The Who are to release a Super Deluxe box set of Tommy on November 11.
It will include a remastered version of the original 1969 album, 20 demos from Pete Townshend’s archive and also a full live performance of Tommy recorded at the Capital Theatre, Ottawa, Canada on October 15, 1969.
The Super Deluxe box will also feature a 5.1 mix featuring the complete album remixed in surround sound on new Hi Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray format, as well as a hardback 80-page full-colour book featuring rare period photos, memorabilia, a 20,000-word essay by Richard Barnes and a rare facsimile Tommy poster housed in a hard-back deluxe slip-case.
A Deluxe Edition will also be released, including the remastered original album and the 1969 live performance.
The tracklisting for the Super Deluxe Edition is:
Disc 1 The original album (2013 re-master)
Overture
It’s A Boy
1921
Amazing Journey
Sparks
The Hawker (Eyesight To The Blind)
Christmas
Cousin Kevin
The Acid Queen
Underture
Do You Think It’s Alright?
Fiddle About
Pinball Wizard
There’s A Doctor
Go To The Mirror!
Tommy Can You Hear Me?
Smash The Mirror
Sensation
Miracle Cure
Sally Simpson
I’m Free
Welcome
Tommy’s Holiday Camp
We’re Not Gonna Take It
Disc 2 Demos & extras
Overture
It’s A Boy
1921
Amazing Journey
Dream One
Sparks
The Hawker
Christmas
Acid Queen
Underture (Dream Two)
Do You Think It’s Alright
Pinball Wizard
There’s A Doctor
Go To The Mirror!
Success
Tommy Can You Hear Me
Smash The Mirror
Sensation
Miracle Cure
Sally Simpson
I’m Free
Welcome
We’re Not Gonna Take It
Trying To Get Through
Young Man Blues
Tracks 1 – 23 – Pete Townshend – original demos; all previously unreleased except 2, 11 and 12 – released in 2003.
Track 24 – The Who – studio demo/out-take.
Track 25 – The Who – studio recording (NOTE: This version was previously only available on ‘The House That Track Built’ vinyl sampler).
Disc 3 Hi Fidelity Pure Audio – Blu-ray disc (5.1 mixes)
Overture
It’s a boy
1921
Amazing journey
Sparks
The Hawker
Christmas
Cousin Kevin
The acid queen
Underture
Do you think it’s alright?
Fiddle about
Pinball wizard
There’s a doctor
Go to the mirror!
Tommy can you hear me?
Smash the mirror
Sensation
Miracle cure
Sally Simpson
I’m Free
Welcome
Tommy’s holiday camp
We’re not gonna take it
Disc 4 Live Bootleg
Overture (including Introduction)
It’s A Boy
1921
Amazing Journey
Sparks
The Hawker (Eyesight To The Blind)
Christmas
The Acid Queen
Pinball Wizard
Do You Think It’s Alright?
Fiddle About
Tommy Can You Hear Me?
There’s A Doctor
Go To The Mirror!
Smash The Mirror
Miracle Cure
Sally Simpson
I’m Free
Tommy’s Holiday Camp
We’re Not Gonna Take It
See Me, Feel Me / Listening To You