The Who-The Who Sings My Generation (1966)

 



Artist: The Who

Title: The Who Sings My Generation

Label: MCA Records

Format: CD

Cat #: MCAD-31330

Year of Release: 1966

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1988

Listed Condition: VG+/VG+

Sell Date: 4/19/25

Sell Price: $16.42

Discogs Last Sold: 9/27/22 NM/VG+ $6.00

Low: $6.00

Median: $11.21

Average: $11.21

High: $16.42

Current low price: n/a

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 0

Have/Want: 4/36

Where Sold: Jefferson, SC

Time it took to sell: 1 year

Where and When Bought:  $2 lot Facebook Marketplace

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A

Sad To See It Go: No

FOR FURTHER REVIEW:

This was a first-generation "compact price" budget CD issue of the US debut album from The Who.  In the UK it came out as My Generation in December 1965,  with "I'm A Man" in the middle of side 2.  This was followed by "A Legal Matter" and John Entwistle's "The Ox" closing out the record.  In the US, the title was changed to The Who Sing My Generation and replaced "I'm A Man" with "Instant Party (Circles)" which closed out the side after "The Ox" and "A Legal Matter" came before it.  When the album was finally issued on CD in the US in 1988, it replicated the US version.  In 2002 in the US it got the deluxe double CD repackage treatment with the original UK artwork, both stereo and mono versions and a slew of bonus tracks.  In 2022, the original version was reissued worldwide on vinyl.

There are many great tracks on here beyond the "My Generation"/"The Kids Are Alright"/"A Legal Matter" nexus of hits.  The opener "Out In The Street" kicks off with guitar reminiscent of "Anyway Anyhow Anywhere" before kicking into Maximum R&B.  My favorites are the tabloid defense "It's Not True" and "La-La-La-Lies" as well as the added closer "Instant Party (Circles)."  Like the Beatles and Stones, The Who reached into their influences to pad out the album.  James Brown gets 2: "Please Plese Please" and "I Don't Mind."  Bo Diddley didn't make the US cut.  The UK closer "The Ox" is crushing instrumental showcasing the mighty Keith Moon.

The goods gone.

Who Are You (1978)

Hooligans (1981)

Face Dances (1981)

Who's Last (1984)

20th Century Masters: The Best of The Who-The Millennium Collection (1999)

Wings-Back To The Egg (1979)

David Gilmour-About Face (1984)

Jimi  Hendrix-Between The Lines (1990)

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