The Who's Tommy [Original Cast Recording] Original Broadway Cast

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  • Release Date: 07/13/1993
  • 2 Disc Set
  • Sales Rank: 21,107
  • Label: RCA VICTOR BROADWAY
  • UPC: 090266187423

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The Who's Tommy [Original Cast Recording]

Disc 1
1LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 1. Overture 4:41
2LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 1. Captain Walker 1:45
3LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 1. It's a Boy 0:53
4LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 1. We've Won 1:01
5LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 1. Twenty-One 4:14
6LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 1. Amazing Journey 3:12
7LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 1. Courtroom Scene (dialogue) 1:16
8LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 1. Sparks 2:14
9LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 1. Amazing Journey (reprise) 1:04
10LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 1. Christmas 5:04
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Disc 2
1LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 2. Underture 2:37
2LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 2. It's a Boy / There's a Doctor 1:13
3LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 2. Go to the Mirror / Listening to You 3:36
4LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 2. Tommy, Can You Hear Me? 2:00
5LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 2. I Believe My Own Eyes 4:01
6LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 2. Smash the Mirror 2:41
7LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 2. I'm Free 2:52
8LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 2. Streets of London 1961-63 (dialogue) / 0:36
9LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 2. Sensation (reprise) 2:21
10LISTENThe Who's Tommy, musical play~Act 2. I'm Free / Pinball Wizard (reprise) 3:55
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The Broadway cast album of Tommy (called The Who's Tommy presumably to alert Who fans that this really is the stage version of the group's 1969 "rock opera" and not some unrelated Tommy) is the best recording of Peter Townshend's song cycle since the Who did the original; Beatles producer George Martin was in the recording booth, and a stellar cast led by Michael Cerveris sings fervently. That's the good news. The bad news is that Townshend has radically rethought his ideas in 24 years, and rewritten nine songs to reflect his many changes of heart. Artists rarely improve their work by changing it years later, although they frequently succumb to the temptation, and anyone familiar with the original who tries to sing along to this album is in for a rude surprise. The Broadway Tommy has been secularized and domesticated; no longer a messiah, he now longs for normality. It's too bad that Townshend didn't have the wisdom to bring Tommy to the stage intact. (The Who's Tommy tied for the 1993 Tony Award for Best Score.) William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

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Tommy [Original Cast Recording]by Anonymous

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September 16, 2006: After many versions of TOMMY ( Sound track, live tapes etc ) this G.Martin recording is the best CD set after THE WHO´s Original & DELUXE & ( ... what better technology will come next ). The acteurs, musicians & technicians were brilliant. And if Rock Music will influence "Broadway" ( e.g.RENT ) THE WHO´s TOMMY will be still alive when I am a "veteran". When I was teenie, I could not imagine to love Old King Cole PORTER, but ROCK. Some decades later I love both & and these record has shown me the way. Thanks to Pete & Martin !

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April 11, 2003: After bashing the movie soundtrack (though I was fair enough to point out the more tolerable moments), I figured reviewing this would only be fair. Besides, talking about good stuff is more fun! Kudos to George Martin, who produced this and conducted the orchestra. Also, Pete Townshend has changed some of the words and the ending of the original to make it more cohesive and perhaps more believable. Here, you have Tommy, who after witnessing his father's arrival back home thinks he's become deaf, dumb and blind after his parents warn him "You didn't hear it, you didn't see it, etc." This leaves the parents going crazy for a solution. A street vagabond suggests to the father that they visit the Acid Queen for their problem. It's not long before they realize the Gyspy is little more than a cheap prostitute. However, Tommy finds his "miracle cure" by a pinball machine and becomes an overnight hero. Pete Townshend has added 2 new songs "I Believe My Own Eyes" and "Sally Simpson's Question." I will admit I stubbornly boycotted this on Broadway after Ken Russel's lackluster movie. When it comes to my area again, I will see it (I promise!). In the meantime, we all have this soundtrack to enjoy