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unusual facts about A Quick One, While He's Away


Chipping Ongar

On the Who's album, Live at Leeds, Keith Moon refers to Chipping Ongar in a bit of stage banter as part of the introduction to their so-called "mini-opera," A Quick One, While He's Away.


A Quick One, While He's Away

The name of "Ivor the Engine Driver" was influenced by the UK TV series Ivor the Engine.

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A short tease of the final section, "You Are Forgiven", was used to end a concert at the Wembley Arena on 16 November 2000.

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When the song was performed live, instead of "girl", Townshend and Daltrey would make a point to sing "Girl Guide".

Kokan Popović

In his early youth he brought some LP compilations of Opatija festivals and played them while using a wooden cigarette box as a drum and after hearing The Who's album A Quick One, he decided to become a drummer.

Ready Steady Who

All of the songs are available as bonus tracks on the 1995 reissue CD of A Quick One, except for "Circles", which differs from the version on the 2002 de luxe version of the My Generation LP, and can be found on Two's Missing.

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The credit was corrected in the liner notes to the 1995 CD release of A Quick One.


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