Cover of Who Came First

Peter Townshend

Who Came First

1972 Folk Rock Prog Rock
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Tracklist

  1. A1 Pure And EasyTownshend 5:25
  2. A2 EvolutionLane 3:33
  3. A3 Forever's No Time At AllMcInnerney, Nicholls 2:50
  4. A4 Nothing Is Everything (Let's See Action)Townshend 6:15
  5. B1 Time Is PassingTownshend 3:25
  6. B2 There's A Heartache Followin' MeBaker 3:15
  7. B3 Sheraton GibsonTownshend 2:40
  8. B4 ContentKennedy, Townshend 2:30
  9. B5 ParvardigarBaba, Townshend 6:43

Musicians

Also credited

Also credited. Words By: Kate McInnerney. Written-By: Kate McInnerney, Ray Baker, Maud Kennedy. Words By (A Poem By): Maud Kennedy. Written-By ("Universal Prayer"): Meher Baba. Design: Graham Hughes. Photography By (Cover Photography): Graham Hughes. Painting: Mike McInnerney. Photography By (Of Baba Courtesy Of): Louis Van Gasteren.

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Release notes

Five-pointed star ("★") in side B label matrix and "1" stamped or etched in runouts denote MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville, pressing. Remainder of runouts etched.

Label variation to this Gloversville press, with variant center labels (typeset), specifically the "℗ 1972 Track Records" copyright is in a narrower typeface and has no ℗ visible to the naked eye.

Issued in gatefold jacket, with 11" × 22" foldout poster. Issued on silver Track Record / Decca labels, Decca only on jacket.

Catalog number DL 7-9189 on jacket.
Catalog number DL 79189 on labels.

Track title variations on back cover:
A1: Pure & Easy
A3: Forevers No Time At All
B2: Heartache (song known as "Theres a Heartache following me" (Baker USA) recorded by J. Reeves)

B5: Adapted from Meher Baba's Universal Prayer.

All instruments, vocals, recording, engineering, mixing, synthesisers in fact everything except making the tea. In one gynormouse ego trip by Pete Townshend.

Recorded at Eel Pie Sound, London, England (our second bathroom)
Mixed at Olympic Reduction Room (our second garage)
Recorded In England

The credit on track A2 "I play Lead accoustic" refers to Pete Townshend.
The credit on track B4 "I put it to music and sing it like Vera Lynn" refers to Pete Townshend.

Track publishers:
A1, A3 to B1, B3 to B5: Track Music, Inc. - BMI
A2: Warner Brothers Music Corp. - ASCAP
B2: Tuckahoe Music, Inc. - BMI

© 1972 MCA Records, Inc.
℗ 1972 MCA Records, Inc.
℗ 1972 Track Records