Audience 8.7 - Not too bad for 1972, this tape has some nice energy, and not to say it doesn’t have limitations, but it seems to deliver a lot more than the expectation. You have to accept that the hall is a touch echoey, or at least the guitar seems to bounce off the wall to give a very short reverb effect. It’s not a distraction at all, in fact it is exactly how it sounded at the show – the recording is very accurate. Jethro Tull LA Forum Inglewood, CA. 1972-06-23 Disk 1 1. -Thick As A Brick - Introduction 2. -Thick As A Brick - The First Part 3. -Thick As A Brick - The Flute Part 4. -Thick As A Brick - The Next Part 5. -Thick As A Brick - The Six O'Clock News Part 6. -Thick As A Brick - The Drum Part 7. -Thick As A Brick - The Babies Wearing Nylons Part 8. -Thick As A Brick - The Last Part Disk 2 1. -Insane Asylum Introduction 2. -Cross-Eyed Mary 3. -A New Day Yesterday 4. -Aqualung 5. -Encore 6. -Ian's Wind-Up Introduction 7. -Wind-Up 8. -Third-Leg Guitar Solo 9. -Locomotive Breath 10. -Hard-Headed English General 11. -Wind-Up (reprise)  

Audience 8.3 - A dusty old tape, with signs of age including a bit of tape hiss. Sounds to me like this old tape could have benefited greatly from some remastering work but as it is, it’s listenable and a very fiery performance by the band. I like that you can hear every instrument, I think this recording has promise and I hope it gets a facelift soon. SPECIAL NOTE: Another title also going under the same date and venue has made the rounds but is in fact NOT Los Angeles 1970 (in fact it is listed on this site, so if you bought that, feel free to exchange it free of charge for the ACTUAL real date and venue that is that title - Anaheim 1970). JETHRO TULL L.A. FORUM INGLEWOOD, CA., USA OCTOBER 18, 1970 CD 1 101-INTRODUCTION 3:05 102-NOTHING IS EASY 6:37 103-MY GOD W/ FLUTE SOLO 13:09 104-WITH YOU THERE TO HELP ME > BY KIND PERMISSION OF... 14:30 105-A SONG FOR JEFFREY 5:03 CD 2 201-TALK 1:52 202-SOSSITY, YOU'RE A WOMAN > REASONS FOR WAITING > SOSSITY REPRISE 5:59 203-DHARMA FOR ONE W/ DRUM SOLO 18:45 204-CROWD/TALK 2:31 205-WE USED TO KNOW > 3:20 206-GUITAR SOLO > 9:00 207-FOR A THOUSAND MOTHERS 5:10 Ian Anderson: vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, percussion Martin Barre: electric & acoustic guitars Glenn Cornick: bass Clive Bunker: drums John Evan: keyboards  

Audience 8.8 - Thankfully Tull fans can rejoice as another good quality Passion Play recording is available. What a vast leap it was from 1969 and 70’s bluesy Tull to 1973’s ambitious progressive rock extravaganza Passion Play! Jethro Tull TCCC Fort Worth, TX 1973-07-16 disc 1 1. -Lifebeats 2. -Prelude 3. -The Silver Cord 4. -Re-Assuring Tune 5. -Memory Bank 6. -Best Friends 7. -Critique Oblique 8. -Forest Dance #1 9. -The Story Of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles 10. -Forest Dance #2 11. -The Foot of Our Stairs 12. -Overseer Overture 13. -Flight From Lucifer 14. -10.08 To Paddington 15. -Magnus Perde 16. -Epilogue 17. -Thick As A Brick (The Middle Bit) disc 2 1. -Cross-Eyed Mary 2. -No Rehearsal 3. -Instrumental (incl. Thick As A Brick & Drum Solo) 4. -Aqualung 5. -Wind-Up 6. -Instrumental (incl. Minstrel In The Gallery) 7. -Locomotive Breath - Hard-Headed English General 8. -Wind-Up (reprise) Ian Anderson Martin Barre Jeffry Hammond John Evan Barriemore Barlow  

Audience 8.8 - Here we have two concerts in very good quality that show a band undeniably at the peak, a peak that seemed to stretch out for a VERY long time I might add, but a creative peak that gave audiences a lot to digest musically. The quality of this tape is pretty decent but I give it a knock in the rating (although 8.8 is still high) because I got too much emphasis on an upper mid frequency that didn’t rub me the right way and this is a subjective analysis. The tape allows plenty of information in that you get pretty much everything, it’s clear, and the content is worth the price of admission. I am making a subjective observation but I feel the taper had done an amazing job and it would have gotten a 9.4 if the mic he used delivered more dynamics and a wider sound-field. Picky picky picky!  This sounds good. JETHRO TULL Falkoner Teatret Copenhagen, Denmark 1974-December-04 Disc 1 01. -Introduction 02. -Wind-Up - Passion Play (Excerpt) 03. -Thick As A Brick 04. -My God 05. -Ian Anderson Flute Solo 06. -Ian Anderson Flute Solo - John Evan Keyboard - Strings Solo 07. -Cross-Eyed Mary 08. -How Much Is That Doggie In The Window 09. -Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day 10. -Wond'ring Aloud - Wond'ring Again 11. -Queen And Country 12. -Ladies 13. -Barriemore Barlow Drum Solo Disc 2 01. -WarChild 02. -Sealion 03. -Bungle In The Jungle 04. -Aqualung 05. -Back Door Angels - Martin Barre Guitar Solo 06. -Locomotive Breath 07. -Back-Door Angels (Reprise) 08. -Introduction 09. -Wind-Up - Passion Play Excerpt 10. -Thick As A Brick 11. -My God 12. -Ian Anderson Flute Solo 13. -Flute - Keyboard - Strings Solo 14. -Cross-Eyed Mary Disc 3 01. -How Much Is That Doggie In The Window 02. -Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day 03. -Wond'ring Aloud - Wond'ring Again (with Strings) 04. -Queen And Country (with Strings) 05. -Ladies (with Strings) 06. -Barriemore Barlow Drum Solo 07. -Warchild (with Strings) 08. -Sealion - Bungle In The Jungle (with Strings) 09. -Aqualung 10. -Back Door Angels - Martin Barre Guitar Solo 11. -Locomotive Breath 12. -Back Door Angels (Reprise) Disc 2 (Tracks 08-14) and Disc 3: Thursday, December 05, 1974 Falkoner Teatret, Copenhagen, Denmark. Ian Anderson - Vocals, Flute, Acoustic Guitar, Saxophone Martin Barre - Electric Guitar John Evan - Piano, Organ, Synthesizers, Accordion Jeffrey Hammond–Hammond - Bass Guitar, String Bass Barriemore Barlow - Drums, Percussion.  

Boston 1970 Audience 8.4 - The separation of instruments here is rather dense, not muddy, just not to a degree one would prefer. The sound itself is not bad, I actually do hear every instrument I just want certain things prominent when it comes to this band…I really need more detail in the guitar solos. I still think this is a good one for the collection – the band is not afraid to stretch out and jam, they have tremendous freedom onstage and it shows. Los Angeles 1970 Audience 9.3 - This is a sparkling recording, my guess is that the same crew that taped the infamous Zeppelin Blueberry Hill did this as well. To me it sounds similar. It’s short, but it’s very very sweet. Jethro Tull Disc 1 Boston July 10, 1970 1. Nothing Is Easy 2. My God (with extended flute solo) 3. To Cry You A Song 4. With You There To Help Me 5. Dharma For One 6. We Used To Know Disc 2 Los Angeles October 18, 1970 1. Nothing Is Easy 2. My God - Flute Solo 3. We Used To Know 4. With You There To Help Me - By Kind Permission Of...

Audience 9.1 - A very bright and energetic recording that does NOT suffer at all from anything getting in between the band and the microphone because there’s nothing between the band and the recorder it seems. This is direct from PA to your ears…and it’s great! JETHRO TULL Deutschlandhalle Berlin, Germany April 23, 1977 Disc 1 01. -Quartet Intro 02. -Wond'ring Aloud 03. -Skating Away 04. -Jack-In-The-Green 05. -Thick As A Brick 06. -Songs From The Wood 07. -Barriemore Barlow Drum Solo 08. -To Cry You A Song 09. -A New Day Yesterday 10. -Ian Anderson Flute Solo 11. -Living In The Past (Instrumental) 12. -Velvet Green 13. -Hunting Girl Disc 2 01. -Too Old To Rock 'n Roll 02. -Beethoven's Ninth 03. -Minstrel In The Gallery 04. -Cross-Eyed Mary 05. -Aqualung 06. -Martin Barre Guitar Solo 07. -Wind-Up 08. -Back-Door Angels 09. -Instrumental 10. -Wind Up (reprise) 11. -Locomotive Breath 12. -Land Of Hope & Glory 13. -Back-Door Angels (reprise) Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, John Evans, David Palmer, John Glascock & Barriemore Barlow.