As The Who navigated their incendiary path through the sixties, John Entwistle (nick-named The Ox) showed that he was a talented songwriter as well as being a formidable musician. Whilst no doubt thrilled to be the bass guitarist of such a successful band, Entwistle had voiced his discontent to others within the greater Who family about the lack of outlets for his songs, and this perhaps informed the decision for their label, Track Records, to sanction a recording budget for a solo album. Entwistle had been writing songs and making demos of them at home, and by the end of 1970, he had enough material for an album, the first CD in this 6CD box set... This clamshell box set includes Entwistle's six solo albums: Smash Your Head Against The Wall, Whistle Rymes, Rigor Mortis Sets In, Mad Dog, Too Late The Hero and The Rock, plus 29 bonus tracks! The albums feature guest appearances from Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton, Jimmy McCulloch, Howie Casey, Eddie Jobson, Dick Parry and Zak Starkey. The albums are presented in CD facsimiles of the original gatefold and individual sleeves, and the 28 page booklet contains all the credits and full annotation by Alan Robinson.

Track List

1. My Size
2. Pick Me Up (Big Chicken)
3. What Are We Doing Here?
4. What Kind of People Are They?
5. Heaven and Hell
6. Ted End
7. You're Mine
8. No. 29 (Eternal Youth)
9. I Believe in Everything
10. Cinnamon Girl [Outtake]
11. It's Hard to Write a Love Song [Demo]
12. The Haunted Can Be Free [Demo]
13. World Behind My Face [Demo]
14. My Size [Demo]
15. What Kind of People Are They? [Demo]
16. Pick Me Up (Big Chicken) [Demo]
17. No. 29 (External Youth) [Demo]
18. Ted End [Demo]
19. Ten Little Friends
20. Apron Strings
21. I Feel Better
22. Thinkin' It Over
23. Who Cares?
24. I Wonder
25. I Was Just Being Friendly
26. The Window Shopper
27. I Found Out
28. Nightmare (Please Wake Me Up)
29. I Wonder [Demo]
30. All Dressed Up [Demo]
31. Back on the Road [Demo]
32. Countryside Boogie [Demo]
33. Gimme That Rock 'N' Roll
34. Mr. Bass Man
35. Do the Dangle
36. Hound Dog
37. Made in Japan
38. My Wife
39. Roller Skate Kate
40. Peg Leg Peggy
41. Lucille
42. Big Black Cadillac
43. BP Big Gallon Jingle ('100 Miles of Motorway') [Demo]
44. BP Big Gallon Jingle ('100 Miles of Motorway') [With Voiceover] [Demo]
45. Made in Japan [Early Take]
46. Peg Leg Peggy [Early Take]
47. I Fall to Pieces
48. Cell Number 7
49. You Can Be So Mean
50. Lady Killer
51. Who in the Hell?
52. Mad Dog
53. Jungle [Instrumental]
54. I'm So Scared
55. Drowning
56. Mad Dog [Single Mix]
57. Cell Number 7 [Single Mix]
58. Try Me
59. Talk Dirty
60. Lovebird
61. Sleeping Man
62. I'm Coming Back
63. Dancing Master
64. Fallen Angel
65. Love Is a Heart Attack
66. Too Late the Hero
67. Sleeping Man [Demo]
68. Dancing Master [Demo]
69. I'm Coming Back [Demo]
70. Love Is a Heart Attack [Demo]
71. Overture [Outtake]
72. Stranger in a Strange Land
73. Love Doesn't Last
74. Suzie
75. Bridges Under the Water
76. Heartache
77. Billy
78. Life After Love
79. Hurricane
80. Too Much Too Soon
81. Last Song
82. Country Hurricane
83. Casualty [Outtake]
84. Light in the Dark [Outtake]
85. Break Your Heart [Outtake]
86. Love Doesn't Last [Demo]
87. Heartache [Early Version]