Jethro Tull - 1973-07-23 - Oakland Coliseum, Oakland CA (PRRP-044 A Hush in the Play)

Jethro Tull

1973-07-23
Oakland Coliseum, Oakland CA
Remastered audience recording (PRRP-044 A Hush In The Play), very good quality
Available in both Lossless (FLAC) and mp3 (320 kbps) versions

Here's one more show from the mighty Jethro Tull, from a couple years earlier, from their legendary 1973 US tour. But this one is not from taper Mike Millard (this was a few years before he began recording), it is from the Progressive Rock Remasters Project (PRRP), and a fine remastered audience recording. This was the A Passion Play tour, and the tour began prior to the album being released, so for the early dates (May through most of July), the album had not yet been released. The shows started with a complete performance of the entire A Passion Play, which for audiences that had not yet heard it, it was quite a lot to take in, 45 minutes of nonstop music, mostly instrumental, at times quite dense, an even more hardcore escalation from Thick as a Brick. Early reviews and reactions were not very favorable. The show is nonetheless extraordinarily amazing. But A Passion Play takes some getting used to, multiple listens to fully embrace all that is going on. After playing A Passion Play for 45 minutes, without a spoken word, Ian Anderson turns to the audience and says "and now for our second number", before launching into a nearly 20-min excerpt from Thick as a Brick. After that, the band played several selections from Aqualung and other tracks, before wrapping up with all the drama and excitement of  'Wind Up'. I was fortunate enough to see the band on this tour, but I saw them a couple months later (in September), after I had plenty of time to absorb and digest all the intricacies and nuances of A Passion Play (album was released in late July), and I loved the album (not quite as much as Thick as a Brick, but still an incredible album), so seeing it performed live in total by this great band was fantastic, and then to be followed by Thick as a Brick and Aqualung highlights, it was tremendous. Still, one of the best concerts I've ever seen. Anyway, here is the full show (Note: you do have to get past the opening 9 minute stretch of just a hearbeat and background music that opens the show before the band comes out. In person there was a short film that played, but with just the minimal background music, it is pretty boring, but once the actual show starts, it is wonderful).     

Tracklist:
Disc One
- A Passion Play -
01. Lifebeats 08:57
02. Prelude 02:25
03. The Silver Chord 04:24
04. Re-Assuring Tune 01:14
05. Memory Bank 04:32
06. Best Friends 04:35
07. Critique Oblique 05:15
08. Forest Dance #1 01:15
09. The Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles 04:15
10. Forest Dance #2 01:43
11. The Foot Of Our Stairs 04:50
12. Overseer Overture 03:26
13. Flight From Lucifer 03:52
14. 10:08 From Paddington 01:06
15. Magus Perde 03:58
16. Epilogue 01:41
17. Thick As A Brick 17:07
18. Cross-Eyed Mary 04:09

Disc Two
01. No Rehearsal (segment) 02:12
02. Drum Solo (cut) 08:09
03. Instrumental 05:21
04. Maternity Ward 01:24
05. Aqualung 10:07
06. Band Introductions 01:35
07. Wind Up 13:05
08. Locomotive Breath 06:38
09. Wind Up Reprise 06:01

Personnel
Ian Anderson - Vocals, Guitar, Flute & Saxophone
Barriemore Barlow - Drums & Percussion
Martin Barre - Lead Guitars
John Evans - Keyboards
Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond - Bass Guitars

FLAC - Jethro Tull_1973-07-23_Oakland (PRRP44)_FLAC.rar

mp3 - Jethro Tull_1973-07-23_Oakland (PRRP44)_mp3.rar