Tracklist

Mono
The Original Album
1-o1	Run Run Run
1-02	Boris The Spider
1-03	I Need You
1-04	Whiskey Man
1-05	Heatwave
1-06	Cobwebs And Strange
1-07	Don't Look Away
1-08	See My Way
1-09	So Sad About Us
1-10	A Quick One, While He's Away
Additional Tracks
1-11	Substitute
1-12	Circles
1-13	I'm A Boy
1-14	In The City
1-15	Batman
1-16	Bucket T
1-17	Barbara Ann
1-18	Disguises
1-19	Happy Jack
1-20	I've Been Away
1-21	Substitute (US Single Version)
1-22	I'm A Boy (Alternate Version)
1-23	Batman (Instrumental)
1-24	Happy Jack (Acoustic Version)
1-25	Happy Jack (Alternate Mix)
Stereo
The Original Album
2-01	Run Run Run
2-02	Boris The Spider
2-03	I Need You
2-04	Whiskey Man
2-05	Heatwave
2-06	Cobwebs And Strange
2-07	Don't Look Away
2-08	See My Way
2-09	So Sad About Us
2-10	A Quick One, While He's Away
Additional Tracks
2-11	I'm A Boy
2-12	In The City
2-13	Batman
2-14	Bucket T
2-15	Barbara Ann
2-16	Disguises
2-17	I've Been Away
2-18	Man With Money
2-19	My Generation – Land Of Hope And Glory
2-20	I'm A Boy (Alternate Version)

Credits

• Bass Guitar, Vocals – John Entwistle
• Drums, Vocals – Keith Moon
• Guitar, Vocals – Pete Townshend
• Producer – Kit Lambert
• Remastered By – Jon Astley
• Vocals – Roger Daltrey

Notes

2008 Japanese double SHM-CD in collector's box with numerous replica mini-lp packaging.
Comes with obi-strip. Strictly limited edition, numbered.

[Box front]
"for collector's only"

[Box back]
"An ultimate retrospective of The Who's unique second album!
...contains 2 SHM-CD + original paper-sleeves of 7 LPs, 8 EPs & 12 Singles."

Track 1-23 marked as 'Previously unreleased'.
Track 2-08 marked as 'Simulated Stereo'.

Production notes

In 1966 The Who's 2nd Album, A Quick One, marked a change in The Who's recording approach, and although re-recording songs that had previously been cut with Shel Talmy and discovering stereo as everyone was at the time, the addition of the Mini Opera demonstrated the path the band would eventually be taking.

Kit's early days in production used a lot of compression and plenty of mid-range EQ so re-mastering from these original mixes one is tempted to find some top and bottom (if it exists!) and to diminish the hard mid frequencies. However, in this collection, I have tried to be true to the period, so very little EQ has been used.

One or two things, like the "Ready, Steady, Who" tracks have been softened a little in the mids to help them fit and the opposite, of course, has been applied to the mixes that Andy MacPherson and I did in the '90s~'00s which we have had to use where original stereo mixes do not exist.

The Stereo mixes from that period mainly come from the German Polydor archives; however the original stereo German Quick One LP tapes sound a little better than the tapes for the LP "The Who" where the stereo 'I'm A Boy' and 'In The City' came from.
I have spent some time finding the best-sounding tapes (and there are a lot of tapes) for this compilation but one or two things like a decent sounding Circles, Substitute (US Single version), and I'm A Boy (Alternate version) have been hard to find.

However plenty of original mixes were found. These tapes, like the mono and stereo LP mixes, were played on a slight modified Ampex ATR and the only EQ used was analogue with a Manley Massive Passive or the Prism/Maselec MEA-2. I also used a Maselec 3 x band compressor on some of the newer mixes to age them a little.

The conversion to digital at 96k / 24bit is then through DCS converters and the last stage is through the TC 6000 where a little more volume is gained with the 5 band compressor / limiter before being recorded into my Sadie 5 system where the editing and any digital processing like de-click and retouch is done.

The Sadie processing does a very nice 96 to 44.1 conversion and finally the 24 bit audio is dithered down to 16 using Daniel Weiss's POW-r plug in.

Error-free DDP files are then burnt within the Sadie computer to a DVD-r to send off for replication.

Jon Astley 2008

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text on Obi strip): 4 988005 521330
• Barcode (String): 4988005521330
• Other (Individual catalogue number - CD1): UICY-93539
• Other (Individual catalogue number - CD2): UICY-93540
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): UICY-93539 1W V
• Mastering SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI L244
• Mould SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI 4011
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): UICY-93540 1W V
• Mastering SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI L244
• Mould SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI 4011

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
593 002	The Who	A Quick One ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Reaction	593 002	UK	1966
589 800-2	The Who	A Quick One ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Dis)	Polydor	589 800-2	Europe	2003
2675 216 / 2383 147	The Who	A QUICK ONE ‎(LP, Album)	POLYDOR	2675 216 / 2383 147	Germany	1966
DL 4892	The Who	Happy Jack ‎(LP, Album, Mono, Promo)	Decca	DL 4892	US	1967
DL 4892	The Who	Happy Jack ‎(LP, Album, Mono, Pin)	Decca	DL 4892	US	1967

Anen

this was a very nice box set back in 2008 that came out as a special release for the whos 2008 autumn tour of japan, you get 2 cds with identical bonus tracks, each cd has the same tracks but one cd is mono and the other is stereo, this also comes with a sheet of replicas of who 45s that where released worldwide in both 1966 and 67 as well as liner notes in both japanese and english as well as shm mastering for both cds, this was very limited and if you can still get one at a good price grab it as it was out of print within one month of its release.... also the box includes replica sleeves of the a quick one lp in different variations of sleeves that where released back in 1966 and of coarse they are all mini lp replica papersleeves...