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PETE TOWNSHEND Scoop
NM/NM Used Audiophile Vinyl 2 Record Set

Record Label: Classic Records/Eel Pie EPR 006

Limited Edition Audiophile. All-Analogue Half Speed Mastering from the original Master Tapes. Proprietary High Quality, Virgin Vinyl, 200 gram Pressing.

Scoop is a compilation album by Pete Townshend containing 25 demos of various released and unreleased Who songs, as well as demos of entirely new material. The album was the first in a series of three Scoop collections: Another Scoop was released in 1987 and Scoop 3 in 2001.

Classic Records pride themselves for releasing each album with the original artwork, LP labels and any other materials which were included with original pressings. Classic Records have gone out of business and all of it's releases are long out of print. Their extensive catalog of half-speed mastered reissues are regarded by audiophiles as some of the best sounding LPs ever produced.

Condition: Heavy cardboard gatefold sleeve is like new save for a slightly stubbed left top corner. Two sided song-by-song inner sleeves are included. There are no spindle marks on the label. Vinyl looks like new and plays beautifully.

Side One
1. So Sad About Us/Brrr
2. Squeeze Box
3. Zelda
4. Politician
5. Dirty Water
6. Circles
7. Piano: 'Tipperary'

Side Two
8. Unused Piano: 'Quadrophenia'
9. Melancholia
10. Bargain
11. Things Have Changed
12. Popular
13. Behind Blue Eyes

Side Three
14. Magic Bus, The
15. Cache, Cache
16. Cookin'
17. You're So Clever
18. Body Language
19. Initial Machine Experiments

Side Four
20. Mary
21. Recorders
22. Goin' Fishin'
23. To Barney Kessell
24. You Came Back
25. Love Reign O'er Me

Review: Pete Townshend's demos had grown legendary among Who collectors well before the official release of the double-album Scoop in 1983. On each demo, Townshend worked out full arrangements, which the Who would often follow exactly. He also recorded a wealth of songs and instrumental pieces that never made it to record. Over the course of two albums, Scoop features 25 of these demos, including both classic Who songs (So Sad About Us, Bargain, Behind Blue Eyes, Magic Bus, Love Reign O'er Me) and unreleased gems (Politician, Melancholia, To Barney Kessell, Mary). Occasionally, the songs sound better in their demo versions, particularly on latter-day Who songs, which were over-wrought in their official incarnations. But what makes Scoop so fascinating is its revelation of the depth and detail of Townshend's imagination, and how he refined his ideas. But even casual fans will find the sheer musicality of the record worthwhile it's one of the most focused and impressive albums he has ever released.