“Who's Next/Life House” — The Who's massive new box set — dives deep down the archival rabbit hole to shed light on the development of one of the band's greatest records — and one grandiose idea that (mostly) slipped away.
The 10-disc, 155-track collection out Friday shows how Pete Townshend ’s self-described “mad idea” for a science fiction rock opera “Life House” project, which was abandoned and eventually became 1971's “Who’s Next.”
