[.ca] Who's Next (Original Mix)

This Canadian disc uses the master tapes on CD:
Although the Deluxe Edition hypes that the original version uses the original master tapes for the first time, this is not true. In 1984, Steve Hoffman remastered this disc in the 1980s (a copy of the digital master he made from the original master tape was used on this Canadian budget import version available at hmv.com, absound.ca, cdplus.com and other Canadian music stores). The master tape was found in a file cabinet in The Mastering Lab in LA back in the 1980s and used it for the CD. The Hoffman CD has an EQ that favors the vocals. For his CD, Hoffman essentially played the tapes back "straight", without fading the hiss out between tracks. \oside note: the Canadian version has the hiss "blacked" between some tracks. The original US and Japanese pressings don't.\c

Who's Next is the Who's best album:
The energy on all these tracks is superb - Keith Moon plays non stop flat out - just brilliant. Recording is very good. Is it preferable to the DeLuxe version ? Well the Deluxe version is a slightly richer sound - a bit more bass, but the original Canadian MCA remaster is very good also. I only bought the deluxe cd for the original album anyway, and this one to compare the remastering. The advantage of having 2 is that you can have one in the house and one in the car. What could be better!

• Baba O'Riley
• Bargain
• Love Ain't for Keeping
• My Wife
• Song is Over
• Getting in Tune
• Going Mobile
• Behind Blue Eyes
• Won't Get Fooled Again