Jethro Tull 1969 - 1970

[@chicklets4ever51]

This is pure gold. I saw Tull in Spring 1971 in a fantastic old theatre (small venue) in Rome, Italy, when they were unveiling the Aqualung album, which I hadn't heard yet. They were fantastic. Thanks so much posting this.

[@davidjutovsky-rc3ey]

This is the SHIT! Awesome! Jethro Till are the bomb! Totally underrated band!

[@davehall8280]

So...I hafta say...this is phukking AWESOME!!!!!!! I can't thank you enough for this--who r u ??! dbh

[@mlbloverock]

Check out my channels... I share the good stuff! I'm a guy in Florida, work on the beach doing weddings, just hit 63. It takes weeks to find and photoshop enough pics, eq audio and video editing to put something like this together. Thanks!

[@John-eb5zk]

That made me chuckle just a bit as I also hit 63 on the 24th, and I used to do photography for work for a time. And in reference to another comment -- for research to present a somewhat acceptable speech during my freshman year of college in 79/80, I found out that a "Jethro Tull" had actually invented 'row planting ' in England. I forget which century it supposedly occurred, and I don't know if the band ever discussed it or if it had any influence at all on their choice of a name.

[@williamhiles7404]

They did, just like Uriah Heep, who also invented something for farming. One of the two actually invented the seed drill for row cropping. LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹

[@bwanna23]

Hasn't Ian Anderson made a very nice contribution to the human race?

[@ctfan1486]

And yet Tull still isn't in the rock n roll hall of fame (shame)

[@bwanna23]

@@ctfan1486 That's truly shocking.

[@thischannelhasnoname5780]

Terrific sound thank you

[@robertduda6336]

Loves me some Claghorn ….., Clive ripping them skins. Love the raw early Tull.

[@nickburningham5143]

Were they "raw"? I reckon they were a far more skilled band than the later Jethro Tull.

[@robertduda6336]

“Raw” as in New and cutting edge. You never knew what form of musical wizardry they would perform for you.

[@johnhthayer4746]

Nice shows to choose from. I first heard these shows in the 80’s

[@richierugs6544]

There is no actual significance to their name. Apparently they had trouble getting booked because they weren't very good in the beginning and their manager had to keep changing their name in order to get booked anywhere, and by the time they got presentable the name Jethro Tull had been picked randomly. This according to an interview by Ian Andersen.

[@coolmark4851]

Hey Wayne you listening to this.....

[@richierugs6544]

His body of work is comparable to Pete Townshend. Saw this band a few times in this period, always great!

[@chicklets4ever51]

Anderson is a much subtler and more sophisticated musician than Townshend. Anderson's rhythms are very complex and varied, and his compositions range across the gamut, while Townshend stays pretty much within a simple major/minor interplay. Nothing wrong with that, but Pete's not quite in Ian's league when viewed in any musical detail. "Thick as a Brick" blows "Tommy" entirely out of the water and is probably the best "rock opera" ever composed, with the added appeal of being totally tongue-in-cheek. Tull are "prog," while the Who are straight-ahead bluesless rock. Very different animals.

[@richierugs6544]

@@chicklets4ever51 i was really speaking of the amount of Great stuff both have written, not about who is better at all, both groups were fantastic to see perform

[@chicklets4ever51]

@@richierugs6544 Yes, I'm sure of that. The Who were certainly a great live band, though I never got to see them in person, only on film. "Tommy," on the other hand, never really did it for me, except for a few isolated cuts.

[@alaingarcia417]

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[@АндрейСеменов-ь7й]

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[@dragisaantic6568]

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[@Ruben-r4i6i]

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[@nickburningham5143]

The pre-Aqualung band with Cornick on bass was a great band. As you hear here, they could jam wonderfully, and Cornick to some extent led the jamming. Aqualung was a good album, but everything thereafter was whimsical and lightweight because Jethro Tull was no longer a top quality rock band, whatever Anderson's talents.. You can't really hear Cornick in the Chicago bootleg. He was about to leave the band, or be fired, much to their detriment.