Jethro Tull
May 27, 1977
Copenhagen, Denmark
Tivoli

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THE SONGS:
01 Quartet and intro (fades in) 0:54
02 Wond'ring Aloud (by the support act Arnold Stirrup) 2.23
03 Skating Away 4.21
04 Jack-In-The-Green 3.25
05 Thick as a Brick 13.41
06 Songs From the Wood 6.23
07 Conundrum (with drum solo) 4.56
08 MEDLEY To Cry You A Song - including 16.23
- Flute Solo (a bit from "My God")
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - cut
- more Flute Solo
- Bouree
- Living In The Past
- A New Day Yesterday (reprise)
09 Velvet Green 6.23
10 A Hunting Girl 5.33
11 Beethoven's 9th Symphony 3.23
12 Minstrel in the Gallery 5.30
13 Cross-Eyed Mary 3.45
14 Aqualung 9.07
15 Guitar Solo (cut) 2.59
16 Wind Up 4.47
17 Back Door Angels 4.53
18 Wind Up (reprise) 2.47
19 Locomotive Breath 8.12
20 Back Door Angels (reprise) 1.28


Total time: 1 hour, 51 minutes, 06 seconds

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Maybe it occurred for every performance of the song,
but this is the first time that I ever noticed the backing tapes during "Velvet Green".
Ian singing with himself is obvious during SFTW but how could I have listened to
these live recordings for decades and never notice them in Velvet Green before?
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THE BAND:
Ian Anderson - vocals, guitar, flute
Martin Barre - guitar
John Evan - keyboards
David Palmer - keyboards
Barrie Barlow - drums
John Glascock - bass

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THE LINEAGE:

audience > unknown generations of cassettes > azimuth adjusted on Nakamichi BX-2 cassette deck > digitize with Audacity > FLAC with xAct > you

An almost raw transfer.

The volume was all over the place.
Tape 1 side A had the left channel much louder than the right.
Tape 1 side B was just the reverse.
Tape 2 was much louder than tape 1.
I did my best to equalize the volumes.
It may not be perfect, but it is much more balanced than it was.

No EQ or "enhancement" or "improvement" has been done
to alter the sound of this recording.

If anybody wants to attempt a remastering, please go right ahead.

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THE SOUND:

As I said this tape has breaks between some of the songs (and a few silences during songs (flute solo, etc., which I removed)
If there was enough applause I did a fade out. If the break happened quickly, well, there's just an abrupt cut to the next song. It's not too horrible. You get used to it when it happens.

Here is yet another "GMR" - a glorious monophonic recording.
Maybe I'm just simple, but I like mono.
When you're in an audience, unless there are speakers behind you it all comes from basically one spot in front of you, and honey, that's mono.

Overall, not bad at all.
It is an enjoyable listenable.


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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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