The Who are premiering an alternate version of “Amazing Journey” from the forthcoming reissue of their 1969 masterpiece, “Tommy.”
Due November 11, the reissue campaign includes a Deluxe Edition and a limited-edition Super Deluxe Box Set.
Originally released in May of 1969, “Tommy” launched The Who as a serious ‘albums band’ after years of chart-topping hit singles.
These new Deluxe and Super Deluxe versions of the album come with a wealth of previously unheard material in the form of 20 demos from Townshend’s archive and also a full live performance of “Tommy” from 1969 taken from tapes that infamously Townshend asked the band’s sound engineer to burn.
The Super Deluxe box also features a 5.1 mix featuring the complete album remixed in Surround Sound on new Hi Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray format. As well as the music, the limited edition Super Deluxe box set comes with a hardback 80-page, full-colour book featuring rare period photos, memorabilia, a 20,000-word essay by legendary Who aficionado Richard Barnes, and a rare facsimile Tommy poster housed in a hard-back deluxe slip-case.
Check out a full tracklisting of the “Tommy” reissues here.
See also:
The Who: Tommy reissue featured on In The Studio
The Who: Roger Daltrey talks 50th Anniversary tour and beyond
The Who: Tommy deluxe edition and box set due this fall