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Jethro Tull - Aqualung Live Audio CD

A fair review of the Jethro Tull "Aqualung Live" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Jethro Tull reviews here, or go back to the Jethro Tull tabs.

Jethro Tull Band: Jethro Tull
Title: Aqualung Live
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Release Date: 2006-03-07
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Aqualung 2: Crosseyed Mary 3: Cheap Day Return 4: Mother Goose 5: Wond'ring Aloud 6: Up to Me 7: My God 8: Hymn 43 9: Slipstream 10: Locomotive Breath 11: Wind-Up 12: Riffs -- Another Monkey 13: Recording the Original 14: Choosing My Words with Care 15: Hummmmmm 43 16: Different Kettle of Very Different Fish 17: But Is It Any Good?

Aqualung Live (and Kicking)
Those of you below 40, ask your folks. You have to be a certain age to remember Aqualung being one of the albums you had to be seen with when it was first released. So, I had the original on vinyl, then on CD and found this version - fantastic! All the songs are there but improved recording techniques and the energy from a live recording make it perfect, a must have for any Jethro Tull fan. The tracks that do it for me, the small audience and probably the band are Aqualung, Locomotive Breath and Wind Up - closely followed by all the others. In addition, the CD includes wonderful bonus sound bites from the band. It's one to pass down to the kids.


Saw Jethro Tull on Aqualung Tour
I was exactly ONE ROW directly behind the stage and had the best seats I've ever had for any concert, EVER! It was absolutely a fantastic concert, and after that show, I did see Jethro Tull probably 5 or 6 more times, they were wonderful, but when I saw them on the Aqualung tour in 1971 they were incredible. Although I don't have or own a copy yet of this "Live" CD of Tull performing the entire classic 1971 album "Aqualung," just yet, I first saw Jethro Tull at the LA Forum in 1971. Ian Anderson was standing right in front of me playing flute, and Martin Barre came very close to where I was sitting and I got to see him play some incredible lead guitar solos! I'll never forget that concert ever! I will have to get this live CD of them performing all of the Aqualung album, it's absolutely one of their best for sure, but I also think that the Benefit album from 1970 was incredible too, but I didn't get around to seeing them on that tour. I also recall that Led Zeppelin opened up for Jethro Tull in 1969 at the Anaheim Convention Center, and I heard both groups were incredible. I wish I could have been there to see that one!

Glenn Signal Hill, CA.


Must have album for all Aqualung fans
Ian sounds amazingly great and the back-up group is also amazing. This is an amazing disc that happened just a few years ago in the XM studios. If you are a fan of Tull, you must get this . . . PLUS, all the procedds go to homeless charities.


REAL FOLKS;REAL ARTISTS
YOU JUST DON'T FIND ANY ARTISTS THAT ARE AS MUSICALLY,LYRICALLY,AND
CONSISTENTLY SUPERB AS THE FOLKS IN JETHRO TULL. . . YEARS AGO PRIOR TO A "WARCHILD"CONCERT at the Baltimore Civic Center in maryland. . . . JOEY B. ,
"SOLITAIRE"-STEVE, and ME. . got into IAN ANDERSON'S holiday inn hotel room
(via badddd english accents and the maid) and left him a copy of"DEMIAN"
a necklace(a rare and precious{emotionally} chain ! ) and my very first
original song "AN ANDERSON SHUFFLE" ! AFTER THE SHOW i sat next to him as he ordered a STEAK n'EGG SANDWICH and COFFEE to take up to his room while the others drank and partied in the lounge ! This was the true consumate
professional "MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY" I vowed to become someday !
As for MARTIN BARRE. . . . he was uproariously funny while searching futiley
for . . . . (our wee secret). . . . NO MATTER WHO ELSE IS IN THE BAND THEY ARE
CONSISTENTLY THE FINEST CLASSICAL ROCK MUSICIANS IN THE WORLD. . . then and
now ! SEE THEM BEFORE YOU DIE ! EVEN THE MORTICIAN WON'T BE ABLE TO REMOVE YOUR SATED SMILE ! Instead of simply "SKATING AWAY" and leaving
us to drown starving for real music under the thin ice of a new day
they throw us a new-life line. . . . AQUALUNG LIVE !. . . . . GREATNESS AND
HUMILITY AND CHARITY AND JOY ! are portrayed in every word and note of this CD ! It doesn't get any better than this , folks ! heck! the interviews alone are worth the price of this CD ! SUPPORT THE HOMELESS
BUY THIS MASTERPIECE. . . . it will renew your heart and teach you how
"ROCK" is done ! As for me, i'll keep driving through NASHVILLE-towne. . . . .
TO CRY YOU A SONG !
NASHVILLE RECORDING ARTIST :
GARY SPARKS c. 2007
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I listen to it more often than the original!
This return to form is something Tull fans have been waiting a long time for. The best thing about this new update of the legendary Aqualung album is that it shows Ian's dramatic improvement in vocal ability over the last 20 years. I think most people will agree that his singing in the late 80's and early/mid 90's was rather cringe-inducing. However, those days are clearly at an end and, ironically, Ian is singing better than he has in a very long time. As far as the flute goes, the man does not disappoint. Although more restrained than his maniacal youthful self, he now has a much more confident and subtle command of the instrument. Martin Barre is, of course, excellent, although this does not contain any career defining moments for him. The rest of the band is great, surely the best Tull lineup since the A album. Another thing I noticed is how nice it is to hear a real grand piano with these songs, since they normally tour with electric keyboards.

Although the versions on this recording are largely true to the originals, some of the songs have been done up in wonderful new arrangements, notably Mother Goose and Hymn 43. Mother Goose is particulary lovely, and actually surpasses the original quite easily in my opinion. Overall, this little collection is definitely the most exciting live Tull release since Bursting Out, and collectors won't want to miss it. .


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