Jethro Tull AQUALUNG Classic Records Audiophile 200 gram Vinyl
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Jethro Tull AQUALUNG Classic Records? ILPS 9145 Audiophile 200 gram Vinyl
TracklistHide Credits
Aqualung A1 Aqualung Lyrics By [Words] – Jennie Anderson 6:34 A2 Cross-Eyed Mary 4:06 A3 Cheap Day Return 1:21 A4 Mother Goose 3:51 A5 Wond'ring Aloud 1:53 A6 Up To Me 3:14 My God B1 My God 7:08 B2 Hymn 43 3:15 B3 Slipstream 1:12 B4 Locomotive Breath 4:23 B5 Wind-Up 6:01Credits
- Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor [Orchestra] – David Palmer (2)
- Artwork By [Layout] – CCS
- Artwork By [Paintings] – Burton Silverman
- Bass Guitar, Recorder [Alto], Voice [Odd Voices] – Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond
- Drums, Percussion – Clive Bunker
- Electric Guitar, Recorder [Descant] – Martin Barre
- Engineer – John Burns
- Flute, Acoustic Guitar, Voice – Ian Anderson
- Piano, Organ, Mellotron – John Evan
- Producer – Ian Anderson, Terry Ellis
- Written-By – Ian Anderson
Notes
200 gram Quiex Super Vinyl ProfileA product of Chrysalis Records Ltd. Manufactured and distributed by Classic Records, inc.\ (all photos are of the actual item) Soundstage review: Aqualung is an acknowledged rock classic, and this pressing by Classic Records may very well be the definitive reissue. During a housecleaning, Tull headman Ian Anderson stumbled across some long-forgotten tape boxes. He gave a listen and discovered that he had found his own copies of the original master tapes. These are the tapes Classic Records used, and we now have an Aqualungto be proud of. From Anderson’s vocals and flute to Martin Barre’s guitars to Clive Bunker’s drums, each instrument sounds more authentic. Versions other than original British pressings I’ve heard have bleached out the tone and timbre, and, even worse, lumped all instruments into a sonic blob due to the limitations of the inferior later-generation master tapes. This Classic Records version returns the body, tone and timbre. The deep bass is still a bit muddy and one-notey, and Classic Records couldn’t do much to improve the deep bass, but they did manage to make the midbass to sound more realistic. Aqualung will never be an audiophile demo disc because it wasn’t given the best recording treatment right from the start, but this version truly lets the music shine.
And little needs be said about the music, as the songs -- from the title track that opens side one to the classic "Locomotive Breath" near the end of side two -- show Tull at their absolute best. In something of a departure for the band, Aqualung was a concept album, dealing with man and his foibles on side one, and man and relationship with God on side two.
From the just-like-the-original textured cover stock, the authentic green Chrysalis label, the flat, dead-silent 200-gram virgin vinyl, on through the superb sound, Classic Records didn't miss a detail here. This reissue stands head and shoulders above its analog and digital brethren.
Michael Fremer review: ...the new Classic, cut from the original master tape loaned to Classic by Mr. Anderson himself, and not previously used by anyone to cut a lacquer, to the best of my knowledge, has it all. Cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman's, the new version has warmth, extension, focus, clarity, dynamics and everything else you'd want.
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