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The Who By Numbers, The Who’s seventh studio album, will be released as an SDE exclusive blu-ray audio next month, alongside box set and vinyl editions.
Released in October 1975, the album features nine Townshend Originals, including the hits ‘Squeeze Box’ and ‘Slip Kid’. ‘Success Story’ was written by John ‘The Ox’ Entwistle.
The Who By Numbers SDE blu-ray is the final Who album from the 1970s to be released as an SDE blu-ray, after Quadrophenia, Who’s Next and Who Are You.
The audio streams of Who By Numbers on the SDE blu-ray are as follows:
Who By Numbers Pete Townshend Dolby Atmos mix (48/24)
Who By Numbers Pete Townshend 5.1 Mix (48/24)
Who By Numbers Original Stereo Mix (96/24)
VIDEO: Live at Metropolitan Stadium, 6 Dec 1975 (103 mins)
The Who By Numbers is the fourth SDE blu-ray of a Who studio album from the 1970s
This blu-ray includes something really quite special: 1 hr and 43 minutes of VIDEO FOOTAGE of The Who playing live at Metropolitan Stadium, Pontiac, Michigan on 6 December 1975.
This was a significant show. The Who set a (then) record for the largest ever indoor rock concert attendance when 76,898 people packed into Metropolitan Stadium in Pontiac, also known as ‘The Silverdome’. Due to the venue’s size, a large closed circuit video screen was installed and four cameras were used to convey instant visuals to the back projection. The images were recorded onto 2″ videotape with the sound captured in mono via a direct line feed from the PA.In 1977 the film was partly used in The Kids Are Alright movie but some 50 years on the entire show has been exhumed from The Who’s Archives and professionally cleaned up, with the audio remastered (it remains in mono). It stands as one of the few complete visual records of this tour – The Who’s last with Keith Moon.
Other formats available including a 5CD+blu-ray super deluxe box set with a 100-page hardback book featuring extensive sleeve notes, rare photographs, memorabilia and archive material from the period. The content of the blu-ray in this box is the same is what’s on the SDE blu-ray. There’s also a 2CD set which the second disc offering ‘highlights’ from the extra content in the big box. A 3LP edition pairs remastered audio on LP 1 with Live at Vetch Field, Swansea 12 June 1976 (LPs 2 & 3). There’s also a single black vinyl half-speed mastered version.
5CD+blu-ray box set
The Who By Numbers (Region-free) blu-ray audio is #78 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and it will be packaged similarly to previous editions and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.
This is a TIME LIMITED release. It available to pre-order for two weeks only. The pre-order window closes on 18 September 2026. Availability after that point cannot be guaranteed. Pre-order it from the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below.
The Who By Numbers will be released on 30 October 2026 via UMR.
Tracklisting
Pete Townshend Atmos Mix
Pete Townshend 5.1 Mix
2026 Stereo Remaster
Video: Live At Metropolitan Stadium, Pontiac, Michigan, 06 December 1975
Slip Kid
However Much I Booze
Squeeze Box
Behind Blue Eyes
Dreaming From The Waist
Boris The Spider
Magic Bus
Amazing Journey / Sparks
The Acid Queen
Fiddle About
Pinball Wizard
I’m Free
Tommy’s Holiday Camp
We’re Not Gonna Take It / See Me, Feel Me
Summertime Blues
My Generation/Join Together/Road Runner/My Generation Blues
Won’t Get Fooled Again
Tracklisting
CD 1: THE ORIGINAL 1975 ALBUM REMASTERED
Slip Kid
However Much I Booze
Squeeze Box
Dreaming From The Waist
Imagine A Man
Success Story
They Are All In Love
Blue, Red And Grey
How Many Friends
In A Hand Or A Face
CD 2: PETE TOWNSHEND DEMOS
Keep Me Turning (Version 1)
Slip Kid (Version 1)
Squeeze Box
Blue, Red and Grey
Dreaming From The Waist
How Many Friends
Keep Me Turning (Version 2)
Imagine A Man
Slip Kid (Version 2)
Round And Round (working title for In a Hand or a Face)
There Ain’t No Way Out (working title for However Much I Booze)
CD 3: TRACKING SESSIONS: RAMPORT & SHEPPERTON STUDIOS
Ramport Jam (Excerpt)
She Loves Everyone (Tracking Session)
Control Myself (Dreaming From The Waist Tracking Session)
There Ain’t No Way Out (However Much I Booze Tracking Session)
Goin’ To Frisco – Round And Round (In a Hand Or A Face Tracking Session)
Hi-Heel Sneakers Jam with Nicky Hopkins (Studio Outtake)
Pete And Keith “The Artiste” (Studio Dialogue)
Success Story (Tracking Session)
How Many Friends (Tracking Session)
Imagine A Man (Tracking Session)
They Are All in Love (Tracking Session)
She Loves Everyone (Retake With Nicky Hopkins)
Squeeze Box (Tracking Session)
Instrumental 1 (Tracking Session)
I’m Dreaming (Dreaming From The Waist Retake)
Every Minute (Blue Red and Grey Tracking Session)
Instrumental 2 (Rough Mix Tracking Session)
The Who By Numbers US Radio Spot #1 (Radio Commercial)
CD 4: EARLY MIXES & GUIDE VOCALS
Slip Kid – Alternate Roger Vocal (Early Mix Without Overdubs)
However Much I Booze – Alternate Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
Squeeze Box – Alternate Roger Vocal
Dreaming From The Waist – Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
Imagine A Man – Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
Success Story – John Vocal (Early Mix)
They Are All in Love – Alternate Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
Blue, Red and Grey (Unedited Version)
How Many Friends – Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
In A Hand Or A Face (Early Mix)
They Are All In Love Alternate Roger Vocal (Early Mix)
Squeeze Box (Acoustic Stripped Mix, 2026)
Imagine A Man (Acoustic Stripped Mix, 2026)
They Are All In Love (Acoustic Stripped Mix, 2026)
How Many Friends (Acoustic Stripped Mix, 2026)
The Who By Numbers US Radio Spot #2 (Radio Commercial)
Keith Moon And John Entwistle Preview (The Who by Numbers With John Peel, BBC 1975)
However Much I Booze (Live At The Summit, Houston, USA, 20 November 1975)
Slip Kid (Live At Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA, 11 March 1976)
CD 5: LIVE AT VETCH FIELD, SWANSEA, WALES, 12 JUNE 1976
My Wife
Baba O’Riley
Squeeze Box
Behind Blue Eyes
Dreaming From The Waist
Amazing Journey
Sparks
The Acid Queen
Fiddle About
Pinball Wizard
I’m Free
Tommy’s Holiday Camp
We’re Not Gonna Take It / See Me, Feel Me
Summertime Blues
My Generation/Join Together/My Generation Blues
Won’t Get Fooled Again
Blu-ray
Pete Townshend Atmos Mix
Pete Townshend 5.1 Mix
2026 Stereo Remaster
Video: Live At Metropolitan Stadium, Pontiac, Michigan, 06 December 1975
Slip Kid
However Much I Booze
Squeeze Box
Behind Blue Eyes
Dreaming From The Waist
Boris The Spider
Magic Bus
Amazing Journey / Sparks
The Acid Queen
Fiddle About
Pinball Wizard
I’m Free
Tommy’s Holiday Camp
We’re Not Gonna Take It / See Me, Feel Me
Summertime Blues
My Generation/Join Together/Road Runner/My Generation Blues
Won’t Get Fooled Again
Tracklisting
CD 1: THE ORIGINAL 1975 ALBUM REMASTERED
Slip Kid
However Much I Booze
Squeeze Box
Dreaming From The Waist
Imagine A Man
Success Story
They Are All In Love
Blue, Red And Grey
How Many Friends
In A Hand Or A Face
CD 2
Slip Kid (Demo)
However Much I Booze – Alternate Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
Squeeze Box (Acoustic Stripped Mix, 2026)
Control Myself (Dreaming From The Waist Tracking Session)
Imagine A Man – Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
Success Story – John Vocal (Early Mix)
They Are All In Love Alternate Roger Vocal (Early Mix)
Blue, Red and Grey (Unedited Version)
How Many Friends (Acoustic Stripped Mix, 2026)
Round And Round (working title for In a Hand or a Face) – Demo
Squeeze Box (Live At Vetch Field, Swansea, 12 June 1976)
Dreaming From The Waist (Live At Vetch Field, Swansea, 12 June 1976)
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