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JETHRO
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Following several highly adventurous albums that completely transformed
the concept of the long playing vinyl album, Jethro Tull went
for a more commercial but no less rewarding sound on the 1974 album
release of Warchild. After the amazing artistic
breakthroughs on both of Tulls early 70s masterpieces,
Thick As A Brick and A Passion Play, the sound of Warchild
signaled a desire by Tull founder Ian Anderson to get back
onto the Top 40 singles chart. It seemed to do the trick because Bungle
In The Jungle and the title track were being played everywhere
forty years ago. Rhino and Parlophone celebrate 40 years of Warchild
greatness with a 40th anniversary edition of Warchild that
simply boggles the mind. The net result is a 4 disc box set featuring
2 CDs and 2 DVDs. First, the original ten track CD was remixed by
Steven Wilson in stereo while the second CD features no less
than 21 bonus tracks, including various mid 70s Tull pieces
that are known and loved by long time fans, as well as ten orchestral
instrumental pieces from the then proposed Warchild film and
soundtrack that were unfortunately shelved. The two included DVD discs
here feature the 5.1 remixes, various transfers of the original album,
including flat transfers of the original Lp mix and a quadraphonic
version, as well as promo footage of The Last Hoorah,
and footage from a January 11th, 1974 press conference where the Warchild
project was announced. Also included is an 80 page booklet that
goes well into the history of the entire Warchild project,
a film script synopsis, an abundance of rare photographs and track
by track notes by Ian Anderson. Arguably Tulls finest commercial
moment as a stadium-filling superstar
rock band,
Warchild remains a milestone of mid 1970s progressive
rock history. Tull fans looking for the final word and the most extensive
history of Warchild to date, need to start here. www.JethroTull.com
/ www.Rhino.com |
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