Saturday, July 3rd, 1971

Melody Maker reports on the appearance of a new Who bootleg in the U.S., Who Unreleased. Seven of the ten tracks are British Who releases that had not yet come out in the States.

 

Transcript:

Now there’s a Who bootleg

From VICKI WICKHAM in NEW YORK

THE WHO have been bootlegged! “The Who Unreleased” is being snatched up as a collector’s item, heavily wrapped in plain-brown paper.

Meanwhile, The Who forge ahead with their new, proper and official single, “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”

It’s a monster. Into the shops this Friday, it’s just the most commercial single they’ve done in some time and the radio stations are pottily playing it and the kids with dollars in hand are besieging the record shops.

The album isn’t commercial, though, of course, it will be. The songs are knock-out. My favourite is Behind Blue Eyes, which starts out very atypical Who, slow and almost soulful. But above all the lyrics on all the tunes are so deep and heavy—it’s a long way from “Magic Bus”!

And their East Coast tour? The demand for tickets which are only just going on sale, would put Grand Funk no less out-of-business! The NY date on July 31—Forest Hills—sold out immediately (19,000 seats). It’s exciting!