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·       JETHRO TULL - AQUALUNG: THE 40th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR'S EDITION - RARE AND LONG OUT OF PRINT CHRYSALIS/EMI (UK) BOX SET 5099908799616 (THIS IS NOT AN ABRIDGED AND ADAPTED VERSION WITHOUT THE LP RECORD) :

 

·       THIS IS A 4-DISC & 1 180-GRAM LP BOX SET WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:

 

·       1 (ONE) 180-GRAM LP PRESSED ON HIGH QUALITY VIRGIN VINYL, MASTERED BY USING THE NEW STEREO MIX OF THE ALBUM;

 

·       2 AUDIO CDs CONTAINING THE NEW STEREO MIX OF THE ALBUM (CD #1) AS WELL AS 14 (FOURTEEN!) UNRELEASED 1970/1971 DEMOS, OUTTAKES AND UNRELEASED RECORDINGS (CD#2)  ,

 

·       1 HI-RESOLUTION DVD-AUDIO DISCS WITH BOTH QUADRAPHONIC AND DTS 5.1 SURROUND SOUND MIXES AND 4 ADDITIONAL BONUS TRACKS,  AND:

 

·        1 BLU-RAY HI-RESOLUTION DISC WITH 5.1 SURROUND SOUND MIX OF THE ALBUM WITH FOUR (4) BONUS TRACKS

 

·       48-PAGE BOOKLET, ALL HOUSED IN A STURDY, TEXTURED BOOK-BOUND PACKAGE (1-INCH THICK BOX)

 

 

*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

 

 

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Aqualung is an essential album, and one of the greatest examples of 1970's rock, and Jethro Tull remains one of the few bands to create albums on their own terms, rather than the profligate whims of record corporations. Conformity was never one of Ian Anderson's strong suits, which is why you won't be seeing Tull in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame anytime soon, but you will see the Bee Gees (and ABBA, for Christ's sake! who the hell votes for these inanities?).

 

Critics have often tried to pigeonhole Aqualung into one of several genres: concept album, progressive rock, folk-rock, et cetera, ad nauseam, but the brilliance of the album is that it transcended what was termed 'hard-rock' back in 1971, and offered a refreshing synthesis of several styles and moods. The lyrics are dryly witty and sarcastic at times, particularly regarding Christian hypocrisy (like in 'My God', 'Hymn 43' and 'Wind Up'), whimsical ('Mother Goose'), reflective ('Wond'ring Aloud'), or vulgar ('Cross-eyed Mary'), but the overall effect is a seemless travelogue of England itself, a journey that includes both the pastoral landscapes of Hampstead and the gritty streets of London or Birmingham. We hobnob with whores, pedophiles, losers and bums, as well as schoolboys, nurses and bishops at tea.

 

The title song 'Aqualung' is a microcosmic mini-epic of the album itself, containing bits and pieces of the album's philosophy and irreverence (the lyric 'snot is running down his nose' made all middle school boys giggle with glee in '71 -- no one referred to snot on an album prior to this!), and it is still played daily on every classic rock station 'round the world, just like 'Stairway to Heaven' and the 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. The poetic allusiveness of the lyrics is exceptionally strong and evokes England to its very core ('feeling alone, the armies up the road, salvation a la mode, and a cup of tea'), while reminding us that the death of the homeless beggar, who snatches his last rattling breath with 'deep-sea diver sounds', is the reason the album is called 'Aqualung' in the first place (an 'aqualung' is a breathing apparatus used by deep-sea divers, consisting of a mouthpiece attached to air cylinders, causing the distinctive echoed gasping sounds as oxygen is breathed in).

 

The flute, that rock music novelty which has become indeliby identified with Tull, is not necessarily the focal point of this album; in fact, the album's greatest hit, the song 'Aqualung', contains not a hint of flute. Of course, Ian Anderson's virtuousity on the instrument is present on 'Locomotive Breath' and 'My God' where the flute becomes a weapon and not some effeminate, whimpering thing.

 

But it is Anderson's interludes on acoustic guitar that really sets this album apart from the run-of-the-mill 70's rock offerings. The acoustic guitar work on songs such as 'Aqualung', 'Mother Goose', 'My God' and 'Cheap Day Return' is integral to the overall effect of the album, sometimes subtle and nuanced, and at other times biting and inflected.

 

When Aqualung rocks, it really rocks, but it also presents other tonal dimensions that make it a unique and exceptionally strong album.

 

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ANONYMOUS ONLINE REVIEW)

 

Released at a time when a lot of bands were embracing pop-Christianity (a la ), Aqualung was a bold statement for a rock group, a pro-God anti-church tract that probably got lots of teenagers wrestling with these ideas for the first time in their lives. This was the album that made Jethro Tull a fixture on FM radio, with riff-heavy songs like "My God," "Hymn 43," "Locomotive Breath," "Cross-Eyed Mary," "Wind Up," and the title track. And from there, they became a major arena act, and a fixture at the top of the record charts for most of the 1970s. Mixing hard rock and folk melodies with 's dour musings on faith and religion (mostly how organized religion had restricted man's relationship with God), the record was extremely profound for a number seven chart hit, one of the most cerebral albums ever to reach millions of rock listeners. Indeed, from this point on, and company were compelled to stretch the lyrical envelope right to the breaking point.

 

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(REVIEW REPRINTED COURTESY OF BRUCE EDER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

 

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·       THIS SET COMBINES 2 (TWO) REGULAR COMPACT DISC ("" DIGITAL PROTOCOL), WHICH WILL PLAY IN ALL COMPACT DISC PLAYERS AND MOST DVD-AUDIO AND SACD PLAYERS = AND =  1 (TWO)  MULTICHANNEL/SURROUND SOUND  DVD-AUDIO DISC (DVD-A), WHICH WILL PLAY ONLY IN DVD PLAYERS; THE DVD-AUDIO DISC WILL NOT PLAY IN REGULAR CD PLAYERS = AND 1 BLU-RAY HI-RES DISC, ALSO PLAYABLE ONLY IN BLU-RAY DISC PLAYERS = AND = 1 (ONE) 180-GRAM LP PRESSED ON HIGH-GRADE VIRGIN VINYL.

 

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·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 CONDITION:

 

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 THE RECORD & THE CD/DVD/BLU-RAY DISCS:

 

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

 

(a)          THE BOX SET IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►.

 

(b)          The record is  apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

 

(c)           The record comes in a hi-grade MFSL PVC inner sleeve, which has - apparently with success - shielded the record from the harmful impact of elements over many years!

 

(d)          The box set comes with the original booklet included.

 

(e)             The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible, hi-grade virgin vinyl

 

 

 

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 THE COVER (TEXTURED 1-INCH THICK BOX)

 

THE BOX IS NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

 

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

 

-         Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging (we believe that all surviving copies of this set have some degree of yellowing; it is possible that this was integral part of the cover artwork, but we are not entirely sure)

 

 

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE BOX

 

 

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