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There are quite a few Who recordings on CD.  I have "Tommy" and
"Who's Next"; both sound very good given the recording era.  I also
have a CD which is a collection of their singles, called "The Singles".
Quality of these cuts ranges from terrible to good.  The "Summertime
Blues" cut has some annoying noise, which I thought to be a CD defect.
I returned the disc, but the replacement had the same problem.  Bad 
pressing master?

There are other Who CDs as well:  Live at Leeds, Quadrophenia.  There are
probably others.

The old "Green Compact Disc Catalog" also lists "It's Hard".  I've seen
"The Who By Numbers" in the store.  There are quite a few Who discs out.
				Steve

I have "Tommy".  It sounds a little better than the LP.  It also came as a
2-disc set with each disc in a seperate "jewel box" rather than the stupid
double_disc_jewel_box.

GAS

The ones I've seen are:

THE SINGLES
LIVE AT LEEDS
QUADROPHENIA
THE WHO BY NUMBERS

And I have:

TOMMY
WHO'S NEXT
WHO ARE YOU

--- jerry

I have seen:

THE SINGLES
IT'S HARD
WHO BY NUMBERS
WHO'S NEXT
QUADROPHENIA
TOMMY
LIVE AT LEEDS

I have WHO'S NEXT and QUADROPHENIA.  Both of these are, of course, remasterings
from analog originals.  Thus, they have some background hiss.  The original
analog masters fortunately were of good quality, though, so the sound is
very clean.  On WHO'S NEXT, you can even hear Keith Moon pick up his
drumsticks just before Daltrey's primal scream at the end of "Won't Get Fooled
Again."

--PSW

To add to the list, the other day I saw MEATY, BEATY, BIG AND BOUNCY on CD.

--- jerry

    I have a copy of Live At Leeds. From memory of the LP, I'd say that
    there is just as much distortion on the CD as on the LP. Presumably
    the distortion was introduced at the time of recording.
    
    What do you expect from a live recording (especially the Who) anyway?
    
    Good music though.
    	Mike

    There are only two Who that I am waiting for:  Happy Jack and
    Sell Out.  None of the others matter to me as much as these.
    
    There is a double vinyl re-release of these.  Why can't they 
    just double 'em up on one CD and end my torment?
    
    Now that I mention it My Generation would be nice to have as well.
    
    =ken

    re: Live at Leeds

    I have an old copy of the LP and on the label there's a note
    about the crackling noises that says they are not defects but
    were just part of what happened during the performance.

    Can someone who's bought a copy of "Who's Next" recently comment
    on the hiss level? I have a copy I bought about 4 years ago and
    it's one of the few discs I own out of 150+ where the hiss level
    is high enough to really annoy me. The reason I ask about recent
    copies is I just bought "Who's Missing", a collection of B sides and
    outtakes, and many of the cuts dating from "Who's Next" or earlier
    have less hiss than my disc. My "Who's Next" is on Polydor, and
    I'm wondering if MCA used better sources when they mastered it,
    seeing what a fine job they did with the Buddy Holly collection.

    It appears that in some cases those of us who bought discs when
    they were first released got burned because the companies didn't
    bother searching out the best masters. I've read that "Disraeli Gears"
    is going to reissued using lower generation masters, and I believe
    the same thing is happening with the Doors.

    
    I bought my copy of Who's Next a few months ago; I'm pretty sure that
    it's MCA. I hardly play it at all. The hiss level is high, but not as
    high as some other disks I have. The most annoying thing is the
    compression of the dynamic range. On Baba O'R and Won't get fooled, the
    bass is positively timid. I generaly prefer to listen to the vinyl
    versions of the tunes, which are played fairly frequently on the radio. 

    Who's Greatest Hits contains 'Won't Get Fooled Again', and at least
    one other cut (oops, I mean track)  from Who's Next.  The sound on these 
    is not good, but its better than some of the early songs on the
    album.  The only really good sounding song is 'Who are you'.
    
    All in all, I'd say Who's Greatest Hits is one of the worst-sounding
    CDs I have, although the performances, of course, are great.
    
    
    -Brian
   

    Just bought "The Kids Are Alright" on one (1) CD.  In order
    to fit it on one CD (71:05 minutes) they had to leave out
    3 songs fron Reel Four, namely "Join Together", "RoadRunner",
    and "My Generation Blues".
    
    Too bad they left out "Join Together", it is one of my favorites.
    
    I haven't had time to listen to it yet to comment on the
    quality of the transference to CD, sorry.
    
    While I'm on the subject, is that Tommy Smothers or the Smothers
    Brothers introducing them at the beginning?  I never saw the
    movie (is the intro even from the movie?) to be sure.

    
    It's from the Smothers Brothers Show.
    
    -Monty-remembering-liking-the-movie-in-'79-

    Minor tangent...
    
    
    Has Pete Townsend's _All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes_ been
    released on CD yet?  If not, does anyone have any information on
    the reasons why?
    
    Mark_who_needs_to_complete_his_collection

    Noteworthy shows it available 10-04-88 in their latest catalog.....
    
    regards,
    kim
    

    
    A new "Best Of" compilation celebrating the Who's 25th anniversary
    has just been issued by MCA.

    re:-1
        Yeah, in the last few weeks I've seen:
    Who's Better, Who's Best
    Who's Last
    Magic Bus
    Who sings My Generation
    A Quick One (Happy Jack)
    Who Sell Out
    
    I was not happy with the fact that the two-album sets that MCA released
    on LP ended up as SINGLE CDs!  These Albums are only about 30 minutes
    long, they should put 2 per CD.  I'd have bought them in that format,
    but I refuse to pay $45+ for the four albums, esp. when the recordings
    are so old.
    
    			Steve

    I'm listening to Who's Better, Who's Best right now.  As far as
    I'm concerned, it's absolutely unlistenable.  Terrible.  Hiss is
    one thing, but this sounds muffled, garbled.  The worst disc I've
    ever heard.
    
    So why am I still listening??
    
    Jim

    What's on it?

    I've got a copy of Pete Townshend's "Deep End Live" concert. It's
    not the greatest recording in the world but the acoustic version
    of Pinball Wizard just crackles with energy. That disc and White
    City have been spinning in my player for months.