This is the most famous song from the Who's second album of 1967, The Who Sell Out. I believe that this album equals the 1967 album of the year, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles. This video is poor, but there's a better one at this link.
Both The Who Sell Out and Sgt. Pepper's were concept albums, but the Who had their concept more complete with radio advertisements, which they made themselves, cut between nearly each song. The Beatles' concept went as far as having a reprise of the title song and not allowing much time between tracks.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was indeed released earlier in the year, so perhaps it gave the Who a creative challenge. Both albums demonstrate the peak of their group's creativity with laying out the tracks as well as the album art.
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