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Post by Morthoron on May 21, 2011 21:56:23 GMT -5
I got this info over at the ProgArchives.com site: Originally posted by Steven Wilson on his Facebook page
Since Ian Anderson has been talking about this, I guess it's now official. I recently completed a brand new mix of Jethro Tull's "Aqualung" for a 40th anniversary edition. As always the remix is super faithful to the original, but with much improved sonic clarity (something that just can't be achieved with remastering). Also remixed for inclusion were many other studio tracks from the 1970-71 period (several previously unreleased), and a 5.1 mix. It should be out on EMI in September. Has this been discussed here and I missed it? I did a cursory search of the forum, but as I am being uniquely lazy today, I might have skipped over it.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2011 22:17:05 GMT -5
This is still new news here since the last couple days thanks to kenny. This is big news to me! Newly found unrealesed songs from 70/71 and the SW 5.1 treatment of Aqualung.
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Post by Preston Platform on May 22, 2011 4:22:28 GMT -5
i hope that the unreleased tracks will include the following
Hard headed general Tomorrow was the day
The Passenger ..this was the longer song suite that included parts of locomotive breath
original My God
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Post by tootull on May 22, 2011 7:23:27 GMT -5
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Post by Morthoron on May 22, 2011 17:39:23 GMT -5
Sorry, I didn't equate "124 Days Till A Big Surprise" to be the same thing as an Aqualung remix.
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Post by Nonfatman on May 22, 2011 17:51:26 GMT -5
Sorry, I didn't equate "124 Days Till A Big Surprise" to be the same thing as an Aqualung remix. I agree, Greg, and I don't think the "big surprise" can be anything that's already been made public, otherwise it would not be a surprise. Therefore, neither the Aqualung remix, nor the full-Brick tour that Ian's mentioned in several interviews, nor the new Tull album that Ian has publicly stated will be released next April, or anything else that's already been announced can be the big surprise. I think the Big Surprise may consist of all those things collectively, plus something big that will not be revealed publicly until that time. I am guessing maybe a double album of new material, or more likely, two new albums, one new Tull album and one new solo album, to be released together or within a few months of each other. That's been the pattern for the last 15 years, so I can see it happening again, especially because it's been so long since any new release. I recently read that music CD sales have substantially increased this past year, with a corresponding slight decrease in the popularity of downloads, so that is encouraging news which my augur well for my prediction. Jeff
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Post by Morthoron on May 22, 2011 20:17:50 GMT -5
Sorry, I didn't equate "124 Days Till A Big Surprise" to be the same thing as an Aqualung remix. I agree, Greg, and I don't think the "big surprise" can be anything that's already been made public, otherwise it would not be a surprise. Therefore, neither the Aqualung remix, nor the full-Brick tour that Ian's mentioned in several interviews, nor the new Tull album that Ian has publicly stated will be released next April, or anything else that's already been announced can be the big surprise. I think the Big Surprise may consist of all those things collectively, plus something big that will not be revealed publicly until that time. I am guessing maybe a double album of new material, or more likely, two new albums, one new Tull album and one new solo album, to be released together or within a few months of each other. That's been the pattern for the last 15 years, so I can see it happening again, especially because it's been so long since any new release. I recently read that music CD sales have substantially increased this past year, with a corresponding slight decrease in the popularity of downloads, so that is encouraging news which my augur well for my prediction. Jeff What would be nice is if crotchety Ian kissed and made up with several old bandmates from the classic years. Personally, I haven't thought much of the bass/keyboard duos of Noyce/Giddings or Goodier/O'Hara, or the drumming of Doane Perry for that matter. Give me Barrie Barlow, John Evan, Dave Peg or Glenn Cornick anyday. Hell, even seeing Hammond-Hammond again would be a blast (although unlikely as he hasn't played bass in decades). On the Tull video Living With the Past, Ian is in a bar with Mick Abrahams, Cornick and Clive Bunker. It was just magic from a bunch of old geezers. I'd like to relive the 70s once again before I shuffle off this mortal coil (and before any of those folk do, as they are older than me).
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Post by tootull on May 22, 2011 20:47:53 GMT -5
Please! Big surprise, certainly not. I don't mind that the Aqualung 5.1 news was posted here. I like that fact. I posted on the other thread to help TM with his boredom.
ummmmmmmmmmm ;D I was responding to "Has this been discussed here and I missed it?"
Mmmm, you see those snakes that crawl, they're just dying to trip you up...occasional demons too.
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Post by tootull on May 22, 2011 20:50:53 GMT -5
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Post by tootull on May 22, 2011 21:07:20 GMT -5
+ If the big surprise is a reunion. I'm not surprised haha I don't care for this.
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Post by jrpipik on May 22, 2011 21:58:13 GMT -5
How involved is Anderson with the web site? Maybe he doesn't know or even care about the big secret and is blabbing away.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2011 1:47:18 GMT -5
I agree the surprise will not be the Aqualung remix. Tull have done this kind of thing all along and while it's great for those of us who care about such things it's not enough to warrant this kind of hype. Even if everyone didn't already know about it. It could be the surprise release of the new Tull album. Personally I hope it's the announcement of the entire Brick 40th tour with Barriemore, Evans and the crew! It's now or never.
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Post by Cousin Jack on May 23, 2011 5:41:53 GMT -5
according to Stephan Wilsons facebook page he only mentioned it because Ian did
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Post by TM on May 23, 2011 15:00:27 GMT -5
I had a full head of hair at 125 days you know. ;D
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2011 18:01:30 GMT -5
This sounds really good. I think they should know that there is enough of a Jethro Tull following to actually make it worth it to produce and distribute the unearthed and unreleased tracks. I've always found the quality on Aqualung to be the least controlled of any Jethro Tull album, so I look foreward to attempts to better it.
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Post by tootull on May 23, 2011 22:04:18 GMT -5
I had a full head of hair at 125 days you know. ;D ;D I know, poor boy. No such problem here. Let it fly in the breeze And get caught in the trees Give a home to the fleas in my hair A home for fleas A hive for bees A nest for birds There ain't no words For the beauty, the splendor, the wonder Of my...
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Post by tootull on May 28, 2011 8:04:23 GMT -5
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Post by tootull on Jun 2, 2011 17:48:31 GMT -5
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Post by tootull on Jun 6, 2011 6:11:00 GMT -5
www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=249630&page=8"Guys - I've had confirmation from EMI that they are going with a regular DVD for my 5.1 mix. On the plus side the original 70's quad mix will also be included, and both the old and new stereo mixes at 96/24." SW - Steven Wilson
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Post by tootull on Jun 7, 2011 7:52:10 GMT -5
Jethro Tull’s Anderson Still Not Satisfied With 1971 ‘Aqualung’: Interview By James M. Clash - Jun 7, 2011 12:00 AM ET www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-07/jethro-tull-s-anderson-still-not-satisfied-with-1971-aqualung-.htmlWhen you discuss “Aqualung” with Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, you quickly realize that the 63-year-old Scot is still miffed about the way the iconic 1971 album turned out. The London recording studio the band used was a converted church that was “big, echoey, daunting and rather dark,” according to Anderson. “It had all the ghosts of its past, and plenty of technical problems,” says the singer/flutist. “At the end of the sessions, I wasn’t sure what we’d got. It’s a bit like an old photograph; you know it’s in the camera, but you don’t know what the picture is until it’s developed. There’s the feeling you might just have a bit of black film.” Despite Anderson’s reservations, “Aqualung” went on to become the group’s signature work, selling more than 7 million copies worldwide. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it 337th on its list of the best 500 albums of all time, ahead of the Doors’s “L.A. Woman” and Bruce Springsteen’s “Greetings From Asbury Park.” To celebrate the 40th anniversary of ``Aqualung,'' the band is launching a 15-city North American tour tomorrow at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. Longtime members Anderson and Martin Barre, the lead guitarist who joined in 1969, will be accompanied by more recent members Doane Perry (drums), David Goodier (bass) and John O’Hara (keyboards). The entire album will be played at each venue. Remixed CD An “Aqualung” collectors CD is also being released, in remixed form. “It wasn’t a great sounding album,” Anderson told me recently by phone from his home in England. “A few weeks ago, I heard some of the tracks digitally remixed from the original masters by somebody with a fresh pair of ears. He kept the feeling of the original, but gave it a lot more weight, made it sound more solid and clear.” In 1971, “Aqualung” was a big departure from mainstream pop -- and from Jethro Tull’s previous blues-oriented releases such as “Stand Up” and “Benefit.” “Aqualung” combined elements of jazz, classical, hard rock and blues. Critics dubbed it a concept album because many songs were related thematically and musically, as in The Who’s rock opera “Tommy.” The plight of the underprivileged was explored in the songs “Aqualung,” “Cross-Eyed Mary” and “Up To Me,” while “Hymn 43” and “My God” were critical of organized religion. Rowdy Fans Anderson, who had scraggly shoulder-length hair in his heyday, is now bald with a neatly trimmed goatee. But he’s still very opinionated. For instance, he rejects the “concept” label for “Aqualung.” “It’s an album of contrast, full of brave dynamic variations across the board -- from big electric guitar riffs to sensitive little acoustic guitar and vocal passages with a string quartet,” he says. “Lyrically it varies from being angry socially to whimsical, slightly surreal moments like in ‘Mother Goose.’” Anderson has little patience with critics or rowdy fans. “It’s particularly disheartening when I’m trying to play the intro to ‘My God’ and someone is hooting over something that is, to me, a very important part of the song,” he says. “It’s not a football match. And if that sounds a bit snobbish, then tough.” Though Jethro Tull has sold over 50 million albums since 1968 and still performs more than 100 concerts a year, the band isn’t in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. “I’ve always thought it is primarily to celebrate American music,” Anderson says of the Hall. “There are a lot more deserving American artists who should be in before British bands. I want to see Captain Beefheart there before Jethro Tull.” The band may not be in the Hall of Fame, but one of Anderson’s outfits is. “A mannequin with my stage clothes is standing next to one of Rod Stewart,” he says. “I remember thinking, ‘Either we had a very bad dry cleaner or the Hall of Fame has a bad one, because the stuff looks impossibly small.’” (James M. Clash writes on adventure for Muse, the arts and leisure section of Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own. To contact the writer on the story: James M. Clash at jclash@explorers.org To contact the editor responsible for this story: Manuela Hoelterhoff at mhoelterhoff@bloomberg.net.
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Post by Illoman on Jun 7, 2011 14:06:21 GMT -5
Remixed CD An “Aqualung” collectors CD is also being released, in remixed form. “It wasn’t a great sounding album,” Anderson told me recently by phone from his home in England. “A few weeks ago, I heard some of the tracks digitally remixed from the original masters by somebody with a fresh pair of ears. He kept the feeling of the original, but gave it a lot more weight, made it sound more solid and clear.” I for one, am purposely not going to listen to the Aqualung album until this new one comes out. Much as I love it, I'm really excited to hear what the remixes sound like, considering the way the King Crimson ones turned out.
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Post by Geoff CB on Jun 17, 2011 23:07:46 GMT -5
www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=249630&page=8"Guys - I've had confirmation from EMI that they are going with a regular DVD for my 5.1 mix. On the plus side the original 70's quad mix will also be included, and both the old and new stereo mixes at 96/24." SW - Steven Wilson Yay! I wish the new stereo mix would come out in 180g vinyl as well - or is that asking too much?
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Post by Mix on Jun 18, 2011 5:44:37 GMT -5
I'll certainly be interested to hear the new mix and unheard versions but I got to say: WHAT IS SO WRONG WITH THE ORIGINAL MIX?
I mean, after all, Aqualung is a classic album due to the original mix. Apart from Ian, I've never heard a fan complain about the mixing on that album!
Any way, don't get me wrong, I'm all for improvements but just thought someone should stand up for the mix we have all been enjoying for 40 years.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2011 5:59:09 GMT -5
I'll certainly be interested to hear the new mix and unheard versions but I got to say: WHAT IS SO WRONG WITH THE ORIGINAL MIX? I mean, after all, Aqualung is a classic album due to the original mix. Apart from Ian, I've never heard a fan complain about the mixing on that album! Any way, don't get me wrong, I'm all for improvements but just thought someone should stand up for the mix we have all been enjoying for 40 years. I have to say I agree with you Mix, maybe its the tinnitus brought on by listening to Aqualung through cranked up Koss headphones in the 70's, that makes me wonder what the problem with the original mix is. Maybe I don't really have timitus and the shit I'm hearing is simply a bad mix of every bloody album I own! [well thats true of a few] And, has Ian always been so disparaging of the original mix? I know he has cited problems in the past with the recording venue, but maybe some of his current dissatisfaction could be due to upping the marketing potential of a new EMI backed release of Aqualung which might also just coincidentally occur at the same time as......ooops, nearly a cat and bag moment there
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Post by tootull on Jun 18, 2011 12:21:55 GMT -5
Aqualung sounds fine, it is what it is, magic. ;D Next they will be remixing our memory. I love surround sound
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