A Passion Play - Jethro Tull

Stand Up - Jethro Tull

Stand Up was Jethro Tull s 2nd album first released in 1969 and reached #1 in the British charts. I remember the tatty gatefold LP album bought by a friend of mine in a second-hand record shop in the early 1990s. The album cover artwork, designed by artist James Grashow, was in the style of a carved woodcut and the album opened up like a child s pop-up book, so that a cut-out of the band stood up - a kind of play on the album s title and something completely lost on the later CD releases. I copied the album onto tape cassette and even though I ve played the cassette till it was practically worn out, I still think it still sounds better than the remastered CD I bought ...

Stand Up - Jethro Tull

Stand Up was Jethro Tull s 2nd album first released in 1969 and reached #1 in the British charts. I remember the tatty gatefold LP album bought by a friend of mine in a second-hand record shop in the early 1990s. The album cover artwork, designed by artist James Grashow, was in the style of a carved woodcut and the album opened up like a child s pop-up book, so that a cut-out of the band stood up - a kind of play on the album s title and something completely lost on the later CD releases. I copied the album onto tape cassette and even though I ve played the cassette till it was practically worn out, I still think it still sounds better than the remastered CD I bought ...

The Broadsword And The Beast - Jethro Tull

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introduction and Background ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have been a Jethro Tull fan since I was around 15. For a time, I bought EVERY album I could find. One of the later purchases I made before CDs came to the fore, was Broadsword and the Beast. Copyright 1982 (with the superb cover art bizarrely copyright 1983, according to my CD), this album was very different from the rock of Aqualung or the (at times) gentler rock/folk of Songs from the Wood or Heavy Horses. It might even be called a radical departure. Tull followed the times, and used the then newish and very popular electronic instruments, to an extent neglecting their ...

The Broadsword And The Beast - Jethro Tull

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introduction and Background ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have been a Jethro Tull fan since I was around 15. For a time, I bought EVERY album I could find. One of the later purchases I made before CDs came to the fore, was Broadsword and the Beast. Copyright 1982 (with the superb cover art bizarrely copyright 1983, according to my CD), this album was very different from the rock of Aqualung or the (at times) gentler rock/folk of Songs from the Wood or Heavy Horses. It might even be called a radical departure. Tull followed the times, and used the then newish and very popular electronic instruments, to an extent neglecting their ...