The Who - Tommy (Super Deluxe Edition) (Audio CD - 11/11/2013)

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 is now available as a new LIMITED EDITION Super Deluxe version that that includes 4 audio discs, an 80 page hardback book and a poster. The audio features the original album re-mastered along with a wealth of previously unheard material in the form of 20 demos from Pete Townshend's archive and also a full live performance of Tommy from 1969 taken from tapes that infamously Townshend asked the band's sound engineer to burn. 18 of the previously unheard and thought to be long lost live tracks are taken from a live show at the Capital Theatre, Ottowa, Canada on October the 15th 1969. Three others, 'I'm Free,' 'Tommy's Holiday Camp,' and 'We're Not Gonna Take It' were lost due to tape reels being changed during the show so are taken from later shows of the same era. As discussed at length in Pete Townshend's autobiography the tapes were all supposed to be destroyed but were kept by long time Who sound man Bob Pridden despite Pete's instructions. The Super Deluxe box also features a 5.1 mix featuring the complete album remixed in surround sound on new Hi Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray format. The hardback 80-page full-colour book features rare period photos, memorabilia, a 20,000-word essay by legendary Who aficionado Richard Barnes and a rare facsimile Tommy poster housed in a hard-back deluxe slip-case.

Condition:NEW. Marked upc.

TRACK LISTINGS

Disc 1

1 Overture (5:21)
2 It's a Boy (0:38)
3 1921 (2:49)
4 Amazing Journey (5:04)
5 Sparks (2:05)
6 Eyesight To the Blind (2:14)
7 Christmas (4:34)
8 Cousin Kevin (4:06)
9 The Acid Queen (3:34)
10 Underture (10:04)
11 Do You Think It's Alright? (0:24)
12 Fiddle About (1:31)
13 Pinball Wizard (3:01)
14 There's a Doctor (0:23)
15 Go To the Mirror! (3:47)
16 Tommy Can You Hear Me? (1:35)
17 Smash the Mirror (1:34)
18 Sensation (2:26)
19 Miracle Cure (0:12)
20 Sally Simpson (4:10)
21 I'm Free (2:39)
22 Welcome (4:32)
23 Tommy's Holiday Camp (0:57)
24 We're Not Gonna Take It (7:08)

Disc 2

1 Overture (4:06)
2 It's a Boy (0:41)
3 1921 (3:12)
4 Amazing Journey (4:47)
5 Dream One (3:08)
6 Sparks (7:39)
7 The Hawker (4:46)
8 Christmas (4:39)
9 The Acid Queen (3:34)
10 Underture (1:48)
11 Do You Think It's Alright? (0:25)
12 Pinball Wizard (3:42)
13 There's a Doctor (0:23)
14 Go To the Mirror! (4:32)
15 Success (0:10)
16 Tommy, Can You Hear Me? (1:15)
17 Smash the Mirror (1:34)
18 Sensation (2:45)
19 Miracle Cure (0:11)
20 Sally Simpson (4:50)
21 I'm Free (2:28)
22 Welcome (3:25)
23 We're Not Gonna Take It (5:04)
24 Trying To Get Through (2:10)
25 Young Man Blues (2:50)

Disc 3

1 Overture
2 It's a Boy
3 1921
4 Amazing Journey
5 Sparks
6 Eyesight To the Blind
7 Christmas
8 Cousin Kevin
9 The Acid Queen
10 Underture
11 Do You Think It's Alright?
12 Fiddle About
13 Pinball Wizard
14 There's a Doctor
15 Go To the Mirror!
16 Tommy Can You Hear Me?
17 Smash the Mirror
18 Sensation
19 Miracle Cure
20 Sally Simpson
21 I'm Free
22 Welcome
23 Tommy's Holiday Camp
24 We're Not Gonna Take It

Disc 4

1 Overture (7:01)
2 It's a Boy (0:39)
3 1921 (2:28)
4 Amazing Journey (5:07)
5 Sparks (2:49)
6 The Hawker (1:54)
7 Christmas (3:11)
8 The Acid Queen (3:30)
9 Pinball Wizard (2:47)
10 Do You Think It's Alright? (0:21)
11 Fiddle About (1:12)
12 Tommy, Can You Hear Me? (0:55)
13 There's a Doctor (0:24)
14 Go To the Mirror! (3:22)
15 Smash the Mirror (1:10)
16 Miracle Cure (0:12)
17 Sally Simpson (4:01)
18 I'm Free (2:12)
19 Tommy's Holiday Camp (0:47)
20 We're Not Gonna Take It (3:28)
21 See Me, Feel Me/Listening To You (7:53)