Tull remasters

'A' has also been remastered, with the 'Slipstream' video as a bonus CD. I read somewhere that Broadsword in in preparation, but that it's not going to be a double CD. As many fans know, the Broadsword sessions were very proliphic, and many of the songs have appeared in the 20Years boxed set or the Nightcap CD.

New Remasters Scheduled for release April & July 2005

The next batch of remasters scheduled to be released by EMI Music are Broadsword And The Beast, Under Wraps and Crest Of A Knave all are down for release on 18th April 2005. Then July 2005 will see the release of Rock Island, Catfish Rising and Roots To Branches remasters. This is all the info that is on the release schedule so far and Broadsword will be only be a single CD release.

From : j-tull.co.uk 

1980s Tull albums should be approached with caution - Ian Anderson was still writing a lot of good songs, but 80s production values didn't do them many favours, particularly on large chunks of A, Under Wraps and Crest of a Knave. They were still blinding on stage though.

oliverstoned wrote: What is "A"?! Does someone has listen to :     Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970? thanks

I just got it yesterday (got a lot of stuff yesterday, woohoo!).  I enjoyed it a lot, although I thought the sound was a little harsh, vocally speaking.  Also, the keyboards were very hard to hear sometimes.  The bass is very weird and distorted, too, but I kind of dug it, even though Glenn Cornick (I think it was him, the CD isn't in front of me at the moment) seemed to be having an off night.  His solo on "Bouree" is very muddled.  All in all, it wasn't a perfect show but it was an exciting one.  I missed hearing Anderson's stage remarks about the sound check, though.  I thought they added a nice bit of tension in the Isle Of Wight movie.  And I thought it was a little presumptuous of Anderson to assert in the liner notes that, if Jimi Hendrix were alive today they'd be pals.