[ Polydor LP / 2 LP ]
Release Date: Friday 15 November 2013
This item is only available to us via Special Import.
'Tommy' is The Who's defining breakthrough concept album: a full-blown rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind boy that launched the band to international superstardom, written almost entirely by Pete Townshend.
At a career crossroads - known mainly as a singles band - this project launched them as a serious 'albums band'.
Released in May 1969, it followed Who Sell Out (1967) and marked a complete change in style. Townshend's lengthy conceptual narrative brought exciting new opportunities to rock music - an ambitious, complex and controversial work - it was initially banned by the BBC!
It's become known for the spin-off cult 1975 film directed by Ken Russell and starring Roger Daltrey as Tommy, and featured the other members of the Who, plus a supporting cast that included Ann-Margret as Tommy's mother, Oliver Reed, Elton John, Tina Turner, Eric Clapton, and Jack Nicholson.
Deluxe vinyl edition
• 2-piece, heavyweight
•Original LP configuration
1.Overture (Original Album Version)
2.It's A Boy (Original Album Version)
3.1921 (Original Album Version)
4.Amazing Journey (Original Album Version)
5.Sparks (Original Album Version)
6.Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker) (Original Album Version)
7.Christmas (Original Album Version)
8.Cousin Kevin (Original Album Version)
9.The Acid Queen (Original Album Version)
10.Underture (Original Album Version)
11.Do You Think It's Alright? (Original Album Version)
12.Fiddle About (Original Album Version)
13.Pinball Wizard (Original Album Version)
14.There's A Doctor (Original Album Vertsion)
15.Go To The Mirror! (Original Album Version)
16.Tommy Can You Hear Me? (Original Album Version)
17.Smash The Mirror (Original Album Version)
18.Sensation (Original Album Version)
19.Miracle Cure (Original Album Version)
20.Sally Simpson (Original Album Version)
21.I'm Free (Original Studio Version)
22.Welcome (Original Album Version)
23.Tommy's Holiday Camp (Original Album Version)
24.We're Not Gonna Take It (Original Album Version)