THE WHO A Quick One FRENCH LP 1966 MONO 1st Press NEAR MINT
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THE WHO A Quick One FRENCH LP 1966 MONO 1st Press! ULTRA RARE! NEAR MINT!
Original 1966 French MONO 1st Pressing.
A Quick One
International Polydor / Privilege 657117
Record: Near mint
Sleeve: EX
A Quick One is the second album by English rock band The Who, released in 1966. The American record company executives at Decca Records released the album under the title Happy Jack, rather than the sexually suggestive title of the original UK release, and due to "Happy Jack" being a top 40 hit in the US this track replaced a cover of the Holland–Dozier–Holland hit Heat Wave) which was included on the original UK version of the album .
This is widely regarded by fans to have been a pivotal album for the group, due to the departure from the R&B/pop formula featured on the band's first release. Part of the marketing push for the album was a requirement that each band member should write at least two of the songs on it (although Roger Daltrey only wrote one), so this Who album is the least dominated by Pete Townshend's writing.
The album was also the band's first foray into the form of rock opera, with "A Quick One, While He's Away", the title track of the LP, a nine-minute suite of song snippets telling a story of infidelity and reconciliation. The Who would later go on to write and record the full scale rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia.
The album was intended to be pop music, a sonic participant in the pop art movement. The cover was designed by the pop art exponent Alan Aldridge, with the front cover depicting the band playing their instruments.
The album was recorded at IBC Studios, Pye Studios and Regent Sound, in London, England in 1966 with Kit Lambert as the record producer.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 383 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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