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The Who's Tommy Orchestral

2019 live album by Roger Daltrey

The Who's Tommy Orchestral is a live album by English rock singer Roger Daltrey, performing The Who's 1969 album Tommy alongside members of The Who touring band and a symphony orchestra conducted by Keith Levenson. It was recorded in July 2018 in Bethel, New York, at the site of the original Woodstock festival, during a US tour of the concert. Later, in February 2019, Levenson directed and recorded the Budapest Scoring Orchestra in Budapest with new arrangements from David Campbell, to add a new orchestral backing to the album.[2][3]

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The album was released by Polydor on 14 June 2019 to mark the 50th anniversary of the original recording, as a vinyl 2-LP set and a single CD. The track list presents the original studio album almost exactly, with the only changes being it missing "Underture", and a slightly different order.[4] According to Daltrey "[the album is] played as a structured piece of music that is written and respected just as we respect the great composers of the past".[5] The cover was designed by Richard Evans.[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Pete Townshend, except where noted.

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Charts

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Personnel

Band

Technical

  • Gareth Johnson – mixing
  • Richard Whittaker – mixing, additional production
  • Richard Evans – sleeve design
  • Andrew Bannister – label design

References

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    "The Who's Tommy Orchestral credits". allmusic . Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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    "The Who's Tommy Orchestral Out June 14th". The Who Official. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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    "The Who's Tommy Orchestral". rdevans.com. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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    Stone, Sam (14 June 2019). "Amazing Journey: Roger Daltrey Releases "The Who's Tommy Orchestral" Live Album". The Second Disc. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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    Elbel, Jeff (9 August 2019). "Roger Daltrey - The Who's Tommy Orchestral (UMe)". The Big Takeover. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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    "Roger Daltrey Chart History (Top Classical Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 Aug 2022.
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    "Roger Daltrey | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 23 Aug 2022.
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