The Who - Who Are You

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   I'm a little confused about the two mixes floating 

around.

The loud stand-alone guitar note at 2:28 is in both 

channels for 20th Century Masters The Millennium 

Collection (1999; 6:16 LP version) and My 

Generation The Very Best Of (1996; 4:58 UK 45 

version).

The same note is in the right channel for Who's 

Better Who's Best (1988; 5:02 UK 45 version) and 

Aaron's (undoubtedly accurate) recreation of the 6:06 

long promo version).

Can anyone confirm what the original vinyl mixes had?  

I know The Who had some remixes floating around in 

their catalog, but I don't know their stuff nearly 

well enough to discern the original mix from a modern 

remix.

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crapfromthepast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 61	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 May 2015 at 8:18pm
	I'm a little confused about the two mixes floating around. The loud stand-alone guitar note at 2:28 is in both channels for 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection (1999; 6:16 LP version) and My Generation The Very Best Of (1996; 4:58 UK 45 version). The same note is in the right channel for Who's Better Who's Best (1988; 5:02 UK 45 version) and Aaron's (undoubtedly accurate) recreation of the 6:06 long promo version). Can anyone confirm what the original vinyl mixes had? I know The Who had some remixes floating around in their catalog, but I don't know their stuff nearly well enough to discern the original mix from a modern remix.
	There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one Crap From The Past.

crapfromthepast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 61	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 May 2015 at 8:56am
	The Internet tells me that "Who Are You" was remixed in 1996, so I'd bet that everything pre-1996 was the original mix. So my guess is that the original mixes had the loud stand-alone guitar note at 2:28 in the right channel. Still can't confirm with vinyl, though. I found a website that claims that the original LP mix ran 6:22, the 1996 remix of the LP version ran 6:16, and there's a "lost verse" mix running 6:18 that includes lyrics in the second verse which were different from the released version. What a mess.
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