*JETHRO TULL* AQUALUNG - 1971 UK *FIRST ISSUE* LP

	£		62
	$		82

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JETHRO TULL :- Aqualung - 1971 UK Chrysalis ILPS 9145 LP with 'textured' Gatefold Sleeve , Complete with Lyric Liner Sleeve

Outstanding condition original issue - 'Matt' labels , with the Island logo and print around label rim - Only the original issues were released as a Chrysalis / Island product ............

Track Listing :-

1. Aqualung
2. Cross Eyed Mary
3. Cheap Day Return
4. Mother Goose
5. Wond'ring Aloud
6. Up To Me
7. My God
8. Hymn 43
9. Slipstream
10. Locomotive Breath
11. Wind Up

Jethro Tull: Martin Barre (electric guitar, descant recorder); Ian Anderson (vocals, acoustic guitar, flute); John Evan (piano, organ, Mellotron); Clive Bunker (drums, percussion).Producers: Ian Anderson, Terry Ellis, Bernie Andrews, John Walters.Engineers: Allen Harris, Bob Conduct, Tony Wilson. The leap from 1970's Benefit to the following year's Aqualung is one of the most astonishing progressions in rock history. In the space of one album, Tull went from relatively unassuming electrified folk-rock to larger-than-life conceptual rock full of sophisticated compositions and complex, intellectual lyrical constructs. While the leap to full-blown prog-rock wouldn't be taken until a year later on Thick As A Brick, the degree to which Tull upped the ante here is remarkable.The lyrical concept here--the hypocrisy of Christianity in England--is stronger than on most other '70s conceptual efforts, but it's ultimately the music that makes it. Tull's winning way with a riff was never so arresting as on the chugging "Locomotive Breath," or the character studies "Cross Eyed Mary" and "Aqualung," which portray believably seedy participants in Ian Anderson's story. The fable imagery of "Mother Goose" and the vitriolic anti-authoritarian sentiments of "Wind Up" both serve notice of Anderson's willful iconoclasm and his disillusionment with the spiritual traditions to which he was born. Varied but cohesive, Aqualung is widely regarded as Tull's finest hour.
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Condition Of Vinyl:- The disc has minimal signs of use ........ No marks or wear at all , possibly a surface trace evident beneath a light ......... Outstanding sound quality throughout : Graded at EXCELLENT+ / MINT minus condition.

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Condition Of Labels:- No label wear , only a trace of spindle use : EXCELLENT+ condition.

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Condition Of Sleeve:- An unusually fine condition original sleeve ............... barely any signs of use ........... No creasing ............ No edge wear , great spine : EXCELLENT+ condition.

The Lyric Liner Sleeve has minimal use ........... No splits or damage : EXCELLENT+ condition.

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