Description
Offered for sale is a copy of the two UK single-LP versions of Tommy by the Who, Tommy, Part One and Tommy, Part Two.
Tommy, Part One contains an alternate take of “Eyesight for the Blind” that only appeared on this version of the album.
About these copies: These copies of Tommy, Part One and Tommy, Part Two are 1972 UK pressings on the Track label of an album that was originally released in 1969 as a two-LP set.
Tommy, Part One – The cover is VG+ with slight edge and corner wear and a tear in the upper right hand corner where a price tag was removed. The lyric insert is M-.
The disc is M- and looks unplayed. Clean disc!
Tommy, Part Two – The cover is VG, with edge and corner wear and a large crease along the spine. The lyric insert is M-
The disc is visually VG++ with a couple of faint sleeve scuffs. There are many spindle marks on the labels; this LP plays with slight noise.
A nice copy of two classic Who LPs that are hard to find as a set.
Background: Released in 1969, the double album Tommy was the fourth studio album by the Who.
The album reached #2 on the UK album chart and #4 on the U.S. chart. In 1972, Track Records in the UK released Tommy as two separate albums, likely in hopes of reaching more budget-conscious buyers.
Allmusic.com gave Tommy a 4 1/2 star review:
The full-blown rock opera about a deaf, dumb, and blind boy that launched the band to international superstardom, written almost entirely by Pete Townshend. Hailed as a breakthrough upon its release, its critical standing has diminished somewhat in the ensuing decades because of the occasional pretensions of the concept and because of the insubstantial nature of some of the songs that functioned as little more than devices to advance the rather sketchy plot.
| Country of origin: | UK |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | Track |
| Catalog Number: |
2406 007 2406 008 |
| Year of Release: | 1972 |
| Format: | Stereo |
| Share: |       |
