Keith Moon’s one and only solo album Two Sides Of The Moon is released in the U.S. Ringo Starr supplies the title after Keith’s “Like a Rat Stuffed Up A Pipe” is rejected. The sleeve features a cut-out with Keith looking through the window of a limousine. When the inner sleeve is reversed, a bare… Read More »1975-03-17
John’s fourth solo album, Mad Dog, is released
The soundtrack to Tommy: The Movie is released for the U.S. market a month ahead of the movie. It contains five new Townshend compositions and surpasses the chart position of the original album, reaching #2 despite widespread negative reviews in the rock press. Billboard magazine carries two ads for the album
John and his solo band Ox release the single, “Mad Dog”, backed with “Cell Number 7” in Europe
“Postcard “ backed with “Put the Money Down “, the single pulled from the Odds & Sods LP, hits the U.S. Cash Box charts. It reaches #64 there but fails to make the Billboard charts. With this release, John Entwistle finally gets a composer credit on the A side of a Who single in the… Read More »1974-11-23
Odds and Sods is released in the U.S.
Odds and Sods is released in Britain. The reviewer in Records and Recordings states that only The Beatles could put out an album of outtakes as good as Odds and Sods while Roy Carr in New Musical Express calls Odds and Sods better than most bands’ final products and Steve Simels in Stereo Review says… Read More »1974-10-04
Track Records releases A Quick One/The Who Sell Out as a low-price double album.
The Real Me” backed with “I’m One” is released as a single in the U.S.
Quadrophenia is released in U.S. at the same time as a single version of “Love, Reign O’er Me” with a different mix from the album.