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    "Stand Up" and "Benefit" have recently appeared.  I haven't seen
    "This Was" yet.

    I have also seen a collection of Tull with the Philadelphia
    Philharmonic doing the aqualung album.  I'll check out more specifics
    and write back here later.
    
    -jeff (j.r.)
    

    RE: .2
    
    I believe the disc you are talking about is te London Symphony
    Orchestra.  It's called "A Classic Case: The LSO Plays Music of
    Jethro Tull".  It originally came out on LP in January of this year
    on RCA.  The RCA number for the CD is RCD1-7067.
    
    It looks like it'll be a good album.  Many of the Tull favorites
    from several albums are on it.
    
    My source is the April '86 Schwann catalog.
    
    Jim

RE .3 -- I saw this disc in Lechmere last night (where all CDs are
25% off through Saturday, incidentally).

						-- Nina

    re .3
    
    Yes you are quite correct - it is LSO - Anyone have this guy on
    CD or album? 
    
    -jeff (j.r.)

    Don't have the LSO album (YET!) but I do have a copy of Broadsword
    and the Beast (Chrysallis CCD1380) on order from OZ.  
    
    Holding my breath....
    
    Oscar
    
    P.S. Has anybody seen "Heavy Horses" on CD?
    

    I have Thick as a Brick, Aqualung, Benefit, and Standup on CD. Fair,
    but what do expect for late 60's, early seventies recordings?
    
    Jeff
    

	>What do I expect...
    
    	I have the "Original Master"* of "Aqualung" and "Broadsword and
    	the Beast" on vinyl.  After buying the "Aqualung" CD, I decided
    	run a side by side comparsion, after a few minutes I was able
    	to get them somewhat syncronized and started switching between
    	the turntable and the CD player.
    
    	What I noticed was the lack of bass on the CD.  It almost sounded
    	like they had forgotten to unequalize the recording when they
    	remastered.
    
    	>What do I expect...
    
    	If Mobile Fidelity can take the time and effort to produce
    	a very good, very sounding Record, then surely CBS can take
    	the time to produce an equally sounding CD.
    
    	Notes and other thing...
    
    	*"Original Master" is probably a trademark of Mobile Fidelity.
    
    	The "Aqualung" I bought was a "first pass" that appeared over
    	two years ago.  If CBS did a better job the 2nd (or greater)
    	time around let me know and I may give them a 2nd chance.
    
    					Alan (470+ and counting) Rollow
    					The "Late" Ultrix Support Group
    					CSC/CS
    

    There's a "repackaging" of Aqualung out now- it still has a jewel
    box, thank goodness. 
    	
    Has anyone bought Aqualung on CD recently?  Is the new issue made
    right or not?
    	
    Newbury comics has the reissue, but wasn't willing to play it so
    I could tell for myself.
    

So, what's the scoop?  Has anyone heard the reissued Tull CD's yet?

My Tull collection is the oldest extant portion of my original record 
collection (most of which I sold to help pay college tuition), and is in 
terrible shape.  Since Chrysalis is now a CBS distributed label, I am trying 
to decide whether to buy Mobile Fidelity versions of available albums or go 
the CD route (Lechmere has all CBS CD's on sale this week).

I don't believe that many are available on Mobile Fidelity, but not all of mine 
are in rotten shape (and some are imports).

Speaking of which, "Benefit" is different in the U.K., and I prefer that 
version.  "Teacher" is not on the album, as it was part of an E.P. that later 
got integrated into "Living in the Past" (the "Sweet Dreams" E.P., to be 
precise).  In it's place is "Alive and Well and Living In", although I think 
I remember it being where "Inside" is on the U.S. version, with "Inside" moved 
to side two.  I'll have to check to verify this.  At any rate, the sequencing 
makes more sense, and I always thought "Teacher" stuck out like a sore thumb 
on that album anyway.


				Mark

I have the following Tull CDs:

	This Was
	Benefit
	Stand Up
	Aqualung
	Thick as a Brick
	Too Old to Rock and Roll, Too Young to Die
	War Child
	Minstrel in the Gallery
	Songs from the Wood
	The Broadsword and the Beast
	Under Wraps

I am pleased with the sound quality on them all, but I don't have golden ears.

I haven't seen "A", A Passion Play, Heavy Horses, or Living in the Past on CD
yet.  Are they released?

--PSW

    Heavy Horses is released in the U.K.

	I bought Heavy Horses a few weeks ago, the sound's all right
	but nothing spectacular. The music, of course, is great (am I
	the only one who loves that album?).
	
	Mike

I bought the brand-new "Crest of a Knave" CD at Strawberries last night for 
$12.99, which was hidden and not displayed.  I consider this Tull's come-back 
album, and am glad that I blew close to $40 earlier in the day on tickets for 
the show at the Providence Civic Centre.

The acoustic guitar and flute are featured VERY prominently on this album, for 
probably the first time since "Stormwatch".  The album isn't perfect, and has 
some dull performances (though no bad songs per se), probably because it isn't 
really a band effort but more an Ian Anderson solo album.

All the same, this albums seems to bridge all of the major periods of 
development of the group, and Dave Pegg's contribution is finally felt in full.
That is, it almost sounds more like a Fairport Convention LP than a Tull LP.

Stylistically, there's a bit of "Aqualung", "Too Old to Rock and Roll...", 
"Stormwatch", "Into the Light" and "Broadsword and the Beast".  There are a 
few really stand-out tunes that I think will go down as some of Tull's finest, 
particularly the third cut.  I wasn't too happy with the choices for radio 
play; they were among the weaker tracks on the album.

The CD has two extra tracks, but I'm not sure which ones as there are only nine
on the CD.  I can guess, as there are two tracks that sound somewhat unfinished
like they would have been outtakes in times past.


				Mark