JT's "Thick As A Brick"

My biggest regret . . ., posted on July 1, 2012 at 08:12:54
dwill123 Audiophile Posts: 1727 Location: Philadelphia Joined: September 7, 2003	One of the "very few" groups, I've never seen in concert.

Just the opposite..., posted on July 1, 2012 at 08:58:17

cfraser
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They were the very first band I saw at a large-venue concert, I was 15 and it was the TAAB tour in early '72. [Edit: I should also mention I had just moved to Canada from the UK and yet had never even heard of JT before.]

I heartily recommend the 2001 remaster of Stand Up (Bouree's on it), sounds very decent (great dynamic range for "these days", watch that volume control!), easily my favorite Tull album. I have kinda lost touch with JT since the mid-70s, mostly just listen to the first few albums still.

I love their acoustic album, posted on July 1, 2012 at 09:39:44

LWR
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I have seen them many times, including the TAAB tour...., posted on July 3, 2012 at 15:31:59

viridian
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Saw that one at the Springfield (Mass.) Civic Center. A great concert and a marvelous record. They kept the stadium mostly dark. The roadies were all in matching white jump suits with very high colors, tuning this, tapping that. It took way too long and the crowd started jeering a bit. Of course, the house lights came up and it wasn't roadies at all, but Tull themselves. Barre was in particularly good form that night. I remember it like yesterday. Must mean I forgot my stash.

Similar story here, posted on July 3, 2012 at 17:32:25
1973shovel Audiophile Posts: 4663 Location: Greenville SC Joined: February 25, 2007 Contributor Since: June 17, 2009	Tull was my first big venue concert too, but in 1970. I saw them three or four times, before they lost me with Thick As A Brick. I still drag out my Stand Up and Aqualung LP's occasionally. Nice memories, and great music.

Ian Anderson 2012 BBC Interview..., posted on July 4, 2012 at 08:12:55
FenderLover Audiophile Posts: 7169 Joined: July 31, 2007	Enjoy & have a great (and safe) (and cool) 4th! . .

Fascinating sense of melody and a great showman, posted on July 4, 2012 at 08:22:24
LWR Audiophile Posts: 57732 Location: The woods Joined: August 12, 2003	Never will forget that first show I saw back in the day....when I looked at the stage I saw a man in front of a band standing on one leg and playing a flute. It was a Lysergic moment!!

I heard them, never saw them however., posted on July 9, 2012 at 17:39:44
badteacher Audiophile Posts: 103 Location: Pacific Northwest Joined: June 5, 2012 Contributor Since: December 9, 2012	I remember sitting outside the concert venue in Seattle in 1976 or '77 listening to the Jethro Tull concert going on. We spent over two hours sitting there listening, wishing we were inside, and passing "smokes" back and forth.

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JT's "Thick As A Brick"

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