Saturday, May 17th, 1969

The first copies of the Tommy LP are appearing on store shelves in America.

Disc jockeys receive a 4-single box set of selected tracks.

Ellen Sander in Saturday Review calls it a masterpiece and says it features some of the best rock music ever recorded.

John Gabree in High Fidelity calls it "superlative rock-and-roll".

David Walley in Jazz &Pop hails it as a "superlative achievement"

Charles E. Fager in Christian Century loves it and calls it a "thoroughly religious work."

Despite the acclaim and promotion, sales are slow for the rock opera at first.