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Jethro Tull - Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI (03-08-1975) [Master AUD Recording]
2 CDs | Flac (Separate Files) | No Cue, no Log | ffp included | Artwork | 741 Mb

Dan Lampinski recorded over 100 concerts in the Providence/Boston area, mostly between 1974 and 1978. His earliest recordings were made with an internal microphone deck, and though they are somewhat lo-fi compared to his later work, some very great moments in rock history were captured for posterity. In late 1974 he bought a Sony TC-152SD tape recorder, a Sony ECM-99 stereo microphone, and began using Maxell cassettes. He was also fortunate enough to have a friend who provided excellent taping seats for many shows, resulting in high quality recordings.

Jethro Tull - Benefit (1970) {Japan Mini LP Edition 2001}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC+CUE+LOG -> 357 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 123 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 21 Mb
© 2001 Toshiba-EMI / Chrysalis | TOCP-65881
Rock / Prog Rock / Hard Rock / Art Rock

Tull's third album finds them pulling definitively away from their blues-rock beginnings and heading towards the folk-influenced prog-rock that would become their trademark. It captures a brief, crucial moment in the band's life. They hadn't yet adopted the complex, medieval-oriented approach of their most famous works, but they had progressed enough to record some of Ian Anderson's most unpretentious, personal and affecting songs. Instead of courtly prog-rock or Cream-ish electric blues, BENEFIT is full of visceral, electrified folk-rock. The light, acoustic-flavored "With You There to Help Me" and "Inside" are full of thoughtful passion. The harder-edged "To Cry You a Song" and "Teacher" are examples of Tull's ever-present way with a hooky riff. For those distrustful of fancy time signatures and complex song suites, a strong case could be made for BENEFIT as Tull's most satisfying effort.

Jethro Tull - Live At Madison Square Garden 1978 (2009) [CD+DVD] {Chrysalis}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 529 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 188 Mb
DVD9 -> 4.43 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 4:3 | Dolby AC3, 6 ch / DTS, 6 ch / LPCM, 2 ch | ~ 94m | ISO Image
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 265 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2009 Chrysalis / EMI | 50999 9 67920 2 5
Rock / Prog Rock / Art Rock

Sporting the cover of the CD/DVD set is a very strange looking Ian Anderson with a typically normally looking Martin Barre. Anderson looks like he is getting ready to do something perverted with his flute again. Glad to know 31 years on nothing much has changed in that respect. Live At Madison Square Garden (CD/DVD) is one of several live Jethro Tull DVD's that have become available over the last few years. I am glad that I didn't miss this one because it's a real gem. It contains a 93 minute concert recording in 5.1 DTS (96/24) surround sound (+Dolby Digital 5.1 & LPCM 2.0) and within all of that is 50 minutes of video footage from the groundbreaking (an often over used term in music but in this case true) of an international broadcast via satellite on October 9, 1978. The CD is a 78 minute edited stereo version of the concert. The only difference in tracks between the two is the "Bagpipe Intro" on the DVD and obviously the visual impact of a live Jethro Tull performance that is so strikingly brought to life again.

"Roots to Branches" is the 19th studio album by Jethro Tull. It carries characteristics of Tull's classic 1970s art-rock and folk-rock roots alongside jazz and Arabic and Far Eastern influences. All songs were written by Ian Anderson and recorded at his home studio. This is the last Tull album to feature Dave Pegg on the bass, and the first to feature keyboardist Andrew Giddings as an official band member, although he had contributed to "Catfish Rising" on a sessional basis.

Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick (1972) [CD+DVD] {2012 Chrysalis 40th Anniversary Edition}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 294 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 104 Mb
DVD9 -> 4.40 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 16:9 | LinearPCM, 2 ch 24-96 / DTS, 6 ch / Dolby AC3, 6 ch | ISO Image
Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 18 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2012 Chrysalis Records / EMI | 5099970461923
Rock / Progressive Rock / Art Rock

Following the release earlier this year of the sequel to JETHRO TULL’s Thick As A Brick, on November 5th 2012 EMI will release a 40th anniversary edition of the original album. In 1972, Ian Anderson wrote and recorded the Jethro Tull Progressive Rock classic album ‘Thick As A Brick’. The lyrics were credited at the time to the fictitious child character, 'Gerald Bostock', whose parents supposedly lied about his age. The record instantly became a number one Billboard Chart album and enjoyed considerable success in many countries of the world.

Jethro Tull's first LP-length epic is a masterpiece in the annals of progressive rock, and one of the few works of its kind that still holds up decades later. Mixing hard rock and English folk music with classical influences, set to stream-of-consciousness lyrics so dense with imagery that one might spend weeks pondering their meaning – assuming one feels the need to do so – the group created a dazzling tour de force, at once playful, profound, and challenging, without overwhelming the listener. The original LP was the best-sounding, best-engineered record Tull had ever released, easily capturing the shifting dynamics between the soft all-acoustic passages and the electric rock crescendos surrounding them.