Jethro Tull - The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003) [FLAC] {tro

Jethro Tull - The Jethro Tull Christmas Album Ian Anderson writes in the liner notes: Two days before Christmas 2002, I received an e-mail from Fuel 2000 record company boss Len Fico suggesting the improbable scenario of a dedicated Tull Christmas album for the following year. Although taken aback for a moment, I remembered half-formed plans from some years ago for a Christmas-related set of songs and tunes and so quickly offered, "Give me 24 hours and I’ll come back to you with a track list and running order." And I did. Well, the track list anyway. The running order always depends on varying tempos, song keys and subject matter. If you liked Bourée and the Songs From The Wood record, you will love this Jethro Tull Christmas Album. The aim was to find some uplifting traditional Christmas Carols, some new songs and to re-record some old Tull pieces on the Christmas topic. As I was working at the same time on a solo album, I had to off-load some of the studio production and sessions to other participants. Doane Perry did his drum stuff in LA while the UK sessions featured guest drummer James Duncan and, of course, Jonathan Noyce on bass. Ex bassist, Dave Pegg, dropped by to play on a couple of songs and Andrew Giddings used his studio to record his parts and Martin Barre’s overdubs. I then pulled it all together and mixed down the various line-ups and sessions in my studio at the last moment. My views on Christmas? Well, I’m not exactly a practising paid-up Christian but I have grown up and lived with a so-called Christian society for 55 years and still feel great warmth for the nostalgia, festive occasion and family togetherness, so much a part of that time of year. Maybe without Christmas we would have that much less to celebrate and enjoy in this troubled old world. But it’s really all the Winter Solstice and the re-birth of nature overlaid with the common sense and righteous teachings of Mr. C. A Christmas in this modern world should, in my view, accommodate the leisure needs and affections of Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, atheists and agnostics, as well as Fido the family dog and Felix the cat. Throw in a few lost cousins and that dreadful man from next door and you have it! Sip the sloe gin, pull a cracker (so long as she’s not the daughter of that dreadful man from next door), kiss and cuddle under the mistletoe, toss Vegan disciplines aside, gobble the turkey (steady on, now) and have a therapeutic respite from the rigours of daily life. Christmas - an aspirin for the soul or cold-turkey celebration of the birth and life of Christ? It has to be a measured bit of both, doesn’t it? And, if you can cope with it, a Happy New Year. Tracklist: 01. Birthday Card at Christmas 02. Holly Herald 03. A Christmas Song 04. Another Christmas Song 05. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 06. Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow 07. Last Man at the Party 08. Weathercock 09. Pavane 10. First Snow on Brooklyn 11. Greensleeved 12. Fire at Midnight 13. We Five Kings 14. Ring Out Solstice Bells 15. Bourée 16. A Winter Snowscape Musicians: Ian Anderson - flute, vocals, acoustic guitars, mandolin, piccolo, percussion Martin Barre - electric and acoustic guitars Doane Perry - drums and percussion Andrew Giddings - keyboards, accordion and keyboard bass Jonathan Noyce - bass guitar Guest musicians: James Duncan - drums and percussion David Pegg - bass guitar and mandolin The Sturcz String Quartet: Gábor Csonka - 1st violin Péter Szilágyi - 2nd violin Gyula Benkö - viola András Sturcz - cello Recorded at various locations during 2003. Released on 30 September 2003. Produced and engineered by Ian Anderson. Label: Fuel 2000 Records. Genre: Progressive Rock. Ripped with EAC in Secure mode, Test & Copy. Encoded with FLAC Frontend at level 8, with full tagging. Includes full artwork, EAC CUE and LOG files, AudioChecker log, and NFO file. Be fair & share!

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IziThiM (2009-12-22)

Merry Christmas TPB!!!

Blind Pew (2009-12-23)

Thanks!

LezFiddler (2011-04-17)

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