Jethro Tull - STAND UP - Island Records ILPS 9103 (1969)
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Bought from new soon after release, rarely played after 1974 when I discovered reggae, Photos are of actual cover and internal pop up, contains original inner sleeve, some splits.
Part of my collection that has been stored in cool conditions throughout, and will need a good clean before you play it. Record will be dispatched in a Vinyl LP Record Box Mailer, corrugated and strong, to prevent damage.
Records are graded with the standard UK Record Collector Magazine grading system:
Excellent (Ex)
The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality.
Stand Up is the second studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released in 1969. Before recordings for the album began, the band's original guitarist Mick Abrahams resigned because of musical differences with Ian Anderson; Abrahams wanted to stay with the blues rock sound of their 1968 debut, This Was, while Anderson wished to add other musical influences such as folk rock. He was replaced by guitarist Martin Barre, who appeared on every subsequent Jethro Tull album.
Stand Up represents the first album project on which Anderson was in full control of the music and lyrics. The result was an eclectic album with various styles appearing in its songs, yet an album which remained somewhat in the blues rock mold, which would be the last such album from Jethro Tull.
The album quickly went to No. 1 on the UK charts, while the non-album single "Living in the Past" peaked at No. 3. The design of the album cover started with a visit to New Haven, Connecticut during a concert tour in late February 1969. Under the direction of producer Terry Ellis, the band met a woodcarver named James Grashow who followed them for a week in order to properly represent them in wood. The resulting gatefold album cover, in a woodcut style designed by Grashow, originally opened up like a children's pop-up book so that a cut-out of the band's personnel stood up, evoking the album's title. Stand Up won New Musical Express's award for best album artwork in 1969.Tracklist
A1 A New Day YesterdayA2 Jeffrey Goes To Leicester Square
A3 Bourée
A4 Back To The Family
A5 Look Into The Sun
B1 Nothing Is Easy
B2 Fat Man
B3 We Used To Know
B4 Reasons For Waiting
B5 For A Thousand Mothers
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