Warchild 40 year remix

I like several tracks on Warchild especially Bungle and Skating Away.....might have to ck into this reissue.

Great. I love Warchild. Backdoor Angels is one of JT's great songs (IMO)

someone_else wrote: <span style="line-height: 14.3999996185303px;">I'm not waiting for any 40yr remix at all, the more when the album is Warchild, although here is a chance of imprevement of at least 96% when new material will be added. On a 40 anniversary occasion I find a sequel far more preferrable (like TAaB2 40 years after TAaB).</span><div style="line-height: 14.3999996185303px;"><div style="line-height: 14.3999996185303px;">Warchild was one of the very few 70s albums by a prog band that turned me off at first listen (but that might be a reason to revisit it now that I'm a few decades older <span style="line-height: 14.3999996185303px;">).</span>

There's 3 albums worth or studio material. This is the same lineup who produced gems in TAAB and APP. They went for a pop approach in 1974 for Warchild but the stuff that wasn't on the album is the usual first class tull. But even on the original album there are 3 or 4 pretty cool songs. The quad album is included too. Bungle actually sounds good on the quad but I didn't like it much on the original album. There's about 30 songs and the weakest 5 or 6 tracks are on the original album. But then again the weakest 5 or 6 songs on the aqualung remix of 20 songs are on side 2 of the original too. The quads of both albums improve some songs from both these albums eg. Hymn 43, wind up, my god, bungle, locomotive etc. These songs go from possibly unlistenable to listenable when heard in quad

Edited by dr prog - October 06 2014 at 03:34

Stereolab wrote: Release date is Nov. 25th, $45, by Steven Wilson. (Gotta love Steven. He both records his own masterpieces and restores the masterpieces of his predecessors. Dude is irreplaceable.) http://www.amazon.com/WarChild-Limited-Edition-2xCD-2xDVD/dp/B00NCGXXT4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1413005381&sr=8-2&keywords=warchild

You can get it much cheaper from Burning Shed; 19 pound or Approx US$30.50

https://www.burningshed.com/store/jethrotull/product/444/6151/

Saperlipopette! wrote: dr prog wrote: Hymn 43, wind up, my god, bungle, locomotive etc. These songs go from possibly unlistenable to listenable when heard in quad Are those supposed to be possibly unlistenable in its original form?

I didn't enjoy them enough to want to play them when I put the cd in. But the quads I can. Hymn 43 quad I can't stop playing. The original I didn't mind but would always skip mainly because of the vocals. Why you cross out Bungle?

Hands down the best band of 1974.

20 studio tracks plus 6 orchestral pieces. Also the quad version of the album

The 2nd album of 10 studio tracks is definitely better than the original album or 10 tracks.

Strongest tracks from the 2nd disc are Good godmother, Saturation, Glory row, Paradise steakhouse, Rainbow blues, March the mad scientist, Quartet

Strongest tracks from 1st disc are Warchild, Queen and county, Skating away, Only Solitaire

The quad of Bungle in the jungle is really good and smashes the original version imo.

Edited by dr prog - December 12 2014 at 04:39

dr prog wrote: Hands down the best band of 1974. 20 studio tracks plus 6 orchestral pieces. Also the quad version of the album The 2nd album of 10 studio tracks is definitely better than the original album or 10 tracks. Strongest tracks from the 2nd disc are Good godmother, Saturation, Glory row, Paradise steakhouse, Rainbow blues, March the mad scientist, Quartet Strongest tracks from 1st disc are Warchild, Queen and county, Skating away, Only Solitaire The quad of Bungle in the jungle is really good and smashes the original version imo.

Got mine yesterday. Played all of it on my new 5.1 super surround system (yay!).  This box set is simply superb. Will have to play it all again tomorrow. The previously unreleased orchestral stuff is quite uplifting.

The stand out for me is the song "Tomorrow Was Today". This track has never been released until now. I have heard a bootleg live recording of it. I find it unbelievable that it has taken 40 years for this brilliant track to actually see the light of day. A quintessential Tull song if ever there was one. Anderson really does set his standards very high if he believed this song wasn't good enough to released on either vinyl or CD up until now.

Tom Ozric wrote: Over 20 years ago, I bought a copy of Warchild. Maybe 2 tracks really agreed with me. I hocked it. I just can't see the value in Warchild. And very little in Too Old To R&R .....(save for Quizz Kid)..   Ian was not always correct with his assumptions.......

Did you not read my post?

All the strong tracks are on disc 2. There's 3 or 4 strong tracks on disc 1 though. The quad version of bungle makes this song a good listen finally with its mean sounding vocals also. Of the 20 studio tracks, the weakest 4 or 5 tracks are on the original album. That says a lot about the bonus stuff and it also says a lot about what style of song Ian wanted to write and release in 1974 on the original. All the real tull is on disc 2 and there is plenty of it. Not sure what Ian was thinking by releasing an album with the weakest 5 songs from a list of 20. He was going for a cheerful style of melody which would make the critics happy. Anyway, this is a great box set because it has a dozen gems which is more than any other band did in 1974. The orchestra stuff is cool too

Barry, Dr Wu.....
    Your words do mean a lot to me, I may give the album another go, I'll just need to find another copy of Warchild on vinyl......I know it features a wonderful line-up, just after Brick and Passion Play I was expecting a lot more........

Tom Ozric wrote: Barry, Dr Wu.....     Your words do mean a lot to me, I may give the album another go, I'll just need to find another copy of Warchild on vinyl......I know it features a wonderful line-up, just after Brick and Passion Play I was expecting a lot more........

You need to get the box version. If the original only has 2 strong tracks, the box has a dozen strong tracks. The tull that you thought was missing is really there on the box

Edited by dr prog - December 12 2014 at 06:47