Another scoop [ATCO 7 90539-2] is the second official compilation (preceded by Scoop) of demos, outtakes, and rare and unreleased materials by English rock composer Pete Townshend, of The Who fame. ATCO Records ' 1987 release is a double CD album. It's a great Lo-fi record, tracks being usually intimate, rough, raw and crude. It also features some Townshend's electronic experimental endevours. As with previous and later bootleg and pirate releases of similar materials, its appraise may have sparked Townshend's continued releases and re-releases of such odds & sods, perhaps more profit-oriented, which are beginning to cause some strain among fans who feel somewhat exploited, according to internet forum postings.

Tracklist

Disc One:

1. You better you bet. 1980 demo for The Who's Face Dances.
2. Girl in a suitcase. Dated 1975, it was intended for The Who By Numbers.
3. Brooklyn kids. 1978 song about rape orchestrated by Ted Astley.
4. Pinball Wizard. Last minute demo for The Who's Tommy rock opera, intending the composition to make the album more amenable for Nik Cohn.
5. Football Fugue. 1978 Hooligan song made out of Townshend's lyrics for his father-in-law Ted Astley orchestra music. (The football in the song is the one called soccer mainly by Americans).
6. Happy Jack. 1966 demo for The Who's song, featuring Townshend playing cello.
7. Substitute. 1966 demo for the The Who's great single, ripping off the guitar riff of The Rolling Stones' Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown.
8. Long Live Rock. 1972 demo for The Who's single, intended for an album that later developed into Quadrophenia. It's not clearly stated if this demo is played by Townshend solo or by The Who.
9. Call Me Lightning. 1964 demo for a song released years later by The Who.
10. Holly like Ivy. 1982 demo recorded in a hotel room in Dallas, Texas.
11. Begin the Beguine. 1969 Townshend's cover of Cole Porter's song, one of Meher Baba's favorites, had been previously released in Baba's followers disc/magazine Happy Birthday.
12. Vicious interlude. Pete playing guitar and raising children straight.
13. La-La-La-Lies. 1965 demo for The Who's first album.
14. Cat Snatch. 1982-1983 electronic experimental instrumental intended for The Who's aborted album Siege. Bass played by Chucho Merchan .

Disc Two:

1. Prelude #556. 1982 electronic instrumental composed and recorded during The Who's "last tour" as a fanfare for Roger Daltrey.
2. Baroque Ippanese. 1982 electronic instrumental.
3. Praying the game. Dated 1978, orchestrated by Ted Astley, credited as co-composer.
4. Driftin' Blues. 1981, very lo-fi recording of a song composed by Edward Williams, Johnny Moore and blues pianist/vocalist Charles Brown, who was its original performer. Previous to Townshend, it was covered by John Lee Hooker, whose version was the one first heard by Townshend, and by Snooks Eaglin .
5. Christmas. 1968 demo for The Who's Tommy.
6. Pictures of Lily. 1967 demo for The Who's single.
7. Don't let go the coat. 1980 demo for The Who's Face Dances album. Kenny Jones on drums.
8. The Kids are alright. 1965 demo for The Who's first album My Generation.
9. Prelude, The Right to Write. 1983 experimental electronic instrumental.
10. Never ask me. 1977 rough demo of some sort of ballad intended by Townshend for Who Are You or to be sung by Frank Sinatra.
11. Ask yourself. 1982-1983, intended for the aborted Who album Siege. Important use of electronics.
12. The Ferryman. 1987 song for a play based in Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha novel based on the life of young Buddha, featuring Vasudeva as a ferryman who serves as guide to the former Prince. It has a peculiar guitar tuning, and it is orchestrated by Ted Astley, who is accordingly credited as co-composer.
13. The Shout. 1984 late night demo.

Information based in the booklet notes by Townshend himself.