Pete Townshend - Who Came First (UK Track Original) Vinyl rip in 24 Bit/96 Khz + CD format

Pete Townshend's first solo album was a homespun, charming forum for low-key, personal songs that weren't deemed suitable for the Who, as well as spiritual paeans (direct and indirect) to his spiritual guru Meher Baba. Who fans will be immediately attracted by the presence of a couple of songs from the aborted Who concept album Lifehouse (much of which ended up on Who's Next), "Pure & Easy" and "Let's See Action." The Who did eventually release their own versions of both those songs. But Townshend's own versions aren't the highlights of this record, which shows a folkier and gentler side to the Who's chief muse than his albums with the group. "Sheraton Gibson" is a neat tune about rock & roll road life, and "Time Is Passing" takes very subtle inspiration from Baba. Most of the rest of the album contains some of the most unusual pieces Townshend has released: his acoustic cover of Jim Reeves' "There's a Heartache Following Me" (recorded because it was one of Baba's favorite tunes), "Evolution" (which is actually pretty much a solo track by his buddy Ronnie Lane of the Faces), "Parvardigar" (adapted from Baba's Universal Prayer), and "Content" (a philosophical poem by Maud Kennedy that Townshend put to music).–Allmusic

Track listing:

Side 1

Pure and Easy – 5:32
Evolution (Ronnie Lane) – 3:44
Forever's No Time At All (Billy Nicholls / Katie Mclnnerney) – 3:06
Nothing Is Everything (Let's See Action) – 6:25

Face 2

Time Is Passing – 3:27
There's A Heartache Following Me (Ray Baker / Jim Reeves) – 3:23
Sheraton Gibson – 2:37
Content (Maud Kennedy / Pete Townshend) – 2:58
Parvardigar (Meher Baba / Pete Townshend) – 6:46

Personnel:

Pete Townshend – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass guitar, drums
Ronnie Lane – vocals, guitar on "Evolution"
Billy Nicholls – vocals, guitar on "Forever's No Time at All"
Caleb Quaye – guitars, bass guitar, percussion on "Forever's No Time at All"