Talk:Tommy (soundtrack)

Song credits

I have added song credits.RobertGustafson (talk) 17:56, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

How about adding credits for Sparks? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Don Williams (talk • contribs) 02:08, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

What was the "B-side" track of the "Pinball Wizard" single?

Someone should find out and document it.RobertGustafson (talk) 19:05, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

According to the article Pinball Wizard it was "Dogs Part II", there is a picture of the cover, but no other clear source. Sammy D III (talk) 06:38, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

That's the B-side for the film soundtrack's single, 1975? You might be thinking of the 1969 version. RobertGustafson (talk) 06:38, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Was thinking of 1969, wrong article, sorry.Sammy D III (talk) 13:00, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

In the US, there was no official single for "Pinball Wizard" for legal reasons (Polydor had the soundtrack rights, MCA had Elton John's artist rights, and never the twain did meet). However, Polydor did service radio with a promo-only 45, which is why it received significant airplay in the spring of 1975. The flip side of that promo was "Acid Queen" by Tina Turner. Cheemo (talk) 17:08, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Differences between film soundtrack and album? Problems

Where did the information in the section "Differences between film soundtrack and album" come from? It's written as if it's all WP:OR. Was this all stuff someone noticed, or worked out on their own? The main body of the article needs something besides this (and tracks & credits), and this section needs sourcing or major rewriting. If things are self-evident (e.g., version X has two verses and version Y has 3 verses), then it's not so important to source the information as it is to write it objectively. Words and phrases like "may be", "evidently", "dramatically different", "dynamic vocal performance," "noticeable" (or "noticeably", many uses), "appear to be", and "Townshend's famous guitar intro," are all subjective and reflective of personal opinion or personal conclusions (OR). Where did this content come from? I'll get rid of the unnecessary quotation marks and provide links for the objective jargon, but can someone else help with the rest? Dcs002 (talk) 05:04, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

The section was created by Dunks58 with this series of edits in November 2013. Since there were no references then, and there still are not any now, I'm going to delete it per WP:NOR.

If the section is to be reconstructed, it will have to be far shorter, because of the paucity of commentary about this issue in reliable sources. In Won't Get Fooled Again, Richie Unterberger writes that there was a five-year timing difference between when the Tommy music was first written and when it was remade for the film, but he does not describe the differences between the film and the film's own soundtrack album. And that's the closest I can find to any sort of commentary about this issue. Binksternet (talk) 05:33, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Not a Who album

Looking at the liner notes, album cover, disc label, etc., it doesn't seem to be a Who album. It's a product that I'm sure the Who have sold, and on the back cover it says Ken Russell's film of "Tommy by the Who", but that seems in reference to the Who being the author of the source material. The album seems to be a Pete Townshend adaptation, as he is the producer of the album, along with Ken Russell. Does anyone object to changing the credit? SweetTaylorJames (talk) 07:10, 17 October 2021 (UTC)