![]() ![]() ![]() The episode will also cover why 1967 was a pivotal year in popular culture by examining the era's art, music and social influences, and how "The Who Sell Out" encapsulated that time but still sounds as fresh and vital as it did upon its release over 50 years ago. Additional narrative will be provided by filmed interviews with those who were there at the time, attesting to the importance of pirate radio and how pop music and advertising were beginning to feed off each other during the period the album was recorded. In keeping with the spirit of the times, the documentary is a visual representation of the album's concept as a pirate radio broadcast, coupled with extremely rare archival footage, new interviews with Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey and a host of others, including John Entwistle and Keith Moon in archive. "Rael", a Townshend "mini-opera" with musical motifs that reappeared in "Tommy", and the psychedelic blast of "Armenia City In The Sky" and "Relax" are among the very best material anyone wrote during the 1960s. "I Can See for Miles", a Top Ten hit at the time, is a WHO classic. Within the bold concept, were a batch of fabulous and diverse songs. The album's ambition and scope is unrivalled by THE WHO, or any other act from that period. It's a glorious blend of classic powerful WHO instrumentation, melodic harmonies, satirical lyrical imagery crystallized for what was only the group's third album. "The Who Sell Out" is a bold depiction of the period in which it was made, the tail end of the "swinging-'60s" meets pop-art mixed with psychedelia and straight-ahead pop. This concept was born out of necessity as their label and management wanted a new album and Townshend felt that he didn't have enough songs. As well as being forever immortalized as the moment when the counterculture and the "Love Generation" became a global phenomenon and "pop" began metamorphosing into "rock." The album was originally planned by Pete Townshend and the band's managers Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp as a loose concept album including jingles and commercials linking the songs stylized as a pirate radio broadcast. Initially released in December 1967 and described latterly by Rolling Stone as " THE WHO's finest album," "The Who Sell Out" reflected a remarkable year in popular culture. Streaming is available worldwide with the exception of the U.K. The episode will be available to stream on demand via, the YouTube page and THE WHO YouTube page through Sunday, April 25 at 9 p.m. THE WHO is one of the most influential rock bands of the 20th century with over 100 million records sold worldwide, and the documentary explores its groundbreaking record in detail, including a deep dive into the original multi-track recordings, as well as brand-new, exclusive interviews with Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, and album producers.įans can tune in to the free livestream on Thursday, April 22 at 6 p.m. , the leading music platform for live concert streams and recordings, has partnered with THE WHO, UMe and Mercury Studios, for the livestream premiere of their "Classic Albums" documentary "The Who Sell Out".
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