- Ready Steady Who
Infobox Album
Name =Ready Steady Who
Type =EP
Cover size =
Caption =
Artist =The Who
A-side ="Disguises" / "Circles"
B-side ="Batman" / "Bucket "T" / "Barbara Ann "
Released =11 November 1966
Format =7" EP
Recorded =IBC Studios
Genre =
Length =
Label =Reaction Records (UK)
Writer =
Producer =Kit Lambert ,The Who
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jcfpxqq5ldse link]
Certification =
Last album = "My Generation "
(1965)
This album = "Ready Steady Who (EP)"
(1966)
Next album = "A Quick One "
(1966)
Misc =Ready Steady Who is a 7" EP by
The Who , released on November 11, 1966. The title refers to a TV special the band had recently appeared in, but the EP contains different recordings to what was performed on the TV show. These consist of two original songs byPete Townshend , as well as covers of the theme from the Batman TV series andJan and Dean 's "Bucket T". Also included is a cover ofThe Regents ' "Barbara Ann ", a song whose famous arrangement byThe Beach Boys The Who follows more closely.The original EP credits the song "Batman" to
Jan Berry , Don Altfeld (misspelled as "Altfield") and Fred Weider. The song was actually written byNeal 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 ." [Liner notes to "A Quick One " 1995, MCA Records, MCAD-11267]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 "My Generation " LP, and can be found on "Two's Missing ". [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jcfpxqq5ldse Ready Steady Who EP - allmusic.com] ]Tracks
Side 1
*"Disguises" (Townshend) - 3:10
*"Circles" (Townshend) - 2:27Side 2
*"Batman" (Hefti) - 1:22
*"Bucket T" (2:08) (Altfeld/Christian/Torrence) - 2:07
*"Barbara Ann " (Fassert) 1:59References
External links
* [http://www.thewho.com/index.php?module=discography&discography_item_id=108&discography_tag=singles The Who Official Band Website - Ready Steady Who (EP)]
*http://www.thewho.info/WhoSingles5.htm The Who singles
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