Jethro Tull - A (A La Mode edition) (3 CD / 3 DVD) - Steven Wilson remix

It can't be any more controversial than Don Airey's keyboard solo on the Crest of a Knave tour. The Edinburgh Playhouse crowd actually started booing. Only other time I've seen anything similar was when Spinal Tap did 'Jazz Odyssey'. Very similar vibe.

 

Spoiler

To me (maybe just me) Coruisk is the long bridge from Stormwatch and Cheerio of course is the short bridge to Broadsword

Your opinons will be interesting.

 

Was that the sound effects nightmare as intro to Locomotive Breath? I hated Airey on that tour.

--
Rob

 

Fight!



So, bring me my broadsword and clear understanding.
Bring me my cross of gold as a talisman.

 

Spoiler: And Further On...

Further on from either of those, "Working John, Working Joe" is the eroded land bridge from Songs From the Wood.

 

Working John, Working Joe is a favourite here. In any form.

 

Quite long for an instrumental track. I am really looking forward to hearing this, knowing the place it was isnpired by and already liking all the other Skye inspired songs

 

That's the way I always took it as well.

Glad I never bought the bigger 2011 box.

 

Base knaves!

 

I made a mistake with this - there is no vinyl - just a cd, signed or unsigned

 

must have been that. The guy on the video thought it had could have vocals

 

Hmmm. Now wondering if its one of Martin’s guitar based jams like Quatrain.

 

6 plus

 

A little off-topic, but while we wait... has anyone tried making a “lost” album from the Broadsword outtakes? I’m giving the album a spin and let the stream continue after Cheerio and there are some really good songs here (namely Jack a Lynn and Mayhem Maybe but that’s as far as I’ve gotten!).

 

Mine is :

RHYTHM IN GOLD
The "BROADSWORD AND THE BEAST" Outtakes Collection

1 Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow
2 I'm Your Gun
3 Down At The End Of Your Road
4 Too Many Too
5 Jack-A-Lynn
6 Motoreyes
7 Rhythm In Gold
8 Mayhem, Maybe
9 Overhang
10 Crew Nights
11 The Curse
12 Commons Brawl
13 No Step
14 Drive On The Young Side Of Life
15 Lights Out
16 I Am Your Gun (alternate mix)

Outtakes collected from the "20 YEARS OF JETHRO TULL" boxset, the "NIGHTCAP" compilation and Dave Pegg's "A BOX OF PEGG'S" boxset.

 

DJ
Dinosaur

 

They're what I have!

 

There seems to be a lot of love for the “broadsword“ album on this board. I haven’t heard the album in well over 30 years. Bought it when it came out- Probably gave away my vinyl copy many years ago -felt it was very disappointing at the time, kind of generic rock ‘n’ roll or something. (I pretty much loved every Tull release from stand up to storm watch). So was I missing something? Is there one track I should listen to that will convince me to buy this album ...again?

 

I think The Broadsword and the Beast threw people off because it doesn't sound like anything Tull had done up to that point. The heavy use of synthesizers and the less-energetic drumming of Gerry Conway, along with, I think, a substandard set of songs from Ian, left people feeling like this wasn't what they bought Tull records for. Even more strangely, when the box set 20 Years of Jethro Tull came out in 1988, we all discovered that many of the best songs from those sessions were left off the album. Many of these were added as bonus tracks when the CD was remastered in the early 2000s.

Of the songs on the original album, I've always liked "The Clasp" the best.

 

Oh yeah, Coriusk is a Tull cool instrumental. Calming yet could win a heavy metal grammy. Charge!

fact or fiction ?? you be the judge Wife likes!

 

Compared to 'A', which I don't like much at all, "Broadsword" is a fairly strong record if you can get past the meh modern circa 1982 production and plodding drums. But I think it's a tad overrated too. The good bits are very good and I think if you took the best songs off the album proper along with some of the songs that weren't released at the time, you'd have a damn good record.

 

When Broadsword was released, I thought it sounded right for the times. It is a major record for me today. The sound does not bother me at all, it fits the mood. Broadsword is a MUST.

 

My recollection at the time was quite different. Fallen On Hard Times was a local hit and the album was liked along with the tour. It was seen as more of a return to form by me and my friends. And in no way do I agree that the best songs were Left off the album. I do enjoy The Clasp too.

 

I did not realise the mix of I'm Your Gun was different on the 20 Years set and Box of Pegg's will have to go back and relisten

 

The Clasp is possibly one of the best Tull songs, in terms of capturing their essence as a folk / rock band. The arrangement is complex yet simple, the instrumentation, as thorough as it can be (even mandolin and flute make an appearance here and there), it's got a great melody, great pop structure... For a long time, it has sat after ***** Willow in my preferences, but lately that has changed.