The Who
Thirty Years Of Maximum R & B
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Date:  1994
Format:  ARC
Genre:  90s Underground Rock
    Track Listing:
      Volume 1:
      1.  
      		 Pete Dialogue (Live at Long Beach Arena, 1971)    0:21
      2.  
      		 I'm The Face (As The High Numbers)    2:27
      3.  
      		 Here 'Tis (As The High Numbers)    2:08
      4.  
      		 Zoot Suit (As The High Numbers)    1:59
      5.  
      		 Leaving Here (As The High Numbers)    2:47
      6.  
      		 I Can't Explain    2:04
      7.  
      		 Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere    3:04
      8.  
      		 Daddy Rolling Stone    2:49
      9.  
      		 My Generation    3:17
      10.  
      		 The Kids Are Alright    3:04
      11.  
      		 The Ox    3:48
      12.  
      		 A Legal Matter    2:45
      13.  
      		 Pete Dialogue (Live at Leeds University, 1970)    0:57
      14.  
      		 Substitute (Live at Leeds University, 1970)    2:08
      15.  
      		 I'm A Boy    2:37
      16.  
      		 Disguises    3:20
      17.  
      		 Happy Jack jingle    0:31
      18.  
      		 Happy Jack    2:12
      19.  
      		 Boris The Spider    2:28
      20.  
      		 So Sad About Us    3:00
      21.  
      		 A Quick One, While He's Away (Original version/Live at the Rolli    9:40
      22.  
      		 Pictures Of Lily    2:42
      23.  
      		 Early Morning Cold Taxi    3:03
      24.  
      		 Coke 2    0:47
      25.  
      		 (This Could Be) The Last Time    3:02
      26.  
      		 I Can't Reach You    3:03
      27.  
      		 Girl's Eyes    3:07
      28.  
      		 Bag O'Nails    0:05
      29.  
      		 Call Me Lightning    2:20
      Volume 2:
      1.  
      		 Rotosound Strings    0:06
      2.  
      		 I Can See For Miles    4:14
      3.  
      		 Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand    2:09
      4.  
      		 Armenia City In The Sky    3:17
      5.  
      		 Tattoo    2:41
      6.  
      		 Our Love Was    3:07
      7.  
      		 Rael 1    5:41
      8.  
      		 Rael 2    0:52
      9.  
      		 Track Records/Premier Drums    0:32
      10.  
      		 Sunrise    3:02
      11.  
      		 Russell Harty Dialogue    0:21
      12.  
      		 Jaguar    2:03
      13.  
      		 Melancholia    3:19
      14.  
      		 Fortune Teller    2:18
      15.  
      		 Magic Bus    3:16
      16.  
      		 Little Billy    2:17
      17.  
      		 Dogs    3:02
      18.  
      		 Overture    3:51
      19.  
      		 Acid Queen    3:32
      20.  
      		 Abbie Hoffman Incident (Live At Woodstock Festival, 1969)    0:15
      21.  
      		 Underture (Live At Woodstock Festival, 1969)    4:02
      22.  
      		 Pinball Wizard    3:00
      23.  
      		 I'm Free    2:36
      24.  
      		 See Me Feel Me (Live At Leeds University, 1970)    3:32
      25.  
      		 Heaven And Hell    3:33
      26.  
      		 Pete Dialogue (Live At Leeds University, 1970)    0:36
      27.  
      		 Young Man Blues    4:45
      28.  
      		 Summertime Blues    3:35
      Volume 3:
      1.  
      		 Shakin' All Over    4:11
      2.  
      		 Baba O'Riley    4:57
      3.  
      		 Bargain (Live at San Francisco Civic Auditorium, 1971)    5:00
      4.  
      		 Pure And Easy    5:10
      5.  
      		 Song Is Over    6:08
      6.  
      		 Studio Dialogue (Previously unreleased)    0:46
      7.  
      		 Behind Blue Eyes    3:37
      8.  
      		 Won't Get Fooled Again    8:31
      9.  
      		 The Seeker (Edited version)    3:21
      10.  
      		 Bony Moronie (Live at the Young Vic, 1971)    3:24
      11.  
      		 Let's See Action    3:56
      12.  
      		 Join Together    4:17
      13.  
      		 Relay    4:00
      14.  
      		 The Real Me (Previously unreleased version)    3:34
      15.  
      		 5.15 (Single version)    4:16
      16.  
      		 Bell Boy    4:54
      17.  
      		 Love Reign O'er Me    4:52
      Volume 4:
      1.  
      		 Long Live Rock    3:55
      2.  
      		 Life With The Moons    1:42
      3.  
      		 Naked Eye (Live at the Young Vic, 1971)    5:03
      4.  
      		 University Challenge    0:29
      5.  
      		 Slip Kid    4:09
      6.  
      		 Poetry Cornered    0:31
      7.  
      		 Dreaming From The Waist (Live at Swansea Football Ground, 1976)    4:16
      8.  
      		 Blue Red And Grey    2:43
      9.  
      		 Life With The Moons 2    0:45
      10.  
      		 Squeeze Box    2:39
      11.  
      		 My Wife (Live at Swansea Football Ground, 1976)    4:33
      12.  
      		 Who Are You (Single version)    4:58
      13.  
      		 Music Must Change    4:34
      14.  
      		 Sister Disco    4:16
      15.  
      		 Guitar And Pen    5:49
      16.  
      		 You Better You Bet    5:29
      17.  
      		 Eminence Front    5:26
      18.  
      		 Twist And Shout (Live at Shea Stadium, New York, 1982)    3:10
      19.  
      		 I'm A Man (Live at Radio City Music Hall, New York, 1989)    6:33
      20.  
      		 Pete Dialogue (Live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, 1969)    0:36
      21.  
      		 Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)    4:33
      One of the more overblown recent box sets, this four-CD collection does include all of their big hits and the lion's share of their key album tracks. Previously unreleased rarities include some interesting selections (the '60s outtakes "Early Morning Cold Taxi" and "Melancholia"), but these bits and pieces, which include some live versions, commercials, Keith Moon sketches, and the like, are mostly inessential. The post-Keith Moon cuts that bring us up to the present are out of the league of the body of The Who's work. As most of The Who's '60s and '70s albums are very strong, cohesive works in and of themselves, this can't be recommended as either a starting point or a necessary addition.