Released 11 November 1966 Ready Steady Who
(1966) A Quick One
(1966) Release date 11 November 1966 Label Reaction | Length 11:05 Artist The Who Producer Kit Lambert Genre Rock music | |
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Ready Steady Who is a 7" EP by The Who, released only in the UK on 11 November 1966. The title refers to a Ready Steady Go! TV special the band had recently appeared in, but the EP contains different recordings from those performed on the TV show. These consist of two original songs by Pete Townshend, as well as covers of the theme from the Batman TV series and Jan and Dean's "Bucket T". Also included is a cover of The Regents' "Barbara Ann", a song whose famous arrangement by The Beach Boys The Who follows more closely.
Contents
All of the songs are available as bonus tracks on the 1995 reissue CD of A Quick One, except for "Circles", which differs from the version on the 2002 deluxe version of the My Generation LP, and can be found on Two's Missing.
The original EP credits the song "Batman" to Jan Berry, Don Altfeld (misspelled as "Altfield") and Fred Weider. The song was actually written by Neal Hefti, and is not a cover of the Jan and Dean-embellished version. The credit was corrected in the liner notes to the 1995 CD release of A Quick One.
Track listing
- "Disguises" (Pete Townshend) – 3:10
- "Circles" (Townshend) – 2:27
- "Batman" (Neal Hefti) – 1:22
- "Bucket 'T'" (Don Altfeld, Roger Christian, Dean Torrence) – 2:07
- "Barbara Ann" (Fred Fassert) – 1:59
Songs
1Disguises3:11
2Circles3:13
3Batman1:35