Which group released the album 'Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy' in the 1970s?
Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy the time there were many rarities in the Who catalog – b-sides, demos, and other tracks that were UK-only, live, or previously unreleased – and Marsh complained, "Why reissue things for the second (third) time on an album when you have such an incredible backlog of material?" Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy is a compilation album of singles by British rock band The Who, released in 1971 as Track 2406 006 in the UK and as Decca DL 79184 in the US. It entered the US "Billboard" 200 chart on 20 November 1971, peaking at
Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy Lily" and "Magic Bus" previously appeared on the US compilation album "". "Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy" features an alternative recording of "I'm a Boy", recorded 3 months after the original single release, which appeared later in abbreviated form on the Limited Edition bonus disc to the "Ultimate Collection" compilation. Most of the tracks on this album would also appear on many subsequent compilations of Who material. Robert Christgau remarked that "In England, this is a greatest hits album [but] in the U.S., where some of these songs have never been released and most have never made the charts, it's