RARE 1965 AUS ORIG THE WHO My Generation GARAGE PUNK
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MEGA RARE 1965 AUSTRALIAN ORIGINAL WITH FLIPBACK COVER
LEGENDARY WILD BEAT-PUNK RAVER!
The WHO
My Generation
Australia Calendar/Festival - R66 46 - MONO
MEGA RARE 1965 FIRST PRESSING (with flipback cover) in BOLD punchy MONO of the very first album by the mighty WHO ...a real antique ....BACK IN 1965 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS, AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!! AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE, AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY.
Amazing MONO issue remains the most suitable production mix for the '65 sounds of the young and brash electrified WHO -- bold and in your face vibrant...
The album was made immediately after The Who got their first singles on the charts and was released in England, Germany & Australia in December 1965. The album was not released in the USA until April of 1966 with a completely different cover and different track listings...recorded during The Who's early "Maximum R&B" period, featuring several hotwired R&B tunes, in addition to the R&B leanings of the tracks written by the band's guitarist Pete Townshend.
"I'm a Man" was eliminated from the U.S. release due to its sexual content. The U.S. release also cut out 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 after the band had started releasing new material in 1966. As they were not promoted by the band, they were not as commercially successful as "My Generation". "The Kids Are Alright" was however a top 10 single in Sweden, peaking at #8..
- Roger Daltrey – lead vocals, harmonica
- John Entwistle – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Keith Moon – drums, percussion, background vocals on "Instant Party Mixture"
- Pete Townshend – six- and 12-string acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on "A Legal Matter"
If you put it down to a time, a band, an album... The Who's "MY GENERATION" is the first punk album ever recorded: With heavy pounding on what had to be the most tortured drum kit at the time (on stage the group would shock audiences by smashing their instruments and demolishing amps and speakers), angry lyrics are screamed and stuttered over guitar feedback and power chords. Even the album's cover, with the band's four grim faces set in front of Big Ben rising into an overcast sky, leaves you with the impression that these guys are a cocky group of foul-mouthed wiseasses--especially the stiff-jawed blond one, who looks like he'd rather be shaking down a store owner for protection money, or simply just kicking someone's teeth out (and, according to more than a few of the band's biographers, Roger Daltrey often would use his fists to end differences, with Pete Townshend as well as others).
This was 1965 and very few then would've had the courage or the foresight to put this kind of sound to wax. Sure, the Kinks also got together with producer Shel Talmy a year before to pioneer a heavier "rock" sound with "You Really Got Me," but they weren't taking it any further; it was easy confusing that song with its followup, "All Day and All of the Night," because they were basically the same thing with different lyrics. And as is always the case, it's the total package of talent with promotion, image with attitude.
It also took real guts for a rising pop group in 1965 to make an album--let alone a debut album!--where 3/4 of the tracks are original compositions. Except for Dylan and the Beatles, nobody at the time was able to get away with doing this. The original UK version has different tracks from this USA original, dropping "I'm a Man" for the proto-psychedelic "Instant Party (Circles)"--yet another original! Pete Townshend was taking a big gamble with this record.
In addition to the awesome title track, MY GENERATION also includes "The Kids Are Alright." Somewhat defining the group's early sound, "The Kids Are Alright" bacame a staple number on the Who's numerous compilations, and would provide the title to the 1979 documentary on the band.
Of the other numbers here, things start off with "Out In the Streets," a weird hybrid of R&B styles with droning guitar feedback. Meanwhile, both "The Good's Gone" and "Much Too Much" sound as if Keith Moon is barely able to control himself with the drumsticks as Townshend displays his prowess with power chords. Daltrey, naturally, just seems pissed off.
Two other notable tracks are "La La La Lies" and "The Ox." The former obviously owing much to "Heatwave" (a song the Who covered on their next album, A QUICK ONE), while the latter is a sort of group effort composition, written by Townshend, Moon and Entwistle with MOON pounding so furiously....
A brilliant and exceptionally aggressive album that layed the foundations for most things coming to rock music.
CONDITION: The cover is VERY fragile and delicate...after 45 years, something of a miracle it survived...laminated, has light general handling wear, retains its bright original color, with light wear at edges but not anything bad and still with a collectible look/appeal...not mint, we'd grade a weak VG+ ...with spine wear/rub but having no split seams, no writing. The back cover has flipback seams, is all white with light wear with age.
The vinyl has numerous soft scuffs and light stylus hairlines, VG- however, the deep groove pressing play graded surprisingly enjoyable with only some very low key surface here and there, light stray ticks, only here or there...no jumps or skips, plays well despite its previous use and 45 years of age...a near impossibly rare '65 original with backflaps...
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