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Jethro Tull

Ian Anderson has been making music for over a quarter of a century. The band he went into the studio with was Jethro Tull but the personal was either different from album to album or something on a personal level was going on with bandmates from album to album that he had to take over their playing duties. Name your top 5 Jetro Tull albums.
1)Aqualung
2)Crest of a Knave
3)Benifit
4)Songs from the Woods
5)Stormwatch
I have been buying the 24 bit remasters which sound great but also the updated liner notes by Ian tell you what "Trauma" the band was going through with each recording.
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For me, Stand-Up. I have a UK "bulls-eye" pressed at Orlake in mint condition that I got before some of these records got pricey. 

Thanks to Ian Anderson's generosity, I was able to interview him for my website several years ago, focusing largely on the transition from the early band to the medieval rock ballad style for which Stand-Up is the template. Aqualung also endures as a great record, though it was played to death at the time. I know I did a shoot-out of a bunch of different pressings-- there were at the time some bargains, not sure of the market now. One particular Reprise was very close to the WLP, but I also liked the DCC. And Steve Wilson's remix fixed some issues despite its digital origins. 

Old thread. Surprised I hadn't posted to it previously. 

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