Tull Brao

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music.
A pleasure that I have (With many Classic Rock albums) is to divide by tracks when it comes to LP (Especially Progressive Rock genre). It is the case of some classics such example Rush and their "2112" or Rick Wakeman and his "Journey to the Center of the Earth". Today is turn to "Thick as a Brick", that I have divided each side in 7 songs (Perfect fit).

Released just as punk was taking hold on the public's imagination in America and making groups like Jethro Tull seem like dinosaurs on their way to extinction, Bursting Out became a seemingly perpetual denizen of the cutout bins for years afterward. However, it happened to be a good album, a more-than-decent capturing of a live Tull concert from Europe. The sound is remarkably good, given the group's arena rock status at the time, and the repertoire is a solid representation of the group's history, going all the way back to "A New Day Yesterday" from their second album and up through 1978's Heavy Horses, with stops along the way for "Bouree," "Aqualung," "Locomotive Breath," "Cross-Eyed Mary," and a compact reprise of Thick as a Brick. Some of these tracks work better than others – the tendency here is to play loud and hard, and sometimes that just doesn't translate well on record; seeing "Locomotive Breath" probably worked better than hearing it.

The group's second album, with Anderson (vocals, flute, acoustic guitars, keyboards, balalaika), Martin Barre (electric guitar, flute), Clive Bunker (drums), and Glen Cornick (bass), solidified the group's sound. There is still an element of blues, but except for "A New Day Yesterday," it is far more muted than on their first album, as Mick Abrahams' blues stylings are largely absent from Martin Barre's playing…

Jethro Tull - Benefit (1970) (2CD+DVD9 Set Chrysalis A Collector's Edition 825646413270 rel 2013}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 700 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 294 Mb
DVD9 -> 4.76 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 16:9 | LinearPCM, 2 ch 24-96 / DTS, 6 ch / Dolby AC3, 6 ch | ISO Image
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 61 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1970, 2013 Chrysalis / Warner | 825646413270
Rock / Progressive Rock / Art Rock

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