THE WHO A Quick One Original UK Mono LP Reaction Mod

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THE WHO

A Quick One

Original UK Mono LP released on Reaction Records in 1966. Laminated cover.

593002 A//2   /   593002 B//2

As an albums band, the Who didn't peak until the early Seventies. Their mid-Sixties offerings, A Quick One and Sell Out, are both charming examples of a band shaking off their Mod image.
Before the band began recording A Quick One, their co-manager, Chris Stamp, negotiated a deal providing each member with an advance of £500, on condition they all contributed songs to the album (in 1966 this was a small fortune for any 21-year-old: Roger Daltrey splashed out on a Saint-style Volvo). And so this variety showcase includes Keith Moon's humorous ''Cobwebs and Strange'', a wonky marching tune complete with orchestral cymbals, trumpets and sousaphone, and ''I Need You'', during which Moon lapses into a John Lennon impersonation. Daltrey pays tribute to Buddy Holly on ''See My Way''. John Entwistle throws in a couple of songs about whisky and spiders. His creepy ditty ''Boris the Spider'' remained an audience favourite for years.

The highlight on this album, however, is Pete Townshend's sprawling title track, the album's closing number. Its almost ten minutes long: extraordinary, in the days of three-minute throwaways. Not even the Beatles had recorded anything as long. The reason for this is less artistic bravado than plain pragmatism. After the band had cut the available tracks for the album, Townshend, always the primary composer within the group, was requested to fill the remaining minutes to push the running time over half an hour.

''A Quick One While He's Away'' is Townshend's first attempt at a rock opera, perhaps the first in pop music. It's a suite of six episodes, comprising a simple tale of an unfaithful wife who has a quick leg-over with a lover called Ivor and is happily absolved by her husband. Each is a self-contained song, the whole spliced together in much the same way as Abbey Road's long medley would be, three years later. This was an audacious concept in 1966 and, although the track now sounds a little clunky, it's fascinating to hear Townshend setting out on the path that would eventually lead to Tommy and Quadrophenia.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

Run Run Run

Boris The Spider

I Need You

Whiskey Man

Heat Wave

Cobwebs And Strange

Side Two

Don't Look Away

See My Way

So Sad About Us

A Quick One, While He's Away

Released on 'Reaction Records' in 1966

Catalogue No. 593002

Disc is in VG+ condition (surface marks)

Sleeve is in VG- condition (plenty of general wear / some laminate lift / some laminate creasing)

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