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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 Who's Tommy Orchestral
Live album by Roger Daltrey
Released	14 June 2019
Recorded	July 2018 February 2019
Venue	Bethel, New York, US Budapest, Hungary
Genre	Rock, classical
Length	69:19
Label	Polydor
Producer	Roger Daltrey and Keith Levenson[1]

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]

Track listing

All songs written by Pete Townshend, except where noted.

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
	US Top Classical Albums (Billboard)[6]	1
	UK Albums (OCC)[7]	100

Personnel

Band

• Roger Daltrey – vocals, producer
• Simon Townshend – guitar, vocals
• Frank Simes – guitar, background vocal
• Jon Button – bass, background vocal
• Loren Gold – keyboards, background vocal
• Scott Devours – drums
• David Campbell – arranger
• Keith Levenson – conductor, producer
• Budapest Scoring Orchestra – orchestra

Technical

• Gareth Johnson – mixing
• Richard Whittaker – mixing, additional production
• Richard Evans – sleeve design
• Andrew Bannister – label design

References

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