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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 30, 2012 14:46:06 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 1, 2012 10:15:40 GMT
From Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website www.progarchives.comSo here we have it! Not a cup of tea for everyone, but a slightly dizzy night cap for old friends." First CD: The embryonic state of what'll be A Passion Play. Jethro Tull went to France to record a follow-up to Thick As a Brick. This one is the most important and it caused great excitement among Tull-fans since it contained the previously unreleased tapes from the Château D'Hérouville sessions of 1972. These tapes were believed to be missing, but Ian found them back after working his way through a large amount of old studio tapes. Most of the material was (re) mastered, but a few pieces were left out however, since Ian judged them being "simply wretched".
Solitaire and Skating Away On the Thin Ice of the New Day, appeared two years later on the Warchild album. One of the songs that were never released is a three minute segment of a take that was never finished and is by Jethro Tull die-hard-fans called SAILOR. Sadly there's no trace of it in some official release.I only had it downloading some bootleg tracks!! (another unreleased is Hard Hearted English General).
The animals cycle
The first song is First Post. Animelée follows and then Tiger Toon. The first 3 songs are good soft/folk/disneyesque instrumental pieces suggesting a FIGHT between animals. Tiger Toon, in particular brings in that specific animal known as a predator and makes reference to the cartoon suggesting a sort of caricature. The first song with lyrics is Look at the Animals. It lays out the order of the food-chain in Anderson's world. Great idea this personification in the song: the animals wait in line on a stairwell to use the bathroom. The animals put chewing gum in each other's hair and swing from chandeliers. At one point the animals are playing with their tools. The analogy with people is emphasized when the narrator asks alternatively, "...how would you like to be one? , ....how would you like to free one" and "...how would you like to queer one?" Law of the Bungle (I and II), is a song that was never completed, follows and reintroduces the tiger. He is king of the jungle and forces the other animals to submit to his will. The tiger in this case wears a suit and has business sense. Why not jungle? The reason is the cartoonish, caricaturish nature of the lyrics but I didn't manage to understand the message between the lines! (P.S. see that in the War Child album one of the greatest tracks was Bungle In The Jungle!).
After this first six tracks animals tracks it's the turn of Left Right, one of my JT favourites ever, with that irritating crying babies intro. Critique Oblique is that famous part of APP.here you can listen to part of its guitar's riff in an acoustic temper and some different lyrics. That famous verses of APP sang by Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond are here sang by Ian: ".and your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.". Another APP faithful is Post Last. Scenario, Audition and No Rehersal are all good songs in a more soft and sad temper with dominant acoustic guitar and great deep voice from Ian!
The second disc is completely different, containing material from different years, from 1974 to 1991: Paradise Steakhouse (one of the best tracks by JT), Sealion II (vocals by Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond with only few words spoken by Ian), Quartet (instrumental and the most prog one: a must have in your collection!), A Small Cigar and Broadfoard Bazaar (great acoustic gem!). All these tracks above are now findable on the new remastered editions of War Child, Too Old.and Heavy Horses. Then there's a lot of 80s material, interesting in particular Rosa On The Factory Floor, Commons Brawl, Drive On The Young Side Of Life (title reminds me of Skating Away.) and I Don't Want To Be Me.
Evaluation: First Disc is for all you lovers of APP.it's essential and I'll rate it with 5 stars! (agree with GW). The Second Disc although being good it seem to lacks in importance for the JT fans because of those latest remastered (and more complete than this) albums with tons of beautiful bonus tracks!
Final rating: 4 stars! P.S. The first disc is highly recommendable!
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 5, 2013 8:12:56 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 27, 2015 9:44:37 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/The return of the Honky ChateauBy Hugh Schofield BBC News, Herouville A once-famous recording studio in a French chateau is being refurbished and will reopen in 2016. Hugh Schofield had an exclusive tour of the Chateau d'Herouville - where the original piano used by Elton John on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has languished for more than 30 years in an attic. Once upon a time there was a Honky Chateau. That was the name that Elton John gave to one of his favourite studios - the Chateau d'Herouville. In 1972 and 1973 three of his best-loved early albums were recorded in the loft of the 18th Century pile: Honky Chateau, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. The complete article
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2015 18:40:10 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/The return of the Honky ChateauBy Hugh Schofield BBC News, Herouville A once-famous recording studio in a French chateau is being refurbished and will reopen in 2016. Hugh Schofield had an exclusive tour of the Chateau d'Herouville - where the original piano used by Elton John on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has languished for more than 30 years in an attic. Once upon a time there was a Honky Chateau. That was the name that Elton John gave to one of his favourite studios - the Chateau d'Herouville. In 1972 and 1973 three of his best-loved early albums were recorded in the loft of the 18th Century pile: Honky Chateau, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. The complete article Linked: Other accounts than Jethro Tull's that Château d'Hérouville was such a HORRENDOUS place to record?
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Post by maddogfagin on Feb 28, 2016 9:15:21 GMT
Another image of the Honky Chateau
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Post by 61jtull on Jan 5, 2021 20:38:12 GMT
Nightcap is an interesting album! The first CD is a good addition for fans of "A passion play", but I prefer the second CD that features unused songs from several album sessions. I'm mostly impressed by the additional songs from 1981(Broadsword and the Beast sessions)While I generally like Broadsword, I think several of the songs that were left off were actually better then the majority of the songs that ended up on the album. I think "Jack a Lynn" is better then any song on Broadsword, and songs like "Drive on the young side of life", "Crew nights" and "No step" with the double-tracked vocals that reminds me of SFTW and Heavy Horses. Some of the Rock island outtakes are pretty good as well.
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Post by maddogfagin on May 31, 2022 5:35:34 GMT
Jethro Tull - Lights Out 475 views May 8, 2022
EPITOPOU MAPS 296 subscribers
#jethrotull #iananderson #epitopoumaps There is a place at Ano Patisia neighborhood called "Ktima Drakopoulou", close to the borders of the municipality of Athens. It used to be the property of this Drakopoulos and now it's a park. The ruins of the houses remained, some other are demolished. In the night this place seemed mysterious in my eyes and without much light, that's why I combined with this song. Hope you like the atmosphere in this video.
Lyrics: Last light's out They're all at bed And something's in my room Creeping down towards me on the wall
Daddy said it's just some flickering headlight through the gloom Making shapes through trees outside the hall
But what the hell does he know? He doesn't feel the dread The cold restricting terror in the dark
I've seen that silhouette before Something the newsman said Something about some monster in the park
[Chorus:] It's you, you're the man on the TV screen It's you front page face of the dead Locked up in the light of day At night come out to play To terrorize me there above my bed
The air is still and heavy now There's thunder in the sky He's dreaming up some message he can send
I'm scared completely helpless and I think I'm going to cry Are grownups brave or do they just pretend?
His face is growing clearer I can see his eyes glow red My teddy bear's the only friend I can feel
The shadow's hand slips down the wall And touches teddy's head I now suspect that shadow will touch me
[Chorus]
[Repeat chorus]
It's you...
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Post by JT_fan1994 on Mar 26, 2024 4:18:49 GMT
“Silver River Turning” and “Broadford Bazaar” are among Tull's best songs imo.
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