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5 november 2010

de Wizard!

Uit de IPDB: 

Wizard! / IPD No. 2803 / September 06, 1974 / 4 Players

Manufacturer:                        Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]

Project Date:                         September 06, 1974

Date Of Manufacture:         May, 1975

Model Number:                    1027

Type:                                         Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:                              10,005 units   (confirmed)

Theme:                                        Playing Pinball

Notable Features:                  Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Flip flags (4), Kick-out hole (1).

Design by:                                 Greg Kmiec

Art by:                                         Dave Christensen

Notes:                                     'Wizard' was inspired by the 1975 Hollywood movie 'Tommy' and included likenesses of Roger Daltry and Ann-Margret on the backglass.

This was the last Bally EM game to have its knocker located in the lower cabinet. It was moved to the backbox in subsequent EM games.

The Double Bonus playfield insert shown in the flyer is the color green, while actual playfields shown in this listing and elsewhere can have this insert as either green or blue. The reason for the two different colors is unknown to us.

5 november 2010

Vandaag samen met een Old Chicago een Wizard gekocht van Robert in Enschede.

Ik heb geen tijd om er nu veel over te vertellen, dat komt later.

Dus voor nu maar even alleen wat foto's.

6 november 2010

Ik heb de kast natuurlijk meteen opgezet en geprobeerd.

Er waren een paar kleine probleempjes, die opgelost waren na de zekeringen en de pluggengereinigd te hebben.

En natuurlijk wat contactspray er op!

Alles werkt nu echt goed, behalve de rechter flipper.

Komt helemaal voor elkaar.

Ik heb er al op gespeeld voor 4 spelers en alles werkt!

Het speelveld is erg vies en moet dus gereinigd worden.

Ook moet de kast dingend opnieuw gerubberd worden. Ik heb van Robert er een rubbersetje bij gekregen, wat heel aardig van hem was.

Als het setje van die winkel uit Arnhem komt zal het wel weer niet kloppen..........

9 november 2010

Ik heb het speelveld een eerste reiniging gegeven en opnieuw gerubberd.

(En, inderdaad,........... 4 foute rubbers)

Maar het ziet er al gelijk een stuk beter uit!

En hij speelt heerlijk!

Alleen de rechter flipper misdraagt zich nog. Ik dacht eerst dat het de spoel was en heb die vervangen. Heeft het probleem niet helemaal opgelost. (Hij rammelt als je hem aangetrokken houdt). Waarschijnlijk toch maar de hele flipperunit vervangen.

16 april 2011

Het werk aan de Wizard is nog even doorgegaan.

Speelveld poetsen, in de was zetten, nieuwe flippers er op.

En nieuwe popbumperkappen. Dat lijkt toch meteen weer veel netter!.

Erg jammer dat het kabinet zo bekrast is.

Maar dat komt je heel vaak tegen bij kasten uit die tijd die jaren in een café of jeugdhonk hebben gestaan.

Hoewel niet vaak zo erg als dit........

Ik ben al lang opgehouden me hier aan te ergeren.

Het hoort er bij.

Uit Wikipedia.

"Pinball Wizard" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by the English rock band The Who, and featured on their 1969 rock opera album Tommy. The original recording was released as a single in 1969 and reached #4 in the UK charts and #19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Story

The lyrics are written from the perspective of a pinball champion, called "Local Lad" in the Tommy libretto book, astounded by the skills of the opera's eponymous main character, Tommy Walker: "That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball", and "I thought I was the Bally table king, but I just handed my pinball crown to him".

Townshend once called it "the most clumsy piece of writing [he'd] ever done" nevertheless, the song was a commercial success and one of the most recognized tunes from the opera. It was a perpetual concert favourite for Who fans due to its pop sound and familiarity.

The song was introduced into Tommy as an afterthought^. In late 1968 or early 1969, when The Who played a rough assembly of their new album to critic Nik Cohn, Cohn gave a lukewarm reaction. Following this, Townshend, as Tommy's principal composer, discussed the album with Cohn and concluded that, to lighten the load of the rock opera's heavy spiritual overtones (Townshend had recently become deeply interested in the teachings of Meher Baba), the title character, a "deaf, dumb, and blind" boy, should also be particularly good at a certain game. Knowing Cohn was an avid pinball fan, Townshend suggested that Tommy would play pinball, and Cohn immediately declared Tommy to be a masterpiece. The song "Pinball Wizard" was written and recorded almost immediately.

Covers:

• The song was featured in a medley with another song from Tommy ("See Me, Feel Me") in a recording by the British pop group The New Seekers in 1973. This version reached #16 on the UK charts.
• The song was performed by Elton John in Ken Russell's 1975 theatrical adaptation of Tommy. This version was released as a single in 1975 in the US, and in 1976 in the UK, where it reached #7 in the latter year. John's version uses a piano as the song's centerpiece in place of the acoustic guitar in the original, and features additional lyrics specially written by Townsend for the movie version, as well as a subtle inclusion of musical phrases from The Who's 1960s hit "I Can't Explain" during the outro. (Similarly, The Who's later cover of John's "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" included parts of "Take Me to the Pilot.") Unlike most of the soundtrack's music, which featured various combinations of The Who and some of the era's best session players, John used his own band (Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson, Davey Johnstone and Ray Cooper) and producer (Gus Dudgeon) for the track. John has performed the song as part of his Las Vegas Red Piano Show, as well as on various tours. To date, it is the only cover of a Who song to reach the top 10.
• Rod Stewart performed the song for the 1972 orchestral version of Tommy, and it is included on several of Stewart's greatest*hits compilations. According to the book The Duh Awards by Bob Fenster, Rod Stewart asked Elton John if he should accept an offer to sing in a film version of "Tommy." John replied no way, "Don't touch it with a barge pole." A year later, The Who asked John to sing the same song, and he agreed. "I don't think Rod's quite forgiven me for that," he commented years later.
• The song was also performed by Tenacious D as the closing song at shows on their 2006-2007 tour, usually as part of a medley of Tommy songs. They also played the first verse and chorus of the song at their 2nd Headliner slot at 2008's Reading Festival.
• On the TV show Rock Star: Supernova, Storm Large sung Pinball Wizard as her opening song on the first Live week as well as being the First to Sing.
• McFly covered the song in 2005. It was given a video and used as a b-Side.
• On the BBC Radio 4 series I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Tim Brooke-Taylor once sang Pinball Wizard to the tune of Jerusalem.
• Genesis would insert part of Pinball Wizard into their Turn It On Again medley live in the 80s.
• The Flaming Lips covered the song at the VH1 tribute to The Who.
• Thunder did a cover of "Pinball Wizard" to be featured on "Hollywood Rocks" CD produced with Classic Rock magazine
• The University of Oklahoma Marching Band did a cover of Pinball Wizard during the halftime show of the 2009 BCS Championship.
• The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain does a cover during almost every concert.
• Guns N' Roses occasionally played an excerpt of the song during their 1993 world tour, as an introduction to their song "Patience".
• At The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, a brief intro of the song was played after "Heaven and Hell" intro before "I Want It All", performed by Roger Daltrey, Tony Iommi and Queen

De lyrics:

Ever since I was a young boy
I've played the silver ball
From Soho down to Brighton
I must have played them all
But I ain't seen nothing like him
In any amusement hall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball

He stands like a statue
Becomes part of the machine
Feeling all the bumpers
Always playing clean
He plays by intuition
The digit counters fall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball

He's a pinball wizard
There's got to be a twist
A pinball wizard
He's got such a supple wrist

How do you think he does it?
(I don't know)
What makes him so good?

He ain't got no distractions
Can't hear those buzzers and bells
Don't see lights a flashin'
Plays by sense of smell
Always gets a replay
Never tilts at all
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball

I thought I was
The Bally table king
But I just handed
My pinball crown to him

Even on my usual table
He can beat my best
His disciples lead him in
And he just does the rest
He's got crazy flipper fingers
Never seen him fall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball