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Tracklist

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1Rough Boys
additional engineer:
Steve Nye (producer, engineer and pianist)
engineer:
Bill Price (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
bass guitar:
Tony Butler (English rock bassist with Big Country)
drums (drum set):
Kenney Jones (drummer for Small Faces, Faces, and The Who)
guitar, synthesizer and lead vocals:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
harmonica:
Peter Hope‐Evans
keyboard ["straight" keyboard]:
John “Rabbit” Bundrick
horn arranger:
Raphael Rudd
additionally recorded at:
AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead and Eel Pie Studios in London (Greater London)
recorded at:
Air Studios (Oxford Street, London. 1970–1991 recordings only) in London (Greater London) and Eel Pie Studios in London (Greater London)
mixed at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury
recording of:
Rough Boys
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd., Towser Tunes, Inc. and Windswept Pacific
34:00
2Let My Love Open the Door
additional engineer:
Steve Nye (producer, engineer and pianist)
engineer:
Bill Price (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
bass guitar:
Tony Butler (English rock bassist with Big Country)
drums (drum set):
Simon Phillips (rock drummer)
guitar, synthesizer and lead vocals:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
harmonica:
Peter Hope‐Evans
keyboard ["straight" keyboard]:
John “Rabbit” Bundrick
additionally recorded at:
AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead and Eel Pie Studios in London (Greater London)
recorded at:
Air Studios (Oxford Street, London. 1970–1991 recordings only) in London (Greater London) and Eel Pie Studios in London (Greater London)
mixed at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury
recording of:
Let My Love Open the Door
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd., Towser Tunes, Inc. and Windswept Pacific
4.252:42
3Misunderstood
producer:
Glyn Johns
recording of:
Misunderstood
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. and Windswept Pacific
2:57
4Give Blood
producer:
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
recording of:
Give Blood
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. and Windswept Pacific
5:38
5A Friend Is a Friend
producer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
recording of:
A Friend Is a Friend
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd., Heavy Metabolics Limited, Towser Tunes, Inc. and Windswept Pacific
5:01
6Sheraton Gibson
producer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
recording of:
Sheraton Gibson
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Fabulous Music, Ltd. (this is a publisher, not an imprint!)
2:35
7English Boy
producer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
recording of:
English Boy
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. and Windswept Pacific
4:49
8Street in the City
producer:
Glyn Johns
recording of:
Street in the City
orchestrator:
Edwin Astley
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. and Windswept Pacific
6:06
9Pure and Easy
producer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
recording of:
Pure and Easy
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Fabulous Music, Ltd. (this is a publisher, not an imprint!) and Towser Tunes, Inc.
5:32
10Slit Skirts
producer:
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
recording of:
Slit Skirts
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd., Westminster Music Ltd. and Windswept Pacific
5:02
11The Sea Refuses No River
producer:
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
recording of:
The Sea Refuses No River
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd., Westminster Music Ltd. and Windswept Pacific
5:56
12A Little Is Enough
additional engineer:
Steve Nye (producer, engineer and pianist)
engineer:
Bill Price (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
bass guitar:
Tony Butler (English rock bassist with Big Country)
drums (drum set):
Mark Brzezicki
guitar, synthesizer and lead vocals:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
harmonica:
Peter Hope‐Evans
keyboard ["straight" keyboard]:
John “Rabbit” Bundrick
additionally recorded at:
AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead and Eel Pie Studios in London (Greater London)
mixed at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury
recording of:
A Little Is Enough
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. and Windswept Pacific
4:38
13Face the Face
recording engineer:
Bill Price (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
guest vocals:
Emma Townshend (writer and journalist)
recording of:
Face the Face
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. and Windswept Pacific
45:51
14Uneasy Street
producer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
recording of:
Uneasy Street
writer:
Jon Lind, Billy Nicholls (English singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and musical director) and Pete Townshend (of The Who)
4:38
15Let My Love Open the Door (E.Cola mix)
additional producer:
Jack Hues, Chris Hughes (producer, aka “Merrick”) and Tim Oliver (UK producer and engineer)
producer:
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
remixer:
Jack Hues, Chris Hughes (producer, aka “Merrick”) and Tim Oliver (UK producer and engineer)
recorded at:
Air Studios (Oxford Street, London. 1970–1991 recordings only) in London (Greater London) and Eel Pie Studios in London (Greater London)
recording of:
Let My Love Open the Door
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd., Towser Tunes, Inc. and Windswept Pacific
44:56