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PETE TOWNSHEND TO RELEASE 45TH ANNIVERSARY REISSUE OF WHO CAME FIRST ON APRIL 20

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PETE TOWNSHEND TO RELEASE 45TH ANNIVERSARY REISSUE OF WHO CAME FIRST ON APRIL 20

2CD REMASTERED DELUXE EDITION FEATURES PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS AND RARE LIVE PERFORMANCES

16 FEBRUARY 2018 (Toronto, ON) – Who Came First was Pete Townshend’s debut solo record, first released in 1972. The album collected tracks from Pete’s private pressings of his tributes to Meher Baba’s “Happy Birthday” and “I Am” as well as demos from the unrealized concept album, Lifehouse, part of which became The Who’s classic Who's Next album.

To celebrate its 45th Anniversary, Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company, is set to release a 2CD expanded version of the album featuring eight previously unreleased tracks, new edits, alternative versions and live performances on April 20. The forthcoming eight panel digipak also includes new sleeve notes provided by Pete himself, the original poster from the 1972 release and a 24-page booklet which contains rare images of Meher Baba and Pete in his recording studio. The cover photo of Townshend, taken by Graham Hughes (who also shot the cover of The Who’s Quadrophenia), has been updated for this release.

Available now for pre-order, Who Came First has been remastered by long-time Pete Townshend and The Who collaborator Jon Astley using the original master tapes. CD1 consists of a remastered version of the original album and CD2 includes previously unreleased versions and life performances.

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Who Came First – Tracklisting:

CD 1

  1. Pure and Easy
  2. Evolution
  3. Forever’s No Time At All
  4. Let's See Action
  5. Time Is Passing
  6. There’s a Heartache Following Me
  7. Sheraton Gibson
  8. Content
  9. Parvardigar

CD2

  1. His Hands
  2. The Seeker (2017 edit)
  3. Day Of Silence
  4. Sleeping Dog
  5. Mary Jane (Stage A Version)
  6. I Always Say (2017 Edit)
  7. Begin The Beguine (2017 edit)
  8. Baba O’Reilly (Instrumental)
  9. The Love Man (Stage C)*
  10. Content (Stage A)*
  11. Day Of Silence (Alternate Version)*
  12. Parvardigar (Alternate take)*
  13. Nothing Is Everything*
  14. There’s A Fortune In Those Hills*
  15. Meher Baba In Italy*
  16. Drowned (live in India)*
  17. Evolution (live at Ronnie Lane Memorial)

*Previously unreleased

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