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^ I see what you mean. Well fuck vinyl! That's really irritating.
I thought it was announced earlier this year that the Broadsword set was put off until 2023 due to Ian wanting to promote his Jethro Tull album and the re-release of the Thick as a Brick box? At any rate, rumor has it that the Broadsword box is going to be stuffed to the gills with bonus material. I'm bummed but I can't wait until next year.
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Off-topic, but then I guess we're already on a tangent in this thread...
I wonder if they are planning an Under Wraps deluxe box.
I will probably buy it, but the Under Wraps record is not a big favorite of mine. Conversely, the Under Wraps tour shows were pretty darn good. Doane Perry and Peter-John Vettese were excellent players that helped bring excitement to the UW tracks live, IMO. Plus, they played the hell out of the classic material, too. Vettese's use of the Rhodes Chroma as his main synth was an excellent choice. The Rhodes Chroma is not quite as full sounding and bombastic as a Yamaha CS-80, yet it can stand up against a full Marshall guitar sound quite well. For me, Dave peg always seemed like a contract player. His presence on the "A" record and live was serviceable. His singing was in tune and on point with Ian's. I don't know. I could never accept him as the bass player in Tull. John Glascock is, was, and always will be the bass player of Tull for my tastes. Cornick came up with some incredible bass lines. Hammond was not a bass player at all (although, a very interesting personality in the troupe nonetheless!)
While we wait for the Broadsword box set to be released, is anyone saving up for the Under Wraps deluxe box set following the Broadsword box?
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Dave Peg is a fantastic bass player, especially when playing fretless.
I hope when they do Under Wraps (because you know they will) that they get someone to record acoustic drums in place of the drum machine. Ian has stated his dislike for them, so I hope he does something about it.
Either way, I will be buying these until they stop making them...yes, even if they go up to J-Tull Dot Com
That's always been the big question, and it's been long rumoured that they've batted around the idea. I worry now though, at this late stage of the game, about who would actually do the drumming. Back when it was being discussed initially, Doane Perry was still the Tull drummer and in good playing shape. He would have been a good choice.
I'm with you, I will take one of these sets for every single album!
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I love Under Wraps, including everything that is quirky and "wrong" about it. Especially everything that is quirky and "wrong" about it. I personally think that replacing the Linn drums with a live drummer would be about as good an idea as Frank Zappa replacing the bass and drums on his old records with more proficient players.
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There was a live album, Live at Hammersmith, released several years after the fact on the Strange Fruit subsidiary Raw Fruit, who got rights to it through its being a BBC recording. The album included only eight songs, only two of them from Under Wraps ("Under Wraps" and "Later That Same Evening"). So there's a show that probably exists, although whether it's in Ian's hands is another question.
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^^^ Passaic is indeed a very good show and I hope it would be included, both audio and video.
Here is an even better show, both in terms of setlist and in terms of Ian's voice. No strain audible here yet. The video is obviously inadequate for a box set but I think the audio is good and with some clean up might be of sufficient quality.
^^^ You would desire an audience recording to be officially released? (don't think that's gonna happen!)
Depending on how much other material is available, the UW box could be combined with Walk Into Light pretty cohesively and make sense thematically and sound wise.
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