True story: Perry Farrell personally turned me on to Jethro Tull. Well, I was among a huge crowd at the (old) 9:30 Club the night Jane’s lost the Grammy for “Best Metal Act” to Jethro Tull. (Metallica lost to them too, if memory is serving me correctly.)
Prior (to be honest) I didn’t get it. Oh sure, I knew the classics, but all that mincing about with the flute…I dunno. But Jane’s delayed their arrival on stage for the outcome of the Grammy award and upon losing and announcing such from the stage, lept into the heaviest version imaginable of “Aqualung,” and Perry, dressed in a silver body suit with orange hair and made up akin to a psychotic Raggedy Ann, and yes – mincing about – opened my eyes. I never again heard Tull as I had prior. I became…a fan.
For you guys who we’ll call the “pre-converted,” we’ve got a fantastic giveaway—Jethro Tull’s Thick as a Brick, the 40th Anniversary Edition, which follows the release earlier this year of the sequel to Tull’s Thick As A Brick, Thick As A Brick 2.
“In 1972, Ian Anderson wrote and recorded the Jethro Tull Progressive Rock classic album Thick As A Brick. The lyrics were credited at the time to the fictitious child character, Gerald Bostock, whose parents supposedly lied about his age. The record instantly became a number one Billboard Chart album and enjoyed considerable success in many countries of the world.
The 40th Anniversary Edition features a new 5.1 stereo mix, mixed by Steven Wilson, plus a DVD containing DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround mix, high quality stereos 96/24 (new mix and 1972 flat transfer), the original newspaper over 40 pages, an article by Classic Rock’s Dom Lawson, rare photos from photographers Didi Zill and Robert Ellis, recording and touring mementos and much more, all contained in 104 page 7 ½”x 5 ½” hardback book.
It will also be available as a 2 LP set with the original Thick As A Brick remix, and the new Thick As A Brick 2, both as 180gm audiophile pressings and available for the first time in vinyl . The package also has a 72-page 12×12 book all held in a hard card slipcase.
A 2 x LP set with the original Thick As A Brick remixed, and the new Thick As A Brick 2, both as 180gm audiophile pressings and available for the first time on vinyl. The package also has a 72 page 12×12 book all held in a hard card slipcase.”
Enter to win Jethro Tull’s Thick as a Brick, the 40th Anniversary Edition by simply telling me in the comments below what I had missed prior to Perry turning me around. Sing the praises of the band and the most effusive of the bunch will find this gorgeous deluxe set in his or her mailbox.
We’ll choose one winner with a North American mailing address a week from today, 12/3.
