JETHRO TULL This Was 1969 UK PINK ISLAND STEREO NEAR MINT
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JETHRO TULL This Was 1969 UK PINK ISLAND STEREO NEAR MINT

JETHRO TULL
This Was

1969 UK Island Records (ILPS 9085) SECOND *STEREO* PRESSING OF TULL'S DEBUT LP

PRESSED WITH THE SECOND ISSUE TEXTURED PINK ISLAND LABELS
MATRIX: ILPS + 9085 + A / ILPS + 9085 + B
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN AN OUTER LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by E.J. Day, London"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED 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 which shows readily on these matt, textured labels
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces are practically unmarked and shine like new.
There is a small pressing bubble on "Move On Alone" (see audio description below)
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
The pressing bubble causes some low-level dull sounds for a few seconds as it is passed over but this is very minor otherwise the set plays perfectly with nothing to fault
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
The gatefold is crisp, clean and sharp with little water to speak of

PLEASE SEE ALL 14 PHOTOS

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 1516 (GS 9.3 (1516))


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