The Who are to release a Super Deluxe box set of Tommy on November 11.

It will include a remastered version of the original 1969 album, 20 demos from Pete Townshend’s archive and also a full live performance of Tommy recorded at the Capital Theatre, Ottawa, Canada on October 15, 1969.

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The Super Deluxe box will also feature a 5.1 mix featuring the complete album remixed in surround sound on new Hi Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray format, as well as a hardback 80-page full-colour book featuring rare period photos, memorabilia, a 20,000-word essay by Richard Barnes and a rare facsimile Tommy poster housed in a hard-back deluxe slip-case.

A Deluxe Edition will also be released, including the remastered original album and the 1969 live performance.

The tracklisting for the Super Deluxe Edition is:

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Disc 1 The original album (2013 re-master)

Overture

It’s A Boy

1921

Amazing Journey

Sparks

The Hawker (Eyesight To The Blind)

Christmas

Cousin Kevin

The Acid Queen

Underture

Do You Think It’s Alright?

Fiddle About

Pinball Wizard

There’s A Doctor

Go To The Mirror!

Tommy Can You Hear Me?

Smash The Mirror

Sensation

Miracle Cure

Sally Simpson

I’m Free

Welcome

Tommy’s Holiday Camp

We’re Not Gonna Take It

Disc 2 Demos & extras

Overture

It’s A Boy

1921

Amazing Journey

Dream One

Sparks

The Hawker

Christmas

Acid Queen

Underture (Dream Two)

Do You Think It’s Alright

Pinball Wizard

There’s A Doctor

Go To The Mirror!

Success

Tommy Can You Hear Me

Smash The Mirror

Sensation

Miracle Cure

Sally Simpson

I’m Free

Welcome

We’re Not Gonna Take It

Trying To Get Through

Young Man Blues

Tracks 1 – 23 – Pete Townshend – original demos; all previously unreleased except 2, 11 and 12 – released in 2003.

Track 24 – The Who – studio demo/out-take.

Track 25 – The Who – studio recording (NOTE: This version was previously only available on ‘The House That Track Built’ vinyl sampler).

Disc 3 Hi Fidelity Pure Audio – Blu-ray disc (5.1 mixes)

Overture

It’s a boy

1921

Amazing journey

Sparks

The Hawker

Christmas

Cousin Kevin

The acid queen

Underture

Do you think it’s alright?

Fiddle about

Pinball wizard

There’s a doctor

Go to the mirror!

Tommy can you hear me?

Smash the mirror

Sensation

Miracle cure

Sally Simpson

I’m Free

Welcome

Tommy’s holiday camp

We’re not gonna take it

Disc 4 Live Bootleg

Overture (including Introduction)

It’s A Boy

1921

Amazing Journey

Sparks

The Hawker (Eyesight To The Blind)

Christmas

The Acid Queen

Pinball Wizard

Do You Think It’s Alright?

Fiddle About

Tommy Can You Hear Me?

There’s A Doctor

Go To The Mirror!

Smash The Mirror

Miracle Cure

Sally Simpson

I’m Free

Tommy’s Holiday Camp

We’re Not Gonna Take It

See Me, Feel Me / Listening To You