Jethro Tull - 2001 - The Very Best Of @320

 

Jethro Tull 

Jethro Tull are a British progressive rock band formed in Blackpool, Lancashire, in 1967. Initially playing blues rock and jazz fusion, the band soon incorporated elements of English folk music, hard rock and classical music, forging a signature progressive rock sound.[1] The group's lead vocalist, bandleader, founder, principal composer and only constant member is Ian Anderson, who also plays flute and acoustic guitar. The group has featured a succession of musicians throughout the decades, including significant contributors such as guitarists Mick Abrahams and Martin Barre (with Barre being the longest-serving member besides Anderson); bassists Glenn Cornick, Jeffrey Hammond, John Glascock, Dave Pegg and Jonathan Noyce; drummers Clive Bunker, Barrie "Barriemore" Barlow and Doane Perry; and keyboardists John Evan, Dee Palmer, Peter-John Vettese and Andrew Giddings.

The band achieved moderate recognition in the London club scene and released their debut album, This Was, in 1968. After a line-up change which saw original guitarist Mick Abrahams replaced by Martin Barre, the band released a folk-tinged second album, Stand Up, in 1969. Stand Up, which reached No. 1 in the UK, gave the band their first commercial success, and regular tours of the UK and the US followed. Their musical style shifted in the direction of progressive rock with albums such as Aqualung (1971), Thick as a Brick (1972), and A Passion Play (1973), and shifted again to contemporary folk rock with Songs from the Wood (1977), Heavy Horses (1978), and Stormwatch (1979). In the early 1980s, the band underwent a major line-up change and moved into electronic rock with the albums A (1980), The Broadsword and the Beast (1982), and Under Wraps (1984). The band won their sole Grammy Award for the 1987 album Crest of a Knave, which saw them returning to a hard rock style. Jethro Tull have sold an estimated 60 million albums worldwide, with 11 gold and 5 platinum albums. They have been described by Rolling Stone as "one of the most commercially successful and eccentric progressive rock bands". 

The band ceased studio recording activity in the 2000s, but continued to tour until splitting in 2011. Following the band's split, Anderson and Barre continued to record and tour as solo artists, with Anderson's band billed variously as both "Jethro Tull" and "Ian Anderson" solo. Anderson said in 2014 that Jethro Tull had come "more or less to an end". In 2017, however, Anderson revived the Jethro Tull name and released new studio albums in the 2020s. The current group includes musicians who were part of Jethro Tull during the last years of its initial run, as well as newer musicians associated with Anderson's solo band, without Barre's involvement.

Tracks;

01 - Jethro Tull - Living in the past.mp3

02 - Jethro Tull - Aqualung.mp3

03 - Jethro Tull - Sweet dream.mp3

04 - Jethro Tull - The whistler.mp3

05 - Jethro Tull - Bungle in the Jungle.mp3

06 - Jethro Tull - The witch's promise.mp3

07 - Jethro Tull - Locomotive breath.mp3

08 - Jethro Tull - Steel monkey.mp3

09 - Jethro Tull - Thick as a brick.mp3

10 - Jethro Tull - Bourée.mp3

11 - Jethro Tull - Too old to Rock 'N' Roll- Too young to die.mp3

12 - Jethro Tull - Life is a long song.mp3

13 - Jethro Tull - Songs from the wood.mp3

14 - Jethro Tull - A new day yesterday.mp3

15 - Jethro Tull - Heavy horses.mp3

16 - Jethro Tull - Broadswood.mp3

17 - Jethro Tull - Root to branches.mp3

18 - Jethro Tull - A song for Jeffrey.mp3

19 - Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the gallery.mp3

20 - Jethro Tull - Cheerio.mp3

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