Released in 2001, Scoop 3 is a compilation of demos & alternate versions of previous Who

The Who

The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...

 songs and new Pete Townshend

Pete Townshend

Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...

 material.

History

It is the third and last Scoop collection. It contains considerably less demos and alternate versions of previous Who

The Who

The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...

 songs than the previous Scoop

Scoop (album)

Scoop is a compilation album by Pete Townshend containing 25 demos of various released and unreleased Who songs, as well as demos of entirely new material.-History:...

and Another Scoop

Another Scoop

Another Scoop is a compilation album by Pete Townshend, and essentially a sequel to Scoop.-History:Like Scoop released in 1983, Another Scoop features a multitude of demos, outtakes and unreleased material, many of which are Who songs. It was followed by Scoop 3 in 2001, the third and last Scoop...

thus it contains much more recent material than the previous albums. In addition to Who music, the album also contains songs from Townshend's decades-old albums such as The Iron Man: A Musical

The Iron Man: A Musical

The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend, released in 1989, is an adaptation of Ted Hughes' story The Iron Man, produced and largely composed and performed by Pete Townshend of The Who...

and All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes

All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes

All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes is the third official solo album by English rock musician and songwriter Pete Townshend. It was produced by Chris Thomas and recorded by Bill Price at Eel Pie, A.I.R. and Wessex studios in London...

. Notably, one of the demos, "Marty Robbins", recorded in June of 1984, would later appear in 2006 in completed form on The Who's first album in 24 years, Endless Wire

Endless Wire (The Who album)

Endless Wire is the eleventh album by the English rock band The Who released on 30 October 2006, through Polydor Records and the following day in the United States by Universal Republic. It was their first new album of original material in twenty-four years following the release of It's Hard in 1982...

, with the song retitled as "God Speaks of Marty Robbins".

Scoop 3 was re-issued on August 29, 2006 on the SPV label.

All three Scoop albums were 2-disc sets, and in 2002 a pared-down compilation of them all was released as Scooped

Scooped (album)

Scooped is a two CD compilation album including tracks from Pete Townshend's three albums Scoop, Another Scoop and Scoop 3. It was released 21 May 2002 in the US on the Redline label. A booklet is included that contains Townshend's commentary on the inspiration, ideas and instrumentation behind...

. Remastered versions of the original albums were released in 2006.

Track listing

1. "Can You See the Real Me"
2. "Dirty Water"
3. "Commonwealth Boys"
4. "Theme 015"
5. "Marty Robbins"
6. "I Like It the Way It Is"
7. "Theme 016"
8. "No Way Out (However Much I Booze)"
9. "Collings"
10. "Parvardigar"
11. "Sea and Sand
    Sea and Sand
    "Sea and Sand" is a song by The Who. It was released on the group's 1973 rock opera album Quadrophenia, where it is the second track of the third side of the record....
    
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12. "971104 Arpeggio Piano"
13. "Theme 017"
14. "I Am Afraid"
15. "Maxims for Lunch"
16. "Wistful"
17. "Eminence Front
    Eminence Front
    "Eminence Front" is a song written and sung by Pete Townshend of The Who. It appears as the sixth track on the group's 1982 studio album, It's Hard. The single reached #68 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is the only song from the album that the band has opted to play live after the initial...
    
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18. "Lonely Words"
19. "Prelude 970519"
20. "Iron Man Recitative"
21. "Tough Boys"
22. "Did You Steal My Money?"
23. "Can You Really Dance?"
24. "Variations on Dirty Jobs"
25. "All Lovers Are Deranged"
26. "Elephants"
27. "Wired to the Moon, Pt. 2"
28. "How Can You Do It Alone"
29. "Poem Disturbed"
30. "Squirm Squirm"
31. "Outlive the Dinosaur"
32. "Teresa"
33. "Man and Machines"
34. "It's In Ya"

External links

• Bill's Pete Townshend Pages - Scoop 3 Liner Notes