JETHRO TULL – Los Angeles 1980 (2CD)

Soundboard 9.8 – What makes this recording rate so highly is the professionalism all around – that means the band first for putting in the sparkling performance (and that’s even more succinct here with the unusual line-up and changing sound of Tull), and then the sound engineer for so deftly mixing and preserving this recording. I mean, it’s not just a board tape where you pop in the cassette and capture whatever sound you’ve dialed in for the evening, this is a well manicured mix that seemingly must have been made with a view towards a release because it is just too good, too perfectly balanced to be just a house mix.

Jethro Tull
L.A. Sports Arena
Los Angeles, CA.
November 12th, 1980

Disc 1

01 Black Sunday [7:04]
02 Crossfire [3:51]
03 Songs From The Wood [4:14]
04 Hunting Girl [5:02]
05 The Pine Marten’s Jig [3:11]
06 Heavy Horses [8:52]
07 Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day [3:29]
08 Flute Solo [6:08]

Disc 2

09 Trio [4:45]
10 Uniforms [5:12]
11 Working John, Working Joe [4:05]
12 Protect And Survive [5:05]
13 Locomotive Breath [6:47]
14 Aqualung [7:58]
15 Bungle In The Jungle [4:02]

Ian Anderson – Vocals, Flute, Guitar
Martin Barre – Guitar
Eddie Jobson – Keyboards, Electric Violin
Dave Pegg – Bass
Mark Craney – Drums, Percussion