The Who – Endless Wire

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Label:

 Universal Republic Records – B0007846-10

Format:
CD , Album
DVD , DVD-Video, Limited Edition

Country:

 US

Released:

Genre:

 Rock

Style:

 Classic Rock

Tracklist

Endless Wire
CD-1 Fragments
Written-By – Townshend*
3:58
CD-2 A Man In A Purple Dress
Written-By – Townshend*
4:14
CD-3 Mike Post Theme
Written-By – Townshend*
4:28
CD-4 In The Ether
Written-By – Townshend*
3:35
CD-5 Black Widow's Eyes
Written-By – Townshend*
3:07
CD-6 Two Thousand Years
Written-By – Townshend*
2:50
CD-7 God Speaks Of Marty Robbins
Written-By – Townshend*
3:26
CD-8 It's Not Enough
Written-By – Fuller*
4:02
CD-9 You Stand By Me
Written-By – Townshend*
1:36
Wire & Glass (A Mini-Opera)
CD-10 Sound Round
Written-By – Townshend*
1:21
CD-11 Pick Up The Peace
Written-By – Townshend*
1:28
CD-12 Unholy Trinity
Written-By – Townshend*
2:07
CD-13 Trilby's Piano
Written-By – Townshend*
2:04
CD-14 Endless Wire
Written-By – Townshend*
1:51
CD-15 Fragments Of Fragments
Written-By – Townshend*
2:23
CD-16 We Got A Hit
Written-By – Townshend*
1:18
CD-17 They Made My Dream Come True
Written-By – Townshend*
1:13
CD-18 Mirror Door
Written-By – Townshend*
4:14
CD-19 Tea & Theatre
Written-By – Townshend*
3:24
CD-20 We Got A Hit (Extended Version)
Written-By – Townshend*
3:03
CD-21 Endless Wire (Extended Version)
Written-By – Townshend*
3:03
Live At Lyon
DVD-1 I Can't Explain 3:04
DVD-2 Behind Blue Eyes 4:39
DVD-3 Mike Post Theme 3:41
DVD-4 Baba O'Riley 5:59
DVD-5 Won't Get Fooled Again 10:03

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – UMG Recordings, Inc.
  • Distributed By – Universal Music Distribution
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Universal Records
  • Copyright © – Universal Records
  • Made By – EDC, USA
  • Published By – Eel Pie Publishing Ltd.
  • Published By – BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
  • Recorded At – Pete Townshend's Home Studio
  • Recorded At – Oceanic Studios, Twickenham
  • Recorded At – Vienne Amphitheatre
  • Mixed At – Oceanic Studios, Twickenham
  • Edited At – Left Coast Digital
  • Mastered At – Metropolis Mastering

Credits

  • Backing Vocals – Simon Townshend (tracks: CD-10, CD-11, CD-14, CD-20, CD-21, DVD-1 to DVD-5)
  • Bass – Pino Palladino (tracks: CD-10, CD-11, CD-14, CD-16 to CD-18, CD-21, DVD-1 to DVD-5)
  • Design, Art Direction – Richard Evans (7)
  • Drums – Zak Starkey (tracks: CD-5, DVD-1 to DVD-5)
  • Electric Organ [Hammond] – John 'Rabbit' Bundrick* (tracks: CD-10, CD-11, CD-18)
  • Engineer – Myles Clarke
  • Engineer [Additional Engineering, Mobile] – Darren Westbrook
  • Engineer [Additional Engineering, Oceanic] – Lincoln Fong
  • Engineer [Recording] – Paul Ramsey (2) (tracks: DVD-1 to DVD-5)
  • Engineer [Senior] – Myles Clarke
  • Guest, Acoustic Guitar – Jolyon Dixon (tracks: CD-8)
  • Guest, Backing Vocals – Billy Nicholls (tracks: CD-10, CD-11, CD-14, CD-20, CD-21)
  • Guest, Bass – Stuart Ross (tracks: CD-8)
  • Guest, Cello – Vicky Matthews (tracks: CD-13)
  • Guest, Drums – Peter Huntington (tracks: CD-8, CD-10, CD-11, CD-14, CD-16 to CD-18, CD-20, CD-21)
  • Guest, Electronics – Lawrence Ball (tracks: CD-1, CD-15)
  • Guest, Keyboards – Rachel Fuller (tracks: CD-8)
  • Guest, Supervised By [Orchestration] – Rachel Fuller (tracks: CD-13)
  • Guest, Viola – Ellen Blair (tracks: CD-13)
  • Guest, Violin – Gill Morley (tracks: CD-13)
  • Guitar – Pete Townshend
  • Guitar, Backing Vocals – Simon Townshend (tracks: DVD-1 to DVD-5)
  • Keyboards – John Bundrick* (tracks: DVD-1 to DVD-5)
  • Lead Vocals – Roger Daltrey
  • Liner Notes [Recording Notes] – Roger Daltrey
  • Management – Trinifold Ltd.*
  • Mandolin, Banjo, Drum Programming – Pete Townshend
  • Mastered By – Ian Cooper
  • Mixed By – Pete Townshend
  • Mixed By [Rebalanced And Finalised] – Myles Clarke
  • Orchestrated By [Chamber Strings] – Pete Townshend (tracks: CD-13)
  • Producer – Pete Townshend
  • Producer [Roger Daltrey's Vocals] – Bob Pridden
  • Supervised By [Video Supervision], Video Producer [Video Production] – Stuart Roswell (tracks: DVD-1 to DVD-5)
  • Technician [Guitar] – Alan Rogan
  • Violin, Viol – Pete Townshend (tracks: CD-13)
  • Vocals – Pete Townshend (tracks: DVD-1 to DVD-5)

Notes

CD:
Recorded discontinuously at Pete Townshend's home studio and at Eel Pie Oceanic Studios, Twickenham between autumn 2002 and summer 2006.
Mixed between performances on The Who's 2006 European tour.
Mastered at Metropolis Mastering, London
Tracks CD-10 to CD-21 are part of the mini-opera "Wire & Glass" directly based on the serialisation of the unfolding novella of "The Boy Who Heard Music" written by Pete Townshend on his weblog.

Bonus DVD:
Recorded at the Vienne Amphitheatre, Lyon, on 17th July 2006
Mixed at Oceanic Studios
Video editing at Left Coast Digital, Santa Cruz, CA

℗© 2006 Universal Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Distributed by Universal Music Distribution.
All songs published by Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. / BMG Music Publishing Ltd.

The mould of CD variants 1, 4 and 5 contains a credit to UML which was bought by EDC in June 2005. It seems that EDC used old CD moulds on these variants.

Issued in gatefold digipak with 18-page booklet with lyrics, credits and notes.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Scanned): 602517091467
  • Barcode (Text): 6 02517 09146 7
  • Other (CD Catalog Number): B0007845-02
  • Other (DVD Catalog Number): B0007846-10DVD01
  • Other (Cover Sticker): B0007846-10 ST02
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Other Versions (5 of 38)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Recently Edited
Endless Wire (2×CD, Album, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Special Edition) Polydor 1709520 UK 2006
Recently Edited
Endless Wire (CD, Album, CD, , DVD, , All Media, Limited Edition) Universal Republic Records B0007967-10 US 2006
New Submission
Endless Wire (CD, Album, Club Edition, Stereo) Universal Republic Records B0007845-02 US 2006
Endless Wire (CD, Album, Special Edition, Super Jewel Case) Polydor 1709519 Europe 2006
Recently Edited
Endless Wire (CD, Album, Digipak, DVD, ) Universal Republic Records B000784610 Canada 2006

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    An underrated beautiful album from The Who. Definitely different, yet it showcases their prowess in a much more acoustic raw form. Almost a throwback to some tracks from Tommy or Quadrophenia. Oddly at times reminds me of early Genesis...

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