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  Tommy

  £60.00

  “Ever since I was a young boy, I played the silver ball, From Soho down to Brighton, I must have played them all, But I ain’t seen nothin’ like him, In any amusement hall, That deaf, dumb and blind kid, Sure plays a mean pinball…”

  Ken Russell’s rock opera “Tommy” tells the story of a psychosomatically blind, deaf, and mute boy (Roger Daltrey) becomes a master pinball player and, subsequently, the figurehead of a cult. With an all-star cast including Jack Nicholson, Oliver Reed, Ann Margret, Paul Nicholas and a who’s who of rock and roll –Eric Clapton, Elton John, Pete Townsend, Tina Turner, John Entwistle, Keith Moon etc it has a number of stand out scenes with probably the best famous being Elton John as The Pinball Wizard, Roger Daltrey, the titular ‘Tommy’, John Entwistle (Band) and Uncle Ernie, superbly played with real menace and madness by the enigmatic Keith Moon featured here performing ‘Pinball Wizard’ on this original black and white promotional British still from 1975 – a truly classic image. Originally flat and unfolded (as issued) this superb example presents to excellent effect and represents a amazing piece of highly desirable, collectable entertainment memorabilia.

  Trivia: All of the movie was filmed to a recorded soundtrack, except for the Pinball Wizard sequence, in which The Who really did play in front of the theatre audience. (Sir Elton John‘s band, however, is featured on the soundtrack.) When the fans rush the stage at the end of the sequence, that wasn’t scripted, but caused by the excitement The Who’s live performance generated, particularly when Pete Townshend started to smash his guitar.

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