Jethro Tull's "This Was" on CD

Some members confirmed it to me on this thread:

http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threa...s-song-j-tull-have-the-hey-santa-line.191884/

 

Wow, that is a major oversight ..........

 

Those two bonus tracks 'Sunshine Day' and 'One for John Gee,' I'm under the assumption that the multitrack tapes for both those tracks haven't been located hence the remastered in mono format? Peter Mew did a fine job with the remixing. Wonder if IA will get SW to deliver a quadraphonic mix in the future? 50th Anniversary maybe?! It's only 3 years away. May as well do the same for Stand Up for the following year too. And who knows by then the missing tapes for The Witches Promise will be found thus a double dip for Benefit's 50th Anniversary lol! Nah, just add it to Stand Up (or a potential future Living in the Past remix) and be done with it. Okay, I'm done dreaming!

 

Tull is a real head-scratcher. There's two camps:
Those who prefer the earlier bluesy Tull divided
by those who prefer the folkier sound. Oddly, the
Americans prefer the latter. Should be The Brits
who prefer it, but what do I know.

Me? I prefer the original band, period. Sure, the
blues rock format by '68 was overpopulated, but
no other band had such a sound as Tull ... until
Blodwyn Pig burst out of the Tull stye the year
following this release. I love the jazz inflections
which were new at that time, being propagated
to fuller effect in bands such as Chicago and
Blood, Sweat and Tears. Tull in this form was
more like The Guess Who, which used jazz
timing and instrumentation much in the way
Brian Jones and George Harrison colored
their band's tunes.

Most people prefer Martin Barre as Tull's main
guitar guy, I do not, because his sound tends to
be tinnier than Abrahams' tone. In short, Mick
gave Tull's sound balls. He simply wasn't around
long enough to get the attention he deserves. Note
the near failure of Blodwyn Pig, yet those albums
pack more punch than most of Tull's entire output.
It's a question of taste. I like some of Tull's later
work, but if I'm gonna listen to Brit folk I'd sooner
pull out Fairport or Pentangle.