JETHRO TULL Songs From The Wood 1977 UK CHRYSALIS 1st PRESS w/INNER - NEAR MINT
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£ 97
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May 26, 2016
Sold Date
May 16, 2016
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£ 24
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JETHRO TULL Songs From The Wood 1977 UK CHRYSALIS 1st PRESS w/INNER - NEAR MINT
JETHRO TULLSongs From The Wood
UK CHRYSALIS (CHR 1132) FIRST PRESSING (February 1977)
A SUPERB ORIGINAL COPY - BARELY PLAYED
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST GREEN CHRYSALIS LABELS
MATRIX NUMBERS & ETCHINGS SIDE ONE: CHR - 1 - 1132 A, 10th SET (SIDE ONE)
MATRIX NUMBERS & ETCHINGS SIDE TWO: CHR - 2 - 1132 B, 10th SET (SIDE TWO)
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/H and 1/A
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SINGLE SLEEVE WITH A LIGHT GLOSS FINISH “Printed in England”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL "Jethro Tull Collectively" INNER SLEEVE - UNIQUE TO "Songs From The Wood"
Arguably the finest record Jethro Tull released since Thick as a Brick and a special treat for anyone with a fondness for the group's more folk-oriented material.
Ian Anderson had moved to the countryside sometime earlier, and it showed in his choice of source material.
The band's aggressive rock interplay and Anderson's fascination with early British folk melodies produce a particularly appealing collection of songs -- the seriousness with which the group took this effort can be discerned by the album's unofficial "full" title on the original LP: "Jethro Tull With Kitchen Prose, Gutter Rhymes, and Divers Songs from the Wood."
The group's sound was never more carefully balanced between acoustic folk and hard rock.
The harmonising on "Songs From the Wood" fulfils the promise shown in some of the singing on Thick as a Brick (and indeed the vastly underrated "Passion Play"), and the delicacy of much of the rest, including "Ring Out, Solstice Bells" (where the group plays full out, but with wonderful elegance), "Hunting Girl," and "Velvet Green," set a new standard for the group's sound.
"Pibroch (Cap in Hand)," which is dominated by Martin Barre's electric guitar -- in a stunning array of overlapping flourishes at full volume -- is the only concession to the group's usual hard rock extravagance, and even it has some lovely singing to counterbalance.
Side 1:
Songs From The Wood (4:52)
Jack-In-The-Green (3:30)
Cup Of Wonder (4:30)
Hunting Girl (5:11)
Ring Out, Solstice Bells (3:46)
Side 2:
Velvet Green (6:03)
The Whistler (3:30)
Pibroch (Cap In Hand) (8:37)
Fire At Midnight (2:26)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean unmarked labels with just a couple of spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like-new
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays as-new throughout with crystal clear, clean, sharp and bright sound - a couple of dust pops were noted but I did not clean this copy as it looks so immaculate so these will no doubt disappear after a clean/few spins
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Fine example - some rub to the edges/spine otherwise clean and unmarked
INNNER SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
No seam splits - some age toning and corner creasing - nothing really
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