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. The Who Sell Out was originally planned by Pete Townshend and the band’s managers Kit Lambert & Chris Stamp, as a loose concept album including jingles and commercials linking the songs stylised as a pirate radio broadcast. Two years later came Tommy – a double concept album about a deaf, dumb and blind kid. One of the most extraordinary albums of any era, The Who Sell Out is The Who’s last “pop” album. “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. As well as being forever immortalised as the moment when the counterculture and the 'Love Generation' became a global phenomenon and 'pop' began metamorphosing into 'rock'.
However, credited above is FX Mastering (who remixed many tracks on the Super Deluxe Edition, but not here).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. These tracks are comprised only of the original mixes and mixes by Andy Macpherson (Revolution Studios - Manchester, UK). The credits here are even more absurd than the Super Deluxe Edition. Jason How at Rotosound (), Chris Huston, Nicola Joss, Brian Kehew, Matt Kent, Lydia Kohl, Lucy Launder, Roger Law, David Montgomery, Andy Neill, Luke Pacholski, Bob Pridden, Robert Rosenberg, Andrew Sandoval, Arnold Schwartzman, OBE, Miles Showell, Chris Sparrow, Pete Thompson, Lucinda Tse, Chris Welch, and Richard Whittaker. Thanks to Graeme Anderson, Jon Astley, Greg Bell, Chas Chandler, Johnny Chandler, Myles Clarke, Nigel Dickie at The Kraft Heinz Company, Pete Drummond, Richard Evans, Roy Flynn, Julian French, Neil Hack, Jeffrey C Hogue at Charles Atlas, Ltd. Universal thanks to Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend. Original album recorded at Pye, CBS, De Lane Lea, and IBC Studios, London Talentsound and Mirasound, NYC Bradley's Barn and Columbia, Nashville and Gold Star, Los Angeles between March and October 1967. Track C5, D2, D5 published by Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. Track C3 published by Cinephonic Music Co., Ltd. Tracks A2, B2, B4, C2, C6 published by New Ikon Music Ltd. Tracks A1, A3 to B1, B3, B5 to C1, C4, D3, D4, D6 published by Fabulous Music Ltd.