Jethro Tull – This Was
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Island Records – ILPS 9085 |
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UK |
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Genre: |
Rock |
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Blues Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | My Sunday Feeling | 3:38 | |
| A2 | Some Day The Sun Won't Shine For You | 2:42 | |
| A3 | Beggar's Farm | 4:19 | |
| A4 | Move On Alone | 2:00 | |
| A5 | Serenade To A Cuckoo | 6:01 | |
| B1 | Dharma For One | 4:11 | |
| B2 | It's Breaking Me Up | 4:56 | |
| B3 | Cat's Squirrel | 5:36 | |
| B4 | A Song For Jeffrey | 3:18 | |
| B5 | Round | 0:50 |
Companies, etc.
- Published By – Chrysalis Music
- Published By – Flamingo Music
- Copyright © – Chrysalis Productions Ltd.
- Recorded At – Sound Techniques, London
- Pressed By – Orlake Records
Credits
- Bass Guitar – Glenn Cornick
- Cover [Cover Concept], Artwork – Terry Ellis
- Drums [Hooter & Charm Bracelet] – Clive Bunker
- Engineer – Victor Gamm*
- Flute, Harmonica [& Claghorn], Piano, Vocals – Ian Anderson
- Guitar, Guitar [Nine-string], Vocals – Mick Abrahams
- Photography By – Brian Ward (5)
- Producer – Terry Ellis
- Producer, Liner Notes – Jethro Tull
Notes
UK 1st press Mono 180 gram vinyl in poly-lined bag ("Made in England 098").
Gatefold cover (Laminated) with stereo cat# on back (see images). Back cover: "Island Records Ltd., 155 - 157 Oxford Street, London, W1, England". This has the wide white spine (8mm), with stereo cat#.
Inside of gatefold 'flipback style' (Unlaminated spread, overlapped glue-tab at top):
Recorded Thursday 13th June to Friday 23rd August, 1968 at Sound Techniques Studio, Chelsea, London.
© Chrysalis Productions Ltd. 1968.
Jethro Tull songs published by Chrysalis Music. 'Serenade To A Cuckoo' published by Flamingo Music".
Cat no. on labels ILP 985
Cat.no. back of sleeve ILPS 9085
℗ 1968
Rough labels.
Gatefold cover (Laminated) with stereo cat# on back (see images). Back cover: "Island Records Ltd., 155 - 157 Oxford Street, London, W1, England". This has the wide white spine (8mm), with stereo cat#.
Inside of gatefold 'flipback style' (Unlaminated spread, overlapped glue-tab at top):
Recorded Thursday 13th June to Friday 23rd August, 1968 at Sound Techniques Studio, Chelsea, London.
© Chrysalis Productions Ltd. 1968.
Jethro Tull songs published by Chrysalis Music. 'Serenade To A Cuckoo' published by Flamingo Music".
Cat no. on labels ILP 985
Cat.no. back of sleeve ILPS 9085
℗ 1968
Rough labels.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (A-Side Run-out, Stamped): ILP+985+A
- Matrix / Runout (B-Side Run-out, Stamped): ILP+985+B
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This Was (LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing, Gatefold) | Reprise Records | RS 6336 | US | 1968 | ||
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This Was (LP, Album) | Reprise Records | RS 6336, 6336 | Canada | 1968 | ||
| This Was (LP, Album, Mono, Mono sleeve) | Island Records | ILP 985 | UK | 1968 | |||
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This Was (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold Sleeve) | Island Records | ILPS 9085 | UK | 1968 | ||
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This Was (LP, Album, Promo) | Reprise Records | RS 6336 | US | 1968 |
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The band's debut album, released after their opening gig with Pink Floyd at London's Hyde Park in 1968. Fronted by flautist Ian Anderson, performing like a demented heron poised on one leg, the band had a distinctive sound of blues and jazz fusion.
Named after a pioneering 18th-century agriculturalist the group were the third g to the growing Chysalis / Island roster. Guitarist Mick Abrahams quit after the release to form Blodwyn Pig. He was replaced for a short period - including a Tull TV appearance - by Tony Iommi. This TV line-up, in "The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus", shows them miming (with the exception of Anderson) to the album's penultimate track "Song For Jeffrey". This is preceded on the album by the traditionally popular blues number "Cat's Squirrel". This gives Abrahams opportunity to show how he can plunder the riff, while "Dharma For One" enables Clive Bunker to flex his drum kit. "It's Breaking Me Up" is an even-paced exploration of the blues and "My Sunday Feeling", with a similar feel to the TV number, opens the album.
"Serenade To A Cuckoo" closes side one which, for me, is the nugget among the tracks, with Anderson giving vent to a 6-minute interpretation of a classic Roland Kirk melody. EMI have now released a 40th Anniversary Edition of this, along with a few extras. Probably easier to acquire than this milestone original...
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