Peter Townshend* – Who Came First

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Label:	Decca – DL 79189
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album , Gloversville Press
Country:	US
Released:	Nov 1972
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Folk Rock

Tracklist

A1	Pure And Easy Written-By – Townshend*	5:25
A2	Evolution Lead Guitar [Lead Accoustic], Acoustic Guitar [Lead Accoustic] – Pete Townshend Vocals [Sings], Guitar – Ronnie Lane Written-By – Lane*	3:33
A3	Forever's No Time At All Performer [Everything Else] – Caleb Quaye Vocals [Sings], Acoustic Guitar [Accoustic] – Billie Nicholls* Words By – Katie McInnerny* Written-By – McInnerny*	2:50
A4	Nothing Is Everything (Let's See Action) Written-By – Townshend*	6:15
B1	Time Is ing Written-By – Townshend*	3:25
B2	There's A Heartache Followin' Me Written-By – Baker*	3:15
B3	Sheraton Gibson Written-By – Townshend*	2:40
B4	Content Music By [Put It To Music], Vocals [Sing It] – Pete Townshend Words By [A Poem By] – Maud Kennedy Written-By – Townshend*	2:30
B5	Parvardigar Written-By ["Universal Prayer"] – Meher Baba Written-By, Adapted By [Adapted From Meher Baba's Universal Prayer] – Townshend*	6:43

Companies, etc.

Record Company – MCA Records, Inc.
Manufactured By – MCA Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – MCA Records, Inc.
Copyright © – MCA Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Track Records (9)
Recorded At – Eel Pie Sound
Mixed At – Olympic Studios
Pressed By – MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville
Published By – Track Music, Inc.
Published By – WB Music Corp.
Published By – Tuckahoe Music, Inc.

Credits

Design, Photography By [Cover Photography] – Graham Hughes (2)
Instruments [All Instruments], Vocals, Recorded By [Recording], Engineer [Engineering], Mixed By [Mixing], Synthesizer [Synthesisers], Producer [Also Produced By] – Pete Townshend
Painting – Micheal McInnerney*
Photography By [Of Baba Courtesy Of] – Louis Van Gasteren

Notes

Five-pointed star ("★") in side B label matrix and "1" stamped or etched in runouts denote MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville, pressing. Remainder of runouts etched.

Label variation to this Gloversville press, with variant center labels (typeset), specifically the "℗ 1972 Track Records" copyright is in a narrower typeface and has no ℗ visible to the naked eye.

Issued in gatefold jacket, with 11" × 22" foldout poster. Issued on silver Track Record / Decca labels, Decca only on jacket.

Catalog number DL 7-9189 on jacket.
Catalog number DL 79189 on labels.

Track title variations on back cover:
A1: Pure & Easy
A3: Forevers No Time At All
B2: Heartache (song known as "Theres a Heartache following me" (Baker USA) recorded by J. Reeves)

B5: Adapted from Meher Baba's Universal Prayer.

All instruments, vocals, recording, engineering, mixing, synthesisers in fact everything except making the tea. In one gynormouse ego trip by Pete Townshend.

Recorded at Eel Pie Sound, London, England (our second bathroom)
Mixed at Olympic Reduction Room (our second garage)
Recorded In England

The credit on track A2 "I play Lead accoustic" refers to Pete Townshend.
The credit on track B4 "I put it to music and sing it like Vera Lynn" refers to Pete Townshend.

Track publishers:
A1, A3 to B1, B3 to B5: Track Music, Inc. - BMI
A2: Warner Brothers Music Corp. - ASCAP
B2: Tuckahoe Music, Inc. - BMI

© 1972 MCA Records, Inc.
℗ 1972 MCA Records, Inc.
℗ 1972 Track Records

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society (A1, A3 to B5): BMI
Rights Society (A2): ASCAP
Pressing Plant ID (Side B label): ★
Matrix / Runout (A side label): 7-13082
Matrix / Runout (B side label): 7-13083★
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, var. 1): MG 7 13082 (W-4) 1 e
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, var. 1): MG 7-13083 (W-3) 1 e
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, var. 2): MG 7 13082 (W-1) 1 1
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, var. 2): MG 7 13083 (W-2) 1 1
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, var. 3): MG 7 13082 (W-2) 1 1
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, var. 3): MG 7 13083 (W-2) 1 1

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Who Came First (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	Track Record	2408 201, 2408-201	UK	1972
New Submission	Who Came First (LP, Album)	Polydor	2408 201		1972
	Who Came First (LP, Album, Gloversville Pressing)	Track Record	DL 7-9189, DL 79189	US	1972
New Submission	Who Came First (LP, Album, Club Edition, Capitol Record Club)	Track Record	DL 7-9189, SMAS-94896	US	1972
Recently Edited	Who Came First (8-Track Cartridge, Album)	Track Record	6-9189	US	1972