John Entwistle - The Rock (Deluxe Edition) (1996) Hi Res

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.

John's sixth studio album was recorded by the band over a period of eighteen months between 1985 and 1986 at Entwistle's Hammerhead Studios in Gloucestershire. The Rock was Entwistle's only album in which he did not sing lead or backing vocals on any tracks, a role performed instead by American-born Canadian Henry Small, formerly of the band Prism. This Deluxe re-release features 5 bonus tracks of exclusive outtakes!