Jethro Tull

Artist:  Jethro Tul
Origin:  Blackpool and Luton, England
Genre:  Progressive Rock, Progressive Folk, Folk Rock, Art Rock

Original line-up:

Ian Anderson:  Vocals, Flute, Mouth Organ, Piano
Mick Abrahams:  Guitar
Glenn Cornick:  Bass
Clive Bunker:  Drums

Jethro Tull were a British Progressive Rock Group, formed in Luton, Bedfordshire, in 1967, by Ian Anderson (Vocals, Flute), Mick Abrahams (Guitar), Glenn Cornick (Bass) and Clive Bunker (Drums).  Their music mixed of Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Folk, Jazz, and Classical.  The group achieved commercial success in 1969 with the album Stand Up which reached No. 1 in the UK Charts, and toured regularly in the UK and the US.  They have sold over 60 million albums worldwide, with 11 Gold and five Platinum.  They are one of the most commercially successful of Progressive Rock Band by Rolling Stone Magazine.

Title:   Live & Sessions 1968-1969  (2 CD)  (2020)
Genre:  Progressive Rock, Progressive Folk, Folk Rock, Art Rock
Label:  Audio Vaults
Rating:   ****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

Disc 1:

Top Gear 1968:

 1.  So Much Trouble  (3:16)
 2.  My Sunday Feeling  (3:46)
 3.  Serenade To A Cuckoo   (3:35)
 4.  Cat's Squirrel  (4:37)
 5.  A Song For Jeffrey   (3:09)
 6.  Love Story  (3:02)
 7.  Stormy Monday Blues  (4:07)
 8.  Beggar's Farm  (3:19)
 9.  Dharma For One  (3:45)
10. Living In The Past  (3:13)
11. A New Day Yesterday  (4:11)
12. Far Man  (2:53)
13. Bouree (3:57)
14. Nothing Is Easy  (5:02)

Stockholm 1969:

15. My Sunday Feeling  (5:47)
16. Martin's Tune  (10:41)

Disc 2:

California 1969:

 1.  Nothing Is Easy  (14:48)
 2.   A Song For Jeffrey  (3:17)
 3.  Back To The Family  (3:24)
 4.  Dharma For One  (13:21)
 5.  Martin's Tune  (8:12)
 6.  For A Thousand Mothers  (4:39)

Stockholm 1969:

 7.  Dharma For One  (9:08)
 8.  Nothing Is Easy  (14:19)
 9.  A Song For Jeffrey  (3:31)

Personnel:

IanAnderson:  Vocals, Flute
Martin Barre:  Guitar on Tracks:  10-16 Disc 1 & Disc 2
Mick Abrahams:  Guitar on Tracks:  1-9 Disc 1
Glenn Cornick:  Bass
Clive Bunker:  Drums

Live & Sessions 1968-1969 is the rare and collectable & soundboard recordings from 1968-1969, digitally remastered.  BBC Radio Sessions 1968-1969, plus 5 tracks from the early show at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, January 9, 1969, and 6 Tracks from the Newport Pop Festival, Devonshire Downs, Northbidge, California June 21, 1969 by Jethro Tull, released on March 20, 2020 by Audio Vaults.