JETHRO TULL
"My Ultimate ConcertÓ
1969 - 1999
THIS IS PART 1 OF A 2-PART COLLECTION
Tracks 1 - 21 (CDs 1 & 2)
THE IDEA:
If I could tell Ian what songs IÕd like the band to play live for a show.
This is indulgent, very indulgent.
No, it will NEVER happen in the real world.
It would be a 5-hour show, and that's too long even for Springsteen, but so what.
This is just for fun. Hopefully others will find it enjoyable.
THE PROBLEM:
Too many songs.
The other problem is that it has been 11 years since the last real Tull album of new material.
Sorry, but I donÕt count the Christmas Album.
A little sonic nit-picking notification:
Because the recordings have different sonic qualities (some are bassier, some are more trebly, some are echoy-er), ofttimes the transitions between songs can be a bit jarring for the second or two that it takes for your ear and mind to adjust to the change in sound quality.
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THE SONGS:
CD 1
"THIS BENEFIT"
This covers the band's first 3 albums.
Back in the day they really stretched it out in concert with lots of long solos.
01 Song For Jeffrey (1969-01-09 early show Stockholm, Sweden) 3:32
02 Dharma For One (1970-07-29 [with complete 11 minute drum solo] Port Chester, NY) 22:26
or choose the one with 10 minutes of drumming removed
- 02 Dharma For One (1970-07-29 [with 3 minute drum solo] Port Chester, NY) 11:46
03 Nothing Is Easy (1969-01-09 late show Stockholm, Sweden) 16:02
04 Sossity;Youre A Woman / Reasons For Waiting (1970-08-16 Chicago, IL) 5:50
05 TCYAS~ANDY~LITP~ANDY (1976-08-15 Los Angeles, CA) 15:02
06 We Used To Know (1970-08-16 Chicago, IL) 12:45
COMPLETE TIME 1 hour, 15 minutes, 34 seconds
with edited Dharma 1 hour, 4 minutes, 54 seconds
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CD 2
"AQUA HORSES"
This is what most people consider "The Classic Tull"
Of course I've left most of "the hits" for others to compile.
07 Cheap Day Return (1988-06-01 Los Angeles) 1:18
08 Mother Goose (1988-06-01 Los Angeles) 3:56
09 Thick as a Brick (1977-02-05 Manchester, UK) 13:07
10 LifeÕs a Long Song (1996-12-01 U.S TV) 2:37
11 Up The Pool (1996-12-01 U.S. TV) 3:02
12 A Passion Play (1973-07-23 Oakland, CA) 13:14
13 Skating Away (1977-02-05 Manchester, UK) 3:30
14 SeaLion (1975-07-25 Seattle, WA) 2:18
15 Minstrel in the Gallery (1977-02-05 Manchester, UK) 5:20
16 Crazed Institution (1976-08-15 Los Angeles, CA 3:49
17 Big Dipper (1976-08-16 Los Angeles) 3:41
18 Songs from the Wood (1977-02-05 Manchester, UK) 4:49
19 Velvet Green (1977-02-05 Manchester, UK) 6:08
20 One Brown Mouse (1978-05-18 Berlin, Germany) 3:22
21 Heavy Horses (1978-05-18 Berlin, Germany) 9:46
TOTAL TIME 1 hour, 19 minutes, 49 seconds
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CD 3
"STORM'S 'A' RISING"
From the last of the classic band, through the synth era (you'll hear even then they rocked pretty hard), and then a return to noisy guitars and sweet acoustics.
22 Home (1980-03-15 Den Hague, The Netherlands) 2:49
23 Orion (1980-03-15 Den Hague, The Netherlands) 4:54
24 Dun Ringill (1980-03-15Den Hague, The Netherlands) 2:27
25 Uniform (1980-11-11 Los Angeles) 6:46
26 Protect and Survive (1980-11-11 Los Angeles 5:46
27 The Clasp (1982-09-18 Uniondale, NY) 4:16
28 Watching Me Watching You (1982-09-18 Uniondale, NY) 3:35
29 Under Wraps (1984-11-02 Madison, WI) 4:04
30 Nobodys Car (1984-11-02 Madison, WI) 3:50
31 Jump Start (1988-06-21 Columbia, MD) 7:45
32 Farm On The Freeway (1988-06-21 Columbia, MD) 6:28
33 Kissing Willie (1991-10-16 Zurich, Switzerland) 3:25
34 Big Riff and Mando (1989-10-11 Ludwigshafen, Germany) 6:02
35 Roll Yer Own (1991-10-XX Manchester, UK) 3:45
36 Like A Tall Thin Girl (1991-11-14 New York City, NY 3:30
37 White Innocence (1991-10-16 Zurich, Switzerland) 7:59
TOTAL TIME 1 hour, 17 minutes, 12 seconds
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CD 4
"ROOTS MOCTOD"
"this is the end, my only friend, the end..."
Two albums and an encore look back.
38 Roots To Branches (1995-09-27 Birmingham, UK) 6:05
39 Rare and Precious Chain (1995-09-27 Birmingham, UK) 3:29
40 Out of the Noise (1995-09-27 Birmingham, UK) 3:22
41 Beside Myself (1995-09-27 Birmingham, UK) 6:21
42 Dot Com (1999-10-05 San Diego, CA) 4:23
43 Hunt By Numbers (1999-10-05 San Diego, CA) 4:02
44 Spiral (1999-06-15 Baden-Baden, Germany) 3:50
45 Back Door Angles Wind Up Locomotive Breath Finale 19:44
==(guitar solo from 1975-07-25 Seattle, WA // remainder from 1977-02-05 Manchester)
- Encores -
46 WarChild and Suite (1975-07-25 Seattle, WA) 9:44
47 Quote (1972-03-19 Wolverhampton, UK) 3:42
48 Teacher / A New Day Yesterday (reprise) (1975-09-27 Buffalo, NY) 3:21
49 Pibroche / Black Satin Dancer (1982-04-02 Stockholm, Sweden) 6:12
TOTAL TIME 1 hour, 15 minutes, 52 seconds
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THE PROCESS OF PICKING THE SET LIST:
I originally planned this to be 2 CDs,
but with both Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play clocking in at about 13 minutes each,
and with 18 more albums to cover, I had to double that to 4 CDs.
After some consideration on how best to construct a show that would adequately and interstingly showcase TullÕs 40-year performance and 20-album history, I decided to pick 1, 2 or 3 songs (that they had played live) from each album.
I went back and forth on whether to include IanÕs solo material, since The Jethro Tull band does play them live.
It was a tough decision, especially since I really like some of it a lot.
Ultimately, after much brain wracking, I decided this should be a Jethro Tull-only project.
The songs that Tull plays every night, which have been seared into my consciousness over 35 years of attending their concerts and collecting their boots, have been ommited.
Frankly, IÕm tired of hearing the old war horses, Bouree, Aqualng, and a few others, so they are not included here (after all I am telling Ian what to play at ÒmyÓ concert.)
Basically chronological, but not strictly.
THE CHOICE OF VERSIONS:
I started with ÒThere are no rules.Ó
Well that changed quickly.
I wanted to make this so IÕd listen to it more than once, ergo...
Sound quality became an important consideration.
I tended to go with SB and FM sources, which means that most of this comes from Òwell-knownÓ and ÒfamiliarÓ recordings.
If the song was rare or if it was a particularly rockinÕ version, IÕd use a lesser sounding recording.
I relied heavily on what I consider to be the "recording of the year", or maybe even the decade:
PRRP 054 - soundboard from Tull live in Manchester, UK, February 5, 1977.
It gives me hope that an SB from Brick or Passion Play exists.
(then again, maybe a copy of London After Midnight will emerge from some unknown archive too...)
OTHER THOUGHTS
I had thought about adding applause between songs in an attempt to create a single concert recording. I nixed that idea because the sound of the recordings varies, as does any applause within that recording. And, all the work of adding and mixing applause would probably not
add anything to the listening experience.
So each song either ends in silence or, more usually, ends with a fade out during applause.
Hope that works for you.
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THE LINEAGE:
As you would expect the lineage for the songs varies, as does the sound quality.
These are all lossless as I got them from Dime, cassette trades, vinyl boots, and CD trades.
No remastering was done by me.
Most were taken directly from FLAC files, as that is how I archive things now.
Most have been edited slightly, usually just the beginning and/or end, i.e., just talk, appaluse, noise or silence.
*** IMPORTANT***
Add the following to the lineages of all the songs, unless they are marked with #:
decompress from FLAC/SHN > import into Audacity for 1) volume standardization, 2 slight editing > export to AIFF > compress to FLAC with xAct level 8
CD 1
01 - SB > to me on trade cassette > digitize via Audacity > FLAC 8 via xAct
02 - original flac files > wav files (Flac Frontend) > Cakewalk Pyro 2005 (retracked wav files) > Trader's Little Helper (new wav files to flac, encoded level 8, aligned on sector boundaries) >
03 - SB > to me on trade cassette > digitize via Audacity > FLAC 8 via xAct
04 - FM > reel > reel > DAT > Delta 2496 digital soundcard > Soundforge 7.0 > CD Wave Editor >Flac
05 - Backdoor Angels TMOQ 2cd set > EAC(secure mode/offset corrected/set up with AccurateRip) >
WAV(16/44.1) > TLH(FLAC Level 8/tested) > bit torrent
06 - FM > reel > reel > DAT > Delta 2496 digital soundcard>Soundforge 7.0 > CD Wave Editor > Flac
CD 2
07 - FM > ?? > to me on trade cassette > digitize with Auacity > FLAC via xAct
08 - FM > ?? > to me on trade cassette > digitize with Auacity > FLAC via xAct
09 - SB > TDK Cro/NAD6050C > SB Audigy 2 > Audacity > WAV/CDRCue/MediaCoder > FLAC Level 8
10 - TV > VHS > cassette > digitize with Audacity > FLAC via xAct
11 - TV > VHS > cassette > digitize with Audacity > FLAC via xAct
12 - Master reel to reetl tape > a bunch of PRRP remasterng > unknow FLAC creation >
13 - SB > TDK Cro/NAD6050C > SB Audigy 2 > Audacity > WAV/CDRCue/MediaCoder > FLAC Level 8
14 - Master Reels @ full track mono > Tandberg Model 11 > Wavelab 96/24 1ch mono > wav 44.1/16 2ch mono > flac
15 - SB > TDK Cro/NAD6050C > SB Audigy 2 > Audacity > WAV/CDRCue/MediaCoder > FLAC Level 8
16 - Backdoor Angels TMOQ 2cd set > EAC(secure mode/offset corrected/set up with AccurateRip) > WAV(16/44.1) > TLH(FLAC Level 8/tested) > bit torrent
17 - Trade CRs > EAC > TLH for FLAC at 8
18 - SB > TDK Cro/NAD6050C > SB Audigy 2 > Audacity > WAV/CDRCue/MediaCoder > FLAC Level 8
19 - SB > TDK Cro/NAD6050C > SB Audigy 2 > Audacity > WAV/CDRCue/MediaCoder > FLAC Level 8
20 - Trade CDR > EAC > FLAC (Level 8) >
21 - Trade CDR > EAC > FLAC (Level 8) >
CD 3
22 - FM > Watchers on the Storm CD boot > ??? > to me on CD-R > extract with Audacity > FLAC 8 via xAct
23 - FM > Watchers on the Storm CD boot > ??? > to me on CD-R > extract with Audacity > FLAC 8 via xAct
24 - FM > Watchers on the Storm CD boot > ??? > to me on CD-R > extract with Audacity > FLAC 8 via xAct
25 - SB/FM? > to me on cassette > digitize via Audacity > FLAC 8 via xAct
26 - SB/FM? > to me on cassette > digitize via Audacity > FLAC 8 via xAct
27 - Audience > to me on trade CD-R > extract with xAct > FLAC 8 via xAct #
28 - Audience > to me on trade CD-R > extract with xAct > FLAC 8 via xAct #
29 - SB > to me on trade CD-R > extract with xAct > FLAC 8 via xAct #
30 - SB > to me on trade CD-R > extract with xAct > FLAC 8 via xAct #
31 - SB > to me on trade cassette > digitize via Audacity > FLAC 8 via xAct
32 - SB > to me on trade cassette > digitize via Audacity > FLAC 8 via xAct
33 - Audience > to me on trade CD-R > extract with xAct > FLAC 8 via xAct #
34 - Audience > to me on trade CD-R > extract with xAct > FLAC 8 via xAct #
35 - SB > to me on trade cassette > digitize via Audacity > FLAC 8 via xAct
36 - FM > to me on trade cassette > digitize via Audacity > FLAC 8 via xAct
37 - Audience > to me on trade CD-R > extract with xAct > FLAC 8 via xAct #
CD 4
38 - FM > Velvet Flute silver CD > extract with xAct > FLAC 8 via xAct #
39 - FM > Velvet Flute silver CD > extract with xAct > FLAC 8 via xAct #
40 - FM > Velvet Flute silver CD > extract with xAct > FLAC 8 via xAct #
41 - FM > Velvet Flute silver CD > extract with xAct > FLAC 8 via xAct #
42 - Audience > to me on trade CD-R > extract with xAct > FLAC 8 via xAct #
43 - Audience > to me on trade CD-R > extract with xAct > FLAC 8 via xAct #
44 - Audience > to me on trade CD-R > extract with xAct > FLAC 8 via xAct #
45 - 1st part - Master Reels @ full track mono > Tandberg Model 11 > Wavelab 96/24 1ch mono > wav 44.1/16 2ch mono > flac
---- 2nd part - SB > TDK Cro/NAD6050C > SB Audigy 2 > Audacity > WAV/CDRCue/MediaCoder > FLAC Level 8
46 - Master Reels @ full track mono > Tandberg Model 11 > Wavelab 96/24 1ch mono > wav 44.1/16 2ch mono > flac
47 - audience > Wise Man Breaks Wind CD > ?? > FLAC > DIME
48 - audience > to me on trade cassette > digitize via Audacity > FLAC 8 via xAct
49 - audience > to me on trade CD-R > extract with xAct > FLAC 8 via xAct #
Raw transfers.
Excluding volume standardization and very slight editing, what you have is what I have.
No EQ or "enhancement" or "improvement" has been done to alter the sound of any of these recordings.
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THE SOUND:
Varies a lot.
No one sample would be adequate.
If this interests you remember that I tried to use good quality sources so that this might become part of your regular listening library.
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TO FELLOW DIMERS:
I offer what I have, with ALL the information known to me.
If you've got a better version, seed it.
If you have more accurate information, please add it in a comment.
If anyone would like to attempt a remastering job, go right ahead.
Let's try and keep it positive and make DIME as good an experience for all as possible.
cheers,
Lake Ogleton
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