The Who – A Quick One

The Who

The Who –A Quick One

1966


Version Information

Labels
Polydor
Universal Music Recordings
Reaction
Catalog numbers
8801668
006024 8801668 1
Original year
1966
Version year
2026
Region
Worldwide
Format

1 x Vinyl
Orange,140g
LP
Album
Reissue

1 x Vinyl
Green, 140g
LP
Compilation

Version notes

Record Store Day 2026, "RSD First" release, quantity 5,000.

Issued in a single-pocket jacket with printed inner sleeves.

RSD hype sticker:
The Who A Quick One
60th Anniversary Edition
2-LP Set featuring the Original Album in Mono plus a Bonus disc of B-sides, Ready Steady Who! and Rarities
on 140gm Orange & Green vinyl
Mastered by Jon Astley at Close to the Edge

Sticker on back cover: Made in Germany

Inner sleeve: A Quick One 60th Anniversary Mono Edition, 2026

℗ 2026 Polydor Ltd. (UK) © 2026 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

Track B4 title only as "A Quick One, While He's Away" on back cover, label and inner sleeve. Stated as "first rock opera contains six separate songs" in liner notes.

Recording studios from inner sleeve:
A1, B2, B3, D5, D7: Recorded at IBC Studios, London, October 1966.
A2, A3, A6: Recorded at Pye Studios, London, October 1966.
A4, B1: Recorded at CBS Studios, October 1966.
A5, C1 to C3, D4, D8: Recorded at IBC Studios, August 1966.
B4a to B4f: Recorded at IBC Studios, Pye Studios and Regent Sound, London in the autumn of 1966.
C4: Recorded at Pye Studios, June 1966.
C5: Recorded at IBC Studios, April 1967.
C6, C7, D6: Recorded at Olympic Sound Studios, London, February 1966.
C8, D2: Recorded at IBC Studios, July 1966.
D1, D9: Recorded at IBC Studios, November 1966.
D3: Recorded at CBS Studios, September 1966.

Track publishers:
A1: Essex Music, Inc./Fabulous Music Ltd./The Richmond Organization
A2 to A4, A6, B2, C5, C1, D3: New Ikon Music Ltd.
A5: EMI Music/Jobete Music
B1, B3, B4a to B4f, C4, C7, C8, D7, D9: Fabulous Music Ltd.
C1, D8: Miller Music Corp.
C2: Screen Gems-Columbia Music, Inc.
C3: Longitude Music Co.
C6, D6: Spirit Music
D2: TRO-Essex Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
D4: Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.
D5: TRO Devon Music, Inc./Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd.

Tracklist

A1.Run Run Run 2:35
A2.Boris The Spider 2:30
A3.I Need You 2:27
A4.Whiskey Man 2:58
A5.Heat Wave 1:58
A6.Cobwebs And Strange 2:29
B1.Don't Look Away 2:53
B2.See My Way 1:54
B3.So Sad About Us 3:05

A Quick One, While He's Away

9:09
B4a.Her Man's Been Gone
B4b.Crying Town
B4c.We Have A Remedy
B4d.Ivor The Engine Driver
B4e.Soon Be Home
B4f.You Are Forgiven
C1.Batman 1:25
C2.Bucket 'T' 2:07
C3.Barbara Ann 1:57
C4.Disguises 3:13
C5.Doctor, Doctor 3:02
C6.Substitute (UK Single Version) 3:48
C7.Circles (Second Version) 2:30
C8.I'm A Boy (Single Version) 2:37
D1.I've Been Away 2:08
D2.In The City 2:25
D3.Happy Jack (Acoustic Version) 2:54
D4.Man With Money 2:47
D5.My Generation / Land Of Hope And Glory (Outtake) 2:05
D6.Substitute (US Single Version) 2:59
D7.I'm A Boy (Alternate Version) 3:25
D8.Batman (Instrumental Version) 1:13
D9.Happy Jack (Single Version) 2:14

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