Friday, July 17, 2020

Jethro Tull - Gift of Roses, Underrated Jethro Tull (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3




JETHRO TULL

Jethro Tull - Gift of Roses, Underrated Jethro Tull (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3


Jethro Tull are a British rock band formed in Blackpool, Lancashire, in 1967. Initially playing blues rock and jazz fusion, the band later developed their sound to incorporate elements of hard rock and folk to forge a progressive rock signature. The band is led by vocalist/flautist/guitarist Ian Anderson, and has featured a revolving door of lineups through the years including significant members such as guitarists Mick Abrahams and Martin Barre, keyboardists John Evan and Dee Palmer, drummers Clive Bunker, Barriemore Barlow, and Doane Perry, and bassists Glenn Cornick, Jeffrey Hammond, John Glascock, and Dave Pegg.

The group first achieved commercial success in 1969, with the folk-tinged electric blues album Stand Up, which reached No. 1 in the UK, and they toured regularly in the UK and the US. Their musical style shifted in the direction of progressive rock with the albums Aqualung (1971), Thick as a Brick (1972) and A Passion Play (1973), and shifted again to hard rock mixed with folk rock with Songs from the Wood (1977) and Heavy Horses (1978). After an excursion into electronic rock in the early-to-mid 1980s, the band won its sole Grammy Award with the 1987 album Crest of a Knave. Jethro Tull have sold an estimated 60 million albums worldwide, with 11 gold and five platinum albums among them. They have been described by Rolling Stone as "one of the most commercially successful and eccentric progressive rock bands".

Jethro Tull have always been an interesting and complex band. The classic Tull music is progressive rock, flute, rapid changes of cadence, acoustic guitar, rock guitar and vocals, at once loud and happy and mischievous, then soft with a threatening undercurrent. The unique and rewarding music of Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull have been recording and performing (with varying degrees of success!) over the past almost 40 years. Ian Anderson's songs and arrangements were always irreverent, iconoclastic, and innovative . I especially like the way he uses the combination of classical instruments, and juxtaposes them with rip-roaring rock instruments like drums, basses, and virtuoso electric guitar work. I love this band and never seem to get tired of listening to them. One of the most unique and individual styles in rock history. They've played in so many genres that they completely defy categorization.  (Wikipedia)


I love the sound of Jethro Tull and always find their music rewarding. You can pick up any of their albums and find something great to listen to. Here are 76 Tracks that  I consider underrated tracks. Enjoy!

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Jethro Tull - Gift of Roses, Underrated Jethro Tull (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1

Jethro Tull - Gift of Roses, Underrated Jethro Tull (A Butterboy Compilation) CD2
https://www66.zippyshare.com/v/g1vkuhro/file.html

Jethro Tull - Gift of Roses, Underrated Jethro Tull (A Butterboy Compilation) CD3
https://www66.zippyshare.com/v/lm0Kci1Q/file.html

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Track lists

CD1


01    Sunshine Day (J. Tull's Debut 7inch 16 Feb 68)    2:24
02    Beggar's Farm    4:19
03    Sweet Dream    4:05
04    Up to Me    3:10
05    17    3:44
06    A New Day Yesterday    4:09
07    Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square    2:09
08    Look Into the Sun    4:20
09    Reasons for Waiting    4:05
10    Teacher (UK Single Version 1969)    4:56
11    We Used to Know    4:03
12    A Time for Everything    2:42
13    Alive and Well and Living In    2:43
14    For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me    3:46
15    Inside    3:49
16    Nothing to Say    5:20
17    To Cry You a Song    6:13
18    With You There to Help Me    6:18
19    Cheap Day Return    1:22
20    Hymn 43    3:16
21    Nursie    1:34
22    Up the Pool    3:12
23    Dr. Bogenbroom    3:01
24    For Later    2:08
25    A Passion Play Edit #8    3:30

CD2

26    A Passion Play, Part 1    21:34
27    A Passion Play, Part 2    23:28
28    Wondring Again    4:13
29    Love Story    3:03
30    Glory Row    3:34
31    Rainbow Blues    3:37
32    Saturation    4:20
33    Back-Door Angels    5:27
34    Cold Wind to Valhalla    4:17
35    March the Mad Scientist    1:47
36    One White Duck    4:37
37    Requiem    3:43
38    Summerday Sands    3:42
39    Chequered Flag    5:27
40    Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll- Too Young to Die    5:40
41    Hunting Girl    5:10
42    Pibroch (Cap in Hand)    8:35
43    Ring Out Solstice Bells    3:34
44    The Whistler    3:30
45    Velvet Green    6:02
46    Wind-Up    4:54
47    Heavy Horses    8:56
48    Moths    3:24
49    Rover    4:16
50    Crossword    3:34

CD3

51    Dun Ringill    2:41
52    Flying Dutchman    7:45
53    Orion    3:58
54    Fylingdale Flyer    4:33
55    Uniform    3:31
56    Flying Colours    4:39
57    European Legacy    3:22
58    Under Wraps 2    2:14
59    War Child    5:02
60    Budapest    10:01
61    Part of the Machine    6:53
62    She Said She Was a Dancer    3:41
63    The Waking Edge    4:45
64    Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow    3:22
65    Strange Venues    4:10
66    The Whaler's Dues    7:53
67    Roll Yer Own    4:25
68    This is Not Love    3:52
69    Man of Principle    3:55
70    At Last, Forever    7:55
71    Beside Myself    5:50
72    Dangerous Veils    5:33
73    Valley    6:08
74    Wounded Old and Treacherous    7:51
75    Bends Like a Willow    4:52
76    Gift of Roses    9:34

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14 comments:

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    1. Hi Masters 6672,
      Totally agree.

      Enjoy the other tracks too.

      Cheers.

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  2. Me too, I can`t get tired of Anderson/Tull's music - at least with the first ten years of it. A real chamber of treasures, each time with new strong impressions. Which brings back some memory: in 1968, after my first trip abroad at all, from rural Western Germany to Hull/England and Caernarvon Castle + Mount Snowdon/Wales (as a 16 yr old pupil), I got sent Tull's second UK single: A Song for Jeffrey b/w Christmas Song. In those times this was something very special, singular and valuable. Don't have it anymore, and regret this tremendously. Thanks a lot, Butterboy, for this comprehensive work on a great band and solo artist!

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    1. Hi The Chairman,
      Most of these tracks are oft forgotten from their repertoire of great music.
      I remember crawling from under the floorboards and into the Festival Hall in Melbourne amidst a thick haze of sweet smelling smoke and not knowing what to expect. I expected I would be expelled but funnily those who say me laughed and let me stay. What an wonderful sound I heard and a sound that changed my mind about how music sounded best.
      Thanks for commenting and sharing your thoughts.
      Cheers.

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  3. Groovy set of tracks...very nice choices!!

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    1. Thanks Babinga,
      I hope you enjoy this compilation.

      Cheers.

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  4. Like all your comps, this is lovely, Butterboy. Thanks!

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  5. I think we're all regularly amazed, Butter, at what collections you pull out of your sleeves, or top hat. And as always, thank you for this one, too. I met Ian and team via the good graces of "Aqualung", lost track until "Broadsword" - caught first by the runes on the cover - , and now have yet a new reason to give them another good, appreciative listen. You've done us another great favor - and done Ian one as well.

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    1. Hi Aging Child,
      I had a great time pulling this together, Listened to ALL their albums again and continued to be amazed at the arrangements and songwriting. What a great sound. These tracks are not the one usually found on their greatest hit/best of compilations and that makes the new and refreshing. Hope you enjoy the chosen tracks.
      Cheers.

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  6. I'm sure I will, Butter; thank you. I'm one of many of your visitors who appreciate your deliberate and considered focus on the non-usual recordings. The work of the artists themselves deserves that look... and it's awesome as well that this kind of compilation is fun and enjoyable for you, far more love than labor. (PS: glad you popped by TZ and left a copy there, where I found it - the additional spotlight there will bring more ears to Jethro Tull, and vice-versa... and further friends here. It's all good!)

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  7. what a great idea....would it be possible to redo these links?
    thanks v much...

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    1. Hi Zy,
      New links established , tested and working.

      Cheers.

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    2. A million thanks. So many marvellous compilations on your site. How the internet should be used in my opinion. I salute you....

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