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Post by cbwaltzer on Dec 2, 2008 8:18:06 GMT
Hi all, Thought this would be a good place to upload some shows. Whether you want to share what you have, request what you need, or simply download some classic Tull - this is the place to come. The 'rules' are simple: No officially released material - ever. If Ian and the boys have released it officially, please buy it from them! When i create archives (compressed files that make sharing/downloading easier), i use the free program winRAR. If you don't have it already, it is available free at this link (though they ask for donations, they are not required), and will be required to open the archives once downloaded to your computer. It is a simple to use program that should be a breeze to master - though should anyone have trouble getting started, please feel free to post your question here, or PM me if you prefer. The shows themselves will be hosted at the aforementioned free file repository(ies). Simply click on the link provided at the end of the concert's track listing below, enter whatever 3 character password they provide (in this case, top center-right on your megaupload screen), and start your download. Literally as easy as 1, 2, 3. Again, please post any questions / comments / concerns here, or send me a PM. Thanks! Now then, as the saying goes - On with the show!
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Post by cbwaltzer on Dec 2, 2008 8:21:07 GMT
======================================================================================== ".....This is all about music as a celebration of life. If that sounds pompous......Then I suppose it just does. It's called 'Songs from the Wood...." --- Ian Anderson, January 14th, 1977Jethro Tull - Live at the Civic Auditorium in Pasadena California, January 14th, 1977-------------------------------------First show, Songs from the Wood Tour---------------------------------------- For our first concert, we will visit a period widely considered to be among Tull's finest - the beginning of the late-seventies folk-rock (for lack of a better term) era. Specifically, the very first show of the 'Songs from the Wood' tour. Ian and the lads spent the autumn of 1976 (September thru November) recording their latest masterwork, 'Songs from the Wood', at home in England - and they were soon ready to take those songs on the road. While late November 1976 saw the release of the 'Ring Out Solstice Bells' EP in the UK, North American audiences had yet to hear a whisper from the newest Tull offering. Though still more than a month away from the album's stateside release, that was about to change. They took to the road on America's west coast, opening the tour with two shows on consecutive nights in Pasadena California - The first of which is the show we'll be hearing today. Sadly, it appears that the original tapers were unprepared for Ian's new, more subdued, opening numbers - so the versions of 'Quartet' and 'Wondr'ing Aloud' that were likely played that brisk January evening, are lost to us (*). Fortunately, they recovered fairly quickly, and the recording begins on a joyous note with the third song of the night, 'Skating Away....'. Following that, the new songs begin to get their initial airing with the very first live performance of 'Jack-In-The-Green'. Next came a quick step back to the previous year's offering with 'Crazed Institution', then a return to SftW with the debut of 'Fires at Midnight'. More album tracks soon followed, with 'Songs from the Wood', 'Hunting Girl', and 'Velvet Green' all making their live premieres. The classic 'Velvet Green', apparently quite a difficult song to perform live, was retired from the live set for thirty years after this tour, making these recordings all the more crucial. Another fairly unique track, 'Beethoven's 9th', returns to the line-up from the previous tour. Tull is at the height of their powers (with what is arguably considered to be their classic line-up) as they open a fantastic tour, in support of a masterpiece, with this amazing show. Though he had already been musically involved with Tull for some time, this was to be David Palmer's first road outing with the boys. Today's show, presumably, features his very first appearance on stage as a full member of Jethro Tull. In order to give you the opportunity to enjoy the full experience of being there that brisk January evening, i have also uploaded alternate versions of the 2 songs missing from our concert - recorded two days later in Los Angeles at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Of comparable sound quality, the 3 tracks begin with Terry Ellis himself introducing Dorothy Chandler (or 'Dottie Baby', as Ian says ), followed by 'Quartet' and 'Wondr'ing Aloud'. All i ask is that you not redistribute the combined shows without clearly indicating the recording's provenance. This excellent recording, from a low generation tape, has had it's various and sundry noises lovingly reduced by Blueeyes. Various incarnations of this show have been traded over the years, notably as 'First Show of 77', and 'Live in Pasadena'. Artwork Included Track Listing:--- Intro --- Quartet --- Wondr'ing Aloud01. Skating Away (On The Thin Ice Of The New Day) 02. Jack-In-The-Green 03. Crazed Institution 04. Fires At Midnight 05. Quatrain 06. Thick As A Brick 07. Songs From The Wood 08. To Cry You A Song > 09. A New Day Yesterday (w. flute solo incl. Bourée, Kelpie & Quartet) > 10. Living In The Past (inst.) / Thick as a Brick / New Day (reprise) 01. Velvet Green 02. Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll 03. Bungle In The Jungle 04. Beethoven's Ninth Symphony 05. Minstrel In The Gallery 06. Hunting Girl 07. Cross-Eyed Mary 08. Aqualung 09. Guitar Solo 10. Wind-Up > 11. Back Door Angels 12. Wind-Up (reprise) 13. Locomotive Breath > 14. Land Of Hope And Glory / Back Door Angels (reprise) Jethro Tull, January 14th, 1977 Prt 1 (140.67 MB) Jethro Tull, January 14th, 1977 Prt 2 (144.58 MB) Intro and opening numbers, January 16th, 1977 (13.57 MB) All tracks are high quality 320 kbps MP3's. Enjoy! * though technically it is unknown whether or not this show began with 'Quartet' and 'Wondr'ing Aloud', it is highly unlikely that anything else was performed knowing the rather concrete nature of Tull's set lists.
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 2, 2008 9:53:30 GMT
Hi cbwaltzer. Can only see the 40 day trial version at the link you provided. Am I looking in the wrong place or am I missing something?
Cheers,
maddog
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Post by cbwaltzer on Dec 2, 2008 10:14:45 GMT
Do you see the words 'Megaupload' across part of the top quarter of your screen? If so, next to it you should see the words 'Please enter' followed by 3 characters and a blank field. To access the files, you enter the 3 characters into the field and hit enter. Assuming of course, that your screen looks like mine (I'm a free user as well).
Any luck? Is anyone in the UK seeing the proper screen?
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 2, 2008 10:20:26 GMT
I can download the RAR files with no problem but I can't see the free down load for the converter, only a 40 day trial version at winRAR By the way - morning all
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Post by cbwaltzer on Dec 2, 2008 10:36:26 GMT
Oh, sorry - i thought you meant the tunes. Here, try this link. That's actually where i got my copy, and i've never been bothered by anything.
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Post by cbwaltzer on Dec 12, 2008 22:28:02 GMT
I have a great show from Vienna 1975 that, in my opinion, has some technical problems. It seems to me that the recording is a bit slow, altering the tone and pitch of the music. I'm in the process of correcting the issue, but before doing the entire show i thought i would see if anyone might offer their opinion as to how it sounds. I've uploaded 3 versions of the same track (Skating Away) at varying speeds in mp3 format (320 kbps). I chose this track because in it one can hear Ian singing solo w/ guitar, Ian w/ band accompaniment, and Ian speaking conversationally after the song's conclusion - offering a wide variety of sounds by which to judge. Version one is the track as it came to me. Again, maybe it's just my ear, but this sounds a bit slow - almost as if someone has their finger on the needle, so to speak. Version two and three have been incrementally sped up (three being the fastest) with no pitch correction whatsoever. All opinions, kitchen prose, gutter rhymes, and divers welcome and appreciated (in thread or via pm). Personally, i think version 2 sounds best (there are other sound issues with the track - like an annoying buzz, for example - but at this point i'm only working on the speed/pitch). Or maybe version 3, i just can't decide... i think maybe i've heard them too many times, lol. Anyway - here they are: Original versionVersion oneVersion two
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 13, 2008 16:24:40 GMT
To my old ears, the 2nd version sounds best. You're gonna have fun with the rest on the concert with the background noise. Shame minidisc recorders weren't invented on those days!
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Post by cbwaltzer on Dec 14, 2008 6:08:25 GMT
To my old ears, the 2nd version sounds best.Cool, thanks a lot for your input Maddog . You're gonna have fun with the rest on the concert with the background noise. Yeah, lol.....It's pretty rough at times. Noise reduction is the trickiest thing to do too (imo) - it's all too easy to remove what you want along with what you're trying to get rid of. I'm gonna give it a shot though *crosses fingers* Shame minidisc recorders weren't invented on those days!. Ha, yeah, that's for sure. Shame too they were so frequently relegated to crummy ice rinks and other 'sonically challenged' venues. Alas, if only Ian had allowed people to plug into the soundboard....I can understand the thinking i guess, but still it's such a shame so much music was lost, or survives only in muddled forms such as this.
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Post by jioffe on Mar 3, 2009 17:52:58 GMT
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Post by Tull50 on Feb 26, 2013 19:49:14 GMT
Jethro Tull Los Angeles, November 22, 1984 2-CD mp3 320 kbps quality Universal Amphitheater LA, Ca. USA Support: Honeymoon Suite. Reflects the anguished moment which Ian breaks his voice Ian confronted several people who insisted on smoking cannabis in the front row, threatening to end the concert because his throat was "killing" him. CD-1 1. Intro) / Locomotive Breath / Hunting Girl 2. Under Wraps 3. Fly By Night 4. Thick As A Brick / The Swirling Pit 5. The Clasp 6. Living In The Past 7. Serenade To A Cuckoo 8. Keyboards and drum solo 9. Black Sunday / Songs From The Wood 10. Minstrel In The Gallery / Guitar solo / My Sunday Feeling 11. Aqualung 12. Locomotive Breath CD-2 13. Too Old To Rock'N'Roll / Ballons / Thick as a Brick / The Blue Danube (outro) IAN ANDERSON: flute, acoustic guitar, mandolin and vocals MARTIN BARRE: electric guitar DAVE PEGG : bass guitar, mandolin PETER-JOHN VETTESE: : keyboards DOANE PERRY: drums Mediafire download link: www.mediafire.com/?9bx0leawwc783qz
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Post by steelmonkey on Feb 26, 2013 20:44:36 GMT
Poignant show...perhaps the night he lost part of his voice for good. Cancelled the next night and an Australian tour after the gig. Had a tantrum about a pot smoker.
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Post by Tull50 on Feb 26, 2013 20:56:14 GMT
Poignant show...perhaps the night he lost part of his voice for good. Cancelled the next night and an Australian tour after the gig. Had a tantrum about a pot smoker. If I think unfortunately it's a historical show in the history of the band, from that moment the voice of Ian gradually got worse...
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Post by tullist on Feb 26, 2013 21:29:08 GMT
People, including IA. often mark 84. But I was listening to a show from 82, I think in Spain, yesterday where his voice sounds truly hideous at points. Personally I can mark 77 as the first time I noticed a change in his voice. Not exactly worse but different. Still there are grades of bad, and not all the following years were bad voice wise of course. Pretty sure I have a show from every year they have existed, cept 68, usually several and the post 84 years are not front to back bad vocally. Seldom cited is somewhere around the mid to late nineties he began to sing within the limitations of his voice and there have been many presentable cases, usually even. Certainly the live DVD's from recent years I would mark with having next to zero vocal difficulties, (while fully allowing that at points between about 97 and now his voice is somewhere, at some times, between not too good and terrible) and in some respects, perceived sophistication of a type I suppose, he sings better now. Like I probably believe he sings My God better now than in 1971, whereas some few, thinking SFTW, TOTRRTYTD. and Heavy Horses seem they should be permanently removed, oddly Aqua and Loco, in the main, I believe he handles fine . Always the opinion on this matter that holds logical place with me was the opinion from the late nineties from some doctor that playing the flute worked at perfect odds on his vocal cords against singing. Can't think of another singing flute player, not to mention minor case acrobat.
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Post by steelmonkey on Feb 26, 2013 21:29:37 GMT
And one of two times I ended up with unused Tull tickets...i had one for the next nite and once in a nineties tour a gig in San Diego got cancelled due to sicknesses in the band. The show in SF a few days earlier was incredible.....no hint of voice trouble till the last song....;.but in LA he was suffering.
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