That album features an alternate mix of the "I'm a Boy" single recording, which appeared later in abbreviated form on the Limited Edition bonus disc to the "Ultimate Collection" compilation. "Pictures of Lily" and "Magic Bus" previously appeared on the US compilation album "Magic Bus: The Who On Tour". "A Quick One" included "Boris the Spider" and in its American configuration "Happy Jack." "I Can See For Miles" appeared on "The Who Sell Out", and "Pinball Wizard" on "Tommy". The Who's debut "My Generation" included the title track, "A Legar Matter", and "The Kids Are Alright". Several songs on the album had previously been released on long-playing album. The site is now occupied by two blocks of flats, named Moon House and Daltrey House after the band members. The Railway Hotel was destroyed by fire in March 2000, after becoming empty and vandalised. The band were filmed at the venue on 11 August - a copy of the recording turning up in 2002. In response to laughter from the crowd, he then smashed his guitar for the first time in public a gimmick he maintained for many years when playing live.
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It was here that Kit Lambert, their manager, first saw the band, and here that Pete Townshend accidentally cracked his guitar's neck on the low ceiling above the stage.
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The Railway Hotel was a popular hangout for Mods and soon after Keith Moon joined the band, the Who became a regular attraction there from June 1964, performing every Tuesday night. The panoramic photograph on the album's inside cover is an exterior shot of the side of the Railway Hotel, a pub that was sited on the bridge next to Harroe and Wealdstone station in north-west London.
On the front cover the Who are looking at four children, one of whom is Who manager Bill Curbishley's younger brother Paul. The album's original title was "The Who Looks Back". The album is named for the members of the band: "Meaty" is Daltrey, who was quite fit at the time "Beaty" is Moon, for his drumming "Big" is Entwistle, who was a large person, often referred to as "The Ox" (lending his nickname to the instruments of the same name) and "Bouncy" was Townshend, who jumped about quite acrobatically during performances. The UK release was held up because The Who and Bill Curbishley had failed to clear it with Lambert.
It was compiled by Pete Townshend over objection by manager Kit Lambert, who tried to have the track order changed but failed because too many copies had already been pressed. "Happy Jack", "I Can See For Miles", "Magic Bus", and "Pinball Wizard" had also been Top 40 hits in the US. Every track on the album with the exception of "Boris Spider", the one song written by John Entwistle, had been released as a single in the UK, with all except "A Legal Matter", "Magic Bus", and "The Seeker" being top ten hits.
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