The Who – Tommy (UHQCD , Universal Japan)

The full-blown rock opera about the deaf, dumb and blind Tommy Walker brought The Who the international superstar status in 1969. The road to publication was bumpy: the band worked in the studio from Monday to Thursday, and gave concerts on the weekend to save the desperate financial situation and to test new material in front of an audience. So you came under increasing time pressure, missed the Christmas business in 1968 and in the end, despite all the circumstances, landed a huge success. The double album was followed by a film adaptation and a musical.