You might be skeptical about the half speed mastering process or about Miles Showell's prowess in this respect but I can tell you that when he gets his hands on great quality sources to work with the results can be stunning. The group only allowed two days of rehearsals with the tapes before touring, one of which was abandoned after Daltrey punched Townshend following an argument. This removes Tommy's mental block, and he recovers his senses, realising he can become a powerful leader ("Sensation"). For the finale of "Love, Reign O'er Me", Townshend and Nevison set up a large group of percussion instruments, which Moon played before kicking over a set of tubular bells, which can be heard on the final mix.

Following on from the time-marking surf-heavy Ready Steady Who EP, The Who’s second album represented almost implausibly rapid progression, and exhibited a far higher level of sophistication to My Generation. In October 1995, the rock group Phish, with an additional four-man horn section, performed Quadrophenia in its entirety as their second Halloween musical costume at the Rosemont Horizon in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois. Then quarantine hit, and we realized it might actually be possible to have enough time to make it happen. Townshend subsequently picked up some of the tapes and threw them over the stage, kicked his amplifier over, and walked off. The production on the album was handled by Joey Moi, Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome, Matt Dragstrem and Dave Cohen.Townshend later said, "We know that the stage act we had, with Tommy in it, would work under any circumstances, because it had worked many times

A significant amount of material had a lighter style than earlier recordings, with greater prominence put on the vocals.In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Tommy number 96 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, [67] it maintained the rating in a 2012 revised list, [68] and was re-ranked at number 190 on the 2020 list. This allows a performance longer than the standard running time of the medium to be presented as a single package. In 2011, he said the group "never recorded anything that was so ambitious or audacious again", and implied that it was the last album to feature good playing by Keith Moon. As well as their usual instruments, Townshend played piano and organ and bassist John Entwistle doubled on french horn.

the best pressing i have heard by far is the proper first UK Track release 1973, I had the Classic Records release on 200g when it first came out, I remember being impressed with it. The next day, the group flew out to New York to start the US tour, with the first gig on 9 May at the Grande Ballroom, Detroit. The album’s first single was a curveball – the kooky title track, with its tribal rhythms, parping brass section and chanted chorus. The album was preceded by the single "5:15" in the UK, which benefited from a live appearance on Top of the Pops on 4 October 1973 and was released the next day. Eye-opening insights into the early Who’s live set come courtesy of spirited frugs through James Brown’s Just You And Me Darling and The Olympics’ Good Lovin’.His parents take him to a respected doctor ("There's a Doctor"), who determines that the boy's disabilities are psychosomatic rather than physical. ELO’s leader Jeff Lynne – a beardy Beatles fan, about to turn 30 – was precisely the kind of boring old fart the punks had come to bury.