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 ...  Read the complete review