1965 DECCA Orig THE WHO ~ MY GENERATION ~ Loud Brash POUNDING MOON Garage Beat

Sold Date: November 30, 2014
Start Date: November 27, 2014
Final Price: $56.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 10
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   SCARCE 1965 ORIGINAL *STEREO* COLLECTIBLE !!!         

                               COLLECTON COPY !!!

                                                             

                       THE WHO

               MY GENERATION

                              

            

\                           USA  DECCA RECORDS - DL 74664 - Stereophonix

 

VERY MINTY CLEAN  COVER and VINYL!!!

RARE ...Stereo ORIGINAL very first 1965 "WHO" album on the highly collectible DECCA RECORDS label of the sixties.... the hard to find 'true' stereo edition features speaker separation...

Includes the original printed Decca inner sleeve ...which is MINT

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.

Out in the Street 2:31 I Don't Mind 2:36 The Good's Gone 4:02 La-La-La Lies 2:17 Much Too Much 2:47 My Generation 3:18B: The Kids Are Alright 2:46 Please, Please, Please 2:45 It's Not True 2:31 I'm a Man 3:23 A Legal Matter 2:48 The Ox 3:50

 

CONDITION: The cover: is solid all over; rated M- the front and back cover are hard to find clean (is a wear prone cover) still collection copy  here despite delete cut at bottom left corner ... Has no delete marks, NO split seams, no bends, no writing...

The vinyl: is glossy on both sides are extra clean, rated super clean M- clear & shiny = was taken care of played carefully...so retains minty clean audio  ... Both Decca labels are CLEAN

 

 

       

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

 

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