Odds and Sods
Compilation album by The Who
Released	September 28, 1974
Recorded	1964 - 1973
Genre	Rock
Length	40:23
Label	Track, Polydor (UK), Track/MCA, MCA (US)
Producer(s)	The Who, Kit Lambert, Glyn Johns, Shel Talmy, Chris Parmeinter, and Peter Meaden
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B) link Rolling Stone (satisfactory) link
The Who chronology
Quadrophenia (1973)	Odds and Sods (1974)	The Who By Numbers (1975)

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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 occurred at The Who's concerts. He and the producer of his solo albums, John Alcock, compiled Odds and Sods from various tapes. Two LPs of material were collected, but only one was released. Ultimately, the album did not stop the wanton bootlegs because of the unreleased material and because many of the album's songs were already heavily bootlegged. Fall redirects here. ... Roger Daltrey in 1975. ... Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born May 19, 1945 in Chiswick, London) is an influential English rock guitarist and songwriter who is best known as the guitarist for the rock band The Who. ... Keith John Moon (August 23, 1946 – September 7, 1978) was the drummer of the rock group The Who. ... Roger Daltrey as Tommy Tommy was a 1975 musical film, based on The Whos 1969 rock opera concept album Tommy . ... John Alec Entwistle (October 9, 1944 – June 27, 2002) was the bass guitar player for The Who. ... A bootleg recording is a audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. ... Record Producer, born London England Worked with artists including: Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper, The Runaways, Ventilator, Crisis, Alexis Korner, The Yardbirds, John Entwistle (The Who), Jim Diamond, Mandalaband, Danny Spanos ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ...

The material from the second unreleased LP was later included on the 1995 remastered CD version.

Track listing

All songs written by Pete Townshend unless specified.

Odds and Sods (original 1974 album)

1. "Postcard" (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
7. "Pure and Easy" – 5:23
8. "Faith In Something Bigger" – 3:03
9. "I'm the Face" (Meaden) – 2:32
10. "Naked Eye" – 5:10
11. "Long Live Rock" – 3:54

Peter Meaden was a 1960s Mod and short time manager of the band The Who during their early days. ...

1995 remastered CD

1. "I'm the Face" (Meaden) – 2:27
2. "Leaving Here" (Dozier, B. Holland, E. Holland) – 2:12 (previously unreleased)
3. "Baby, Don't You Do It" (Dozier, B. Holland, E. Holland) – 2:27 (previously unreleased)
4. "Summertime Blues" (Capehart, Cochran) – 3:13 (previously unreleased)
5. "Under My Thumb" (Jagger, Richards) – 2:44
6. "Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand" (Townshend) – 3:21
7. "My Way" (Capehart, Cochran) – 2:26 (previously unreleased)
8. "Faith In Something Bigger" (Townshend) – 2:59
9. "Glow Girl" (Townshend) – 2:24
10. "Little Billy" (Townshend) – 2:17
11. "Young Man Blues" (Alternate Studio Version) (Allison) - 2:44 (previously unreleased)
12. "Cousin Kevin Model Child" (Townshend) – 1:24 (previously unreleased)
13. "Love Ain't For Keeping" (Townshend) – 4:03 (previously unreleased)
14. "Time Is Passing" (Townshend) – 3:29 (previously unreleased)
15. "Pure and Easy" (Townshend) – 5:21
16. "Too Much of Anything" (Townshend) – 4:21
17. "Long Live Rock" (Townshend) – 3:56
18. "Put the Money Down" (Townshend) – 4:29
19. "We Close Tonight" (Townshend) – 2:56 (previously unreleased)
20. "Postcard" (Entwistle) – 3:30
21. "Now I'm a Farmer" (Townshend) – 4:06
22. "Water" (Townshend) – 4:39
23. "Naked Eye" (Townshend) – 5:26

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Song backgrounds

"Little Billy" was written by Pete 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. The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a medical organization in the United States. ...

"I'm the Face" was The Who's first record release, when they were still performing as The High Numbers. It was recorded in 1964.

Personnel

• Roger Daltrey - vocals
• Pete Townshend - guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals
• John Entwistle - bass guitar, brass vocals
• Keith Moon - drums, vocals

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Personnel - Production

• John Alcock - album compilation
• Chris Charlesworth - executive producer, liner notes
• Bill Curbishley - executive producer
• Roger Daltrey - album cover design
• John Entwistle - album compilation
• Richard Evans - art direction
• Graham Hughes - album cover design, photography, design concept
• Glyn Johns - associate producer
• Kit Lambert - producer
• Andy MacPherson - remixing
• Pete Meaden - producer
• Chris Parmeinter - producer
• Robert Rosenberg - executive producer
• Pete Townshend - liner notes