Post by schubertmachiavelli on May 9, 2015 11:29:37 GMT
I can almost see the 2CD/2DVD book now, in that so-seventies orange and the spine lettering spelled out in that cheeky 'Grange Hill' chalkboard font.
I might add that while it seems to garner a rep in certain quarters of being a 'lesser' work than the LPs either side of it, I personally rate it just as highly. It's about as close as Tull ever got to pop in places, and I rather like it as a refreshing detour into stylistic concision and hey, even a kind of urban sunniness that Tull never attempt again. But the songs are every bit as detailed and satisfyingly arranged as anything in their most 'prog' of phases.
Taxi Grab in particular unfolds new layers of ornamentation almost every time I hear it, so it seems. I must have listened to it for twenty years before I discerned the discreet David Palmer brass arrangement that punctuates the verses.
Salamander is the acme of IA's acoustic works, brisk, slightly distant, subtly horny.
From A Dead Beat To An Old Greaser — such a love letter to a time before I was born, but one that makes me live in it for the duration. And the quote from FBI on the Telecaster right on cue is a touch of arranging genius.
Quizz Kid is such a musical showtune and wittily sardonic ('they'll wine you, dine you, undermine you (better not bring the wife)' kills me every time). Ditto Crazed Institution, with leavening chord changes and vocal harmonies (and that killer bit of piano playing from John Evan, and the games it plays traversing the stereo).
Pied Piper is simply that cheeky chap on the cover writ large as a surprisingly dainty song, with a dash of chirpy f**k-you seventies optimism. And The Chequered Flag is just the most bittersweetly sentimental song that stops short of saccharine and remains dignified and defiant (and that BRILLIANT David Palmer strings quote of the 'Glorious Ninth' after the line about the deaf composer).
I can almost see the 2CD/2DVD book now, in that so-seventies orange and the spine lettering spelled out in that cheeky 'Grange Hill' chalkboard font.
I might add that while it seems to garner a rep in certain quarters of being a 'lesser' work than the LPs either side of it, I personally rate it just as highly. It's about as close as Tull ever got to pop in places, and I rather like it as a refreshing detour into stylistic concision and hey, even a kind of urban sunniness that Tull never attempt again. But the songs are every bit as detailed and satisfyingly arranged as anything in their most 'prog' of phases.
Taxi Grab in particular unfolds new layers of ornamentation almost every time I hear it, so it seems. I must have listened to it for twenty years before I discerned the discreet David Palmer brass arrangement that punctuates the verses.
Salamander is the acme of IA's acoustic works, brisk, slightly distant, subtly horny.
From A Dead Beat To An Old Greaser — such a love letter to a time before I was born, but one that makes me live in it for the duration. And the quote from FBI on the Telecaster right on cue is a touch of arranging genius.
Quizz Kid is such a musical showtune and wittily sardonic ('they'll wine you, dine you, undermine you (better not bring the wife)' kills me every time). Ditto Crazed Institution, with leavening chord changes and vocal harmonies (and that killer bit of piano playing from John Evan, and the games it plays traversing the stereo).
Pied Piper is simply that cheeky chap on the cover writ large as a surprisingly dainty song, with a dash of chirpy f**k-you seventies optimism. And The Chequered Flag is just the most bittersweetly sentimental song that stops short of saccharine and remains dignified and defiant (and that BRILLIANT David Palmer strings quote of the 'Glorious Ninth' after the line about the deaf composer).
Er, well I could go on....!!
If this is a sample of what you are capable of...please go on.
Steven Wilson has agreed to do the definitive version of the álbum Too Old To RnR: Too Young To Die!, says Ian Anderson. It will include unreleased songs (Advertising Man, Commercial Traveller) recorded in Brussels in 1976. Will the package include the LWT TV Special?. "We are trying to get the aproval for that". Source: A New Day, The Jethro Tull Magazine. #119 Dave Rees.
In concert at Arrowhead Stadium Robert Bowlin, Kansas City Star, 8/9/76
...Jethro Tull, one of the most elaborate stage acts in the multi-million-dollar rock music business, introduced “Tull-A-Vision,” a large mural of a TV set across the back of the main stage area.
Huge closeups of members of the band were projected on to a screen behind the stage.
Thus it was possible even from the upper decks of Arrowhead to see exactly how Ian Anderson handles his flute.
Tull, with the demonic Anderson as focal point, dazzled the crowd with the classic “Thick As A Brick” and many others before showcasing their most recent “Too Old To Rock ’n’ Roll, Too Young To Die”--a sad tale indeed.
“Minstrel In The Gallery,” with crashing rhythm guitar, was good, but “Aqualung,” a vivid description of the seedier things in life, positively stupefied those uninitiated to the Tull sound.
Highlighting the encore, “Locomotive Breath,” from the Aqualung LP, built up gradually to a smashing finale that left an indelible memory for those who stayed until 1:30 this morning to see the end and brave the traffic jams outside.
27th november 2015 release date of the deluxe box set
Great news Elberto! I have specifically been looking forward to this release... I personally really, really love this album... So maybe this Tull release will convince a few skeptics... maybe not... Anyway... Looking forward to this!
"You have a box that says Ian Anderson, and another box that says Jethro Tull, but inside both boxes it's the same old cornflakes" - Ian Anderson
27th november 2015 release date of the deluxe box set
Great Elberto! I have specifically been looking forward to this release... I personally really, really love this album... So maybe this Tull release will convince a few skeptics... maybe not... Anyway... Looking forward to this!
I'll be more positive today. Quiz Kid, Crazed Institution, & Salamander are my favourites. Working on getting my name on this one - you know - tootull on too old...
Jethro Tull Too Old to Rock ‘N’ Roll: Too Young To Die (2015)
Format: CD+DVD
Šifra: 825646035519
CD1 RE-RECORDED ALBUM FOR TV SPECIAL: MORGAN STUDIO, MARCH 1976
Prelude Quiz Kid Crazed Institution Salamander Taxi Grab From A Dead Beat To An Old Greaser Bad Eyed And Loveless Big Dipper Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young To Die! Pied Piper The Chequered Flag (Dead Or Alive) From A Dead Beat To An Old Greaser Bad Eyed And Loveless Big Dipper Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young To Die! The Chequered Flag (Dead Or Alive) Quiz Kid (Version 1) (Monte Carlo Out-take)
CD2 ASSOCIATED RECORDINGS
Salamander’s Rag Time Commercial Traveller Salamander (Instrumental) A Small Cigar (Acoustic Version) Strip Cartoon One Brown Mouse (Early Version) A Small Cigar (Orchestrated Version) Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young To Die! (Demo) Prelude Quiz Kid Crazed Institution Salamander Taxi Grab From A Dead Beat To An Old Greaser Bad Eyed And Loveless Big Dipper Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young To Die! Pied Piper The Chequered Flag (Dead Or Alive)
DVD1 AUDIO & VIDEO
Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young To Die! - TV film with DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and Dolby Digital Stereo Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young To Die! - TV audio in 96/24 stereo PCM Five Original LP Tracks with DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and 96/24 stereo PCM.
DVD2 ASSOCIATED RECORDINGS
Salamander‘s Rag Time, Commercial (with DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and 96/24 stereo PCM) Traveller, A Small Cigar (Acoustic Version) (with DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and 96/24 stereo PCM) Strip Cartoon (with DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and 96/24 stereo PCM) Quiz Kid (version 1) (in 96/24 stereo PCM) One Brown Mouse (early version) Original Master Mix (in 96/24 stereo PCM) Salamander (Instrumental) (in 96/24 stereo PCM) Strip Cartoon Original Master Mix (in 96/24 stereo PCM) A Small Cigar (orchestrated version) (Original Rough Mix) (in 96/24 stereo PCM) Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young To Die! Demo (in 96/24 stereo PCM) A flat transfer of the original 1976 Quad LP Production Master with DTS 4.0 and Dolby Digital AC3 4.0 surround sound. A flat transfer of the original 1976 LP master at 96/24 stereo PCM.
To follow its stellar 1975 release Minstrel In the Gallery, Jethro Tull’s ambitious plans included a group album, in addition to a stage musical about an aging rock star. Midway through the process, however, the band decided to abandon the stage musical and use the musical songs as the basis for what would become its ninth studio album, Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young To Die!
Before the album’s 40th anniversary next spring, Parlophone will release a deluxe edition of TOO OLD TO ROCK ‘N’ ROLL: TOO YOUNG TO DIE! in the fall. This 2CD/2DVD set will be available on November 27.
Highlights from the set include:
An unreleased, alternate version of the album recorded for a British television special and remixed by Steven Wilson Bonus tracks (18 previously unreleased), all mixed to 5.1 surround and stereo by Steven Wilson Flat transfer of the original LP mix at 96/24 Commercial debut of footage from the television special Presented in a case-bound DVD book that includes an 80-page booklet with an extensive history of the album, track-by-track annotations by Ian Anderson, plus rare and unseen photographs Includes the gatefold cartoon from the original album drawn by renowned comic artist Dave Gibbons
TOO OLD TO ROCK ‘N’ ROLL: TOO YOUNG TO DIE! was the band’s first with John Glascock on bass and backing vocals. But it wasn’t just the band dynamic that was changing, the music was evolving too, and this album helped bridge the progressive rock of Tull’s early years with the folk-rock that would shape its musical direction throughout the late Seventies.
The first disc features an unreleased, alternate version of the album that the band recorded for a British television special. At the time, union rules forbid bands from lip-syncing the original album on television, which is why Jethro Tull found itself in a studio re-recording the album in March 1976. For this deluxe edition, Steven Wilson re-mixed that alternate version of the album, as well as five songs earmarked for the finished album, including “Big Dipper,” “From A Dead Beat To An Old Greaser” and the title track.
It should be noted that the album couldn’t be totally remixed because multi-track recordings for several songs are missing.
The second CD includes nine rare and unreleased bonus tracks like “Commercial Traveller,” “Salamander Ragtime” and an early version of “One Brown Mouse”, plus a flat transfer of the original album.
The first DVD includes the commercial debut of the entire British television special along with several audio mixes of the show: DTS & Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, and Dolby Digital Stereo. The audio from the special is also included in 96/24 stereo PCM. The five tracks from the original LP are here as well, in DTS & Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and 96/24 stereo PCM.
The second DVD includes some mixes of the associated recordings in DTS & Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and 96/24 stereo PCM. Also featured is a flat transfer of the original LP at 96/24 stereo PCM, in addition to a flat transfer of the original 1976 Quad LP Production Master with DTS 4.0 and Dolby Digital AC3 4.0 surround sound.
An album I generally liked. Generally very good, a few great songs and perhaps a clunker or two I'd send back to the chef. It seems to be something like a IA miniature version of Quadrophenia, a Monophenia, a review of a time of early years, a phase of person and world around them, a cultural snapshot. But what really made it work was the motorcycle. Barriemore Barlow had the motorcycle headlamp on his drum kit on tour. Could it have been a double album? Probably would have if CDs had been the format.
What band could have survived the changes that went on so rapidly........consider the changes between A Passion Play, then WarChild, then Too Old To Rock And Roll, then Songs From The Wood. This was also the time of Miles Davis jazz/fusion albums, a series of explorations that knocked Davis right out of music for a while (and a few other reasons).
jackinthegreen: Cream without Eric??? Santana without Carlos?? and not even with a stand-in player.....you're easily pleased, I reckon most people would not be happy to say the least...
Apr 30, 2022 23:45:36 GMT
jackinthegreen: If it was Scott that got Covid would they have played the gigs without a drummer?
May 1, 2022 0:01:38 GMT
ash: It's Tull not Cream and my answer stands. Now it there was no flute player...No flute no Tull . I've seen Ian play with just an ipod backing track it was great
May 3, 2022 16:04:21 GMT
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jackinthegreen: "No flute, no Tull".......hmmmm tell that to MB when he's doing all the Tull stuff..
May 3, 2022 20:18:27 GMT
jackinthegreen: and I've seen Ian doing his one man thing with just the backing track too, but that's not billed as a Jethro Tull concert.....
May 3, 2022 20:19:44 GMT
jackinthegreen: I do agree he's brilliant at playing to his own backing tracks though
May 3, 2022 20:20:48 GMT
ash: My first answer stands in stone
May 4, 2022 10:00:23 GMT
goodwolfman38: Just around the corner from what i understand will be the 40th anniversary edition of Broadsword & The Beast due in July, as i noticed a few weeks ago with an interview with Ian this one will be large box set, hopefully no delays
May 12, 2022 13:45:20 GMT
rredmond: Well the radio.net plug in at the bottom of the site shocked me a bit!
May 12, 2022 14:39:42 GMT
maddogfagin: Yes it's a great addition to the Forum and I'm hoping radio.net will provide this service for years to come
May 14, 2022 15:58:55 GMT
jackinthegreen: Where is the link to this radio.net.......I don't see it folks
May 15, 2022 1:11:08 GMT
maddogfagin: Immediately below this shout box and above the visitor numbers/flags.
May 15, 2022 8:39:21 GMT
jackinthegreen: Cheers MD, I can only see the link from the "Home" page, but disappears when looking at threads etc, so find if I open it up in a new window it then plays constantly
May 15, 2022 13:29:06 GMT
jackinthegreen: So I have it bookmarked to open at any time....nice in the background if reading on t'internet
May 15, 2022 13:31:36 GMT
jackinthegreen: Did anyone on the forum see Tull at the De Montfort Hall in Leicester in September.....
May 19, 2022 1:10:39 GMT
smint100: Good Lord, why did no one tell me about the radio.net! I've spent a joyful afternoon in the garden watching the strawberries ripen - I mean, editing a book - and listening to unadulterated Tull. Heaven!
May 21, 2022 14:56:50 GMT
Of interest to me. shh!
