Odds & Sods

Odds & Sods
Compilation album by The Who
Released	28 September 1974
Recorded	1964–1973
Genre	Rock
Length	40:23
Language	English
Label	Track/Polydor
Producer	Glyn Johns, Kit Lambert, Peter Meaden, Chris Parmeinter, Shel Talmy, and The Who
Compiler	John Alcock and John Entwistle
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Robert Christgau (B) link Pitchfork Media (10.0/10) link Rolling Stone (satisfactory) link
The Who compilations chronology
Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy (1971) Odds & Sods (1974) The Story of The Who (1976)
Singles from Odds & Sods
"Long Live Rock" Released: 1979

Odds & Sods is a compilation album of studio outtakes and rarities by British rock band The Who released by Track/Polydor in the United Kingdom and Track and MCA in the United States in 1974.

In the autumn of 1973, while Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, and Keith Moon were preparing for the Tommy film, John Entwistle was put in charge of compiling an album to counter the rampant bootlegging that occurred at The Who's concerts.^{[citation needed]} He and the producer of his solo albums, John Alcock, compiled Odds & Sods from various tapes. Two LPs of material were collected, but only one was released. The material from the second unreleased LP was later included on the 1998 remastered CD version.

Sod is a vulgar term used mainly in British English.

Song backgrounds

"Little Billy" was written by Pete Townshend for the American Cancer Society, but it never saw the light of day because it never left the office of the record executive Townshend submitted it to.

"I'm the Face" (which is a reworking of the Slim Harpo classic "Got Love If You Want It") was The Who's first record release, when they were still performing as The High Numbers. It was recorded in 1964.

"Put the Money Down", "Too Much of Anything" and "Pure and Easy" were from the aborted Lifehouse project.

The mix of "Under My Thumb" on the 1998 remastered CD mistakenly omits the lead guitar part.

The studio version of "Young Man Blues" on the re-issue is not the The House that Track Built sampler version but a slower out-take (seemingly due to the tape playing at the wrong speed) from the same sessions as the Sampler Version and it was finally released in an alternate mix on the deluxe version of "Tommy" years later. The iTunes American Store lists this version "Young Man Blues" as an "Alternate Studio Version" and at the end Kit Lambert is heard to remark "No, that one didn't really work".

Track listing

All songs written by Pete Townshend unless specified.

Side one

1. "Postcard" (John Entwistle) – 3:27
2. "Now I'm a Farmer" – 3:59
3. "Put the Money Down" – 4:14
4. "Little Billy" – 2:15
5. "Too Much of Anything" – 4:26
6. "Glow Girl" – 2:20

Side two

7. "Pure and Easy" – 5:23
8. "Faith in Something Bigger" – 3:03
9. "I'm the Face" (Peter Meaden) – 2:32
10. "Naked Eye" – 5:10
11. "Long Live Rock" – 3:54

1998 remastered CD

1. "I'm the Face" (Meaden) – 2:27
2. "Leaving Here" (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland) – 2:12
3. "Baby Don't You Do It" (Dozier, B. Holland, E. Holland) – 2:27
4. "Summertime Blues" (Jerry Capehart, Eddie Cochran) – 3:13
5. "Under My Thumb" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 2:44
6. "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" – 3:21
7. "My Way" (Jerry Capehart, Cochran) – 2:26
8. "Faith in Something Bigger" – 2:59
9. "Glow Girl" – 2:24
10. "Little Billy" – 2:17
11. "Young Man Blues" (Mose Allison) (Alternate version) – 2:44
12. "Cousin Kevin Model Child" (Entwistle) – 1:24
13. "Love Ain't for Keeping" – 4:03
14. "Time Is Passing" – 3:29
15. "Pure and Easy" – 5:21
16. "Too Much of Anything" – 4:21
17. "Long Live Rock" – 3:56
18. "Put the Money Down" – 4:29
19. "We Close Tonight" – 2:56
20. "Postcard" (Entwistle) – 3:30
21. "Now I'm a Farmer" – 4:06
22. "Water" – 4:39
23. "Naked Eye" – 5:26

Sales chart performance

Album

Sales certifications

Personnel

The Who

• Roger Daltrey – vocals, harmonica
• John Entwistle – bass guitar, brass, vocals
• Keith Moon – drums, vocals
• Pete Townshend – guitar, piano, bass guitar, synthesizer, vocals

Other

• Leslie West - Lead Guitar on "Love Ain't For Keepin'"

Production

• John Alcock – album compilation
• Chris Charlesworth – executive producer, liner notes
• Bill Curbishley – executive producer
• Roger Daltrey – cover design
• John Entwistle – album compilation
• Richard Evans – art direction
• Graham Hughes – album cover design, photography, design concept
• Glyn Johns – associate production
• Kit Lambert – production
• Andy MacPherson – remixing
• Pete Meaden – production
• Chris Parmeinter – production
• Robert Rosenberg – executive producer
• Pete Townshend – liner notes

References

External links

• Odds & Sods liner notes - Song-by-song liner notes for the album
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