The All Jethro Tull Thread

[scooob]

Surprisingly positive Tull concert review from the latest issue of Prog Magazine:

 

[JohnN]

“Weird genius”: Ian Anderson’s favourite Pink Floyd song
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/wian-andersons-favourite-pink-floyd-song/

 

[Sonik Wiz]

“Weird genius”: Ian Anderson’s favourite Pink Floyd song
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/wian-andersons-favourite-pink-floyd-song/

Interesting article. I was very familiar with The Scarecrow song but never saw the music video before. Thanks!

 

[jimfisheye]

The writer called The Scarecrow the most avant garde track on the album?! Haha!

 

[Sal1950]

Surprisingly positive Tull concert review from the latest issue of Prog Magazine:

Thanks for that posting, I really enjoyed reading it.
I'd be thrilled to see Ian's JT one more time before one of us moves
on to the other side.
Fingers crossed.

 

[JohnN]

A farmer I believe. And he invented the seed drill.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(agriculturist)#:~:text=Tull made early advances in,so that it could grow.

1. Linda Hall Library
2. News
3. Scientist of the Day
4. Jethro Tull

Scientist of the Day

Jethro Tull​

MARCH 30, 2016
Jethro Tull, an English agricultural reformer, was baptized Mar. 30, 1674. Tull has traditionally been hailed as a key figure in the launching of the English agricultural revolution; in fact, in older literature, it is often said that the revolution began with the...
https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/jethro-tull/

Jethro Tull, an English agricultural reformer, was baptized Mar. 30, 1674. Tull has traditionally been hailed as a key figure in the launching of the English agricultural revolution; in fact, in older literature, it is often said that the revolution began with the publication of Tull's book, The Horse-hoeing Industry (1731). Tull invented a horse-drawn seed drill (second image above) that allowed crops to be planted in rows, so they could be more easily weeded, and this is said to have been a key element in the mechanization of agriculture. However, it has been recently argued that the agricultural revolution owed little to farm machinery, being more the result of land enclosure, the institution of a four-crop rotation system, and the development of selective animal breeding. Tull lobbied against crop rotation, was opposed to letting fields lie fallow or be planted with clover to recover their fertility, and campaigned against the use of manure as a fertilizer (he said manure carries too many weeds). Tull maintained that a proper plow would pulverize the soil sufficiently for plant nutrition, and that was all that the crops needed. He was, in other words, somewhat of a reactionary, and since very few people adopted the seed-drill for another century, or gave up their crop rotation system, modern consensus is that Jethro Tull probably did not have much impact on the agricultural evolution. But he did have a great name, and so in 1968 he was granted a second life as a rock band, led by a wild flutist, Ian Anderson, who seems to have been just as gifted and just as eccentric as his band's namesake.

We have the 2nd and 3rd editions of Tull's Horse-Hoeing Industry in the History of Science Collection, but they have not been digitized. The images above are from the fourth edition (1762) at the Boston Public Library, which just happened to have been owned (and signed) by John Adams. There is only one portrait image of Tull, and that is generally unattributed, so we just hope it is a valid likeness (third image). We show his gravestone in St. Bartholomew’s Churchyard (fourth image), because it is the only source for his baptismal day of Mar. 30, his date of birth being unknown.

Dr. William B. Ashworth, Jr., Consultant for the History of Science, Linda Hall Library

 

[JohnN]

https://www.thoughtco.com/jethro-tull-seed-drill-1991640

Jethro Tull and the Invention of the Seed Drill​

Tull was an instrumental figure in English agriculture​

 

[JohnN]

Sure!

 

[JohnN]

The greatest songwriter of all time, according to Ian Anderson​

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/greatest-songwriter-of-all-time-according-to-ian-anderson/

 

[JohnN]

Too Ordinary: the two classic rock bands Ian Anderson called “generic”​

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/classic-rock-bands-ian-anderson-called-generic/

 

[esimms86]

Too Ordinary: the two classic rock bands Ian Anderson called “generic”​

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/classic-rock-bands-ian-anderson-called-generic/

I disagree with Ian. The Who and the Stones are certainly iconic bands with their share of brilliant music. Their bodies of work have their share of uninspired sounding tunes in which they appear to be phoning it in or otherwise producing filler tracks, and I can’t think of anything memorable (IMHO) that either band has produced in years. Fair enough, but “generic” they definitely are not. The Stones are still a great live band from what I hear, while The Who, in my estimation, should have hung it up when Moonie died. Led Zeppelin made the right decision.

 

[JohnN]

Jethro Tull 1980 14 Flute Solo (incl Bourée, Soiree, God Rest Ye, Kelpie) European Tour Spring 1980​

 

[JulesRules]

Does anyone have the 2023 reissue of Around the World Live? I'd really like to have that set but from these pics it looks like the original book format has been eschewed for something much flatter, which will probably look awful next to the bookset reissues of their albums. On the other hand, Amazon has almost identical dimensions for the two different sets.

 

[Petr Kropotkin]

Does anyone have the 2023 reissue of Around the World Live? I'd really like to have that set but from these pics it looks like the original book format has been eschewed for something much flatter, which will probably look awful next to the bookset reissues of their albums. On the other hand, Amazon has almost identical dimensions for the two different sets.

Yes, I have it and those pics certainly look dodgy, too thin to include the book, and "Media Book Edition" also sounds suss.

I ordered my copy earlier this year from jpc.de, and it contains the book and is thick (though not as a brick, just 37 pages) just like the other book sets that have been released, so I can vouch for this copy:

Around The World

 

[JulesRules]

Yes, I have it and those pics certainly look dodgy, too thin to include the book, and "Media Book Edition" also sounds suss.

I ordered my copy earlier this year from jpc.de, and it contains the book and is thick (though not as a brick, just 37 pages) just like the other book sets that have been released, so I can vouch for this copy:

Around The World

Thanks for your reply. So to confirm, your copy is definitely the earmusic reissue, and doesn't have an Eagle Records logo?

I was thinking of picking it up from another store because the price on jpc has gone up quite a bit. I wasn't considering that eBay offer but I found it curious that there don't seem to be many photos of the reissue (and it wouldn't be the first time that earmusic reissued something in an inferior package...).

 

[Petr Kropotkin]

Thanks for your reply. So to confirm, your copy is definitely the earmusic reissue, and doesn't have an Eagle Records logo?

I was thinking of picking it up from another store because the price on jpc has gone up quite a bit. I wasn't considering that eBay offer but I found it curious that there don't seem to be many photos of the reissue (and it wouldn't be the first time that earmusic reissued something in an inferior package...).

Yes, I'm holding it now and it has "ear music/EDEL/Mercury" and "Made in Germany" on the back, and the discs have that "FSK 0" thing printed on them. It's also the same dimensions as the other Tull box sets (slightly thinner as the book is 37 pages; a long essay by Joel McIver from 2013 and lots of photos of the band live).

 

[AshBuchanan]

Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but has anyone seen this mockumentary series about two married English comedians. I just noticed that the background music is nothing but jethro tull songs

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt11824218/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

 

[DuncanS]

... they're getting divorced, hopefully not due to the Tull!

 

[JohnN]

 

[jimfisheye]

Does anyone have the 2023 reissue of Around the World Live? I'd really like to have that set but from these pics it looks like the original book format has been eschewed for something much flatter, which will probably look awful next to the bookset reissues of their albums. On the other hand, Amazon has almost identical dimensions for the two different sets.

This is a bootleg, FYI. Collects shared broadcast videos. The audio is raw. The surround is faked. Just reverb generated from the stereo and mono board tapes in the back. Not the worst audio and video I've heard and seen... I wonder if there's a Tull forum where someone has the best copies of all this stuff and can tell you all about it. Pretty sure this copy isn't that.