The Who Sell Out Box Set

 I'm sure that everyone who would be interested in this box set probably knows all about it already, but we just received it and it is a terrific package! Five CD's, a couple of 7" picture sleeve 45's, assorted memorabilia, and a 12" hard cover book packed with photos and info make it pretty damn impressive. 

The 5 CD's include mono and stereo versions of the albums, both packed with tons of extra tracks, along with CD 3's outtakes and early versions, CD 4 being "The Road to Tommy" with 68 recordings and A's and B's - and the 5th containing Townshend's personal demos - something that I always dig hearing and apparently these were previously unreleased - this is a real highlight of the set.

There's a lot of duplicate material, of course, and probably a majority of the songs (not necessarily the mixes or versions) have appeared on one Who compilation or another, but there are a variety of different mixes, including single mixes, outtakes, studio chatter, a number of commercials that I never heard before and lots more that appear here for the first time. 

Obviously, this is for Who fanatics, but fans will certainly want this and while it ain't cheap, it's actually pretty damn reasonable for what you get. If you think you want it, then you definitely want it!