I have been a fan of the Who since I first saw them in concert in 1967 and then a few months later on TV on the Smothers Brothers. I started collecting their records in the early '70s during my college years. I have listed part of my collection as a guide to anyone interested in collecting the Who. The definitive guide is the excellent "The Who - An Illustrated Discography" compiled by Ed Hanel. Preceding even that was the "Trouser Press Discography" from 1975 by Ira Robbins and John Visnakas.
When Pete Townshend's Who Came First was released in 1971, the following 16-page 8-1/2x11 booklet was included with the promo copies (courtesy of Roland Boisjoly):
| Page 1 | Page 5 | Page 9 | Page 13 |
| Page 2 | Page 6 | Page 10 | Page 14 |
| Page 3 | Page 7 | Page 11 | Page 15 |
| Page 4 | Page 8 | Page 12 | Page 16 |
The next item is a small brochure issued in 1971 by Decca Records showing the Who's current releases. Note the extended song titles given for Live at Leeds.
MAGAZINES
Hit Parader - September 1967
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
SHEET MUSIC AND SONG BOOKS
Happy Jack
Join Together
Postcard
Love, Reign O'er Me
The Who Retrospective - 1975
Quadrophenia - 1974
The Who Anthology - 1977
BOOKS
The Who by Gary Herman - 1971
The following pictures are from the book. The photographers are uncredited.
Townshend playing in mid-flight at the Albert Hall, London, 1969
Are the Kids All Right? by John G. Fuller - 1981 (Front
Cover/Back Cover/Front
Flap/Back Flap)
The Complete Guide to the Music of The Who by Chris Charlesworth - 1995
The Who Through the Eyes of Pete Townshend by Connor McKnight & Caroline Silver
- 1974
The Who by George Tremlett - 1975 (Front Cover/Back Cover)
Headliners The Who by John Swenson - 1979 (Front Cover/Back Cover)
Horse's Neck by Pete Townshend (Hard Cover) - 1985 (Front
Cover/Back Cover)
Horse's Neck by Pete Townshend (Paperback) - 1985 (Front
Cover/Back Cover)
Full Moon by Dougal Butler - 1981 (Front Cover/Back Cover)
The Who - Ten Great Years by Rolling Stone - 1975
The Who by Jeff Stein and Chris Jonhston - 1973
The Who In Their Own Words compiled by Steve Clarke - 1979
The Who - The Illustrated Biography by Chris Charlesworth - 1982 (Front Cover/Back Cover)
The Who - The Farewell Tour by Peter Goddard - 1983
The Who - Maximum R&B by Richard Barnes - 1982
The Who In Sweden by Olle Lundin - 1995
The Story of Tommy by Richard Barnes & Pete Townshend - 1977
A Decade of The Who by Ted Dicks - 1977
Lifehouse Script by Pete Townshend - adapted for radio by Jeff Young (Front
Cover/Back Cover)
English Imaginaries by Kevin Davey (Front
Cover/Back Cover)
A Fortnight of Furore - The Who and the Small Faces Down Under by Andrew
Neill (Front Cover)
Bass Culture by John Entwistle (Author), Rick Neilsen (Photographer),
Mike Graham (Photographer), Steve Pitkin (Author)
COMIC BOOKS
Rock 'n' Roll Comics No. 7
Published in 1990 by Revolutionary Comics
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