FOR GETTIN' ME HERE
Magic Bus: The Who on Tour
is a compilation album
by the English
rock band
It was released as
the band's fourth album
in the United States
by Decca in
September 1968
to capitalize on
the success of their single
of the same name.
It is a compilation album
of previously released material,
and was not issued
in the UK,
although the album
was also released
at approximately
the same time in Canada.
It peaked at #39
on the Billboard 200.
The somewhat deceptive title
implies that the songs were
recorded live,
but all recordings
are studio tracks.
The track list
duplicates a few songs
from the second
and third US albums,
but also contains single
and EP tracks
that were previously unavailable
on a US album.
Members of the group
(Pete Townshend in particular)
have frequently expressed
their dislike of this release.
When the cover pictures
were taken the group
was not made aware
by Decca that
the shots would be used
for a US album.
Immediately following
the modest success
of this album,
a similar but unrelated
Who compilation,
Direct Hits,
was released in the UK
by Track Records.
In 1974,
the album was
re-issued by
MCA Records
in the
US and Canada
as part of a
budget-priced double album
set which also included
the 1966 US debut,
The Who Sings My Generation.
The reissue peaked at
#185
on the
Billboard 200.
It was reissued on
Compact disc by
MCA Records
in the 1980s,
but it was not included
among the remastered
CD editions
that were released
in the 1990s.
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