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Special-edition digital fine art photo print. 24”h x 20”w image size; 26”h x 22”w overall framed print size, printed with archival inks on professional photographic paper stock. From an edition of 75 total prints signed and numbered in the margin by the photographer, Baron Wolman.
Simply-but-elegantly presented in 2" ash framing, stained black, under conservation glass and ready-to-hang. This photo is part of “Retna’s 30th Anniversary Collection” - a Music Photography Exhibition and Online Sale to support The Recording Academy New York Chapter’s ongoing advocacy, education and professional development programs. 100% of the net proceeds from this sale will be donated to support these programs.
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Pete Townshend of the Who photographed in the studio during the 'Tommy' recording sessions in London in September 1968.
On of Jann Wenner’s best-known interviews for Rolling Stone Magazine was the one that appeared in a September 1968 issue and featured The Who’s Pete Townshend. It was during this interview that he first laid out his ideas for what would ultimately become the rock opera Tommy and discussed the evolution of his guitar-smashing antics.
One of the first (and, arguably, the finest) "rock operas", Tommy was the first of two such musical works by The Who, followed in 1973 by Quadrophenia. Both were later made into feature films.
Written primarily by Pete Townshend and inspired by the teachings of Indian “perfect master” Meher Baba and other spiritualists, this now-classic story about the life and ultimate awakening of a deaf, dumb, and blind boy was both hailed as a breakthrough in modern rock composition and also banned for its subject matter in some less-than-free-thinking parts of the world. That this effort launched the band's career as superstars is undeniable. Later adaptations of the story - in concert, theaters and film, met with varying degrees of critical and public acceptance, but it was Townshend's ability to craft a complex narrative around some of rock's best songs - "PinballWizard", "I'm Free", "Sensation" and "We're Not Gonna Take It" - that ultimately establishes this work as an all-time great (who can forget Daltry's performance of "See Me, Feel Me" during the early-morning sunrise at Woodstock?).
The recording was ranked #96 in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2003.
Tommy was originally released as a two-LP set with the cover artwork in a fold-out triptych. All three of the outer panels are spanned by artist Mike McInnerney's iconic painting.
About the Photographer -
As the first staff photographer for Rolling Stone magazine, Baron Wolman’s rock and roll photography helped give form to a musical generation. Baron’s photos set Rolling Stone’s visual style and paved the way for those photographers who followed him. During his fast-paced tenure, Wolman's lens captured the royalty of the '60s pop and rock explosion: Janis Joplin, the Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, the Who, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, Iggy Pop, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, Phil Spector, Jim Morrison, Ike & Tina Turner, Tim Leary, and a motley cast of hangers-on. When he left the magazine three years later, rock itself had changed.
Over the years, Wolman’s photographs have appeared in virtually every major magazine - from Time to Life to Look to Playboy to Vogue and may others. After leaving Rolling Stone, he turned his focus to flying and aerial photography, starting his own publishing company (Square Books) from his home in Sonoma Valley’s wine country, and ultimately settling in Santa Fe, NM. He has continued to do projects for everyone from the Oakland Raiders to VH-1.
About Retna -
Celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2008, Retna was established in 1978 by photographer Michael Putland and is one of the largest independent photo agencies in the world. The collection includes celebrity, music, stock/lifestyle, fashion and event photography from 1850 - present day and is available for licensing by professional picture buyers.
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