The Who / Who’s Next on SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio

Standalone blu-ray only via SDE • Steven Wilson Atmos, 5.1 & Stereo Mixes of album & bonus tracks • Exclusive instrumentals • Quick pre-order

SDE is proud to announce that The Who’s classic 1971 album Who’s Next – “arguably their artistic pinnacle” in the words of Alexis Petridis – is now available to pre-order as an SDE-exclusive standalone blu-ray audio.

The band’s fifth studio long-player emerged from the ashes of a project called Lifehouse, an ambitious multi-media rock opera conceived by Pete Townshend in 1969, but ultimately aborted. Who’s Next features some of The Who’s best known songs, including ‘Baba O’Riley’ and ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’.

The blu-ray was previously only available as part of the excellent, but expensive, super deluxe edition of Who’s Next, which was released just over a year ago. It features Steven Wilson remixes of Who’s Next and 14 bonus tracks. Those bonus tracks are of the highest quality and include unedited versions of singles such as ‘The Seeker‘, ‘Let’s See Action‘ and ‘Join Together‘.

Wilson has created Dolby Atmos Mixes, dedicated 5.1 mixes and new stereo mixes of all 23 tracks with the exception of ‘Bargain’, for which the multi-tracks unfortunately could not be found (a Penteo ‘upmix’ was created for that track for the spatial/surround mixes).

The SDE blu-ray exclusively features Steven Wilson instrumental mixes of the album and all the bonus tracks (except ‘Bargain’, for the reasons stated above). These instrumentals do not features on the blu-ray in the box set.

The audio streams of Who’s Next on the SDE-exclusive blu-ray are as follows:

• Who’s Next – Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos mix (48/24)
• Who’s Next – Steven Wilson 5.1 mix (96/24)
• Who’s Next – Steven Wilson Stereo mix (96/24)
• Who’s Next – Steven Wilson Stereo Instrumentals (96/24)*
• Who’s Next – Original 1971 Stereo mix (96/24)

The following 14 bonus tracks are available in SW Atmos (48/24), SW 5.1 (96/24), SW New Stereo (96/24)and SW Stereo Instrumentals (96/24):

• The Seeker (Unedited Version)
• Here For More
• Now I’m A Farmer
• I Don’t Know Myself (Eel Pie Sound Version)
• Water (IBC Version)
• Naked Eye (Olympic Sound Version)
• Pure And Easy
• Too Much of Anything
• Let’s See Action
• When I Was a Boy
• Join Together (Unedited Version)
• Put The Money Down
• Relay (Unedited Version)
• Long Live Rock

Jonathan Cornell of Immersive Audio Album reviewed Steven’s Atmos Mix on the blu-ray in the box set last year and concluded “as far as surround sound mixes of classic albums go, it simply doesn’t get much better than this” and Wilson himself noted that “it’s almost a cliche with surround sound to say that it’s like you’re in the studio with the band, but that really is the way it feels on these iconic recordings. You can almost reach out and touch the music”.

This Who’s Next blu-ray audio is #30 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and will be packaged similarly to previous editions and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.

Do not miss out. This product is a limited edition and has a 10 day pre-order window, which closes on Friday 1 November 2024. Availability cannot be guaranteed after that date. The blu-ray is available only via the SDE shop. You can pre-order via the shop website or by using the button below.

This Who’s Next blu-ray is released on 17 January 2025 via UMR.

Tracklisting

Who’s Next The Who / SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio

• Steven Wilson remixes the 1971 classic in Atmos, 5.1 & more
  • Who’s Next

    Steven Wilson Atmos Mix (48/24)
    Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix (96/24)
    Steven Wilson Stereo Mix (96/24)
    Steven Wilson Stereo Instrumentals (96/24)
    Original 1971 Stereo Mix (96/24)

    1. Baba O’Riley
    2. Bargain*
    3. Love Ain’t For Keeping
    4. My Wife
    5. The Song Is Over
    6. Getting In Tune
    7. Going Mobile
    8. Behind Blue Eyes
    9. Won’tGet Fooled Again

    *Atmos & 5.1 are upmixes. Missing from instrumentals & replaced with original stereo on SW Stereo Mix

  • 14 bonus tracks

    Steven Wilson Atmos Mix (48kHz 24-bit)
    Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix (96kHz 24-bit)
    Steven Wilson Stereo Mix (96kHz 24-bit)
    Steven Wilson Stereo Instrumentals (96kHz 24-bit)

    1. The Seeker (Unedited Version)
    2. Here For More
    3. Now I’m A Farmer
    4. I Don’t Know Myself (Eel Pie Sound Version)
    5. Water (IBC Version)
    6. Naked Eye (Olympic Sound Version)
    7. Pure And Easy
    8. Too Much of Anything
    9. Let’s See Action
    10. When I Was a Boy
    11. Join Together (Unedited Version)
    12. Put The Money Down
    13. Relay (Unedited Version)
    14. Long Live Rock**