Who Came First

Infobox Album | Name = Who Came First
Type = Album
Artist = Pete Townshend


Released = October, 1972
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 55:01
Label = Decca/MCA (USA)
Track Records (UK)
Producer = Pete Townshend
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:37jleaz04xa7 link]
This album = "Who Came First"
(1972)
Last album = "I Am" (1972)
Next album = "Empty Glass"
(1980)

"Who Came First" is the first major-label solo album by Pete Townshend, guitarist and lead songwriter of The Who. It includes outtakes from the semi-aborted Who concept album "Lifehouse" as well as homages to his mentor Meher Baba. Several songs on "Who Came First" as well as nearly all bonus tracks on the 1992 and 2006 re-releases first appeared in Townshend's other tribute albums "Happy Birthday", "I Am", and "With Love". One dollar from each sale of the 1972 album went to charities. The gatefold cover includes two stills of Meher Baba from the Louis van Gasteren film "Beyond Words".

Original track listing

;Side 1
# "Pure And Easy" – 5:32
# "Evolution" (Ronnie Lane, sung by Lane with Townshend on lead guitar) – 3:44
# "Forever's No Time At All" (Billy Nicholls, Katie Mclnnerney) – 3:06
# "Let's See Action" – 6:25;Side 2
# "Time Is Passing" – 3:27
# "There's A Heartache Following Me" (Ray Baker, originally recorded by Jim Reeves, sung by Pete Townshend) – 3:23
# "Sheraton Gibson" – 2:37
# "Content" (Maud Kennedy/Pete Townshend) – 2:58
# "Parvardigar" (based on a prayer by Meher Baba, arranged and sung by Pete Townshend) – 6:46

Re-release bonus tracks

Bonus tracks from 1992 - Ryko CD and Cassette

#

"His Hands" – 2:11
# "The Seeker" – 4:34
# "Day of Silence" – 2:53
# "Sleeping Dog" – 2:59
# "The Love Man" – 4:59
# "Lantern Cabin" (piano) – 4:12

Bonus tracks from 2006 - Imperial (Japan) CD

#

"Mary Jane" – 2:35
# "I Always Say" – 5:50
# "Begin the Beguine" (song by Cole Porter, sung by Pete Townshend) – 4:49

External links

* [http://www.wdkeller.com/index18.htm "Who Came First" Lyrics]
* [http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/ptalbum.htm Pete Townshend solo album index]
* [http://www.thewho.info/PTAlbums.htm Meher Baba Tribute Albums by Pete Townshend]