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My favourite band too. Thick as a brick,Songs from the wood and Stormwatch tour are great. The bootlegs are a must to any Tull fan.
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My favourite one is Aqualung, followed closely by Stand up and Taab, and Minstrel and Sftw not far behind. I also love Bursting out and the Phoenix benefit concerts, as well as some of the songs from Living in the past compilation (especially The witch's promise and Sweet dream). I saw them an year or so ago in Sofia and they were just great.

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Under wraps could do without 5 songs, then it would make a decent 10 song album. Under wraps 2 and Radio free Moscow are very cool songs. Paparazzi, Nobodys car and Astronomy are quite good also. Most of the drum samples are Ludwig drums which are good, but Ian decided to make them sound tinny in the recording and the bass drum is too loud also.

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Jethro Tull were, are and will be the most favourite band of mine!
 
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During the years I've collected all their studio and live recordings plus some compilations and dvd.
 
I also love all the Ian's solo albums but I only own the last from Martin, titled, Stage Left (which is very good, btw).
 
What I could say more?
 
I even love Under Wraps. I enjoy every second on it! Tundra, General Crossing, Later That Same Evening...the only so-and-son thing is when Ian plays drums but, hey, he is Ian Anderson: how could I blame him? He is one of the most complex artists in the whole rock history!
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Truck stop runner and Silver river turning should have been on the Catfish remaster Angry.
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Originally posted by Fassbinder Fassbinder wrote:

What kind of answer (if any) are you expecting?
 
How about: "Well, I've got a needle if you've got a rubber hose?"
"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson
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What kind of answer (if any) are you expecting?
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Nightcap? That's like, the definition of "Ian needs money." Can't I show the lads how much I love them in some less costly way, say, sending them a pint of my blood or something?
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Acquainted with Nightcap? Check there...
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Awesome.
 
By the way, what the dude, crap? O're at Amazon (my favorite site of the night), Truck Stop Runner was my favorite Catfish Reject, and it's not on any of the remasters! Not even Crest of a Knave. In fact, Roots doesn't even seem to have any new tracks on it... Could Ian be...low on money?!?
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Originally posted by The Whistler The Whistler wrote:

So is my sense of humor good or bad?
 
Neither good nor bad. It's great...
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OH! I thought you meant a mutant beast, borne of tracks from all three albums...which is actually an awesome idea! I'll call it: Warchild Rising and the Beast!
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Originally posted by The Whistler The Whistler wrote:

So is my sense of humor good or bad?
 
Smithers: I'm not sure there are very many 30 tack albums...perhaps we should shoot lower?
 
Who said anything about 30 track albums? I was talking about making your own versions of Warchild, Broadsword and Catfish with 10 songs on each LOL. There are several great Dotcom songs on the site I showed you. Have a listen Big smile


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So is my sense of humor good or bad?
 
Smithers: I'm not sure there are very many 30 tack albums...perhaps we should shoot lower?
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The Catfish session is similar to the Broadsword and Warchild sessions. They are all patchy albums, but each has many outtake songs. You can almost make a classic album from the best 10 songs of each session though. Pick your fave 10 songs from the Warchild remaster(include March the mad scientist and Bungle in the jungle remix from 1974). Pick your fave 10 songs from the Broadsword remaster(include jackalynn version 2, motoreyes, curse, commons brawl, no step, drive on the young side of life, lights out and crew nights). Pick you fave 10 songs from the Catfish remaster which has Night in the wilderness I believe(include silver river turning, truck stop runner, i don't want to be me, rosa on the factory floor, piece of cake). Try it and you will see Wink
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Points: 3497 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2006 at 02:54
Originally posted by The Whistler The Whistler wrote:

Originally posted by Fassbinder Fassbinder wrote:

I'm trying to be as objective as it is possible... for such a JT fan as I am.
 
Liar. You can't be a true Tull fan unless you adore all of their output.
 
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Originally posted by Fassbinder Fassbinder wrote:

Just re-listened to Catfish Rising and J-Tull Dot Com. Well, I have to admit that my previous impression was worse. But still -- decent, decent... That's the word. I used to be amazed by Jethro Tull. I don't like to hear Jethro Tull when they sound like... doesn't matter who. Catfish Rising, Rock Island, even Crest of a Knave sound, somehow, not too original. I can't say I don't like it, the only Jethro Tull album I really don't like is the notorious Under Wraps, but... Roots to Branches has something new, something fresh in it -- in its sound, in the overall atmosphere. J-Tull Dot Com (re)-impressed me even more than Catfish Rising, but, again, it has a sound similar to... the older Jethro Tull.
 
Please not to get me wrong, however -- I'm trying to be as objective as it is possible... for such a JT fan as I am.
 
Liar. You can't be a true Tull fan unless you adore all of their output. As it stands, I'm now convinced that Under Wraps is the greatest album ever created, and intend to make 600 anonymous reviews at Amazon telling everyone so.
 
(Uh, I haven't heard Dot Com just yet, or much of the "heavy metal" period, other than my Catfish. In fact, I own nothing past Wraps other than Catfish, so this ain't my area of experitise).
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by smithers smithers wrote:

No one has mentioned Stormwatch. A pretty solid album itself(a bit like Benefit, not a classic, but pretty good), but the remaster has 4 of the bands best ever bonus tracks. Not to mention North sea oil and Dun ringill which are great tunes plus some other pretty cool songs. This would be one of the bands best years in the studio. The Heavy horses and SFTW remasters are great too. 'A' is one damn cool album also. Living in the past and TAAB are probably the best original releases. Warchild is the greatest remaster which consists of the movie soundtrack album(which is purposely a commercial pop album), plus 7 excellent prog bonus tracks. Broadsword is one of the best remasters with 8 bonus tracks(although only half of those are great). Pity it didn't include the full session with 16 bonus tracks. Benefit, This was and Stand up are also great remasters with excellent bonus stuff. Every remaster is worth the money. Even Crest of a knave, Minstrel, Aqualung and Too old have at least one strong bonus track. APP is a cool album too. Roots and Dotcom are cool too. Why didn't Roots include the 5 unreleased songs? Catfish missed several bonus tracks too damn. Not happy about Ian leaving off songs from the catfish, rock island, broadsword, heavy horses and aqualung remasters


Stormwatch is one of my favorite Tull albums! "Dark Ages," "Dun Ringill," "Flying Dutchman"...outstanding!

And I agree, the Broadsword remaster is one of the best.
 
No mention of North sea oil and Crossword? Cry
Those songs are awesome Big smile
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Just re-listened to Catfish Rising and J-Tull Dot Com. Well, I have to admit that my previous impression was worse. But still -- decent, decent... That's the word. I used to be amazed by Jethro Tull. I don't like to hear Jethro Tull when they sound like... doesn't matter who. Catfish Rising, Rock Island, even Crest of a Knave sound, somehow, not too original. I can't say I don't like it, the only Jethro Tull album I really don't like is the notorious Under Wraps, but... Roots to Branches has something new, something fresh in it -- in its sound, in the overall atmosphere. J-Tull Dot Com (re)-impressed me even more than Catfish Rising, but, again, it has a sound similar to... the older Jethro Tull.
 
Please not to get me wrong, however -- I'm trying to be as objective as it is possible... for such a JT fan as I am.
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Stormwatch is a solid album, true enough. I never really got Elegy though, until I heard a live version (from http://www.raylomus.com/Jethro_Tull.html, for reference's sake). I'm not sure why, but the album version was pretty, but I never really liked Barre's electric presence. In the live version, it all clicks.
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