-- Who - The Who`s Tommy: Original Cast Recording (1992 Broadway Revival) | (Audio CD) MSRP $ 31.98 Amazon Price $ 31.98 Savings $ 0.00 | |  Release Date: 13 July, 1993, Rca
TRACK LISTING - Overture - Bill Buell
- Captain Walker - Pete Townshend
- It`s a Boy
- We`ve Won - Michael Arnold
- 1921
- Amazing Journey - Michael Cerveris
- Courtroom Scene (Dialogue)
- Sparks
- Amazing Journey (Reprise) - Michael Cerveris
- Christmas/See Me, Feel Me
- Do You Think It`s Alright? - Jonathan Dokuchitz
- Fiddle About - Paul Kandel
- See Me, Feel Me (Reprise) - Michael Cerveris
- Cousin Kevin - Anthony Barrile
- Sensation - Michael Cerveris
- Sparks (Reprise)
- Eyesight to the Blind - Michael McElroy
- Acid Queen - Cheryl Freeman
- Pinball Wizard
- Underture
- It`s a Boy [Reprise]/There`s a Doctor - Jonathan Dokuchitz
- Go to the Mirror/Listening to You
- Tommy, Can You Hear Me?
- I Believe My Own Eyes - Jonathan Dokuchitz
- Smash the Mirror - Marcia Mitzman
- I`m Free - Michael Cerveris
- Streets of London 1961-63 [Dialogue]/Miracle Cure
- Sensation (Reprise) - Michael Cerveris
- I`m Free/Pinball Wizard (Reprise)
- Tommy`s Holiday Camp - Paul Kandel
- Sally Simpson
- Welcome - Michael Cerveris
- Sally Simpson`s Question - Michael Cerveris
- We`re Not Gonna Take It - Michael Cerveris
- See Me, Feel Me [Reprise]/Listening to You [Reprise] - Michael Cerveris
Usually ships in 24 hours | | | Hey, I actually saw the show... | | I was younger then, about teenager age and I saw the promo for The Who`s Tommy on the 1993 Tony Awards... granted my dad has the Who`s original: it`s a masterpiece.... BUT you can`t judge a show`s soundtrack without having seen the show... they are two very completely different things. Being an avid musical/show fan myself... Tommy is one of my favorite musicals and wish it would come back... okay, maybe some people think that the Broadway show or the recording of it butchered the Who`s original Tommy but without having seen the show, no one can say that it sucks because the live music and the pure technicolor of the Broadway show is unbelievable... it is still the Who`s music and how many other rock stars have (seriously) put on a rock opera on Broadway, other than Elton John, and Tommy has been big hits in Canada, Los Angeles, Germany, etc. The soundtrack is beautiful once you see the show that`s when the music and the show connect, visually and mentally. | | | | An Amazing Journey for music lovers | | This album is incredible! I am only 21 and the orignal album by the Who was released when my mother was in high school, and she was a big fan of the Who. She had the record and played it a lot back in the 80`s when I was a kid. I recently checked this CD out at my local library and I was blown away. I listen to it while I`m driving and I get goose bumps every time. Best songs are: Amazing Journey, Go to the Mirror, Pinball Wizard, Sensation, Acid Queen. I can hardly wait to see this show live (if I ever get the chance, which isn`t likely because I`ve been checking for months and it seems nobody`s performing it anymore). | | | | Listening to this, you get the music... | | The evolution of the rock opera "Tommy" from album to film to Broadway musical has been about as wild a trip as what happens to Tommy and the Walkers. For me it was always the Ken Russell film version that was the big mistake, while I find this musical version to be superb. First, I think the narrative device of having the four-year old and adult versions of Tommy able to confront one another does a fantastic job of unlocking the story and making a lot of the symbolism work. Second, I love the harmonies that exist in this version. Just compare the various versions of "Go to the Mirror" or "Sally Simpson" with what we have here. I think all of my really favorite parts on this album involve Marcia Mitzman as Mrs. Walker harmonizing with someone else. It reminds me of listening to Peter, Paul & Mary sing Bob Dylan and realizing how good his songs were musically despite that vocal affectation. For my money, "Tommy" has never been sung any better than what is preserved on this original cast album. I think a lot of the credit for how great this "Tommy" sounds goes to producer George Martin, as Townsend himself points out in his liner notes. To quote the man: "this `Tommy` is a bridge between the old, respected and beloved traditions of music theater and the relatively new and experimental world of rock-and-roll." That might be the rub, because the number of people who are truly comfortable in both spheres is certainly a minor subset of those who love each of those two art forms respectively. Yes, there is a fundamental magnificence to the original double-album of "Tommy" by the Who, represented by the sheer audacity of telling an entire music story sung by Roger Daltrey and the obvious attempt to strive for greatness by Pete Townsend. But this musical version represents this pivotal piece of rock and roll history in full flower. | | |
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