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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2012 17:22:32 GMT -5
Benefit! My friend was actually the owner and it played all night when I slept over because we left the stack arm over to the side on his player which put the particular model on repeat. I liked the peaceful flute intro to With you... and I sure slept good that night! Its close to being my favorite album today and I still havent worn it out so to speak. Sometimes I'll go to it needing a "fix" of a certain song. Great story of a great album. So many great tracks off that one. It would have been cool to see what the band would have done if they continued exploring the sound they were getting on that album.
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Post by Prompter on Mar 11, 2012 9:36:14 GMT -5
Stand Up was my first, having heard only two tracks previously, 'A Song for Jeffrey' (this one completely by chance, I bought the 'Rolling Stones Rock&Roll Circus' DVD for The Who, Taj Mahal and The Dirty Mac's performances, and was left speechless when this crazy quartet with a singing flute player appeared and played a blues tune that was so catchy I couldn't get it out of my head for days), and 'Bourée'. That was the first time I'd heard someone use the flute in a rock context, and, being a flute player myself, I was amazed, playing it constantly for the next couple of weeks.
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Post by The Mouse Police on Mar 12, 2012 1:12:36 GMT -5
My mother first showed me a performance of Aqualung when I was about 16... I was, of course, hypnotized by Mr. Anderson's big eyes. I respected the music but did not become thoroughly active in listening to Jethro Tull until a couple of years later. I was browsing through a music collection and came across Cold Wind To Valhalla. I was blown away... I went out on a journey to collect as many Jethro Tull records as I could afford. I have loved every album since.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2012 2:06:34 GMT -5
Stand Up was my first, having heard only two tracks previously, 'A Song for Jeffrey' (this one completely by chance, I bought the 'Rolling Stones Rock&Roll Circus' DVD for The Who, Taj Mahal and The Dirty Mac's performances, and was left speechless when this crazy quartet with a singing flute player appeared and played a blues tune that was so catchy I couldn't get it out of my head for days), and 'Bourée'. That was the first time I'd heard someone use the flute in a rock context, and, being a flute player myself, I was amazed, playing it constantly for the next couple of weeks. Bouree is an extremely fun song to play on the flute--albeit one of the only songs I know how to play on flute. One of the greatest songs of all time!!!! (I'm talking about Jethro Tull's version of course!)
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Post by Zombywoof on Mar 12, 2012 11:54:44 GMT -5
I grew up with Tull, since my dad was just getting into Tull when I was born, so I discovered them as he did in many cases. He even named me Ian Andrew after the frontman of his new favorite band! I first saw them in 1995 ... I begged my poor parents to take me and sat through the "Roots to Branches" show, loving every minute of it! Now that I'm 19, I've been living with Tull and a love for discovering music throughout my entire life. Sometimes I'll turn up the odd Tull record and it still sounds just as fresh and I''m still discovering new details in their music. Quite amazing, really.
Also, I picked up the flute at age 11 and have recently joined a band, mixing a lot of Ian's style with my own.
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Post by wembley on Mar 26, 2012 23:50:33 GMT -5
For me it would be Repeat-Best of Vol 2 however my dad is a Tull fan from way back.
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Post by Beltane on Mar 28, 2012 8:41:48 GMT -5
Add me to the Aqualung list...riding in my big brother's Ford truck w/ it brand-new in the 8-track player...
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Post by My God on Mar 28, 2012 8:59:58 GMT -5
Add me to the Aqualung list...riding in my big brother's Ford truck w/ it brand-new in the 8-track player... Mine was Aqualung on vinyl. Need I say more? ....well that's one Up to Me.
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Post by Fullfrontalbuddha on Mar 28, 2012 12:08:22 GMT -5
I haven't read through all the stories yet (just a couple from the first page), so here's my two bits:
When I was about 7 or 8, back in the late 70's I would play Dungeons & Dragons with one of my elementary schoolmates, as well as his parents. His father would play stuff like Pentangle and Fairport Convention, as well as Tull while we were playing D&D.
My friend made me a cassette tape from his dad's albums with Songs from the Wood on one side and Minstrel in the Gallery on the other side. With that, a lifelong love of Jethro Tull was born for an Irish-Italian kid from Jersey.
As far as impressions about the specifics of the music, I think that the Celtic feel, and then the association with the fantasy setting that I first encountered it in is some of what appealed to me. I liked the lyrics and their subject matter, and Martin Barre is still one of my favorite guitar players (Steve Howe from Yes is another). To that point, I didn't listen to a whole lot of music so Tull opened up a whole new melodic world for me.
I don't remember for certain if I listened to them on an early Walkman on my way to school in the mornings, or if that was other stuff later (I distinctly remember listening to Broadsword on my way to and from school, but that was at least 3 years later).
So that's my story.
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Post by Kerry Lynn on Apr 16, 2012 23:25:04 GMT -5
My Mom gave birth to me with This Was on the AR turntable.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2012 2:30:25 GMT -5
My Mom gave birth to me with This Was on the AR turntable. Wow, so do get funny feelings when you hear....say "Beggars Farm" or "Serenade to a Cuckoo" or ohhh... "Cats Squirrel!!" What a great distinction. The only thing playing when I was born was the Brooklyn Dodgers ......on the radio....winning the world series. Darin
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Post by skytzo on Apr 17, 2012 8:29:15 GMT -5
I was born into and immersed in Tull by my dad (my mom would say "brainwashed" ;D ) so I had access to his entire record collection from a very young age. His first album was Aqualung in '71 which he bought after his sister played it for him and forever altered his life. I was born two years later. The first album I bought with my own money was the 20 year box set (CD) when I was 15, with money from my first job.
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Post by housebrick on Apr 17, 2012 11:01:03 GMT -5
1st album was Warchild followed by Minstrel instantly hooked when band was at their peak
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Post by aquafish on Mar 12, 2014 14:54:57 GMT -5
Stand Up
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Post by Non Rabbit on Mar 12, 2014 17:43:37 GMT -5
And me. I still remember carefully browsing the record store for a new "find" to spend my hard earned on. It finally came down to two album covers that caught my eye, Spooky Tooth's You Broke My Heart...... and Stand Up. The Tull guys played more interesting instruments so Stand Up was bought and I was drawn in, never to really get back out. This gave me a year to buy up first Thick As A Brick, Aqualung, Living In The Past, Benefit and then Passion Play (This Was could wait, i had worked out it was more a rhythm and blues effort) before going cold turkey waiting for Warchild. Halcyon days.
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Post by Chea on Mar 13, 2014 8:45:14 GMT -5
My very first Jethro Tull Album, was a gift from my best friend, " Bursting Out ". In this way my passion for our beloved Band began . Love at first sight. In very few time, i have a memory, i could find out all the other records . I sill own all that suff : vinyl and cassettes.
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Post by homoDUNC78 on Mar 14, 2014 8:05:36 GMT -5
My first recollection of hearing JT for the first time was when my dad bought Broadsword. I was only 4/5 at the time. I can remember when he bought Underwraps and then Crest on CD when they were released. He had older albums like Beneift, LITP, APP and Warchild. Used to make compilation tape after compilation tape for my walkman.
However, my first ever Jethro Tull purchase, having got a paper round, was Roots to Branches. It blew me away. I would then order an album from local record shop (on CD) every fortnight, at the expensive price of £14.99 each!!!!!!......but it was worth it. Aqualung and SFTW were the next two.
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Post by Heathcliffe on May 30, 2014 22:15:58 GMT -5
Thick as a Brick when I was a spotty teenager. Then went back for the albums prior. Then bought every album as it came out.
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Post by StanDup on Jun 14, 2014 11:52:53 GMT -5
The first Tull album I bought was Aqualung. I had just heard To Cry You A Song on the local FM station(and haven't heard it on the radio since) so after saving up my allowance I went out and bought Aqualung thinking that it had to have that cool song I heard on the radio. Eventually I acquired Benefit. No repeated listenings required on either album but loved the front cover on Benefit, especially intrigued by the Les Paul guitar that Martin was shown playing. My oldest brother had brought home This Was back when it was released when I was 10 so I knew who they were but had not heard them sounding so Hard Rock (that's right Mettallica fans..I said Hard Rock).My dad listened to Jazz and had a Roland Kirk album so when I heard my brother playing This Was I initially thought it was of my dad's records. It was a while before I heard Stand Up. Actually I heard Bouree being used on a local TV show as their theme song. Can't remember the name of that show but it came on every afternoon at a certain time and I would try to catch it just to hear that song-which I knew had to be Tull. Talk about seeking out something you just had to hear. TAAB was probably the first one that required repeated listening before it all sunk in and then I began to like that devotion to sitting down and listening to an album-with something new occurring to you each time you listened. That devotion of just letting it cook for a while became something that caused me to cut many bands way to much slack when it came to crappy songs. Which is probably why now if I don't like something I don't care how much I like the band I won't hesitate to criticize.
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