THE WHO - TOMMY *DVDA* (2 DISCS)

The Who Tommy on 2-Disc DVD-A Set

This is the way it should be done! For the first time in the modern digtial era, the original master tapes of Tommy were located and used for re-mixing and re-mastering by Pete Townshend personally. (The 1996 MCA edition of Tommy was re-mastered using the multi-track masters since the original tapes could not be found.) Jon Astley (Townshend's tape archivist) remarked ''...everybody who was with me just couldn't believe the quality of the tape. It's really, really good...It's exactly the same album that we all know and love.'' And the sound is absolutely incredible!

The Who's instruments really sound like they should with Roger Daltrey and Townshend's vocals being perfectly clear and you can really feel John Entwhistle and Keith Moon viscerally pounding out the rhythm together. If the re-mastered sound was the only improvement that would be sufficient but this 2-disc version adds so much more. Besides the detailed liner notes and dozens of photographs from the original sessions, there are more than a dozen additional tracks including previously unreleased songs (some originally intended for Tommy) and five stereo-only demos (four of which have never been released before).

    1.   Overture (Townshend) - 5:20
    2.   It's a Boy (Townshend) - 0:38
    3.   1921 (Townshend) - 2:48
    4.   Amazing Journey (Townshend) - 5:04
    5.   Sparks (Townshend) - 2:05
    6.   Eyesight to the Blind (The Hawker) (Williamson) - 2:14
    7.   Christmas (Townshend) - 4:32
    8.   Cousin Kevin (Entwistle) - 4:06
    9.   The Acid Queen (Townshend) - 3:34
    10.   Underture (Townshend) - 10:04
    11.   Do You Think It's Alright? (Townshend) - 0:24
    12.   Fiddle About (Entwistle) - 1:31
    13.   Pinball Wizard (Townshend) - 3:01
    14.   There's a Doctor (Townshend) - 0:23
    15.   Go to the Mirror (Townshend) - 3:47
    16.   Tommy, Can You Hear Me? (Townshend) - 1:35
    17.   Smash the Mirror (Townshend) - 1:34
    18.   Sensation (Townshend) - 2:28
    19.   Miracle Cure (Townshend) - 0:12
    20.   Sally Simpson (Townshend) - 4:10
    21.   I'm Free (Townshend) - 2:39
    22.   Welcome (Townshend) - 4:32
    23.   Tommy's Holiday Camp (Moon/Townshend) - 0:57
    24.   We're Not Gonna Take It (Townshend) - 3:28
    25.   See Me, Feel Me/Listening to You (Townshend) - 3:41
    26.   I Was (Townshend) - 0:17
    27.   Christmas (Townshend) - 4:44
    28.   Cousin Kevin Model Child (Entwistle) - 1:26
    29.   Young Man Blues [Version 1] (Allison) - 2:53
    30.   Tommy, Can You Hear Me? [Alternate Version] (Townshend) - 2:00
    31.   Trying to Get Through (Townshend) - 2:51
    32.   Sally Simpson [outtake] (Townshend) - 4:10
    33.   Miss Simpson (Townshend) - 4:20
    34.   Welcome [Take 2] (Townshend) - 3:44
    35.   Tommy's Holiday Camp (Moon/Townshend) - 1:09
    36.   We're Not Gonna Take It [Alternate Version] (Townshend) - 6:12
    37.   Dogs, Pt. 2 (Moon) - 2:30
    38.   It's a Boy (Townshend) - 0:44
    39.   Amazing Journey (Townshend) - 3:43
    40.   Christmas (Townshend) - 1:58
    41.   Do You Think It's Alright? (Townshend) - 0:29
    42.   Pinball Wizard (Townshend) - 3:47