Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Jethro Tull - 1975-02-09 - The Forum, Inglewood CA (Millard Master Recording)

Jethro Tull

1975-02-09
The Forum, Inglewood CA
Audience recording (Mike Millard Original Master Tapes via JEMS), good quality
The Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone Tapes Volume 30
Available in both Lossless (FLAC) and Mp3 (320 kbps) versions

Here's another Jethro Tull show audience recording by Mike (Mike the MICrophone) Millard. This one from a bit earlier, February 1975, from the tour in support of the War Child (1974) album. This was early in Mike's recording career, before he had optimized his equipment and sound techniques, thus is not as high quality a recording as his later efforts, but overall it is still a good audience recording, and catches the band at an important stage in their career. By this time the Jethro Tull shows had become legendary, and the band did not disappoint. Although the War Child album is somewhat divisive among fans as was the previous A Passion Play (1973) (but personally I love both those albums and all of their '70's albums),   their live shows were always phenomenal. This one starts out with a little taste of their next album, Minstrel in the Gallery (1975) which had not yet been released, with a blistering guitar intro leading into songs from previous albums Aqualung, A Passion Play, and Thick as a Brick, before featuring some songs from War Child. Overall, another great show from Jethro Tull.  

Tracklist:
01 Minstrel In The Gallery Guitar Solo Intro
02 Wind Up
03 Critique Oblique
04 Thick As A Brick
05 Wond’ring Aloud
06 My God > Flute Solo
07 Sealion
08 Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day
09 Ladies
10 Drum Solo
11 War Child
12 War Child Suite
13 Cross-Eyed Mary
14 Bungle In The Jungle
15 The Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles
16 Aqualung
17 Guitar Solo
18 Back-Door Angels
19 Locomotive Breath
20 Hard Headed English General
21 Back-Door Angels Reprise

Lineup:
Ian Anderson - vocals, flute, acoustic guitar
Martin Barre - guitars
John Evan - piano, keyboards, synths
Jeffrey Hammond - bass
Barriemore Barlow - drums/percussion

FLAC - Jethro Tull_1975-02-09_InglewoodCA(Millard)_FLAC.rar

Mp3 - Jethro Tull_1975-02-09_InglewoodCA(Millard)_mp3.rar