Editing Won't Get Fooled Again (section)

==Recording==
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The Who's first attempt to record the song was at the [[Record Plant]] on W 44 Street, [[New York City]], on 16 March 1971. Manager [[Kit Lambert]] had recommended the studio to the group, which led to his producer credit, though the ''de facto'' work was done by [[Felix Pappalardi]]. This take featured Pappalardi's [[Mountain (band)|Mountain]] bandmate, [[Leslie West]], on lead guitar.{{sfn|Neill|Kent|2002|p=279}}

Lambert proved to be unable to mix the track, and a fresh attempt at recording was made at the start of April at [[Mick Jagger]]'s house, [[Stargroves]], using the [[Rolling Stones Mobile Studio]].{{sfn|Neill|Kent|2002|p=280}} [[Glyn Johns]] was invited to help with production, and he decided to re-use the synthesized organ track from Townshend's original demo, as the re-recording of the part in New York was felt to be inferior to the original. [[Keith Moon]] had to carefully synchronise his drum playing with the synthesizer, while Townshend and Entwistle played electric guitar and bass respectively.{{sfn|Atkins|2000|p=152}}

Townshend played a 1959 [[Gretsch 6120|Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins]] hollow body guitar fed through an Edwards volume pedal to a [[Fender Bandmaster]] amp, all of which he had been given by [[Joe Walsh]] while in New York. This combination became his main electric guitar recording setup for subsequent albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/myth-busters-townshend-415.aspx|title=Myth Busters: Pete Townshend's Recording Secrets|first=Dave|last=Hunter|publisher=Gibson|date=15 April 2009|access-date=29 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006081848/http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/myth-busters-townshend-415.aspx|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Although intended as a demo recording, the end result sounded so good to the band and Johns, they decided to use it as the final take.{{sfn|Atkins|2000|p=152}} Overdubs, including an [[acoustic guitar]] part played by Townshend, were recorded at [[Olympic Studios]] at the end of April.{{sfn|Neill|Kent|2002|p=280}}{{sfn|Atkins|2000|p=152}} The track was mixed at [[Island Studios]] by Johns on 28 May.{{sfn|Neill|Kent|2002|p=280}} After ''Lifehouse'' was abandoned as a project, Johns felt "Won't Get Fooled Again", along with other songs, were so good that they could simply be released as a standalone single album, which became ''Who's Next''.{{sfn|Marsh|1983|p=382}}