Who – Tommy: Half-Speed Master 2022 (Vinyl 2LP)
$78.00
Limited edition reissue
Mastered by long-time Who engineer Jon Astley at Close To the Edge
Cut for vinyl by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios at half-speed for superior sound
Packaged in a reproduced original jacket with obi strips and an Abbey Road Studios Half-Speed Mastering Certificate
The Who’s Tommy 1969 concept album is a full-blown rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind boy that launched the band to international superstardom — and recognizing them as a serious “albums band.” It regularly turns up on lists of the most influential albums of all time.
Originally banned by the BBC and by some U.S. radio stations, the underlying child abuse and molestation theme in the tale of the “deaf, dumb and blind” Tommy Walker was a startling, darker side to the former mod-rockers from Shepherds Bush. The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard chart. Townshend proved to himself and the world he could still attempt such libretto and still rock. It spawned such Who staples as “Pinball Wizard,” “The Acid Queen,” “I’m Free” and “We’re Not Gonna Take It/See Me, Feel Me.”
LP1
1. Overture
2. It’s A Boy
3. 1921
4. Amazing Journey
5. Sparks
6. Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker)
7. Christmas
8. Cousin Kevin
9. The Acid Queen
10. Underture
LP2
1. Do You Think It’s Alright?
2. Fiddle About
3. Pinball Wizard
4. There’s A Doctor
5. Go To The Mirror!
6. Tommy Can You Hear Me?
7. Smash The Mirror
8. Sensation
9. Miracle Cure
10. Sally Simpson
11. I’m Free
12. Welcome
13. Tommy’s Holiday Camp
14. We’re Not Gonna Take It
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