Rarities Volume I & Volume II

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Rarities Volume I & Volume II
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The Volume I album cover, the Volume II album cover also identical, with the exception of the "1966–1968" text, replaced with "1970–1973".
Compilation album by
Released14 August 1983
Recorded1966–1972
GenreRock
LengthVol. 1 37.09. Vol. 2 40.06
LabelPolydor
The Who chronology
Who's Greatest Hits
(1983)
Rarities Volume I & Volume II
(1983)
The Singles
(1984)

Rarities Volume I & Volume II is a two-album series collecting songs by The Who, released in 1983 on Polydor in the United Kingdom.

Release history[]

The very first release in this series was a single LP titled Join Together - Rarities issued by Polydor in Australia and New Zealand in 1982. This album combined hard to find songs from Who, which were initially released in the UK on singles between 1970 and 1973.

This album had the same contents as the later Rarities Volume II with the exception of a shorter version of "I Don't Even Know Myself". This shortened version fades out about twenty seconds early, while cutting off the full ending.

In 1983, after the announcement of the Who's Last Tour, Polydor UK expanded on the original concept by compiling two separate albums of hard to find Who tracks. All of them had previously appeared on 7 inch UK singles or EPs. The albums were titled Rarities Vol.1 "1966-1968" and Rarities Vol. 2 "1970-1973".[1]

After the LP releases the same material was re-released on a single CD. Some copies of the CD version were defective and were replaced by the manufacturer. Defective copies may still be in circulation.

Some copies of the Vol. 2 LP may also contain the shortened version of "I Don't Even Know Myself". Some versions of these releases also mistakenly use the common stereo album version of "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" in place of the much rarer mono B-side version. The B-side is actually a completely different recording of the same song.

Track listing[]

Rarities Volume I[]

All tracks are written by Pete Townshend, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."Circles"Ready Steady Who, 19662.26
2."Disguises"Ready Steady Who3.07
3."Batman" (Neal Hefti)Ready Steady Who1.23
4."Bucket T" (Dean Torrence, Roger Christian, Donald J. Altfeld)Ready Steady Who2.06
5."Barbara Ann" (Fred Fassert)Ready Steady Who1.57
6."In the City" (John Entwistle, Keith Moon)B-side of "I'm a Boy", 19662.21
7."I've Been Away" (Entwistle)UK B-side of "Happy Jack", 19662.04
8."Doctor, Doctor" (Entwistle)B-side of "Pictures of Lily", 19672.57
Side two
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."The Last Time" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards)UK non-album single, 19672.47
2."Under My Thumb" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards)B-side of "The Last Time"2.30
3."Someone's Coming" (John Entwistle)U.S. B-side of "Magic Bus", 19682.23
4."Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand"U.S. B-side of "I Can See for Miles", 19673.11
5."Dogs"Non-album single, 19683.20
6."Call Me Lightning"B-side of "Dogs"2.21
7."Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (John Entwistle)UK B-side of "Magic Bus"2.34

Rarities Volume II[]

Side one
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."Join Together"Non-album single, 19724:15
2."I Don't Even Know Myself"B-side of "Won't Get Fooled Again", 19714:54
3."Heaven and Hell" (Entwistle)B-side of "Summertime Blues", 19703:30
4."When I Was a Boy" (Entwistle)B-side of "Let's See Action", 19713:30
5."Let's See Action (Nothing Is Everything)"Non-album single, 19713:53
Side two
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."Relay"Non-album single, 19723:49
2."Waspman" (Moon)B-side of "Relay"3:02
3."Here for More" (Roger Daltrey)B-side of "The Seeker", 19702:24
4."Water"B-side of "5:15" and "Love, Reign o'er Me", 19734:31
5."Baby Don't You Do It" (Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland)B-side of "Join Together"6:18

Personnel[]

The Who
Additional musicians

References[]

  1. ^ "The Who Official Band Website - Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon". Thewho.com. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
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