Jethro Tull - "A Passion Play" Deluxe Edition Due June 2014

Thanks for sharing that incredible interview with us rednoise! Thank you too Lady Jane for taking the time to do the interview and for your candidness too! That was a fun and very interesting interview. I hope more Tull fans will take a few moments to read it.

 

A fantastic read! Thank you!

 

Yes, I found the interview with the ballerina lady more interesting than I expected and I expected a lot. I saw the tour
In Texas. I think it was Fort Worth but it might have been Dallas. My only other experience with live Tull was the previous tour (TAAB), so I was operating at a high level of expectation. The show still blew my young mind. That was what I thought about reading the interview, she and I were the same age except I saw the band one night and she was living with Ian.

 

What's great about this interview, among many things, is how it feeds my teen days fantasy of the big production feature film project of "A Passion Play/War Child" (I don't recall the work-in-progress title it had) I kept reading about in the music press of '73/'74... Donald Pleasance as the Devil... Wow!!!

 

Surprised to get an email today saying my set has shipped! And at only $25 what a deal.

 

Where did you order from?

 

Blowitouttahere

 

I'm vacillating on this. I really only want the two CDs because I don't have a 5.1 system. But still...it's tempting to get Chateau D'Isaster in its proper running order.

 

I didn't think this was coming out till November. Christmas in July! Woooohooo! Just ordered mine from Amazon. Kinda pricey, but oh well. I missed the TAAB 40th for some reason. Don't want to miss out on this one. Hopefully the new mix will be rid of that damnable alto sax wankery. Oh Ian, as much as I love you, not every idea you have is a brilliant one.

Buuuuuuut....20 Years sounds like a dog's A! You must really not like Mr. Wilson's choices.

A pox on you! Let me bring you Songs From the Wood! Iron clad feather feet will pound such nonsense to dust. Or maybe you'd like to get blown through the eye of a hurricane? Cherrio.

 

You also get both stereo mixes in Hi-Res on the DVDs, plus the videos, etc...

 

IA plays soprano and sopranino saxes on aPP.

IIRC, he wrote in the liner notes to "20 Years" that he mixed it so that it would sound good on Shona's (his wife) portable CD player...

 

I've played the cd's from the deluxe. This is my first Steven Wilson remix experience. The APP remix is cool. Only played it once. The Chateau stuff is different. I'm used to the 20 Years and Nightcsp versions with all the overdubs and backwards reverb. The SW is really dry and will take some getting used to. I do like hearing the original intended running order. It does peter out and meander a bit without the overdubs. Will listen again today many more times. The book is cool too.

APP is the best Tull album ever.

 

Is there anything missing from the new Chateau that was on Nightcap (aside from the aforementioned overdubs, etc)?

 

Excuse me, soprano and spranino. Thanks for the correction. Doesn't make me like it any more.

I don't remember reading that in the liner notes. I'll have to peruse them again.

 

APP deluxe - a quick review:

WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL APP in all forms. Phenomenal 5.1
The Foot Of Our Stairs with 2 extra verses found on the end of the multi-track reel that have been added back in is quite jarring after all these years. ...trying to decipher what's going on with the bomb in his pocket.
The bonus material on CD is all very natural since the echo that is on Nightcap is gone from the stereo version. The album in 5.1 is phenomenal to say the least. Château d'Hérouville Sessions material in 5.1 is a joy to me, too. Impressive is Steven Wilson's new stereo mix. All sound great including the original mix flat transfer of the album. A WINNER!

 

I'm gonna have to wear a bib until my copy arrives, you're making me salivate so much. Jerkface.

 

Just got an email from BurningShed this morning - my order has been posted!

 

Often you leave me speechless. so user friendly.

 

Arrg, the wait...

AND I haven't even managed to get a corrected TAAB DVD...

 

Got mine today. Still haven't played it, but the package & booklet are wonderful. This is how reissues should be done ! How I wish REM's unplugged set had the same treatment...

 

Maybe this release will be the kicker that gets some folks finally liking the album

 

Except for the hare interlude, I've always liked this album. The hare's piece is unfortunately too distracting in the middle of the album... IMHO.

 

My favorite Tull album. It's next in my purchase list!

 

Just ordered... Can't wait. This is my favorite Tull record.

"Flight from lucifer"/"10.08 to paddington" is the high point for me.