Jethro Tull "Bursting Out" box set

[Halmyre]

My first Tull was the Broadsword tour, Edinburgh Playhouse (they skipped the Glasgow Apollo for some reason ). Then Glasgow Apollo for the Under Wraps tour, and Edinburgh Usher Hall for the 25th Anniversary Tour.

[chalkpie]

None of my pals listened to Tull in high school (or even college for that matter), so I was largely unaware of Ian's music. Around 1997 or 98, I was reading online how *proggy* they were, so I purchased Thick/Brick and Minstrel on cd. They instantly became one of my fav bands and remain top 5 carved in marble. The run of records from Stand Up to ________ (fill in the blank) remains one of the strongest I have ever heard (yes, I am a huge fan of both WarChild and Too Old) in rock/prog. I place Ian in the musical genius category personally.

[pb2015]

I first heard Tull on early 80's MTV when they had live videos of "Aqualung" and "Sweet Dream" in rotation.

[Garyhead]

I heard it quite distinctly when he sang the line, "leg hurting bad..."

Yea…..I was looking at the box set source…..Not that YouTube video.

[mozo-pg]

None of my pals listened to Tull in high school (or even college for that matter), so I was largely unaware of Ian's music. Around 1997 or 98, I was reading online how *proggy* they were, so I purchased Thick/Brick and Minstrel on cd. They instantly became one of my fav bands and remain top 5 carved in marble. The run of records from Stand Up to ________ (fill in the blank) remains one of the strongest I have ever heard (yes, I am a huge fan of both WarChild and Too Old) in rock/prog. I place Ian in the musical genius category personally.

I saw Warchild live on my 14th birthday. It was so awesome!

[Sputnik]

I don't understand why Rock Island is dissed so much. I like it better than Crest of a Knave, although I recognize I'm in the minority there. "Kissing Willing" is kind of a throwaway, but there are a lot of really strong tracks too.

You've essentially answered your own question. You're in the minority because the majority of listeners don't like Rock Island, don't feel there it has "a lot of really strong tracks," and don't like it better than Crest. I think it's a major disappointment after Crest, which I acknowledge has its flaws, but at least it nods favorably toward the Proggier side of 70s Tull, the last time that would happen in their recording history. Rock Island is just flaccid. It would have been improved by eliminating a few songs and including "Part of the Machine" from 20 Years, but even that wouldn't have saved it. Whatever momentum they had coming out of Crest was lost with Rock Island, though the tour was pretty good.

Bill

[Dunamis]

My first Tull album was Benefit in 1970 (I was 14), the third LP I owned back then (the first two were Led Zeppelin I and II). Benefit is still my favourite JT album, followed by Aqualung and Minstrel etc.

[Guitarplyrjvb]

It had escaped me that Don Airey toured with Tull. Man, that dude is incredible! I've been listening to his Deep Purple albums the past couple of weeks and think he adds a nice spice to the broth. I like him better as a player than Jon Lord; I know that's heresy, but so be it! He seems like a normal guy, too. Very humble. Apparently, he was the only witness to the Randy Rhoads plane accident? The DVD "Perihelion" shows him trading solos and harmonizing lines with Steve Morse. Top notch stuff!

[Dave (in MA)]

It had escaped me that Don Airey toured with Tull. Man, that dude is incredible! I've been listening to his Deep Purple albums the past couple of weeks and think he adds a nice spice to the broth. I like him better as a player than Jon Lord; I know that's heresy, but so be it! He seems like a normal guy, too. Very humble.

Here's an essay that someone wrote to refute a couple of the published Tull bios of Airey. https://intergalacticstrut.wordpress...-of-don-airey/

[Rarebird]

Here's an essay that someone wrote to refute a couple of the published Tull bios of Airey. https://intergalacticstrut.wordpress...-of-don-airey/

Don Airey a heavy metal player? I wouldn't consider his work with Colosseum II as heavy metal, nor his presence on Andrew Lloyd Webber - Variations. Yes he plays in heavy metal, or hard-rock bands, but he has also experience with other genres. So being out of his game with Jethro Tull? Don't think so.

[pb2015]

Players only lasting one tour with Tull seems to have been a trend in the 80's.

[Jimmy Giant]

Don Airey was in Rainbow for a while after Colosseum II. As a session guy he worked with Sabbath, Ozzy (pretty sure he wrote the intro to Mr Crowley), Cozy Powell, Brian May, Gary Moore, Whitesnake, MSG and others. He's only credited as a guest on 20 Years of Jethro Tull.

[Mister Triscuits]

Players only lasting one tour with Tull seems to have been a trend in the 80's.

Yes, I wish Don Airey in particular had stayed on with Tull. It was cool to have another Fairport member joining Dave Pegg in the band, but Maart Allcock was not really a proper keyboard player.

[BarryLI]

My first Tull album was Benefit in 1970 (I was 14), the third LP I owned back then (the first two were Led Zeppelin I and II). Benefit is still my favourite JT album, followed by Aqualung and Minstrel etc.

Benefit for me also in '70 while a waiter at summer camp (was 16), bought TW and SU after camp ended, still have a special spot for Benefit having heard it on a reel-to-reel tape deck with no pics or cover to gaze at. When I bought the first two albums and saw band pics I was like "those scruffy dudes are the ones making that amazing music, no way!"

[Progatron]

It had escaped me that Don Airey toured with Tull. Man, that dude is incredible! I've been listening to his Deep Purple albums the past couple of weeks and think he adds a nice spice to the broth. I like him better as a player than Jon Lord; I know that's heresy, but so be it! He seems like a normal guy, too. Very humble. Apparently, he was the only witness to the Randy Rhoads plane accident? The DVD "Perihelion" shows him trading solos and harmonizing lines with Steve Morse. Top notch stuff!

I interviewed Don Airey in 2018 and briefly asked him about Tull at one point:

LM: A somewhat unexpected turn in your career came in the late 80s when you joined Jethro Tull. How did that come about?

DA: I auditioned! (Laughing) It was an interesting audition. We played Songs From The Wood and it went pretty well. And Ian went, "Hmmm, right, hmmm, very good, you've played some of our music, we're going to play some of yours now. What have you got?" So I had some little piece I'd been working on, and we started playing that. So I taught Jethro Tull how to play... whatever it was. (Laughing) They were great, Ian Anderson is an amazing guy. I found him quite difficult to work with in some ways, and really the music wasn't absolutely my cup of tea, but you know, I was with them for a year and I enjoyed working with them, I must say. The funny thing about Jethro Tull is that nothing ever happened. Everything went exactly to plan, because Ian was such a genius at planning. They never seemed to touch the sides - I mean, there wasn't much banter in the dressing room, and nobody seemed to come back to see them, there were no hangers-on or anything like that. It was a bit... different.

[Mister Triscuits]

So does anyone else find the photo reproduction in the new set kind of underwhelming? Particularly the black & white shots?

[dropforge]

Don Airey was in Rainbow for a while after Colosseum II. As a session guy he worked with Sabbath, Ozzy (pretty sure he wrote the intro to Mr Crowley), Cozy Powell, Brian May, Gary Moore, Whitesnake, MSG and others. He's only credited as a guest on 20 Years of Jethro Tull.

Don's 2008 CD A Light in the Sky is excellent. It's like Purple but with more space/prog. It's heavy but it's not prog-metal. Carl Sentance and two other vocalists sing on it.

[Jimmy Giant]

I have that and 4 others Airey releases. As a keyboardist, I'm naturally a fan!
I had forgotten he was on Cozy's albums too, which i love.
But I need to figure out what he did on the 20 Years Tull release. Not sure i still have the book that came with it.

[Rarebird]

I have 3 of his albums, but not the one mentioned here.

[dropforge]

I have that and 4 others Airey releases. As a keyboardist, I'm naturally a fan!
I had forgotten he was on Cozy's albums too, which i love.

Cozy's first is the one I still like best. That version of "Theme One" kicks!

But I need to figure out what he did on the 20 Years Tull release. Not sure i still have the book that came with it.

Dang, I don't remember and I don't have the boxset handy.

https://jethrotull.com/the-attic/pas...sts/don-airey/

[Mister Triscuits]

But I need to figure out what he did on the 20 Years Tull release. Not sure i still have the book that came with it.

He's on the live 1987 tracks, which are "Wond'ring Aloud," "Songs from the Wood," "Living in the Past," "Farm on the Freeway," and "Thick as a Brick." ("Dun Ringill" is also included from the '87 tour, but there are no keyboards on it.)

[Jimmy Giant]

Ah, thanks!

[Garyhead]

So does anyone else find the photo reproduction in the new set kind of underwhelming? Particularly the black & white shots?

Yes. Too bad no one made a better effort to find source photos.

[PROGMONSTER]

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Got mine. I’ve done a rushed order of fave. Hardly anything between the first 10 to the right though

[zombywoof]

Instead of writing all my thoughts across various messages I decided to compress them all down into this long winded, enthusiastic and rambling review. I hope you enjoy !