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That’s not because they’re bad or rough or underdeveloped – quite the contrary in fact, these demos are so polished and so thought out that its only the fact that Pete sings these songs rather than Roger that makes them sound different all in some cases. The other bad news is that Pete Townshend’s demos aren’t as illuminating as, say, John Lennon’s or Stephen Stills’ are. Come to think of it, for that price shouldn’t the film itself be included in the contents somewhere? There isn’t even room for the remixes and three ‘new’ songs released as part of the film soundtrack for ‘Quadrophenia’ in 1979 (written alongside the others in 1972 but left off the album because of time and later re-recorded). The alternate, slower ‘The Real Me’ from the ‘30 Years Of Maximum R and B’ should also be here too, if only for completist’s sake too (after all, this isn’t an obscure album we’re dealing with here, but an album generally reckoned to be one of the defining moments of the 1970s).

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There was also an outtake called ‘Ambition’ listed in early drafts for this director’s cut version (and listed with the other tracks for download on Q-Cloud, apparently) but taken off at the last minute with no word of explanation. Unlike the ‘Smile’ set we reviewed last week there are no session tapes or band recorded outtakes to savour this time around (although, that said, ‘Smile’ only had one demo – not 35!) There isn’t even space for the band-recorded outtakes that have been out before, such as ‘Relay’ and ‘Long Live Rock’ (the ‘starting point’ for the album, according to interviews of the time) and one of my personal favourite Who songs ‘We Close Tonight’ (released on ‘Odds and Sods’ in 1974 and heard here only in demo form). Well, overall the set is something of a disappointment. As it is, considering this is an album all about the power of music to move even the poorest and frustrated of fans, the price tag of £80+ has outraged much of the Who’s fan community. Had the band put this out as a ‘deluxe’ edition at the same length and price as their excellent re-issues of ‘My Generation’ ‘Who Sell Out’ ‘Tommy’ ‘Who’s Next’ and the first ‘Live At Leeds’ then fans would still be singing the band’s praises. What we get for our extra money is the Quadrophenia album still separated into two discs (because it runs a fan-annoying 30 seconds over the playing time for one disc – bear in mind that this album starts off with four minutes of sound effects), a 5.1 surround mix of only part of the album (because only part of it exists properly on master-tape to be remixed this way, allegedly, though that hasn’t stopped rumours of another even more definitive and ever more pricey box set in the works at a later date) and 25 Pete Townshend demos (only one of which has been previously released, surprisingly). Surely in five discs his story can be told with the thoroughness it deserves? Well, yes and no. ‘Quadrophenia’, surely, is a candidate for a definitive box set – even as a double album it wasn’t anywhere near long enough to contain the complex sophisticated tale of Jimmy Cooper’s life form urgent pill-popping life-affirming teen to cynical suicidal mixed-up mod.

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Only love can make it rain the way the beach is kissed by the sea – and only certain albums can carry off a full five disc deluxe box set.