The Who's Tommy Orchestral

The Who's Tommy Orchestral
Live album by
Roger Daltrey
Released14 June 2019
Recorded
  • July 2018
  • February 2019
Venue
  • Bethel, New York, US
  • Budapest, Hungary
GenreRock, classical
Length69:19
LabelPolydor
ProducerRoger Daltrey and Keith Levenson[1]

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]

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]

  1. ^ "The Who's Tommy Orchestral credits". allmusic . Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  2. ^ "The Who's Tommy Orchestral Out June 14th". The Who Official. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b "The Who's Tommy Orchestral". rdevans.com. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  4. ^ Stone, Sam (14 June 2019). "Amazing Journey: Roger Daltrey Releases "The Who's Tommy Orchestral" Live Album". The Second Disc. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  5. ^ Elbel, Jeff (9 August 2019). "Roger Daltrey - The Who's Tommy Orchestral (UMe)". The Big Takeover. Retrieved 24 August 2022.