Bursting Out: Jethro Tull Live
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Artist: Jethro Tull
Label: Capitol Category: Music Average customer rating: Format: Live Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 094632120120 EAN: 0094632120120 ASIN: B000003JAG Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Bursting Out: Jethro Tull Live
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Double disc featuring all of the tracks from their double live 1978 album that reached #21 in the U.S. Containing a total of 18 cuts, including the classics 'Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day', 'New Day Yesterday', 'Thick As A Brick', 'Cross-Eyed Mary', 'Minstrel In The Gallery', 'Aqualung' and 'Locomotive Breath'. Includes 3 tracks not on the original U.S. pressing, 'Sweet Dream', 'Conundrum' & 'Quatrain.' Standard double jewel case. Chrysalis. 2002.Album Details
Jethro Tull's First Live Album was a Double Disc Treat for Fans When it was Originally Released in 1978. Live Performance Recordings Abound Here of Many FM Radio Favorites, Including "Aqualung", "Locomotive Breath" and "Skating Away" (That Would Find Future Fame from Placement in a Car Commercial).Customer Reviews:
An excellent live album !.......2004-03-06
Good News.......2004-01-04
But this is still the best live rock album since "Live at Leeds" (maybe better). It has an excellent acoustic set near the start of the concert. Near the middle is a 12 minute version of "Thick As A Brick"; the best version of this song that I've heard. "Hunting Girl" has some excellent guitar work by Martin Barre and bass by John Glasscock. "Aqualung" and "Locomotive Breath" make a fitting wrap up. Notice how Barriemore Barlow's percussion sounds like steam on the latter song. All of the other songs range from solid to excellent.
The good news is that Amazon's UK site will offer a remastered version in February 2004. And it has 2 CDs!
the gift.......2003-09-28
Wow! What took me so long?!.......2003-07-10
Hard-Rocking Live Album.......2003-07-02
Jethro Tull has presented many stylistic faces during their lengthy career. There has been blues/English folk music, jazz-flavored music, and the rock that has gotten Tull classified as a hard rock group. The wonderful feature of this recording is that Martin Barre's lead guitar put a harder edge on many of these songs, making them sound harder than the original studio recordings. Often there are extra riffs that flavor more staid recordings; other times there are extended instrumental portions where the lead guitar screams hard rock. As an example, while "Locomotive Breath" was never a pop song, the enhanced guitar work and extended intro change the character of this song significantly from the studio version. This version is better.
A classic already considered hard rock, "Aqualung," clocks in at over eight minutes, adding substantial length to the original. Much of that additional length is in an extended bridge and a lengthened ending that features pounding piano, drums and guitar. It is songs such as these that threw Jethro Tull into the hard rock/metal category, though Jethro Tull has a range far beyond this category.
This 1978 release is a very good cross-section of Tull's first ten years, better than the numerous compilations that are purported to be "best of" or "greatest" hits. It is unfortunate that the available version cuts three songs from the original vinyl release to fit a single CD. It is unlikely the original version will be released in a 2-CD format, but we can always hope.
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