THE WHO MY GENERATION LP UK ORIG RARE BEAT BRUNSWICK

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	$		122

Item :

THE WHO ~ MY GENERATION LP

Original 1965 first issue U.K. mono pressing released on the Brunswick label LAT 8616.

Description :

My Generation is the debut album by the The Who, released in the UK in December 1965. It was released in the US in April 1966 as The Who Sings My Generation with a different cover and a slightly different track listing.

The album was made during The Who's early "Maximum R&B" period and features several covers of popular R&B tunes, in addition to the R&B leanings of the tracks written by the guitarist Pete Townshend.

It was made immediately after The Who got their first singles on the charts and 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 rated it as one of the best rock albums of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 236 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2004, the song My Generation was #11 in Rolling Stones Magazine's List of the 500 greatest songs of all time. In 2006, it was ranked #49 in NME's list of the 100 Greatest British Albums.

Apparently, "I'm a Man" was eliminated from the U.S. release due to its sexual content. The U.S. release also excised a brief solo laden with manic drum rolls and guitar feedback before the final verse of "The Kids Are Alright" hiding some of the group's sonic pop-art leanings.

Many of the songs on the album saw release as singles. Aside from "My Generation", which preceded the album's release and reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart, "A Legal Matter", "La-La-La Lies", and "The Kids Are Alright" were also released as domestic singles by Brunswick after the band had started releasing new material on the Reaction label in 1966. As they were not promoted by the band, they were not as commercially successful as "My Generation" or the Reaction singles. "The Kids Are Alright" was however a top 10 single in Sweden, peaking at #8.

"My Generation" and "The Kids Are Alright" in particular remain two of the group's most-covered songs. The former in particular is a raw, aggressive number that presaged the heavy metal and punk rock movements. "The Kids Are Alright" is a more sophisticated pop number, with chiming guitars, three-part harmonies, and a lilting vocal melody, though still retaining the driving rhythm of other Who songs of the period.

The U.S. release also substituted a portrait of the band with Big Ben in the background for the original UK cover depicting the band standing beside some oil drums and looking upward to the camera, with splashes of color added by the red and blue stencilled letters of the title and a jacket patterned after the Union Jack Flag thrown over John Entwistle's shoulders.

All songs composed by Pete Townshend except where noted :

1. "Out in the Street" – 2:31
2. "I Don't Mind" (Brown) – 2:36
3. "The Good's Gone" – 4:02
4. "La-La-La-Lies" – 2:17
5. "Much Too Much" – 2:47
6. "My Generation" – 3:18
7. "The Kids Are Alright" – 3:04
8. "Please, Please, Please" (Brown) – 2:45
9. "It's Not True" – 2:31
10. "I'm a Man" (McDaniel) – 3:21
11. "A Legal Matter" – 2:48
12. "The Ox" (Townshend/Moon/Entwistle/Hopkins) – 3:50

Condition ~ Vinyl :

The vinyl is in super clean EXCELLENT condition with just a couple of light surface hairlines. The whole album plays through superbly retaining an awesome meaty and punchy sound despite having obviously been played quite a few times. Lovely copy. 

Condition ~ Sleeve :

The laminated sleeve is in VG+ condition with light overall wear and a 1cm minor split on the bottom edge. There is some general ageing on the rear but absolutely no writing or tears.  

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