The Who - Odds & Sods

Record Store Day 2020 exclusive release, limited to 7,000.

This reissue includes the original album on disc one and adds 14 bonus tracks – B-sides, rarities & extras on disc two, "Odds & Sods Too" – to create a definitive, 25-track double LP. Pressed on red (LP1) and yellow (LP2) vinyl. Includes Pete Townshend's original track annotation.

Half Speed mastering.

Issued with Obi and hype sticker.

Issued in die-cut gatefold jacket, with printed inner sleeves, bi-fold lyric insert and Half-Speed Mastering certificate.

Identical barcode on Obi and jacket back.

Made in the E.U.

First catalog number (7712462) on jacket spine, back, hype sticker.
Second catalog number (006025 7712462 4) on jacket back bottom.

Labels:
Polydor on jacket spine.
Polydor, UMC, Track Record logos on jacket back, Obi back.
Polydor, UMC logos on Obi front.
Issued on Track Record labels, with UMC logo at left.

Hype sticker (catalog number 7712462):
Odds & Sods The Who
- Legendary rarities album from 1974 - expanded to 25 tracks!
- Double LP on red and yellow heavyweight coloured vinyl and die-cut sleeve
- Features the 1979 single Long Live Rock, an unreleased take of The Seeker, a studio version of Young Man Blues, alternatives of Dogs Part Two and Water and many others
- Cut at Abbey Road Studios using the half-speed mastering process
- Exclusive for Record Store Day 2020
Record Store Day UK [logo]

Lyric insert mistakenly credits track D3 "When I Was A Boy" to Townshend, despite correctly crediting John Entwistle elsewhere on this release (i.e., on the record label and inner sleeve).

This compilation ℗2020 Polydor Ltd. (UK). ©2020 Polydor Ltd. (UK). A Universal Music Company. Made in the EU. BIEM/SDRM. Universal International Music BV.

The original 1974 album (Disc 1) - final remixing and production at Nova Sound on 4 July 1974
Mastered at Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London on 17 July 1974
2020 Reissue edition remastered by Jon and Layla Astley at Close To The Edge
Lacquers cut using the half-speed mastering process at Abbey Road

Odds & Sods was originally released as a single disc (Disc 1) on 4 October 1974 as Track Records 2406 116 in the UK, and on 12 October 1974 as MCA 2126 in the US. In the UK it reached #10 in the LP charts, and #15 in the US.

Track details from inner sleeves:
A1: ℗ 1974 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Whistle Rhymes Ltd. Produced at Eel Pie Sound, Twickenham, circa March-May 1970. O&S mix: Ramport Studio, Battersea, 29 August 1973.
A2: ℗ 1974 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Fabulous Music Ltd. Produced at Eel Pie Sound, Twickenham, circa March-May 1970. O&S mix: Ramport Studio, Battersea, 29 August 1973.
A3: ℗ 1974 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Fabulous Music Ltd. Produced at Olympic Sound Studios, Barnes, recording started 6 June 1972. O&S mix: Ramport Studio, Battersea, 17 September 1973.
A4: ℗ 1974 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Fabulous Music Ltd. Produced at IBC Studios, London, 11 February 1968. O&S mix: Ramport Studio, Battersea, 17 September 1973.
A5: ℗ 1974 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Fabulous Music Ltd. Produced at Olympic Sound Studios, Barnes, May 1971. O&S mix: Ramport Studio, Battersea, 11 July 1974.
A6: ℗ 1974 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Fabulous Music Ltd. Produced at De Lane Lea Studio, London, 13 January 1968. O&S mix: Ramport Studio, Battersea, 20 June 1974.
B1: ℗ 1974 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Fabulous Music Ltd. Produced at Olympic Sound Studios, Barnes, May 1971. O&S mix: Ramport Studio, Battersea, 29 August 1973.
B2: ℗ 1974 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Fabulous Music Ltd. Produced at CBS Studios, London, 4 January 1968. O&S mix: Ramport Studio, Battersea, 20 June 1974.
B3: ℗ 1964 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. Produced at Philips Studios, London, June 1964. O&S mix Ramport Studio, Battersea, 21 June 1974.
B4: ℗ 1974 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Fabulous Music Ltd. / Towser Tunes / ABKCO. Produced at Eel Pie Sound, Twickenham, circa March-May 1970. O&S mix: Ramport Studio, Battersea, 17 September, 1973.
B5: ℗ 1974 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Fabulous Music Ltd. Produced at Olympic Sound Studios, Barnes, recording started 5 June 1972. O&S mix: Ramport Studio, Battersea, 29 August 1973.
C1: ℗ 1964 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Ivy Music Ltd. Recorded at Philips Studios, London, June 1964. Remixed at FX Mastering, London, October 2018.
C2: ℗ 1964 Arc Music Corporation. Recorded at Philips Studios, London, June 1964. Remixed at FX Mastering, London, October 2018.
C3: ℗ 1998 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Jobete Music/EMI Music Ltd. Exact details unknown: possibly recorded at Pye Studios, London circa early 1965.
C4: ℗ 1998 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Jobete Music Ltd. Exact details unknown: possibly recorded at Pye Studios, London circa early 1965.
C5: ℗ 1998 Polydor Ltd. (UK). BMG Rights Management US LLC (BMI)/Mae Audre Music. Produced at IBC Studios, London, 30 September 1968.
C6: ℗ 1969 Polydor Records Ltd. (UK). New Ikon Music Ltd. Produced at IBC Studios, London, circa October 1968.
C7: ℗ 1970 Polydor Ltd. (UK). New Ikon Ltd. Produced at IBC Studios, London, 10 February 1970.
C8: ℗ 2018 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Fabulous Music Ltd. Produced at IBC Studios, London, 19 & 20 January 1970.
D1: ℗ 1970 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Whistle Rhymes Ltd. Produced at IBC Studios, London, 13 April 1970.
D2: ℗ 1971 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Fabulous Music Ltd. Produced at Eel Pie Sound, Twickenham, recorded circa March-May 1970.
D3: ℗ 1971 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Whistle Rhymes Ltd. Produced at Olympic Sound Studios, Barnes, circa May-June 1971.
D4: ℗ 1972 Polydor Ltd. (UK). New Ikon Ltd. Produced at Olympic Sound Studios, Barnes, 7 August 1972.
D5: ℗ 1998 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Fabulous Music Ltd. Produced at Ramport Studio, Battersea, 21 June 1973.
D6: ℗ 1973 Polydor Ltd. (UK). Fabulous Music Ltd. Produced at Eel Pie Sound, Twickenham, recorded circa March-May 1970. O&S mix: Ramport Studio, Battersea, 4 September 1973.

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