JETHRO TULL This Was 1968 UK ISLAND 1st *STEREO* PRESS GREAT SOUND
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JETHRO TULL This Was 1968 UK ISLAND 1st *STEREO* PRESS GREAT SOUND

JETHRO TULL
This Was

1968 UK Island Records (ILPS 9085) FIRST *STEREO* PRESSING OF TULL'S DEBUT LP
VERY NICE ORIGINAL COPY WHICH PLAYS WELL AND SOUNDS GREAT

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE TEXTURED PINK ISLAND LABELS WITH BLACK/ORANGE CIRCLE LOGO
MATRIX: ILP + 9085 + A / ILS + 9085 + B
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL OUTER LAMINATED, INTERNAL FLIP BACK GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH AN EXTREMELY WIDE SPINE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL “PATENTS APPLIED FOR” PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE

Jethro Tull was very much a blues band on their debut album, vaguely reminiscent of the Graham Bond Organisation only more cohesive, and with greater commercial sense.
The revelations about the group's roots on This Was -- which was recorded during the summer of 1968 -- can be astonishing, even 50+ years after the fact.
Original lead guitarist Mick Abrahams contributed to the songwriting and the singing, and his presence as a serious bluesman is felt throughout, often for the better:
"Some Day the Sun Won't Shine for You," an Ian Anderson original that could just as easily be credited to Big Bill Broonzy or Robert Johnson; "Cat's Squirrel," Abrahams' big showcase, where he ventures into Eric Clapton territory; and "It's Breaking Me Up," which also features some pretty hot guitar from Abrahams. Roland Kirk's "Serenade to a Cuckoo" (the first song Anderson learned to play on flute), their jazziest track ever, is one of the best parts of the album.
The drum solo on "Dharma for One" now seems like a mistake, but is understandable in the context of the time in which it was done.
The one number here that everybody knows, "A Song for Jeffrey," almost pales amid these surroundings, but at the time it was a superb example of commercial psychedelic blues.
This would be the last album of its kind by the group, as Abrahams' departure and the lure of more fertile inspiration tugged them toward English folk music.
Curiously, the audio mix here is better than that on their second album, with a much stronger, harder group sound overall

Side A:
My Sunday Feeling (3:38)
Some Day The Sun Won't Shine For You (2:42)
Beggar's Farm (4:19)
Move On Alone (2:00)
Serenade To A Cuckoo (6:01)
Side B:
Dharma For One (4:11)
It's Breaking Me Up (4:56)
Cat's Squirrel (5:36)
A Song For Jeffrey (3:18)
Round (0:50)

LABELS: EXCELLENT
Clean, fresh and unmarked labels with some spindle rub
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
Some light marks/scuffs visible but none of these have any major significance
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT
Plays extremely well throughout and sounds great.
No groove-wear or distortion noted just an occasional tick/click mostly low-level with just a (very) few rising above background.
All-in-all a really, really nice playing copy
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD
Apart from a central split to the record holding bottom edge of the gatefold the cover is in fine sharp, good and solid with clear spine text

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 1318 (GS 8.4 (1318))


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