Continuing to be motivated to listen to all the albums on the original 70's list (and maybe a few more) Tuesday night was Aqualung. As eager as I was to listen to this album earlier I think getting the perfect set & setting to give full attention to this musical masterpiece is essential. And so it was.
I enjoyed most all of the variations included in the box set. I am enthralled at the new 5.1 re-mix. And I am always surprised at how muddy the original 4.0 mix sounds. I have this on CD-4 & even tho it's not an aggressive surround mix I don't remember it sounding like this. Maybe stuff like this is meant to sound it's best on mid-70's quad gear.
I've seen J Tull live more than any other group. It was just very simple: Jethro Tull comes to Kansas City, I bought tickets. I don't remember which tour it was but at some point Ian Anderson opted to be on stage only for a flute part, guitar or vocals. Then he would retreat to a huge Victorian chair & all you could see was his legs & a very long pipe sticking out. Ah, that was my last time seeing them live.
I have all his albums up to & including "A". The group started out with good blues & jazz influences, moved to heavier prog rock ( I think their zenith) & then settled into mostly ornate ballads. That does not interest me as much.
If I sound negative I'm not. My love affair with Jethro Tull continues even if it's not for 100% of their creative works. After Aqualung I enjoyed Stand Up & was so tempted to audition more but it was early morning & I knew better that I should save some Glenfiddich for later.
Just this morning I see their last album was (excepting for the Xmas album) was J-Tull Dot Com. Well it's a curious name & I see no comments on in the forum. I will search for samples in the usual places.
Alley on SACD. Picture SACD was in my cart and removed a couple times. It is something I will eventually purchase.![[IMG]](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/31b/31b2e0baf16205cad2b041da2a5a83c9.jpg "[IMG]")
