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It`s curious that this is my first Jethro Tull review, but more curious that im starting this trip reviewing a compilation and not an studio or live album, it could be because a compilation is easier to review maybe, and easier to listen to as well. This album contains some of the best Tull moments in the 70`s, giving us an example of their music, i mean, this could be a nice album for Tull newcomers who are looking how to get on their music and waiting for know if they will like it or not, of course that long songs that we love (Thick as a Brick or A Passion Play) hardly we will find them on compilation, this case is not a real "The Best of", it is called Original Masters.

Im not a folk expert, not even a Tull expert, but what i know is that this album was the album which got me into them, i remember a friend of mine gave me this when i didn`t know almost anything, only Aqualung and Bouree maybe, so i accepted the album gratefully with my friend, put it into my CD player and immediately realized of the kind of music that J-Tull share to us, that`s a very important point for me,i think as a listerer i always want to discover some new band, something new to my ears and something that inspire me to follow my musical tastes and everything of a listener could ask for, i have never adopted Tull as one of my favorite bands, when i listen to them (to the albums that i like, of course) i love it and i am in the boat with them, but i have never pressumed that i love them or anything.

What we can appreciate in this album is what J Tull have to show us, folk music, great flute in every song, nice acoustic and electric guitar, always nice bass lines all together with arrangements which make the song easier to understand and listen, be careful, im not saying that they dont have any complexity or challenging songs , not at all, but in this kind of compilations the only what we will find are songs with the charge of introduce us the music and the band, nothing more, that i enjoy it?, of course i do but for strict people this album might be boring and repetitive.

"Aqualung", "Locomotive Breath", "Witches Promise" and "Minstrel in the Gallery" are my favorite tracks here, classic Tull songs united in one album, good one, but never a masterpiece or something, juts recommendable to newcomers and collectors, 3 stars.

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