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Post by maddogfagin on May 11, 2015 14:36:19 GMT
blogues.lapresse.ca/Réédition : “Minstrel…”, le dernier grand Jethro Tull?Lundi 11 mai 2015 blogues.lapresse.ca/houle/2015/05/11/reedition-minstrel-le-dernier-grand-jethro-tull/Visiblement, Ian Anderson tient à ce que les albums de Jethtro Tull résistent à l’usure du temps. Après avoir réédité l’ensemble du catalogue du groupe il y a une douzaine d’années, il refait l’exercice, cette fois avec la complicité de Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree). Plusieurs titres ont déjà été dépoussiéré avec un traitement royal, dont l’inévitable grand classique qu’est Thick As A Brick. Pas sûr que tous méritent des éditions de luxe, par contre… Certains, comme Warchild, sont nettement moins forts et ont moins bien vieilli, mais en bon père de famille, Anderson ne semble pas vouloir commettre d’injustice… Donc pour dépoussiérer Minstrel in The Gallery, paru en 1975, Anderson a fait les choses en grand : Steven Wilson signe un nouveau mixage superbement équilibré, ramenant le chant, éclairci, à l’avant-plan, donnant plus de mordant aux guitares et à la basse et retranchant les effets d’écho trop prononcés. À cela s’ajoutent des enregistrements de la BBC, des versions alternatives inédites ainsi qu’un concert de l’époque. Le tout est offert en stéréo, ainsi qu’en 5.1. Un transfert sans compression de la version originale est aussi inclus. Un costaud livret de 80 pages, richement documenté, couronne le tout. La parution serait d’un intérêt limité si la musique n’était pas à la hauteur, or voilà, les pièces rassemblées ici figurent parmi le meilleur ce qu’a enregistré Jethro Tull : les compositions sont brillantes, les orchestrations, qui mettent à contribution une section de cordes, étoffées, et l’exécution impeccable. Fait intéressant, il n’y a pas de baisse de régime ou de creux vague. Chaque piste est à sa place et le produit final apparaît moins figé ou forcé que sur une parution comme A Passion Play (dont la la version préliminaire, qui figure en pièces détachées sur Night Cap, m’apparaissait plus intéressante). D’autre part, après l’utilisation du saxophone qui ne réussissait pas tellement bien au Tull, le groupe a sagement laissé de côté l’instrument sur Minstrel. Enfin, le chant d’Anderson -qui n’a jamais été, faut bien le dire, exceptionnel- apparaît assuré et fluide ici. À mon sens, il s’agit du dernier grand album de Jethro Tull, avec une équipe de musiciens de premier ordre qui formaient vraiment un groupe, plutôt qu’une équipe engagée et interchangeable comme c’est devenue le cas à partir des années 80. Certes, les Too Old to Rock’n'roll…, Songs From The Wood, Heavy Horses comptent aussi des moments forts, mais jamais le band n’a signé, par la suite, d’autres albums aussi réussis que celui-là. Cette réédition, baptisée «La Grande Edition» est une belle occasion de redécouvrir cet enregistrement. Reissue: "Minstrel ...", the last great Jethro Tull?Obviously, Ian Anderson is that the albums Jethtro Tull withstand the test of time. After reissued the entire catalog of the group there is a dozen years, he repeated the exercise, this time with the help of Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree). Several titles have been dusted with royal treatment, including what the inevitable classic Thick As A Brick . Not sure that all deserve deluxe editions, by cons ... Some, such as Warchild , are much weaker and less well aged but in good family man, Anderson seems unwilling to commit injustice ... So to dust in The Minstrel Gallery , released in 1975, Anderson made it big: Steven Wilson signs a new superbly balanced mix, bringing the song, cleared to the foreground, giving more bite to guitars and bass and subtracting the echo effects too pronounced. Added to this are of BBC recordings, unreleased alternate versions and a concert of the time. The brand is available in stereo as well as 5.1. A transfer without compression of the original version is also included. A beefy 80-page booklet, richly documented, crown the whole. The publication would be of limited value if the music was not up to par, that's gold, the pieces collected here are among the best recorded what Jethro Tull: compositions are brilliant, orchestrations, that involve a string section, expanded, and flawless execution. Interestingly, there is no loss of power or hollow wave. Each track has its place and the final product appears less frozen or forced on a publication as a passion play (including the draft, contained in pieces on Night Cap , seemed to me more interesting). Moreover, after using the saxophone did not succeed so well in Tull, the band has wisely left out the instrument on Minstrel . Finally, Anderson singing -who has never been, to be said, appears exceptionally fluid and assured here. To me, this is the last great album of Jethro Tull, with a first class team of musicians who really formed a group, rather than a committed team and interchangeable as is now the case from the 80s . True, Too Old to Rock'n'Roll ... Songs From The Wood , Heavy Horses also have the highlights, but never the band has signed subsequently, other albums as successful as this one. This new edition, called "La Grande Edition" is a great opportunity to rediscover this record.
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Post by sherwood on May 12, 2015 20:10:43 GMT
Have only recently received my copy,and have had little time to play it! However with some free time forthcoming i will soon fix the problem! Just the thought of it has me salivating indeed!
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Post by rredmond on May 12, 2015 21:27:36 GMT
Have only recently received my copy,and have had little time to play it! However with some free time forthcoming i will soon fix the problem! Just the thought of it has me salivating indeed! Me too! Can't wait to listen to the music I got! --Ron--
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Post by Equus on May 12, 2015 21:40:12 GMT
Have only recently received my copy,and have had little time to play it! However with some free time forthcoming i will soon fix the problem! Just the thought of it has me salivating indeed! Welcome to you Sherwood! You are most welcome!
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Post by jethrotull on May 13, 2015 2:04:31 GMT
The Paris concert is the best live Tull release I have ever heard! Here's the review I wrote for Amazon:
While I prefer Jethro Tull’s earlier music, from Stand Up through A Passion Play, Minstrel in the Gallery is a fine album that deserves – and greatly benefits from - the knob twiddling-skills of remix wizard Steven Wilson.
I agree with several other reviewers who feel the gem in this 40th Anniversary; la Grande Edition is the concert from Paris, July 5, 1975, the only professionally recorded live material from what I believe was Tull’s most powerful lineup.
The concert was filmed but sadly, according to the liner notes, the reels have been either lost or destroyed. Thankfully the audio tracks survived and about two thirds of the concert is presented here (TAAB, Warchild, Sealion, Ladies and some wonderful instrumental pieces they played that night were left out). I feel what we have here is the best 77 minutes of live Tull ever released. In fact, it may be the best live rock recording I’ve ever heard.
I remember vividly the concert I attended on that tour, the show started as a spotlight caught Martin Barre diving onto stage with an explosion of power chords leading into Wind-up, and the second the whole band joins in for this rocker you hear how great they really are.
Jakko Jakszyk has done a beautiful job of capturing the intensity and excitement of the stage performance in 5.1 surround and stereo mix. In fact the sound is spectacular for a 1975 recording; for the first time we have a live document of how tight this band was on stage in the mid-70s, playing in perfect lock-step, hard rock with a jazz twist, some blues and a classical string quartet. Barriemore Barlow’s drums come through loud and clear in the mix and prove that, with the possible exception of Keith Moon, he was the finest drummer in rock. The last half-hour of the show belongs to Mr Barre on the electric guitar whose playing on Backdoor Angels, Locomotive Breath and Hard Headed English General has to be heard to be believed. But of course the star of the show is Ian Anderson whose flute dazzles, especially during My God, Bouree and Cross-eyed Mary.
Jethro Tull’s concerts in the 70s were legendary, a band without peer. If you’ve ever wondered what all the hoopla was about, you must listen to this show. For the hundreds of thousands who attended those concerts all of those decades ago, this is the recording that will put you right back into the audience, it’s that good.
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Post by steelmonkey on May 13, 2015 17:50:46 GMT
Well-written and so true....It was only after a few listens to the live CD that I fully flashed back on the way it felt, if you were lucky enough to be in between those two stage extensions that meant Tull in 73-75. Remember those? They were not used much...jeffrey and martin during locomotive breath and ian ventured out a few times...but that 'place and time'..the precious real estate between those extentions...and the anticipation of impending Tull...nothing like the zen of being where you wanted to be, when you wanted to be there !
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Post by hardliner on May 13, 2015 18:06:23 GMT
A great concert with Tull really at their peak here. Martin is on fire here,that Gibson SG sounds immense. Shame the video isnt available ,would be really fascinating to watch.
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Post by sherwood on May 14, 2015 19:06:10 GMT
Stunning!That was my first impressions when I heard the Paris concert.The band played like a well-oiled machine that night,but the star is undoubtedly Martin Barre!Now I've listened to some good live albums over the years,including Yes/Yessongs,Gentle Giant/Live-Playing the Fool,Genesis/Seconds Out,Supertramp/Paris,Santana/Lotus,and many more,but this is just as powerful as all of those said albums!As good as Bursting Out?Could be,but we'll have to see if it still has that wow factor after repeated playings.For now it's non-stop Live in Paris 75 for moi!
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Post by steelmonkey on May 14, 2015 19:29:07 GMT
Moi Aussi...I just can't stop slipping in the Wind-Up/ Critique thru Back Door Angels Tull binge.
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Post by steelmonkey on May 16, 2015 16:14:20 GMT
Please, someone tell me if there is a better Aqualung than the one on MITG 40 from the Monte Carlo BBC Session? I have bad attitude re: Aqualung and may have already made fun of yet another 2 versions foisted on us...but this is a cow of a different color....It snuck up on me cuz i listened to Valhalla so much and now it is my favorite Aqualung recording of all time...The extra effort guitar fireworks, Barrie in slow tempo control....a revelation of a band at their very peak doing an overplayed song in a way that reintroduces the thunder and majesty of Aqualung.
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Post by rredmond on May 16, 2015 18:22:37 GMT
You are spot on. Listening to it now and it's pretty goshdarn awesome. --Ron--
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2015 18:46:37 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on May 17, 2015 9:24:58 GMT
Please, someone tell me if there is a better Aqualung than the one on MITG 40 from the Monte Carlo BBC Session? I have bad attitude re: Aqualung and may have already made fun of yet another 2 versions foisted on us...but this is a cow of a different color....It snuck up on me cuz i listened to Valhalla so much and now it is my favorite Aqualung recording of all time...The extra effort guitar fireworks, Barrie in slow tempo control....a revelation of a band at their very peak doing an overplayed song in a way that reintroduces the thunder and majesty of Aqualung. Extra special
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Post by maddogfagin on May 18, 2015 9:35:26 GMT
www.winnipegsun.com/Jethro Tull Minstrel in the Gallery – 40th Anniversary: La Grande Edition Nobody likes being the only sober guy at the party. Even Ian Anderson. Recorded in Monte Carlo to avoid paying taxes, Jethro Tull’s eighth album ended up something of an introspective, Anderson-centric affair — mostly since the other band members were reportedly off enjoying the beaches while the workaholic singer-flutist toiled away in their mobile studio. But for those who appreciate this set of acoustic-based, string-laced pastoral troubadourism — spiked, of course, with proggy art-rock — 1975’s Minstrel in the Gallery has much to love. And this 40th anniversary edition ups the ante. The latest exhaustive and outstanding reissue from the Tull camp, the four-disc set augments the newly remastered album with outtakes, demos, a live concert CD — plus 5.1 mixes from studio-whiz Steven Wilson — along with live footage from the period and an 80-page book of recollections, lyrics, track-by-track notes and more. Good show. RATING: 4.5 (out of 5) Link
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Post by maddogfagin on May 20, 2015 13:06:40 GMT
www.themortonreport.com/Album Review: Jethro Tull's Minstrel in the Gallery (40th Anniversary Edition)May 19, 2015 By Jeff Burger, Contributor LinkJethro Tull’s Minstrel in the Gallery garnered mixed and occasionally scathing reviews when it first appeared in 1975, but the fans loved it, buying enough copies to make it the group’s sixth top 10 album in a row. Ostensibly as a result, we now have this 40th anniversary “La Grande Edition,” which includes two CDs and two DVDs, plus an 80-page booklet with photos, lyrics, essays and track-by-track annotations by Jethro Tull vocalist and prime mover Ian Anderson. The first CD features a new stereo mix of the album plus alternate versions of several of its tracks, a B side and three BBC recordings. CD number two adds a Paris concert from July 1975, a few months before Minstrel’s release, that incorporates versions of its title cut, six tracks from Aqualung and five other performances. The DVDs offer DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround mixes as well as a 96/24 PCM stereo mix of everything on the CDs and an eight-minute concert video. Those who consider all this overkill can opt for a simultaneously released single-disc stereo remix of the original album. A press release accompanying the 40th anniversary package states that Minstrel’s songs “rock as hard as anything in the band’s…catalog.” In fact, that’s largely not the case, which is good news in my view. The rockers you will find here, including the title cut and “Black Satin Dancer,” seem relatively undistinguished, with frequently anachronistic-sounding and unimaginative percussion and guitar licks and vocals that fail to fully showcase Anderson’s strengths as a singer. But even the rockers, such as “Cold Wind to Valhala,” incorporate melodic acoustic elements; and the predominant folk-flavored material—which often has more in common with, say, Donovan’s “Lalena” than with anything in rock—is almost uniformly gorgeous. Featuring flute, guitar and an emotive string quartet, such exquisite albeit lyrically abstruse creations as “Requiem” and “One White Duck” also prove Anderson to be a fine singer. And they sound better than ever in the five-channel DVD-audio versions here.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2015 19:17:39 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2015 19:23:47 GMT
The larger booklet with the vinyl is really nice to have.
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Post by stevep on May 24, 2015 12:06:03 GMT
Currently listening to the re-issued MITG album using my old but very decent Grado headphones. Knocked out by the quality of the album and especially the live recording. Just incredible.
As I have got older, I have sometimes wondered whether the old days and old concerts were really as good as I remembered. I bought MITG album in 1975 and listened to it on a cheap record player which, it was stereo, was not very good quality stereo. Any concert would have sounded good compared to that.
The live recording on this album has dispelled any thoughts that Tull concerts were not as good as I remembered. It is just awesome. This version of Tull was also much (much) heavier than I remembered. The live part of the album shows why Tull were one of the top bands of the period.
Recommend this album to any Tull fans reading this....
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Post by steelmonkey on May 25, 2015 3:24:41 GMT
I too remember thinking during the interludes with Ian offstage, circa 73-79, that those other guys added up to an absolutely top rate, full gig of their own worthy, heavy rock and roll band....I thought of them as 'The Martin Barre band'.
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Post by stevep on May 25, 2015 21:27:53 GMT
The other thing I meant to add was the drumming on the live album sounds amazing. I am not technically savvy enough to know whether this is to do with the mixing as much as the live performance. Pretty sure it was just that Mr Barlow was one of the best in his day though.
I would recommend listening to the album with some really good headphones if you can. All sorts of new instruments seem to appear on different tracks. for example, there is violin on the Locomotive Breath final album track that I have never heard or noticed before. I really wondered whether these remixes would be worth the money - the more I listen to then, the more it seems like new music from the 70's. Definitely worth the investment..
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Post by maddogfagin on May 26, 2015 8:33:00 GMT
The other thing I meant to add was the drumming on the live album sounds amazing. I am not technically savvy enough to know whether this is to do with the mixing as much as the live performance. Pretty sure it was just that Mr Barlow was one of the best in his day though. I would recommend listening to the album with some really good headphones if you can. All sorts of new instruments seem to appear on different tracks. for example, there is violin on the Locomotive Breath final album track that I have never heard or noticed before. I really wondered whether these remixes would be worth the money - the more I listen to then, the more it seems like new music from the 70's. Definitely worth the investment.. JHH's bass playing is so much more evident as well in both the studio and live work. Should side swipe the doubters as to his playing capabilities and prove his inclusion in the band after Glenn left was a master stroke.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2015 21:22:54 GMT
link-Jethro Tull in tune with the Riviera'A lot of' Minstrel in the Gallery 'is on the one singer songwriter with acoustic guitar wavelength with me alone in the studio, while the others slept or lay on the beach. Much of the time they did not need to be in the studio while I work acoustically. So the album definitely had a more singer songwriter approach ', he says. On the other hand, it is wrong to see it as a solo album, he said. 'I think that the strength of the band is evident at most, not to say the entire album. It is certainly not a solo album '.
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 5, 2015 8:31:42 GMT
www.popmatters.com/Reappraising Ian Anderson's 'Minstrel in the Gallery'BY SEAN MURPHY, 5 August 2015 MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY SEEMS AS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AS ANY JETHRO TULL ALBUM, BEFORE OR AFTER, AND THERE IS A VULNERABILITY AND SENSITIVITY THAT THE SONGWRITER WAS SIMPLY GROWING INTO.Jethro Tull, again? Seriously? Yes, seriously. The reason Tull warrants continued discussion is because unlike just about all other prog rock acts of the mid-‘70s, they were—in their businesslike, seemingly obligatory fashion—cranking out one masterful effort each year. www.popmatters.com/column/195410-reappraising-ian-andersons-minstrel-in-the-gallery/
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2015 13:34:33 GMT
Best Reissue Albums of 2015 Jethro Tull: “Minstrel in the Gallery: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition” (Chrysalis) – Another entry in the terrific Jethro Tull reissue program, this 2 CD/2 DVD edition of “Minstrel in the Gallery” adds a 1975 concert from Paris and several studio outtakes and BBC performances, making what was already one of Jethro Tull’s strongest efforts even better. –Rating: 4 stars
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Post by steelmonkey on Dec 24, 2015 16:36:45 GMT
So I know I have told the story, to my friends and enemies on this forum, about 5 times about being robbed at gunpoint while hitch-hiking as a 17 year old and losing, in negative order of importance: a bag of dirty clothes, a sleeping bag, forty dollars and a War Child belt buckle given to me a few days before when a frined and I visited Chrysalis record's office in LA to ofer ourselves as foot soldiers in the Tull army. So why again? because yesterday, slipping in the concert disc of Minstrel Grande for the drive home from work...I ntoiced that the date of the concert in paris was the exact day i was robbed...and furthermore...adding 8 hours between west coast time and paris time it appears that it was while Tull were onstage in paris that I was naked in the desert north of LA, bleeding, broke and bereft !!!!!
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Post by ash on Dec 26, 2015 13:26:19 GMT
Best Reissue Albums of 2015 Jethro Tull: “Minstrel in the Gallery: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition” (Chrysalis) – Another entry in the terrific Jethro Tull reissue program, this 2 CD/2 DVD edition of “Minstrel in the Gallery” adds a 1975 concert from Paris and several studio outtakes and BBC performances, making what was already one of Jethro Tull’s strongest efforts even better. –Rating: 4 stars I got my copy as a Birthday present on Dec 11th
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Post by steelmonkey on Dec 26, 2015 17:39:26 GMT
Skip right on down to 'Cold Wind' and 'Aqualung' on the first disc, BBC versions. Everything else is amazing, too.
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