Editing My Generation (album) (section)

==Release history==
The UK release featured a cover image of the band standing beside some oil drums and looking upward to the camera, with splashes of colour added by the red and blue stencilled letters of the title and a jacket patterned after the [[Union Flag]] thrown over [[John Entwistle]]'s shoulders.<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-whos-pete-townshend-on-raiding-vaults-for-my-generation-box-set-124688/ The Who’s Pete Townshend on Raiding Vaults for ‘My Generation’ Box Set] Rolling Stone.</ref> [[Pete Townshend]] was wearing his school scarf. For the US release, this was replaced with a portrait of the band standing beneath [[Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster|Big Ben]].

In 1974, ''The Who Sings My Generation'' was re-issued by [[MCA Records]] in the US and Canada as part of a budget-priced [[double album]] set which also included the 1968 compilation album ''[[Magic Bus: The Who on Tour]]''. The reissue peaked at No. 185 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Who Chart History (''Billboard'' 200) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-who/chart-history/tlp/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=March 30, 2021}}</ref>

The UK mono album was briefly reissued in Britain in 1979 by [[Virgin Records]], during the height of the country's [[Mod revival]]. The bands of that scene owed a direct debt to the Who for inspiration, and the younger generations of their fans were keen to explore those original influences. This pressing of the album went out of print in 1980, meaning there was no official UK edition of ''My Generation'' again available until the Deluxe Edition of 2002.

In 2002, the album was remixed into stereo and remastered for a Deluxe Edition by Shel Talmy. This was the first time any of these songs had seen a stereo release.<ref>Andy Neill Deluxe Edition liner notes, p.23</ref> While sounding clearer in stereo, this edition omits many overdubs that are prominent in the original mono mixes, notably the lead guitar parts in "A Legal Matter" and "My Generation" (though both songs in their mono mixes close disc 2) and the double-tracked vocals in "The Good's Gone", "Much Too Much", "La-La-La Lies" and "The Kids Are Alright".

In 2008, the album's original UK mono mix was remastered for the Japanese market, appearing in limited numbers as a double-CD box set and a regular single CD album. Both variations included bonus tracks recorded in 1965. The stereo mixes were taken from the 2002 Deluxe Edition release.

In 2012, the album was released using a flat transfer from the original master tapes (for the mono disc) and released in Japan in 2012 as part of a two-disc mono and stereo set with bonus tracks. In the same year, ''My Generation'' was released in mono in the UK as a single disc without bonus tracks, using newer generation tapes several times removed from the original master tape.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Who My Generation|url=http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-who-my-generation.299585/|website=Steve Hoffman Music Forums|access-date=30 November 2014}}</ref>

In 2014, ''My Generation'' was released on [[iTunes]] and [[HDtracks]] in mono and stereo versions with bonus tracks. The mono version was mastered from the same source as the 2012 Japanese release. The stereo version has mixes different from those on the 2002 Deluxe Edition release.

On 18 November 2016, Brunswick/Polydor Europe released a 5-CD deluxe edition that includes most previous versions of this complicated product in one collection (Brunswick – 5372740, Polydor – 5372740, UMC – 5372740).  The set consists of Disc 1: The Original Mono Mixes; Disc 2: The Stereo Mixes; Disc 3: The Original Mono Mixes – Bonus Tracks; Disc 4: The Original Stereo Mixes – Bonus Tracks; Disc 5: Primal Scoop – The 1964–1965 Demo Mixes.