Then and Now: 1964-2004 [Original recording remastered]

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Old rock bands never die--or even fade away, for that matter. The unlikely, 21st-century resurgence of the Who may have begun as a typical baby-boomer cash-in tour, but it also spurred the band's first new recordings in 20 years. When the tragic death of John Entwistle overshadowed both projects, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey stubbornly retrenched, forming what Townshend wryly called the Who's new "Everly Brothers format"; anyone aware of the historical tensions between Phil and Don couldn't miss the parallels with Roger and Pete's own long, turbulent relationship. Running the gamut from energetic early hits like "Happy Jack," "Magic Bus," and the now intensely ironic anthem "My Generation" to the briefest of highlights from their most fertile creative period (Tommy/Who's Next/Quadrophenia), this lavishly packaged and annotated greatest-hits set would seem entirely superfluous if not for the two new recordings that close it. Recorded at the end of 2003 with roots in a Townshend multimedia project called The Boy Who Heard Music, "Real Good Looking Boy" (featuring the bass work of Greg Lake, Zak Starkey on drums, and old cohort Rabbit Bundrick on keys) is a dramatic, stripped-down tribute to Elvis Presley whose energetic immediacy stands in stark contrast to the band's last, overly precious '80s recordings. Written on the Who's tragic 2002 tour and recorded in early '04, Townshend's "Old Red Wine" mines a similar musical vein and stands as the surviving Who duo's bittersweet tribute to fallen friend and bandmate Entwistle. --Jerry McCulley

Tracks:

Durham Town
New World in the Morning
Wind Beneath My Wings
I Dont Believe In It Anymore
River Lady
I'm Back
First Hello, The Last Goodbye
Why
If I Were a Rich Man
Mammy Blue
Sky Boat Song
Other Side
Uncle Benny
You Are My Miracle
Perfect Day
Last Farewell
Mexican Whistler
Best I Can
I Am But a Small Voice
Mon Pays Bleu
Jenny [*]
Feather on the Wind [*]

Album Description

2004 compilation features 22 tracks including two bonus tracks, 'Jenny' & 'Feather On The Wind', from his 2004 album 'Moments In My Life'. BMG.

Album Details

Asian Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks: " Jenny", and "Feather on the Wind".

Customer Reviews:

Rogers song My Land is Kenya.......2007-06-02

I saw a live Roger Wittaker on tv a few years ago and they played the song "My Land is Kenya". I have all of Roger Whittakers music, but I was never able to find this song on any album or CD until now. If you love Roger Whittakers music then you must hear this song. I found it on a DVD tape at a garage sale last year and the tape was "Roger Whittaker in Kenya" made by Sony. A video of Kenya plays while Roger sings this song. It with out a doubt is one of the most moving things he has ever done not to mention the beauty of the song. Treat yourself to something special. John Garner Roseville, Ca.

Long time ago.......2006-11-07

I'm so glad with this CD of Roger Whittaker. It containts most of the songs I loved so much in the '70-'80. A wonderful warm voice, beautiful songs, a dream of a CD !

Great overview of Roger's career.......2005-05-26

Born in Kenya of English parents in 1936, Roger spent his childhood in Kenya before moving to South Africa in 1956, later moving to Britain in 1959. He didn't originally plan a musical career but gradually drifted into one, or so it seems. Success was slow to come Roger's first significant success came in 1967 with Mexican whistler, which was a huge hit in several European countries but failed to chart in Britain. His popularity spread to Australia and Canada before he finally had a top twenty UK hit with Durham town at the end of 1969. In the following year, Roger made the UK top ten with I don't believe in if anymore. A UK top twenty hit, New world in the morning, came later that year. Two minor hits (Why, Mammy blue) followed in 1971, after which the hits dried up - for a while.

In 1975, Roger had his most successful hit when Last farewell made number two in the UK and also made the top twenty in America. Elvis Presley later covered the song. Despite making further excellent records such as River lady and First hello last goodbye, Roger again disappeared from the British charts. He returned just once more, when a duet with Des O'Connor (Skye boat song) just made the UK top ten in 1986.

Seven UK hits hardly does justice to Roger's illustrious career, in which he has sold many millions of albums around the world, but this collection contains all those songs, plus the others I've mentioned and some other great songs including two new ones specially recorded for this compilation, which provides a great introduction to Roger's music.

Remakes Remakes.......2005-05-11

I am disappointed with this album, because though I thought it was a re-mastered version of his original hits, my four favorite songs - Last Farewell, Durham Town, I Don't Believe In IF Anymore, and Mon Pays Bleu are all inferior remakes.

Greatest Hits and Then Some.......2005-01-17

If you are a true RW fan, you will love this album; not only because all his greatest charting hits are present, but because a few gems from hard-to-find recordings have made their way onto the album. Sure, all the best are here: "Durham Town," "Mammy Blue," "New World in the Morning," etc., but the strength of the album lies in the pleasant surprise tracks: "I'm Back," a selection from the 1970s Kenya concept album that doubles as an announcement that Roger's short-lived retirement is over; "The Other Side," a complex and moving song about death and heaven that Roger wrote after his father was murdered; and "The Best I Can," from his "Celebration" album, written for Roger's 30th year in the music business. This album contains a generous 22 tracks, the final two tracks being two of the best cuts from his newest album, "Moments in My Life." "Jenny" is a catchy tune that I can't stop singing and is a translation of the German version, while "Feather On The Wind" is the story of a man whose feet are made to roam. This album truly spans the years, and is a great addition to anyone with an RW collection.

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Timeless Music
Then And Now
Not worth the two new songs
WHO do you think you're fooling?
Good

Then and Now: 1964-2004
The Who
Manufacturer: Geffen Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001IXTMW
Release Date: 2004-03-30

Tracks:

I Can't Explain
My Generation
The Kids Are Alright
Substitute
I'm A Boy
Happy Jack
I Can See For Miles
Magic Bus
Pinball Wizard
See Me, Feel Me
Summertime Blues
Behind Blue Eyes
Won't Get Fooled Again
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Love Reign O'er Me
Squeeze Box
Who Are You
You Better You Bet
Real Good Looking Boy
Old Red Wine

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Old rock bands never die--or even fade away, for that matter. The unlikely, 21st-century resurgence of the Who may have begun as a typical baby-boomer cash-in tour, but it also spurred the band's first new recordings in 20 years. When the tragic death of John Entwistle overshadowed both projects, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey stubbornly retrenched, forming what Townshend wryly called the Who's new "Everly Brothers format"; anyone aware of the historical tensions between Phil and Don couldn't miss the parallels with Roger and Pete's own long, turbulent relationship. Running the gamut from energetic early hits like "Happy Jack," "Magic Bus," and the now intensely ironic anthem "My Generation" to the briefest of highlights from their most fertile creative period (Tommy/Who's Next/Quadrophenia), this lavishly packaged and annotated greatest-hits set would seem entirely superfluous if not for the two new recordings that close it. Recorded at the end of 2003 with roots in a Townshend multimedia project called The Boy Who Heard Music, "Real Good Looking Boy" (featuring the bass work of Greg Lake, Zak Starkey on drums, and old cohort Rabbit Bundrick on keys) is a dramatic, stripped-down tribute to Elvis Presley whose energetic immediacy stands in stark contrast to the band's last, overly precious '80s recordings. Written on the Who's tragic 2002 tour and recorded in early '04, Townshend's "Old Red Wine" mines a similar musical vein and stands as the surviving Who duo's bittersweet tribute to fallen friend and bandmate Entwistle. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Timeless Music.......2007-04-11

This is music that has been extended to other generations. And will be for years to come.

Then And Now.......2007-03-28

The Who-Then And Now ****

Back by popular demand reads the cover of The Who's latest collection album. While not the bands first carrer retrospective or greatest hits, but it is by far the bands best to date. A true greatest hits of the band is offered here in chronological order. All the way from the bands 1964 hit "I Can't Explain" through their new single realeased the year of this album (2004), "Real Good Looking Boy."

What you get here is a brief look into one of the all time greatest bands in the history of rock and roll. Really what The Who are is -the- rock and roll band. Classic through classic you get a glimpse into the songs that most people remember the songs that were large radio staples even to this day. While for the hardcore fan such as myself this does leave the mind to wonder where is "Join Together" and "Baba O' Riley" and then I realize while thoughs songs where played on the radio they were not released as singles so they could not be hits which automaticaly eleminates them from the compalation.

What is showcased here is Pete Townshends devolpement from a song writer into a composer. Pete Townshend's growth from a solid player into a full on guitar God, and musical genious. You hear the angst filled voice of a one Roger Daultry. The out of this world bass playing of Mr. Enthwistle, (the opening of "Pin-ball Wizard" is phenomonal). What you get is a look into the playing of the greatest drummer of all time, Keith Moon.

From `mod', to bonafied rock gods, this collection really shows what made The Who the legends they are today. The variety of song styles like "Love, Reign O'er Me" to "Won't Get Fooled Again" show why the who never grew old. "Who Are You?" shows just why the band has always been able to stay relevant without `selling out.'

Then And Now, and back by popular demand because rock and roll just isn't the same without bands like The Who, because they are one of those bands that you just have to turn up all the way because that is the only proper way to listen to rock and roll and The Who constantly reminds us of this and why, so thanks boys!

Not worth the two new songs.......2007-03-22

I own the Ultimate Who and it is hysterical because the track listing is identical minus the added songs on The Ultimate Who's 2 CD's. For a second there I almost thought I owned this CD too because it is sequenced exactly the same. You are better off purchasing the Ultimate Who set as it is far superior to this offering.

As for the two new tracks I am not entirely sure they justify the purchase of a redundant disc. Real Good Looking Boy is my personal favorite of the two. It's a song about Elvis Presley and I got to see them perform it live in Uncasville, CT. Old Red Wine is an ok track but somewhat forgettable.

If you have the means buy the Ultimate Who or any other major compilation and hit Itunes or something up for the other 2.

WHO do you think you're fooling?.......2007-02-18

THEN AND NOW: 1964-2004 is another of the many superfluous WHO collections to come down the pike in the past 20 years. So what if it contains two 21st Century post-Entwhistle mediocrities? Those songs are forgettable anyway.

Unless you're a completist, consider purchasing only: MEATY BEATY BIG AND BOUNCY, TOMMY and THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT. That's enough WHO for anybody.

TOTAL PLAYING TIME -- 77:04

Good.......2007-01-30

This is a good album, forgot to put Baba O Riley on it. I'd rather get The Who: Ultimate Collection or Thirty Years of Maximum RB.

Buy if on a budget.

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Manufacturer: Universal
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ASIN: B00024Z9MS
Release Date: 2004-07-05

Album Description

Exclusive Japanese pressing of their 2004 hits collection features 25 tracks including five rare tracks, 'Great Shakes', 'Magic Bus' (Full Mono Version), 'Eyesight to the Blind' (Alternate Vocal), 'Postcard' (Unreleased EP version) and 'I Don't Even Know Myself' (EP Version). Packaged in a slim line jewel case, along with a 12-page booklet with photos & extensive liner notes plus a bonus booklet with lyrics to all 25 tracks. Universal. 2004.

Album Details

Japanese exclusive live album.

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Then and Now: 1964-2004
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Manufacturer: Universal Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00028XENU
Release Date: 2004-08-10

Tracks:

I Can't Explain
My Generation
Kids Are Alright
Substitute
I'm a Boy
Happy Jack
I Can See for Miles
Magic Bus
Pinball Wizard
See Me, Feel Me
Summertime Blues
Behind Blue Eyes
Won't Get Fooled Again
5:15
Love, Reign O'er Me
Squeeze Box
Who Are You
You Better You Bet
Real Good Looking Boy
Old Red Wine

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