Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull

@bipestuff  Always liked Tull but wasn't fanatical--then i went to a concert in Caracas Venezuela (2005 i think) and saw them at a great venue--Martin was with them--but the best part:  my Venezuelan friend who got the tickets for us was best friends with the theater owner--we went backstage after the concert and met Ian and talked to him for over half an hour--unfortunately we couldn't coax Martin out of the dressing room but Ian was great--we talked about his passion for big cats and his foundation for them--we took a couple pics with him and one of them hangs on my music room wall--i agree about his solo albums--i was amazed during the concert how many different instruments he played--been a big fan since.

Timely thread.

I picked a copy of TAAB in exceptional condition. As luck would have it, according to Discogs pedigree a 1st run US Reprise label "stamper."

Part of 3 for $10 score at a local store. Much of Classic Rock at least in LP from, just isn't in demand in my neck of the woods, so lots of aged out collections show up unwanted and cheap-great for me!

Saw JT in 79-fantastic show from what I remember.

I was hooked in high school when I heard “Skating Away (On The Thin Ice Of The New Day)” on the live Bursting Out double album, in which the members of the band play each other’s “borrowed, assorted and unpaid for” instruments. 

I was a big fan in the pre-Aqualung days (Benefit, Stand Up, This Was)

I saw them in Phoenix, AZ in the Phoenix College Gym (sometime in the late 60s).  There were ~200 people in the audience all sitting on the floor. I was a couple of feet from the stage.

I saw them again in Vancouver, BC a year or so later. The concert was, for me anyway, disrupted by people setting off firecrackers.  The following morning,  Clive Bunker was sitting at the restaurant table next to me for breakfast. We had a brief conversation.

Last time was also in Phoenix in some auditorium and it was a good concert, but seemed to lack some of the energy of the earlier shows.

However, the best Tull-like concert I've seen (and one of the best I've attended) was Blodwyn Pig (led by former Tull band member, Mick Abrahams) at "The Splinter Brothers and Sisters Warehouse" in Phoenix. It was a supreme counter-culture experience in every way. Their albums are worth your attention.

@hjdca

Great anecdote. Thank you. That DCC vinyl is the best I have heard and appreciate the backstory.

Only saw them early on…one of the great bands to open for BS&T.