The Who - Pinball Wizard Album

Tracklist

1	Dogs Part Two	2:21
2	Pinball Wizard	2:55

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
59 262	The Who	Pinball Wizard ‎(7", Single)	Polydor	59 262	Germany	1969
59 262	The Who	Pinball Wizard ‎(7", Single, Promo)	Polydor	59 262	Germany	1969
732465	The Who	Pinball Wizard ‎(7", Promo)	Decca	732465	US	1969
MCA-60174	The Who	Pinball Wizard / Dogs Part Two ‎(7", Single, RE)	MCA Records	MCA-60174	US	Unknown
none	The Who	Pinball Wizard ‎(7", S/Sided, TP)	Decca	none	US	Unknown

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
59 262	The Who	Pinball Wizard ‎(7", Single)	Polydor	59 262	Germany	1969
59 262	The Who	Pinball Wizard ‎(7", Single, Promo)	Polydor	59 262	Germany	1969
MCA-60174	The Who	Pinball Wizard / Dogs Part Two ‎(7", Single, RE)	MCA Records	MCA-60174	US	Unknown
none	The Who	Pinball Wizard ‎(7", S/Sided, TP)	Decca	none	US	Unknown
S 53546 Pol., S 53546 Pol	The Who	Pinball Wizard ‎(7", Single, Mono)	PGP RTB, PGP RTB	S 53546 Pol., S 53546 Pol	Yugoslavia	1969

Credits

• Design – Doomé
• Producer – Kit Lambert (tracks: 1), Shel Talmy (tracks: 2)
• Written-By – Pete Townshend

• Executive-Producer – Baron Lambert

Notes

Released on a red Polydor label in a unique Mexican picture sleeve.
A2 only credited to Keith Moon
B1 only credited to Altfield-Christian-TorrenceFrom the Soon To Be Released Rock Opera "Tommy (1914/1984)"Hors commerce
Taken from the compilation "The Who - Who's Better, Who's Best"
1. (p) 1969 - from the album "The Who - Tommy"
2. (p) 1965 - from the album "The Who - Live At Leeds"

Short intro

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Rock Classic Rock. The machines were designed by Joe Kaminkow, Ed Cebula, Lonnie D. The lyrics are written from the perspective of a pinball champion, called Local Lad in the Tommy libretto book, astounded by the skills of the opera's eponymous main character, Tommy Walker: That deaf, dumb, blind kid sure plays a mean pinball, and I thought I was the hobby table king, but I just handed my read more. Pinball Wizard - The Who. Pinball Wizard. The backboard of the machine has a dot matrix display with animations by Kurt Andersen and Markus Rothkranz. I just remember saying to him, with maybe an element of sarcasm, 'So, if it had pinball in it, would you give it a decent review Townshend told Uncut in 2004. Despite the title, it has no musical connection to the Who's 1968 UK single Dogs. The machine features twenty-one songs from the musical sung by original Broadway cast members. Ever since I was a young boy, I've played the silver ball From Soho down to Brighton, I must've played 'em all But I ain't seen nothin' like him in any amusement hall That deaf, dumb, and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball. In late 1968 or early 1969, when the Who played a rough assembly of their new album to critic Nik Cohn, Cohn gave a lukewarm reaction. The album got The Who out of a financial mess. Anything with pinball in its fantastic. The lyrics are written from the perspective of a pinball champion, called Local Lad in the Tommy libretto book, astounded by the skills of the opera's eponymous main character, Tommy Walker: That deaf, dumb, blind kid sure plays a mean pinball, and I thought I was the hobby table king, but I just handed my read more. Despite the title, it has no musical connection to the Who's 1968 UK single Dogs. The Who were deep into their sessions for Tommy when Townshend played a rough mix of the concept album for Nik Cohn, a rock writer with whom he often played pinball in Soho. Ever since I was a young boy I've played the silver ball From Soho down to Brighton I must have this page you can download song The Who - Pinball Wizard Original Album Version in mp3 and listen online. Pinball Wizard is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by the English rock band The Who, and featured on their 1969 rock opera Tommy. Album Tommy. The machine was built using Solid-state electronics type components. Steve Wood, Getty Images. 19 on the U. The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard is a pinball machine based on the rock musical The Who's Tommy. Current track: Pinball WizardPinball Wizard. The Who. Текст песни: Local Lad: Ever since I was a young boy, Ive played the silver ball. I just remember saying to him, with maybe an element of sarcasm, 'So, if it had pinball in it, would you give it a decent review Townshend told Uncut in 2004. I love the guitar in this song its so good you will not foget it. Following this, Townshend, as Tommy's principal composer, discussed the album with Cohn and concluded that, to lighten the load of the rock opera's heavy spiritual overtones Townshend had recently become deeply interested in the teachings of Meher Baba, the title character, a deaf, dumb and blind boy, should also be particularly good at a certain game. THE WHO Pinball Wizard Single, released: 7 March 1969 Album: Tommy Released, 23 May 1969 Label: Track Pinball Wizard is a song written by Pete. Why the Who Reluctantly Recorded Pinball Wizard. After writing this song for Nik Cohn, Townshend almost didn't even mention it to the band because he hated it so much. Pete Townshend The Who Pinball Wizard Tommy 1969. The original recording was released as a single in 1969 and reached 4 in the UK charts. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. Cohn expressed his dissatisfaction, particularly with the heaviness and the spiritual aspects of the story and felt that it could use something upbeat. He stands like a statue, becomes part of the machine Feelin' all the bumpers, always playin' clean Plays by intuition, the digit counters fall That deaf, dumb, and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball. Written by Pete Townshend. Sheats Jr. 12 Pinball Wizard Tommy, 1969