Editing Magic Bus: The Who on Tour

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Magic Bus: The Who on Tour
| type         = compilation
| artist       = [[the Who]]
| cover        = Who bus.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = September 1968
| recorded     = 1966–68
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = *[[Rock music|Rock]]
* [[pop music|pop]]
| length       = 30:48
| label        = [[Decca Records|Decca]]
| producer     = [[Kit Lambert]]
| chronology   = [[The Who]] US
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Magic Bus: The Who on Tour
 | type        = compilation
 | single1     = [[Magic Bus (song)|Magic Bus]]" / "Someone's Coming
 | single1date = 11 October 1968
}}
| prev_title   = [[The Who Sell Out]]
| prev_year    = 1967
| next_title   = [[Tommy (The Who album)|Tommy]]
| next_year    = 1969
}}
'''''Magic Bus: The Who on Tour''''' is a [[compilation album]] by English rock band [[the Who]]. It was released as the band's fourth album in the United States by [[Decca Records|Decca]] in September 1968 to capitalize on the success of their [[Magic Bus (song)|single of the same name]].<ref>[http://www.thewho.com/index.php?module=discography&discography_item_id=79&discography_tag=albums The Who discography]</ref> It is a compilation album of previously released material, and was not issued in the UK, although the album was also released at approximately the same time in Canada. It peaked at #39 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5822 All Music Guide]</ref>

The somewhat deceptive title implies that the songs were recorded live, but all recordings are studio tracks. The track list duplicates a few songs from the second and third US albums, but also contains [[single (music)|single]] and [[extended play|EP]] tracks that were previously unavailable on a US album.

Members of the group ([[Pete Townshend]] in particular) have frequently expressed their dislike of this release.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} When the cover pictures were taken the group was not made aware by Decca that the shots would be used for a US album.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} Immediately following the modest success of this album, a similar but unrelated Who compilation, ''[[Direct Hits (The Who album)|Direct Hits]]'', was released in the UK by [[Track Records]].

In 1974, the album was re-issued by [[MCA Records]] in the US and Canada as part of a budget-priced [[double album]] set which also included the 1966 US debut, ''[[My Generation (album)|The Who Sings My Generation]]''. The reissue peaked at #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=30 March 2021}}</ref> It was reissued on [[compact disc]] by [[MCA Records]] in the 1980s, but was not included among the remasterings that took place in the 1990s.

{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r21821|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
|rev3= [[MusicHound]]
|rev3score = 2.5/5<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Graff|editor-first1=Gary|editor-last2=Durchholz|editor-first2=Daniel|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Farmington Hills, MI|year=1999|isbn=1-57859-061-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/1227 1227]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/1227}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev4Score = (unfavourable)<ref>{{cite journal |last=Marcus |first=Greil |date=9 November 1968 |title=Reviews |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/magic-bus-the-who-on-tour-19681109 |journal=[[Rolling Stone]] |location=San Francisco |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |access-date=30 June 2014 }}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev5score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-who/albumguide |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206034417/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-who/albumguide |title=The Who: Album Guide |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-date=6 February 2011 |access-date=2 September 2015}}</ref>
}}

==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Pete Townshend]] except where noted.

{{tracklist
| headline = Side one
| extra_column = Original release
| title1 = [[Disguises (The Who song)|Disguises]] 
| note1=[[Monaural|mono]]
| length1 = 3:14
| extra1 = ''[[Ready Steady Who]]'' ([[Extended play|EP]]), 1966
| title2 = Run Run Run 
| note2=[[Stereophonic sound|stereo]]
| length2 = 2:44
| extra2 = ''[[A Quick One]]'', 1966
| title3 = [[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (The Who song)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]] 
| note3=mono
| writer3 = [[John Entwistle]]
| length3 = 2:27
| extra3 = [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[A-side & B-side|B-side]] of "Magic Bus", 1968
| title4 = I Can't Reach You 
| note4=stereo
| length4 = 3:05
| extra4 = ''[[The Who Sell Out]]'', 1967
| title5 = [[Our Love Was|Our Love Was, Is]] 
| note5=stereo
| length5 = 3:09
| extra5 = ''The Who Sell Out''
| title6 =[[Call Me Lightning (song)|Call Me Lightning]]
| note6=mono
| length6 = 2:25
| extra6 = UK B-side of "[[Dogs (The Who song)|Dogs]]", 1968
|all_writing=|title7=|length7=|title8=|length8=|title9=|length9=|title10=|length10=|title11=|length11=|title12=|length12=|title13=|length13=|title14=|length14=|title15=|length15=|title16=|length16=|title17=|length17=|title18=|length18=|title19=|length19=|title20=|length20=|total_length=}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = ...
| title7 = [[Magic Bus (song)|Magic Bus]] 
| note7=American stereo version
| length7 = 3:21
| extra7 = Single A-side
| title8 = Someone's Coming 
| note8=mono
| writer8 = Entwistle
| length8 = 2:33
| extra8 = UK B-side of "[[I Can See for Miles]]", US B-side of "[[Magic Bus (song)|Magic Bus]]"
| title9 = Doctor, Doctor 
| note9=mono
| writer9 = Entwistle
| length9 = 3:02
| extra9 = B-side of "Pictures of Lily", 1967
| title10 = Bucket T 
| note10=mono
| writer10 = Don Altfeld, [[Roger Christian (songwriter)|Roger Christian]], [[Dean Torrence]]
| length10 = 2:11
| extra10 = ''Ready Steady Who''
| title11 = [[Pictures of Lily]] 
| note11=mono
| length11 = 2:43 
| extra11 = Single A-side
}}

==Personnel==
'''The Who'''
*[[Roger Daltrey]]&nbsp;– [[lead vocalist|lead vocals]], [[harmonica]]
*[[Pete Townshend]]&nbsp;– backing vocals, [[electric guitar]], [[acoustic guitar]] on "Magic Bus", lead vocals on "I Can't Reach You" and "Our Love Was, Is"
*[[John Entwistle]]&nbsp;– [[bass guitar]], backing vocals, lead vocal on "Doctor Doctor" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".
*[[Keith Moon]]&nbsp;– [[drum kit|drums]], backing vocals, lead vocal on "Bucket T"

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