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For their second take on the Rock Opera, the Who get deep, examining their roots as Mods and the personality of the band as driven by four individuals. Who The ‎– Quadrophenia - Vinyl LP Album Record (1973 Japanese) £80.00 + £30.87 postage. Quadrophenia - The Who - iconic double vinyl - booklet photos and story extract. Loved every page of it. If anything, this was a more ambitious project than Tommy, given added weight by the fact that the Who weren't devising some fantasy but were re-examining the roots of their own birth in mod culture.

Released on 19 October 1973, by Track, Polydor in the United Kingdom and Track and MCA in the United States, Quadrophenia is a double album, and the group's second rock opera. It's up there in my top 5 most listened to albums. I read a big fat book at that time too about the Who by Dave Marsh. Front cover photography and design by Graham Hughes from an idea by Roger Daltrey.

The double album soundtrack, besides thoroughly telling the Who's complex story, contains a number of standout songs … The new mix versions of 1995 - 1997 of all The Who albums are the best sounding ones, but some Super Deluxe editions (like The Who Sell Out) are great to have, providing a great improvement over the original mid 80's CDs. [Ethan Russell's original idea for the cover was to combine head shots of the four members of The Who into one face. CDs (remastered 2000) Sampled: MCA (USA), MCA (Canada), Polydor (Japan) Buy this version of Quadrophenia if you want the full album in 5.1, if you want stereo then buy the 1996 remixed version. Buy this version of Quadrophenia if you want the full album in 5.1, if you want stereo then buy the 1996 remixed version. The new mix versions of 1995 - 1997 of all The Who albums are the best sounding ones, but some Super Deluxe editions (like The Who Sell Out) are great to have, providing a great improvement over the original mid 80's CDs. Watch Queue Queue 17 tracks (81:27). Smoke machines, vintage Mod scooters, and multiple photographers all contributed to the huge price tag for the iconic Quadrophenia cover. Listen free to The Who – Quadrophenia (I Am the Sea, The Real Me and more). Nov 11, 2014 - Quadrophenia. Quadrophenia is the sixth studio album by the English rock band The Who. Sign in to like videos, comment, and subscribe.

The Who's 1973 album Quadrophenia looked back on the early 60s, evoking a mod's journey from young rebel to down-and-out. James Wood pays homage to … £36.00 3d 19h + £29.38 postage. Pete Townshend revisited the rock opera concept with another double-album opus, this time built around the story of a young mod's struggle to come of age in the mid-'60s. I bought it when I was 15 from Alan Bailey.