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Billy Pilgrim wrote: dr prog wrote: Billy Pilgrim wrote: Not the biggest fan, I've always thought that Minstrel was the best from Jethro, I love that album. Agualung is alright, the title track is classic, Locomotive Breath hits hard, and Up To Me and Hymn 43 are good songs. Little bit too much filler in my opinion though. Cross eyed Mary and mother goose classic too Could never really get into those two

Perhaps if you give "Cross Eyed Mary" a try from the "Live-Bursting out" album, and "Mogher Goose" from the re-recording from the 90's... I like both versions much better than the original ones.

its PROG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Billy Pilgrim wrote: Dellinger wrote: Billy Pilgrim wrote: dr prog wrote: Billy Pilgrim wrote: Not the biggest fan, I've always thought that Minstrel was the best from Jethro, I love that album. Agualung is alright, the title track is classic, Locomotive Breath hits hard, and Up To Me and Hymn 43 are good songs. Little bit too much filler in my opinion though. Cross eyed Mary and mother goose classic too Could never really get into those two  Perhaps if you give "Cross Eyed Mary" a try from the "Live-Bursting out" album, and "Mogher Goose" from the re-recording from the 90's... I like both versions much better than the original ones. I will give them a listen. i will hand it you that Tull had an energy live that's hard to match on the studio recordings, just in general.

Yeah, that's very true of Tull... but actually it is true of many bands. Usually you will find they can't have the same care for detail and production, but they make it up with raw energy and in many cases, extended instrumental sections that make the studio versions sound incomplete. Sometimes the songs work better on the studio, and sometimes live, but usually I'm more than happy to give different versions a try.

Stool Man wrote: What's so special about "Flying Teapot"?

It's more folky and less ambitious than, for instance, You.

Originally when I was introduced to the music of Gong...I was more interested in the story, ( trilogy released on 3 Lp's), and the music grew on me over time while reading the lyrics. The domestic copy of YOU came with a lyric sheet and that gained my interest first. Flying Teapot I heard a year later and as a result ..felt that after hearing Angel's Egg and You for a lengthly period it struck me as being the weaker of the 3 ..but!..it was a light introduction to the trilogy. A smooth opening that was subtle at times. The Jazz mentality on Flying Teapot is very complex and with a attack of rage on their instruments like madmen who wanted to jam with John Coltrane. The musicians in Gong were impeccable and it scared some bands to death. They played some very tricky changes over a fast pace ..complex & bizzare time signature with a wild attack and they were so out of control regarding the measures they took to break levels...to experiment and to improve consistently. Flying Teapot was a soft and gentle introduction to the trilogy , but pages away from the introduction to the real story. There was at least a thousand pages written about the story of the "Planet Gong" before entering the chapter of "Flying Teapot".  I like Continental Circus and if you don't ...you may have difficulty digesting Flying Teapot. Magic Brother, Mystic Sister , Camberet Electique, Continental Circus and Flying Teapot are a dividing point which is distant from the music on Angel's Egg and You. The early Gong had elements later used in 1973 on Angel's Egg...but the sound leading up to Angel's Egg was part of the band's development to reach that later peak. It wasn't all about a bunch of musicians sitting in the studio and just recording something off the top of their heads...because Gong were tightly structured and it took rehearsing constantly to produce that into a killer sound which invoked people to see the concerts. They were very theatrical and the Jazz side to their music seemed fitting to back a story or a concept during live transmission. The light show and the members of the band who do storytelling and recite poetry are constantly transforming around/into characters of the story.

TODDLER wrote: Originally when I was introduced to the music of Gong...I was more interested in the story, ( trilogy released on 3 Lp's), and the music grew on me over time while reading the lyrics. The domestic copy of YOU came with a lyric sheet and that gained my interest first. Flying Teapot I heard a year later and as a result ..felt that after hearing Angel's Egg and You for a lengthly period it struck me as being the weaker of the 3 ..but!..it was a light introduction to the trilogy. A smooth opening that was subtle at times. The Jazz mentality on Flying Teapot is very complex and with a attack of rage on their instruments like madmen who wanted to jam with John Coltrane. The musicians in Gong were impeccable and it scared some bands to death. They played some very tricky changes over a fast pace ..complex & bizzare time signature with a wild attack and they were so out of control regarding the measures they took to break levels...to experiment and to improve consistently. Flying Teapot was a soft and gentle introduction to the trilogy , but pages away from the introduction to the real story. There was at least a thousand pages written about the story of the "Planet Gong" before entering the chapter of "Flying Teapot".  I like Continental Circus and if you don't ...you may have difficulty digesting Flying Teapot. Magic Brother, Mystic Sister , Camberet Electique, Continental Circus and Flying Teapot are a dividing point which is distant from the music on Angel's Egg and You. The early Gong had elements later used in 1973 on Angel's Egg...but the sound leading up to Angel's Egg was part of the band's development to reach that later peak. It wasn't all about a bunch of musicians sitting in the studio and just recording something off the top of their heads...because Gong were tightly structured and it took rehearsing constantly to produce that into a killer sound which invoked people to see the concerts. They were very theatrical and the Jazz side to their music seemed fitting to back a story or a concept during live transmission. The light show and the members of the band who do storytelling and recite poetry are constantly transforming around/into characters of the story.

Thankyou for this great post, this is exactly what's needed in this topic every week for every album.  Gives newcomers some actual info on what makes the album something they'd want to spend time and money on.

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Stool Man wrote: What's so special about "Hatfield And The North"?

Everything..........period.