Jethro Tull

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.

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.

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.

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. 

+1 stuartk