Scooped

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A Decade Worth of Outtakes and Oddities from Rock’s Living Legend Pete Townshend launched his creative landmine with The Who and continues to re- invent himself as a creative visionary as a solo artist. “Scooped” is a value priced 2 CD set featuring more of Pete’s gems including oddities and outtakes archived over the last 10 years. Rare, solo versions of classics like “Pinball Wizard” and “Magic Bus” can be heard on this 2 CD set. The booklet contains Townshend’s own commentary on the inspiration, ideas and instrumentation behind each song. Scooped is an essential addition to your Who collection.

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Having made some of the most incendiary and evergreen rock music with the Who, nobody would disparage Pete Townshend for taking it easy. But the wildcat guitarist is nothing if not generous to his fans. Aside from the grinding tour schedule he has maintained both as a solo artist and with the band through his senior years, Townshend has also kept completists satisfied with a steady stream of albums that chronicle his personal demo recordings–1983’s Scoop, 1987’s Another Scoop and 2001’s Scoop 3. As if that wasn’t enough, he has now pared down the best tracks from those releases and packaged them in a convenient two-CD set titled, yes, Scooped. The 35 tracks included cover everything from well-worn gems like “Pinball Wizard” and “Magic Bus” in raw demo form to more obscure pleasures like “Recorders” and “Body Language.” It doesn’t exactly measure up to the fireworks on display on the My Generation remasters, but Townshend fans can certainly appreciate the gesture. –Aidin Vaziri