A Quick One

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RELEASE DATE: 18 April 2026

LABEL : UMR/Polydor

FORMAT: 2xLP

A Quick One
Originally released in 1966 and reaching #4 in the UK, A Quick One features the influential closing track ‘A Quick One, While He’s Away,’ which helped shape The Who’s later rock operas.

This Record Store Day 2LP includes the mono album plus B-sides, alternate versions, Ready Steady Who! tracks and instrumentals, with printed inner bags on transparent green and orange vinyl.

Track listing:
DISC ONE
A1. Run Run Run
A2. Boris The Spider
A3. I Need You
A4. Whiskey Man
A5. Heat Wave
A6. Cobwebs And Strange

B1. Don’t Look Away
B2. See My Way
B3. So Sad About Us
B4. A Quick One, While He's Away

DISC TWO
C1. Batman (from the Ready Steady Go EP)
C2. Bucket 'T' (from the Ready Steady Go EP)
C3. Barbara Ann (from the Ready Steady Go EP)
C4. Disguises (from the Ready Steady Go EP)
C5. Doctor, Doctor (B-Side Pictures of Lily)
C6. Substitute – Single
C7. Circles (B-Side Substitute)
C8. I’m A Boy – Single

D1. I’ve Been Away (B-Side Happy Jack)
D2. In The City (B-Side I’m A Boy)
D3. Happy Jack - Acoustic Version
D4. Man With Money (B-Side Love Is Strange)
D5. My Generation / Land of Hope and Glory – (Outtake from the Ready Steady Go EP)
D6. Substitute - US Single Version
D7. I’m A Boy - Alternate Version
D8. Batman - Instrumental
D9. Happy Jack - Alternate Mix