| The Who's Tommy Orchestral | |
| Type: | Live |
| Artist: | Roger Daltrey |
| Cover: | The_Who's_Tommy_Orchestral_cover.jpg |
| Released: | 14 June 2019 |
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| Genre: | Rock, classical |
| Length: | 69:19 |
| Label: | Polydor |
| Producer: | Roger 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.
All songs written by Pete Townshend, except where noted.