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The Who - Young Man Blues, studio versions compared

Young Man Blues - Studio version How many studio versions of the song are there really? How do they differ, and where to get them? This is a more detailed desrciprion of my Young Man Blues studio recordings research. The studio version of The Who's famous live tour de force has an interesting history and there are many myths and mysteries about it. Short intro: The Who started to play this Mose Allison cover live already in their early days and the first recording of it extant, as The High Numbers, comes from the Railway Hotel, 20th October 1964. Its rendition then was still in Allison's original key of C. When they re-introduced the number in their stage act in 1968, the key shifted to a more guitar-friendly key of F (testified by bootleg recordings from the 1968 summer tour). However, from 1969 onward (first recording from the Fillmore East, New York in May '69), they played it live in the even guitar-friendlier key of E (as featured later in the recordings from the Coliseum, Isle of Wight, Leeds, Hull, Tanglewood, just name them). The studio version they recorded after their return from America in September 1968 (30th) during the early stages of work on Tommy (as it was originally intended for the album) saw the light of day then on a sampler album The House That Track Built (September 1969), which was the ONLY source of the studio recording (    • The Who - Young Man Blues (The House That ...  ) for a long time. It was in the key of E. In 1998, the studio recording was intended for release on the remixed and expanded Odds&Sods. But the version that appeared there was very different - slow, bluesier, sounding very deep. So deep it was suspicious    • Young Man Blues (Alternate Studio Version)  . It was even lower than E, in a very guitar-unfriendly key of E-flat, and in fact even a quarter tone lower, with 2:45 track length. One thing was obvious: it was NOT that "sacred cow" from the famed THTTB sampler. (Speed-corrected here:    • The Who Young Man Blues, speed corrected a...  ) Gradually, more versions of the song started to appear on subsequent releases, closer to the sound of the version on THTTB: 1) Dry mix with double-tracked vocals on the 2003 Tommy Deluxe Edition 2CD/SACD/DVD-A (Each vocal track comes from a different channel, it is funny to hear Roger drop out in one speaker for a second when he forgets the text or goes astray in timing at 1:11 missing "ain't got"; drums are very high in the mix so you get to hear some of Keith's "irregularities". All of these features are even more prominent in Pete's own 5.1 mix on SACD and DVD-Audio, which makes the individual instruments stand out very distinctively.    • 2.04   Young Man Blues (Version 1)  . 2) Heavy echo on 2013 Tommy Super Deluxe box set CD, 2014 Tommy Super Deluxe HD tracks and 2015 Odds&Sods HD tracks (Double-tracked vocals are merged into the centre position and the distinction is rather minimal. That missing "ain't got" still appears pretty clearly as the vocal gets weaker and "nothing in the world" jumps back at you with full force. It is actually the same in the version on THTTB.) In general, at first listen, this mix felt the closest to THTTB version as it has the same massive echo, which drowned the guitar and drum details and made John's bass less prominent, although in general THTTB version is more bass-heavy; and 3) Dry mix with a single vocal (the one from the right channel with Roger's "ain't got" missing) on O&S 2020 RSD limited vinyl release (which, alas, is sped-up, more than just a bit, about 1/4 tone too high = 4 sec. track length difference, and rather annoying), it has a lot of treble and lets the guitar work details stand out. The same version, at the same incorrect speed, appears on the 2011 Japanese SHM CD edition of Odds&Sods (   • The Who: Young Man Blues (2011 Odds and So...  ), replacing the "slow" 1998 remix version. I realised I should speed-correct the 2020 RSD track (speed-corrected version here:    • The Who Young Man Blues, speed corrected e...  ) and compare the 3 releases similar to the THTTB version - note for note, second per second. And then it became crystal clear: These 3 are just versions of the same track from the same studio take, revealing different stages of work in progress, featuring only different aspects of mix and mastering. An even more detailed study is published here: Many thanks to Vít Kopřiva for his help with editing of the video. Big thanks to White Fang for his challenging questions. And a great big thank you to Vortex Twofourtwo, Simon French and Cliff McLenehan for their help, encouragement and support. Copyright: The Who, Mose Allison.