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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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larsman
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@tonykay - Thanks, Tony; I didn't know if this was something recent or a stop at a theater like that in their heyday, 'cause I sure would have liked to have seen that! I did see them a number of times; once at a pop festival in MD in '69 when Mick Abrahams was still with the band, and also the classic lineup on the 'Aqualung' tour, the 'Thick as a Brick' tour, and the 'Passion Play' tour. 

tonykay
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larsman,

Thanks for looking in. I was a fan when "This Was" first came out in the late 60's. I had just gotten my first apartment, and my neighbors were big Tull fans who took pictures at their concert and gave me one. Then I heard "Stand Up" and liked it so much I bought the album with the pop-up centerfold. Obviously, I have nearly all of their albums, even the later ones (after Minstrel in the Gallery) but the ones I still listen to are the earlier ones. I named them in my earlier posts. Thinking back, I think it was the "Passion Play" album that ended my automatic purchase of every Tull album. I still don't get that one. Maybe I just need to listen one more time LOL.

 

tonykay
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P.S. I liked the Tull albums so much that I have many Mobile Fidelity issues in LP and CD. I recently bought an MF "Original Mastering Recording" LP of "Aqualung" at an antique store for $100. Yikes! But, it does sound amazing.

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limomangus
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I saw him twice on Long Island. Been a,big fan of Jethro Tull...have a,lot of there albums and cds.Yeah really Ian Anderson and backup band.But I like there,stuff.

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whart
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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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