We continue our look back at the music of 50 years ago…..
Sometimes it takes awhile for an audience to find a band. Such is the case with Jethro Tull in America. The English group took some time to get popular in the US but after the success of “Aqualung” and “Thick As A Brick”, the band’s record label decided to reintroduce some of their earlier work to the colonies with the release of a two-record compilation LP called “Living In The Past”.
You’ll recognize some of this including the title track (which had been released as a non-Lp single in 1969), “Locomotive Breath” and “Teacher” but many of these track were only released as single or as an EP in the UK. Plus side three is two live cuts from a Carnegie Hall concert from 1970 that had never been released.
Some of the highlights for me include “Sweet Dream”, “Singing All Day”, “Wondering Again” and “Life Is A Long Song” and the instrumentals “By Kind Permission Of” and “From Later”
Ian Anderson is a strong songwriter and his flute gives Tull it’s signature sound. But the others are solid including guitarist Martin Barre, John Evan on keyboards, Jeffrey Hammond on bass and Clive Bunker on drums.
Enjoy this look back. It sounds great.
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