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The Who Sell Out - A Look Back

The Who Sell Out - A Look Back Pick up the new copy of MOJO Magazine with its full-on coverage of The Who Sell Out LP of 1967 . MOJO Blog writes... "1967 was not looking like Pete Townshend's year. Already bored of psychedelic drugs, and scared to death by fellow Track Records recording star Jimi Hendrix, he fretted about the way forward. January saw music press reports that Townshend was planning an opera set in 1999 about China invading the world, while March saw the release of Pictures Of Lily, an elephantine single narrated by a wanking sexual cripple. [...]