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The Who ‎– Face Dances - New 2 LP Record Store Day 2021 Polydor Europe Import Blue & Yellow Vinyl - Classic Rock / Pop Rock
The Who ‎– Face Dances - New 2 LP Record Store Day 2021 Polydor Europe Import Blue & Yellow Vinyl - Classic Rock / Pop Rock

The Who ‎– Face Dances - New 2 LP Record Store Day 2021 Polydor Europe Import Blue & Yellow Vinyl - Classic Rock / Pop Rock

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The Who ‎– Face Dances

Label:
Polydor ‎– 3543227, UMC ‎– 3543227, Polydor ‎– 006024 353227 4, UMC ‎– 006024 353227 4
Format:
All Media, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 40th Anniversary Edition
Vinyl, LP, Blue
Vinyl, LP, Yellow
Country:
Europe
Released:
12 Jun 2021
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Pop Rock, Classic Rock

Tracklist

Face Dances
A1 You Better You Bet 5:36
A2 Don't Let Go The Coat 3:43
A3 Cache Cache 3:55
A4 The Quiet One 3:08
A5 Did You Steal My Money 4:17
B1 How Can You Do It Alone 5:26
B2 Daily Records 3:26
B3 You 4:40
B4 Another Tricky Day 4:55
Face Dances Pt. 3
C1 I Like Nightmares 3:09
C2 It's In You 5:11
C3 Somebody Saved Me 5:34
C4 Dance It Away 4:04
C5 Don't Let Go The Coat (Alternate Take) 4:00
D1 Don't Let Go The Coat (Live) 3:51
D2 You Better You Bet (Live) 5:06
D3 The Quiet One (Live) 3:41
D4 Another Tricky Day (Live) 6:02

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – Universal Music
  • Record Company – Universal Music B.V.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor Ltd. (UK)
  • Copyright (c) – Polydor Ltd. (UK)
  • Produced For – Pandora Productions
  • Recorded At – Odyssey Studios
  • Mixed At – Bayshore Recording Studios
  • Recorded At – Grugahalle
  • Mastered At – Sterling Sound
  • Remastered At – Close To The Edge
  • Mixed At – FX Studios
  • Mastered At – Mastered At Abbey Road Studios - Half Speed Mastering
  • Lacquer Cut At – Mastered At Abbey Road Studios - Half Speed Mastering
  • Lacquer Cut At – Abbey Road Studios
  • Pressed By – Record Industry – 31905
  • Published By – Eel Pie Publishing Ltd.
  • Copyright (c) – Eel Pie Publishing Ltd.
  • Published By – Whistle Rhymes Ltd.
  • Copyright (c) – Whistle Rhymes Ltd.
  • Published By – Windswept Pacific Publishing
  • Copyright (c) – Windswept Pacific Publishing
  • Published By – Spirit Music Publishing Ltd.
  • Copyright (c) – Spirit Music Publishing Ltd.

Credits

  • Artwork [Paint-box By] – Clive Barker (3)
  • Design [Reissue], Art Direction – Richard Evans (7)
  • Engineer – Allan Blazek, Bill Szymczyk
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Jimmy Patterson, Teri Reed
  • Executive-Producer – Bill Curbishley, Robert Rosenberg
  • Lacquer Cut By – Miles*
  • Management – Trinifold Management Ltd.
  • Mastered By – Ted Jensen
  • Mixed By – Richard Whittaker
  • Painting [Portraits Of John Entwistle By] – Clive Barker (3), Howard Hodgkin, Patrick Caulfield, R B Kitaj*
  • Painting [Portraits Of Kenney Jones By] – David Tindle, Joe Tilson, Patrick Proctor, Peter Blake (4)
  • Painting [Portraits Of Pete Townshend By] – Tom Phillips (3)
  • Painting [Portraits Of Roger Daltrey By] – Allen Jones, David Hockney, David Inshaw, Mike Andrews (5)
  • Painting [Potraits Of Pete Townshend By] – Bill Jacklin, Colin Self, Richard Hamilton
  • Photography By – Joe Bangay, Trinifold
  • Producer – Bill Szymczyk
  • Product Manager – Steve Hammonds
  • Remastered By – Jon Astley
  • Sleeve [Original Sleeve Concept], Design [Original Sleeve] – Peter Blake (4)
  • Written-By – John Entwistle (tracks: A4, B3, D3), Pete Townshend (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B2, B4, C1 to D2, D4)

Notes

RSD 2021 June drop, quantity 6,500.

Hype sticker affixed to shrink, cat. # 3543227:
The Who Face Dances.
40th anniversary edition of the legendary 1981 album - expanded to 18 tracks across two LPs!
Double LP on yellow and blue coloured heavyweight vinyl
Includes the single 'You Better You Bet', an unreleased take of 'Don't Let Go The Coat' plus live tracks from the 1981 Rockpalast concert and many others
Cut at Abbey Road Studios using the Half-Speed Mastering process
Exclusive for Record Store Day 2021
Record Store Day UK

Includes OBI-style wrapper:
Mastered at Abbey Road Studios Half Speed Mastering
This record was cut using a specialist technique known as half-speed mastering.
This artisan process results in cuts that have superior high frequency response (treble) and very solid and stable stereo images.
In short, a very high quality master that helps to create a very high quality record.

℗ 2021 Polydor Ltd. (UK), © 2021 Polydor Ltd. (UK). A Universal Music Company. Made in the EU.
Universal Music B.V. 's-Gravelandseweg 80, 1217 EW Hilversum, Netherlands.

First cat. # on spine, jacket back
Second cat. # on jacket back, labels

Sticker: Made in Netherlands
On labels: Made in the Netherlands

Issued in non-gatefold jacket. Includes four 12" x 12" portrait prints. LPs housed in heavy-stock printed inner sleeves with lyrics and credits, cat. #s 3543288 and 3543299.

Tracks C1 to C4: From the Face Dances sessions
Track C5: Alternate take from the Face Dances Sessions. Pete On lead vocal
Tracks D1 to D4: All tracks recorded live at Essen, Germany and broadcast on Rockpalast, 1981

Original album:
Recorded at Odyssey Recording Studios, London
Mixed at Bayshore Recording Studios, Coconut Grove, Florida
Disc mastering, Sterling Sound, NYC
Recorded and mixed using MCI consoles and tape machines

Track C5: Recorded at Odyssey Recording Studios, London, November 1980.

Tracks D1 to D4:
Recorded at Grugahalle, Essen, Germany on Saturday 28 March 1981 and broadcast live for Rockpalast on Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) TV.

Remastered at Close to the Edge
Additional mixing at FX Studios, North Acton
Lacquers cut using the Half-Speed Mastering Process at Abbey Road Studios.

Originally released as a single disc (Disc 1) on 6 March 1981 on Polydor Records 2302 106 (WHOD 5073) in the UK. And on Warner Bros. WB HS 3516 in the US. It reached #2 in the UK LP chart and #4 in the US Billboard Album Chart.

Track publishers:
A1 to A3, A5 to B2, B4, C5, D1, D2, D4: © Eel Pie Publishing Ltd.
A4, B3, D3: © Whistle Rhymes Ltd.
C1 to C3, © Eel Pie Publishing Ltd./Windswept Pacific Publishing.
C4: © Spirit Music Publishing Ltd.

Portraits of The Who on the cover are by 16 different artists.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Scanned): 602435432274
  • Barcode (Text): 6 02435 43227 4