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Who Came First (1972)

Pete Townshend
Reviewed by Bill Wyman | Nov 27, 1992
EW's GRADE
B-

Details Lead Performance: Pete Townshend; Genres: Reissues, Rock

Too much of this oddity — a CD rerelease of an early solo effort by the Who's leader, dedicated to the spiritual guide Meher Baba — is of interest only to other Baba heads. However, Who Came First also contains the rockin' ''Let's See Action'' and Pete Townshend's searching and beautiful ''Pure & Easy.'' A half dozen added outtakes are less than revelatory. B-

Originally posted Nov 27, 1992 Published in issue #146 Nov 27, 1992 Order article reprints

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