JETHRO TULL This Was LP ISLAND 1968 UK original+pink+gatefold+Mono IAN ANDERSON
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JETHRO TULLMICK ABRAHAMS, IAN ANDERSON, CLIVE BUNKER, GLENN CORNICK
Jethro Tull were a unique phenomenon in popular music history.
Their mix of hard rock; folk melodies; blues licks; surreal, impossibly dense lyrics;
and overall profundity defied easy analysis, but that didn't dissuade fans from giving them
11 gold and five platinum albums. At the same time, critics rarely took them seriously,
and they were off the cutting edge of popular music since the end of the 1970s.
But no record store in the country would want to be without multiple copies
of each of their most popular albums
"THIS WAS"
Produced by Terry Ellis and Jethro Tull
1968 LP ISLAND RECORDS ILP 985 MONO
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
on ISLAND "PINK" LABEL + ORANGE/BLACK CIRCLE EYE
This version: Laminated gatefold mono cover.
Inside gatefold (Unlaminated spread, overlapped glue-tab at top)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: ISLAND - PINK LABEL + ORANGE/BLACK CIRCLE EYE - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) MONO ILP 985
Catalog on labels: ILP 985 A / ILP 985 B
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): ILP+985+A
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): ILP+985+B
On labels: Chrysalis Production
?1968 (on both labels at 6 o'clock)
On Back Sleeve: Chrysalis Production
Island Mono ILP 985
Island Island Records Limited 155?157 Oxford Street London W1 England
On Back Sleeve: © Chrysalis Productions Ltd. 1968
Jethro Tull songs published by Chrysalis Music
'Serenade To A Cuckoo' published by Flamingo Music
Notes by Jethro Tull
from my records collection
tracklisting
Side A: MY SUNDAY FEELING - SOME DAY THE SUN WON'T SHINE FOR YOU
BEGGAR'S FARM - MOVE ON ALONE - SERENADE TO A CUCKOO
Side B: DHARMA FOR ONE - IT'S BREAKING ME UP
CAT'S SQUIRREL - A SONG FOR JEFFREY - ROUND
grading
RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE STRONG VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Jethro Tull was very much a blues band on their debut album, vaguely reminiscent of the Graham Bond Organization
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 45 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...(AllMusic)
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