Odds & Sods

Odds & Sods
Compilation album by The Who
Released	4 October 1974 (1974-10-04)[1]
Recorded	1964–1973
Genre	Rock
Length	40:23
Label	Track/MCA, Polydor
Producer	Glyn Johns, Kit Lambert, Peter Meaden, Chris Parmeinter, Shel Talmy, The Who
Compiler	John Alcock, John Entwistle
The Who chronology
Quadrophenia (1973) Odds & Sods (1974) Tommy (1975)
Singles from Odds & Sods
"Long Live Rock" Released: September 1974 (Europe) "Postcard" Released: November 1974

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B[3]
MusicHound	3.5/5[4]
Pitchfork	10.0/10[5]
Rolling Stone	(satisfactory)[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]
Tom Hull	B[8]

Odds & Sods is an album that consists of studio outtakes and rarities by British rock band The Who released by Track Records in the UK and Track/MCA in the US in 1974. It is notable as being one of the first and earliest examples of "rarities" compilations.

Background[]

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 arose from The Who's concerts.^[9] "If John Entwistle had never seen Who's Zoo,^[10]" observed that bootleg's cover artist William Stout, "we might not have had the legitimate Who release of Odds & Sods."^[11]

"I tried to arrange it like a parallel sort of Who career – what singles we might have released and what album tracks we might have released," Entwistle explained.^[9] 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. "It could have been a double album, there was that much material," Entwistle said at the time of the album's release.^[9]

The album reached No. 10 on the UK charts and No. 15 in the US. Townshend wrote liner notes that included frank opinions of the quality of the songs. The notes were omitted from some copies of the original LP but included on the 1998 remastered CD. The latter featured material from the unreleased second LP.^[12]

On August 29, 2020, it was re-released as a limited edition coloured double vinyl LP, half-speed mastered at Abbey Road Studios. The first album consists of the original release. The second album consists of various tracks, many of which were included in the expanded CD reissue, some of which were included on other releases, and others available for the first time in this new release.

Songs[]

"Little Billy" was written by 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.^[13]

The mix of "Under My Thumb" on the 1998 remastered CD is a special stereo remix produced but not used for the Thirty Years of Maximum R&B box set that omits the original fuzzbox guitar part.

The studio version of "Young Man Blues" on the re-issue is not the sampler version of The House that Track Built but a slower out-take (seemingly due to the tape playing at the wrong speed) from the same sessions as the Sampler Version, which was finally released in an alternate mix on the 2013 deluxe version of Tommy. 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".

The 2011 reissue featuring the original analog mixes has some different takes than the 1998 version. "Young Man Blues" is a different take than the 1998 remix.

Track listing[]

All songs written by Pete Townshend except where noted.

Original album[]

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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
Total length:			20:41

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pure and Easy"		5:23
2.	"Faith in Something Bigger"		3:03
3.	"I'm the Face" (The High Numbers)	Peter Meaden	2:32
4.	"Naked Eye"		5:10
5.	"Long Live Rock"		3:54
Total length:			20:02

1998 remaster[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm the Face" (The High Numbers)	Peter Meaden	2:32
2.	"Leaving Here"	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland	2:12
3.	"Baby Don't You Do It"	Holland, Dozier, Holland	2:27
4.	"Summertime Blues" (studio version)	Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart	3:13
5.	"Under My Thumb"	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	2:44
6.	"Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand"		3:21
7.	"My Way"	Cochran, Capehart	2:26
8.	"Faith in Something Bigger"		3:03
9.	"Glow Girl"		2:24
10.	"Little Billy"		2:17
11.	"Young Man Blues" (alternate version)	Mose Allison	2:44
12.	"Cousin Kevin Model Child"	John Entwistle	1:24
13.	"Love Ain't for Keeping" (Pete Townshend on lead vocals)		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
Total length:			77:03

CD Reissue 2011 (SHM-CD)[]

In December 2011, Universal Japan issued the original analogue mix for the album on CD with the songs reflecting the order of the original vinyl. The bonus tracks that were issued previously on the 1998 CD remix reissue were added after the original running order of the album. These bonus tracks used the original analogue mixes where possible rather than the remixes prepared for the 1998 expanded CD reissue. The reissue was remastered by Jon Astley.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Postcard"	3:35
2.	"Now I'm a Farmer"	4:11
3.	"Put the Money Down"	4:04
4.	"Little Billy"	2:15
5.	"Too Much of Anything"	4:24
6.	"Glow Girl"	2:15
7.	"Pure and Easy"	5:25
8.	"Faith in Something Bigger"	3:07
9.	"I'm the Face"	2:31
10.	"Naked Eye"	5:16
11.	"Long Live Rock"	3:56
12.	"Leaving Here"	2:15
13.	"Baby Don't You Do It"	2:30
14.	"Summertime Blues" (studio version)	3:16
15.	"Under My Thumb"	2:47
16.	"Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand"	2:10
17.	"My Way"	2:27
18.	"Young Man Blues"	2:45
19.	"Cousin Kevin Model Child"	1:25
20.	"Love Ain't for Keeping"	4:07
21.	"Time Is Passing"	3:30
22.	"We Close Tonight"	2:55
23.	"Water"	4:42
Total length:		75:48

2020 RSD edition[]

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Year of Recording	Length
1.	"Postcard"	John Entwistle	1970, 1974	3:35
2.	"Now I'm a Farmer"		1970	4:11
3.	"Put the Money Down"		1972, 1974	4:05
4.	"Little Billy"		1968	2:15
5.	"Too Much of Anything"		1971, 1972	4:26
6.	"Glow Girl"		1968	2:13

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Year of Recording	Length
1.	"Pure and Easy"		1971	5:25
2.	"Faith in Something Bigger"		1968	3:08
3.	"I'm the Face" (The High Numbers)	Peter Meaden	1964	2:37
4.	"Naked Eye"		1970	5:19
5.	"Long Live Rock"		1972	4:00

Side three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Place of Origin	Length
1.	"Zoot Suit" (The High Numbers)	Peter Meaden	Non-album single, 1964	2:08
2.	"Here 'Tis" (The High Numbers, recorded in 1964)	Ellas McDaniel	Thirty Years of Maximum R&B, 1994	2:11
3.	"Leaving Here" (acetate version, recorded in 1965)	Holland–Dozier–Holland	Odds & sods (1998 remaster), 1998	2:13
4.	"Baby Don't You Do It" (acetate version, recorded in 1965)	Holland–Dozier–Holland	Odds & sods (1998 remaster), 1998	2:29
5.	"Young Man Blues" (studio version)	Holland–Dozier–Holland	The House That Track Built, 1969	2:47
6.	"Dogs Part Two"	Keith Moon	non album B-side, 1969	2:28
7.	"Here For More"	Roger Daltrey	non album B-side, 1970	2:27
8.	"The Seeker" (full length version, recorded in 1970)		previously unreleased, 2020	4:02

Side four

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Place of Origin	Length
1.	"Heaven and Hell"	John Entwistle	Non-album B-side, 1970	3:34
2.	"I Don't Even Know Myself" (original EP version, recorded in 1970)		Then and Now (Japanese release), 2004	4:09
3.	"When I Was A Boy"	John Entwistle	Non-album B-side, 1971	3:31
4.	"Waspman"	Keith Moon	Non-album B-side, 1972	3:06
5.	"We Close Tonight" (recorded in 1973)		Odds & sods (1998 remaster), 1998	3:03
6.	"Water" (recorded in 1970)		Non-album B-side, 1973	4:42

Personnel[]

The Who

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

Production

• John Entwistle – album compilation
• John Alcock – album compilation
• Peter Meaden – production
• Chris Parmeinter – production
• Kit Lambert – production
• Glyn Johns – associate production
• Roger Daltrey – sleeve concept
• Graham Hughes – album cover design, photography, design concept
• Pete Townshend – liner notes
• Jon Astley  - 1998 reissue producer
• Chris Charlesworth – executive producer, 1998 reissue
• Bill Curbishley – executive producer, 1998 reissue
• Robert Rosenberg – executive producer, 1998 reissue
• Richard Evans – design & art direction, 1998 reissue
• Andy MacPherson – mixing, 1998 reissue

Chart performance[]

Year	Chart	Position
1974	Billboard Pop Albums	15
	UK Chart Albums	10[14]

Certifications[]

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – US	Gold	9 December 1974[15]

References[]

External links[]

• Odds & Sods liner notes - Song-by-song liner notes for the album
• Kid Dynamite - Cheap Shots, Youth Anthems; Odds and Sods Cover