Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy - THE WHO*****

I Can't Explain/The Kid's Are Alright/Happy Jack/I Can See For Miles/Pictures Of Lily/My Generation/The Seeker/Anyway Anyhow Anywhere/Pinball Wizard/A Legal Matter/Boris The Spider/Magic Bus/Substitute/I'm A Boy

The oddly titled Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy was warmly welcomed by record collectors as it allowed The Who’s many fine singles to be heard on an LP for the first time. (US:11 UK:9)

“If you're not up for the filler on some of their 60s albums, this compilation more or less gives you all their essential pre-Who's Next tracks.”

“Sums up the early Who like no other album or compilation can. Many of their classic early singles, interesting alternative versions, plus they threw in the all too awesome Boris The Spider as well. An obvious essential not only for Who fans, but rock fans in general, this is sheer perfection.”

“This is the ultimate Who collection, and if you only own one of their albums, I suggest that this be it, capturing not quite all, but most of their finest moments of the formative years of their career.”

“This disc remains the ultimate Who compilation. It simply collects nearly all of the singles the band released between 1965 and 1970. As most of these songs didn't appear on the band's regular albums this is an essential purchase for every fan. Apart from the strange Boris The Spider all of this is classic material, with the best bits being as good as rock music can get.”

“Absolute stone cold classic collection that gathers all the great adrenalin fuelled power of one of the greatest singles bands of all time. It's a huge bonus that it doesn’t include the flaccid stadium rock they produced later.”

“Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy documents their finest moments and so far as their early singles are concerned, it provides a fairly complete account of what they were all about. They were mod, they were beat, they were heavy, they occasionally veered towards psychedelia, and by the close of their first decade they had left a mark on popular music that to some extent still acts as a rock template for all aspiring bands.”

“This is a must have for every Who fan, whether you are a casual fan, new fan, or long time die-hard fan, this is one record every single fan needs to own. It still holds up and is the most comprehensive early years collection of The Who.”