"Overture" / "It's a Boy" (Townshend) [5:58]
Released on 23 May 1969
The Who: Pete Townshend (guitar and vocals), Roger Daltry (vocals), John Entwistle (bass and French horn), Keith Moon (drums), with Nicky Hopkins (piano and organ?).
Recorded at I.B.C. Studios, London by Damon Lyon-Shaw (engineer) and Kit Lambert (producer).

The Who. 1969. Tommy. Universal City, CA: MCA [MCAD-10801]
Notes and Quotes
Section Meas. Description Text
"Overture"  
Intro 8 Opening chord sequence (full ensemble)
A 8 "See Me, Feel Me" material (introduce acoustic guitar)
B 2 + 8 + 4 "We're Not Going to Take It" material (add French horn)
C 6 + 11 "Go to the Mirror" material (start with ensemble chords; add French horn)
A 11 "See Me, Feel Me" material (sustaining vocal chorus)
C 4 + 7 "Go to the Mirror" material (rock ensemble)
D 9 + 9 "Listening to you . . . " material (add organ)
B 4 + 8 [modulation] "We're Not Gonna Take It" material (French horn)
E 4 + 8 "Pinball Wizard" material (French horn over guitar chords)
"It's a Boy"  
F 10 Solo acoustic guitar extemporization
F 10 Solo vocal over guitar. a
F 26 Solo acoustic guitar extemporization
G 4 + 8 + 3 Melody begins with solo French horn over acoustic guitar.
Add solo vocal; add other singers on last line.
b
Text
Narrator: Captain Walker didn't come home; his unborn child will never know him.
Believe him missing with a number of men; don't expect to see him again.
a
Nurse: It's a boy, Mrs. Walker, it's a boy; It's a boy, Mrs. Walker, it's a boy.
Chorus: A son! A son! A son!
b

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