The Who / A Quick One

Artist

The Who

Title

A Quick One

Titel Zusatz

60th Anniversary Edition

Released

09.12.1966

Format

Doppel LP

Condition Cover

M-

Condition Record

M-

Reissue

Yes

Reissue Date

18.04.2026

Label

Polydor

Catalog No

8801668

Country

Worldwide

Primary Genre

Rock

Number of Tracks

Playing Time

72:42

Tracks

A Quick One (LP 1)
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)
B4.	A Quick One, While He's Away (9:09)

Bonus LP of B-sides, Ready Steady Who! and Rarities (LP 2)
A1.	Batman (1:25)
A2.	Bucket 'T' (2:07)
A3.	Barbara Ann (1:57)
A4.	Disguises (3:13)
A5.	Doctor, Doctor (3:02)
A6.	Substitute (UK Single Version) (3:48)
A7.	Circles (Second Version) (2:30)
A8.	I'm a Boy (Single Version) (2:37)
B1.	I've Been Away (2:08)
B2.	In the City (2:25)
B3.	Happy Jack (Acoustic Version) (2:54)
B4.	Man with Money (2:47)
B5.	My Generation (0:00)
B6.	Land of Hope and Glory (Outtake) (0:00)
B7.	Substitute (US Single Version) (2:59)
B8.	I'm a Boy (Alternate Version) (3:25)
B9.	Batman (Instrumental Version) (1:13)
B10.	Happy Jack (Single Version) (2:14)

Remastered

Yes

Packaging

Single Sleeve

140 gr Vinyl

Yes

Vinyl Color

Orange (First) & Green (Second)

Mono

Yes

Album Notes

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

Issued in non-gatefold jacket.

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.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 6 02488 01668 1
Barcode (Scanned): 0602488016681
Label Code: LC00309
Rights Society: BIEM/SDRM
Rights Society (D2): ASCAP
Other (LP1 labels): 006024 8801671 1
Other (LP2 labels): 006024 8801672 1
Other (LP1 inner sleeve): 8801671
Other (LP2 inner sleeve): 8801672
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): 8801671 A1 -67771-1 MILES. ABBEY ROAD. ROOM 30
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): 8801671 B1 -67771- MILES. ABBEY ROAD. ROOM 30
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): 8801672 A1 -67772-1 MILES. ABBEY ROAD. ROOM 30
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): 8801672 B1 -67772-1 MILES. ABBEY ROAD. ROOM 30

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