Friday, May 23rd, 1969

Track Records releases the Tommy LP in Britain. Melody Maker picks it as "Pop LP of the Month" and Record Mirror calls it "one of the most incredible feats ever accomplished in music." However, Richard Green in New Musical Express pans the record. "Pretentious is too strong a word; maybe over-ambitious is the right term, but sick certainly does apply." Obviously few take his words to heart as the album goes to #2 in the U.K. charts