, after the critical and financial success of the Rock Opera "Tommy", Pete Townshend set about planning a follow up, Life House, his most ambitious project to date. They created and moved to Track Records the following year with distribution by Polydor. Then suddenly, we passed these three or four pillars on the landscape. You will receive a verification email shortly. BA1 1UA. The Ox is fantastic throughout, Daltry is a bit weak on a couple of tunes, but this is a classic album with great use of the synthesiser on their greatest tune "Won't Get Fooled Again". Released 25 August 1971 on Track (catalog no. The album cover art is a photo of what appears to be the four members of the band in various stages of urination on a large concrete piling that is surrounded by rubble. Please refresh the page and try again. Before I knew what had happened, Pete had swung the car back around a roundabout and was heading back to the spot, followed by three other vehicles carrying the rest of the band. An alternative cover featured drummer Keith Moon dressed in black lingerie, holding a rope whip, and wearing a brown wig. Who's Next, an Album by The Who. It was all a spur-of-the-moment thing.”. The Deluxe Edition CD contains six additional tracks on CD1: Deluxe Edition Disc Two: Live at the Young Vic, SIGN UP TO THE NEWSLETTER BELOW, USING YOUR SOCIAL ACCOUNT OR EMAIL. On Who's Next they finally delivered a cohesive Rock Album, and this is easily as good as the Who get in the studio. On September 18th of '71 it became the band's first and only UK number one album. Design by Stanley Mouse. Our film will tell the story of how Townshend’s original vision eventually became the “Who’s next” album. The album cover was designed by pop artist Peter Blake, whose work includes the band's Face Dances and The Beatles' Sgt. Mae West initially refused to allow her image to appear on the artwork. It would reach number four in the US. The second disc features an almost complete show at London’s Young Vic Theatre when Pete was trying to bring Lifehouse to fruition. An earlier cover design had featured photographs of obese nude women but never actually appeared on the album. Ethan Russell took the photograph at Easington Colliery, an old coal mining town in England. The skull and … Next, on “Bargain,” he uses his ARP both as a solo instrument and as a backdrop to his own beautiful guitar solo. It was at this point that fate smiled benevolently. In 2003 a Deluxe Edition 2-CD set (Polydor 113 056-2), was released. 3: Mae West. Tommy was a bigger hit than the Who could have … “We were driving back through [County Durham] from a gig one night, doing about 110 miles … Morrison Hotel Gallery Prints. The photo was taken at Easington Colliery a former coal mining town in County Durham, England. The original album was re-issued on heavyweight vinyl in 2012 (Polydor 3715614). In 2003 a Deluxe Edition 2-CD set (Polydor 113 056-2), was released. A magnificent example of how vinyl should be re-issued. The cover of Paul Weller’s 2005 album “Stanley Road”. It is very difficult to believe the album was made back in 1971. Prints are generally made to order and delivery usually takes 4 to 6 weeks. The first followed the format of including several bonus tracks on a single disc.
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