JOHN ENTWISTLE THE WHO SMASH HEAD 180 Gram LP & & RARE JAPAN OBI CD W/BONUS CUTS

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JOHN ENTWISTLE - SMASH YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL - This Limited Edition 180 GRAM Audiophile LP (from the Original Session Tapes) . THIS IS THE LAST OUT OF PRINT EARMARK RECORDS RELEASE. IN FACT THIS WAS THE 1ST 180 GRAM HEAVY VINYL PRESSING EVER OF THIS TITLE AND WE ARE ADDING FOR THE COLLECTOR WHO WANTS EVERYTHING THE RARE JAPAN REPLICA OBI CD FROM THE BRITISH MASTERPIECE SERIES.

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This 180 Gram Heavy Vinyl LP has been critically acclaimed as the finest and quietest ever produced. It is a new listening experience that will virtually make you feel as if you were in the studio with the artist. 

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JOHN ENTWISTLE 'S SMASH YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL - 180 GRAM 1ST EDITION RE-ISSUE OF HIS 1971 MASTERPIECE -

John Entwistle (1944-2002) was one of the most influential and talented bassists in the history of rock music. As a member of The Who, his outstanding bass work brought the lowly bass man into the forefront of rock'n'roll and proved that the bass guitar really did serve a purpose.

Although John Entwistle had been writing music with The Who, by the early '70s, Entwistle's debut solo album, Smash Your Head Against The Wall, took his playing off in new directions, although the overall sound is like Who at their heaviest.

Selections:
1. My Size
2. Pick Me Up (Big Chicken)
3. What Are We Doing Here?
4. What Kind Of People Are They?
5. Heaven And Hell
6. Ted End
7. You're Mine
8. No. 29 (External Youth)
9. I Believe In Everything
10. Cinnamon Girl 

REPLICA JAPAN OBI CD INFORMATION - WHAT IS A JAPAN OBI REPLICA "MINI-LP-SLEEVE" CD?

Have you ever lamented the loss of one of the 20th Century's great art forms, the 12" vinyl LP jacket? Then "mini-LP-sleeve" CD's may be for you.

Mini-sleeve CDs are manufactured in Japan under license. The disc is packaged inside a 135MM X 135MM cardboard precision-miniature replica of the original classic vinyl-LP album. Also, anything contained in the original LP, such as gatefolds, booklets, lyric sheets, posters, printed LP sleeves, stickers, embosses, special LP cover paper/inks/textures and/or die cuts, are precisely replicated and included. An English-language lyric sheet is always included, even if the original LP did not have printed lyrics.

Then, there's the sonic quality: Mini-sleeves have dedicated remastering (20-Bit, 24-Bit, DSD, K2/K2HD, and/or HDCD), and can often be superior to the audio on the same title anywhere else in the world. There also may be bonus tracks unavailable elsewhere.

Each Japan mini-sleeve has an "obi" ("oh-bee"), a removable Japan-language promotional strip. The obi lists the Japan street date of that particular release, the catalog number, the mastering info, and often the original album's release date. Bonus tracks are only listed on the obi, maintaining the integrity of the original LP artwork. The obi's are collectable, and should not be discarded.

All mini-sleeve releases are tremendously limited editions mainly pressed on future orders only and once released immediately out of print. This fact along with other latter features we've mentioned make these titles rare collectibles that sell in the collectors markets for $100's of dollars apiece.

The WHO had it all backwards, the drummer and the bass player were the two lead players. Beyond all the glorious noise these guys made on record and on stage and the production of Kit Lambert, we rarely got to hear how great John Entwistle was as a musician.

By 1970 John had just too many songs stored up and needed another outlet to being on the B side of the Who's latest single. So he began his first solo LP in November. Cy Langston was recruited from the Who's roadcrew for his guitar ability that sounded much like Pete Townshend. The rumor at the time was it WAS Pete working under an allias, but Dave (Cyrano) Langston was a real person. Jerry Shirley from the great group Humble Pie had some time- off and was drafted to sit behind the drumkit, so begins 'Smash'.

"My Size", the opener sounds like a Love Song for a anger-mangement class, it's heavy and a great begining with all the Power Chords in the right places, The Who should have played this in concert it would have fit well. "Big Chicken", is about the Demon Alcohol while "What Are We Doing Here", was based on an incident in Canada when again the member's of The Who were hassled for the length of the hair (John was in a suit, and never dressed like stinkin' Hippy). The mix on this one is a bit different than on the original release. "What Kind Of People Are They?" has a super horn section supplied by John. "Heaven & Hell" is way close to the version recorded by The Who, and was the show opener for that band in 1970-71.

Side two of the LP started off with the great tune "Ted End", that has a real Beatles type charm to it. This would have fit in on "Abbey Road" quite nicely. On "Your Mine", John gets to play The Devil himself , with Lyrics Cousin Kevin would be proud of. "No. 29" is a drum based rocker that has the fastest runs on Bass Guitar heard on record (up till this point in time). The closer "I Believe In Everything", sounds cherrful untill you check out the lyric sheet and see that John is being sarcastic again.

Nine Bonus Tracks are added to this release with Neil Young's, "Cinnamon Girl" Given John's, 'Heavy' treatment of Production AND it's SLOWER than Neil's version. "It's Hard To Write A Love Song", "The Haunted Can Be Free" and "World Behind My Face" are O.K. tunes but being Demo's you tend to wonder what they could have sounded like given the full band treatment. Who Freaks will be very happy to see these Tracks getting an Official release. And to my knowledge the Bootleggers never got their hands on these ditties either. An early take of "My Size", is included and it's got the Bass mixed right up front with the guitars more in the background and a different vocal take, it's track one mixed in reverse but still interesting. The last four cuts are demo's of "What kind Of People", "Big Chicken", "No. 29" and "Ted End", with John playing all the parts.

This recording along with "Whistle Rymes" are John Enwistle's Best Releases. There are five pages of notes on the making of this masterpiece and all the lyrics are here as well. JOHN LIVES....FIVE STARS

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