So Who's the Bass Player: The Ox Anthology [Original recording remastered]

Disc: 1
1. My Size
2. Pick Me Up (Big Chicken)
3. What Are We Doing Here?
4. Heaven and Hell
5. Ted End
6. Ten Little Friends
7. Apron Strings
8. Thinkin' It Over
9. Who Cares?
10. I Wonder
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Disc: 2
1. My Wife [Live]
2. I'm Flash
3. Space Pirates
4. To the Chop
5. Blast Off
6. Try Me
7. Talk Dirty
8. Too Late the Hero
9. Love Doesn't Last
10. Life After Love
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So Who's the Bass Player: The Ox Anthology [Original recording remastered]

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Excelent!!! The Who s' Bass Player best colection of songs!!
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The OX gets double pressed...

So Who's the Bass Player: The Ox Anthology
John Entwistle
Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007TFH8Y
Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

My Size
Pick Me Up (Big Chicken)
What Are We Doing Here?
Heaven and Hell
Ted End
Ten Little Friends
Apron Strings
Thinkin' It Over
Who Cares?
I Wonder
I Was Just Being Friendly
Do the Dangle
Made in Japan
Roller Skate Kate
Peg Leg Peggy
Lady Killer
Mad Dog
Cell Number 7 [Live]
Whiskey Man [Live]
Boris the Spider [Live]

Tracks:

My Wife [Live]
I'm Flash
Space Pirates
To the Chop
Blast Off
Try Me
Talk Dirty
Too Late the Hero
Love Doesn't Last
Life After Love
Real Me [Live]
Success Story [Live]
905 [Live]
Had Enough
Bogeyman
Back on the Road
When the Sun Comes Up
Don't Be a Sucker

Customer Reviews:

Excelent!!! The Who s' Bass Player best colection of songs!!.......2005-10-28

John Entwistle is part of a number of great musicians and authors relegated to remain under the shadow of other very talented member of his band. That club is called: "the quiet ones" and among its members are George Harrison (the Beatles), Dave Davies (the Kinks), John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones), Jack Bruce (Cream), Tony Banks, Anthony Phillips & Steve Hackett (Genesis), Chick Churchill (Ten Years After), Greg Rolie (Santana), the late Tom Fogerty (Credence Clearwater Revival)and many many others. This is an excelent place to start to know his solo music and includes songs from all his solo cds to date including the little unknown "Flash Fearless" cd and even 3 new songs with Keith Moon on it. Still some excelent solo songs are missing, particularly from "Wistle Rymes" his best solo cd ever and maybe the best cd ever recorded from a member of the Who. Also there are no songs from his concerts with Ringo Starr (see Ringo s cds), his cd with Steve Hackett (Wind and the Willows), his recordings with the Strawbs guitar player Steve Lambert and other live recordings. Even with that this is an excelent colection of songs from The Who s bass player and one of rock masters.

grab bag of thunder.......2005-05-26

John Entwistle is my biggest musical influence, as a bass player and musician. As a song-writer he is wry and deadpan, at times musically and lyrically brilliant, but with an equal amount of just plain awful songs. This collection is worth "Bogeyman", alone. "Bogeyman", "I Wonder", and much on disc 1 are solid. It is the mid-to-late 80s and 90s work that someone needed to talk John Entwistle out of.

I have seen him and his solo bands many times and realize his desire for heavy-metal/hollywood-hair band music styles, but hearing the results are painful, embarrassing, and, I hope, forgettable.

This could be a 5-star rating if it was a complimentary cull from his writing with The Who: "905", "You", "When I Was a Boy", "I've Been Away" are all fantastic examples of Entwistle compositions. I guess he needed the wisdom of Daltrey, Townshend, and Moon to temper and hone his songs to greater brilliance. Competing egos tend to have a positive influence on your own inability to view yourself with clear eyes. I will caveat that by also saying I believe there is nothing a solo Beatle did, with any consistency, that holds a candle to the combined effort of The Beatles.

Grab Entwistle's Whistle Rhymes album. That is an Entwistle solo album of track-to-track brilliance. Short of that, pick and choose all his songs written with The Who and some nuggets from his solo work and then you will discover a gifted, wry musician - make sure it includes "When I Was a Boy".

The OX gets double pressed..........2005-04-12

While his first two solo albums are untouchable, John's other works are also of great merit and value (yet, sadly, they are at times either overlooked or misunderstood). But here, on this wonderful anthology, you will find a little bit of everything, for everybody.

For those unfamiliar with the OX, here is a terrific place to start...

Two CDs, housed in a slipcase, with excellent liner notes and pictures, what more could you ask for? Personally, I love the live cuts. Not just because they sound great, but also because they are vintage in recording, circa 1975. The live version of 'Whiskey Man' alone is worth buying this set.

For true Entwistle fans, this was a long time coming, even if we just sit around and skip through our favorites.

Rest in peace, John.

We'll all be listening.

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So Who's the Bass Player: The Ox Anthology
John Entwistle
Manufacturer: Sanctuary
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002QPTMG
Release Date: 2005-02-21

Tracks:

My Size
Pick Me Up (Big Chicken)
What Are We Doing Here?
Heaven and Hell
Ted End
Ten Little Friends
Apron Strings
Thinkin' It Over
Who Cares?
I Wonder
I Was Just Being Friendly
Do the Dangle
Made in Japan
Roller Skate Kate
Peg Leg Peggy
Lady Killer
Mad Dog
Cell Number 7 [Live]
Whiskey Man [Live]
Boris the Spider [Live]

Tracks:

My Wife [Live]
I'm Flash
Space Pirates
To the Chop
Blast Off
Try Me
Talk Dirty
Too Late the Hero
Love Doesn't Last
Life After Love
Real Me [Live]
Success Story [Live]
905 [Live]
Had Enough
Bogeyman
Back on the Road
When the Sun Comes Up
Don't Be a Sucker

Album Description

The first ever double-CD career retrospective of the Who's much-missed bassist, probably the most influential bass player in the world. This anthology cherry picks in chronological order the best work from Entwistle's solo career. From his 1971 debut, Smash Your Head Against The Wall, through to his last studio album, Music From Van Pires, released in 2000, this retrospective underscores why John Entwistle was regarded as such an influential & innovative musician. Deluxe packaging with sleeve notes by Record Collector's Andy Neill, Includes selected live tracks from the King Biscuit Flour Hour radio series. Sanctuary Midline. 2004.

Album Details

This Double CD Anthology Cherry Picks in Chronological Order the Best Work from Enthwistle's Solo Career. From his 1971 Debut, "Smash Your Head Against the Wall" Through to his Last Studio Album, "Music from Van Pires" Released in 2000, this Retrospective Underscores Why John Entwistle was Regarded as Such an Inspiration and Innovative Musician.