OFF: Jethro Tull

[Stephen Swann]

DAMON CAPEHART writes:
>
> On Wed, 30 Jul 1997 13:04:21 EDT Marshall Wood <mwood at SLICE.AGILE.COM> wrote:
> >Come to think of it, I think it was that box [20th Anniv.] that
> >caused my Tullitis.  I now have all of their stuff, which is
> >the only cure for this condition.
>
> Really?  Even "Stormwatch" and "A"?  I got rid of Stormwatch because "Orion"
> was the only slightly decent track on it (IMO).  "A" I gave away because the
> 25th [not 20th] Anniversary box has - IMO again - the definitive mix of
> "Black Sunday", which is, like on Stormwatch, the only good track.

I actually listen to Stormwatch rather often.  It may be because I got
into JT through _Broadsword and the Beast_, and _Stormwatch_ is the
immediate precursor to that album, so has much of the same atmosphere.
I actually like *all* the songs on it, though I agree that Orion is
probably the best of the lot (other favorites: "Dark Ages", "Flying
Dutchman".  And "Something's On the Move" has some really cool
lyrics).  _A_ I haven't heard in years, though my recollection of it
was that I didn't much like it, and I've never oathered to track it
down and hear it again.  That was really an Ian Anderson solo album
that got released under the Jethro Tull name, correct?

>
> Damon
>
> P.S.:  Even "Catfish Rising"?  "Rock Island"?!?!?

My girlfriend owns both of those, and listens to them occasionally.
They're no great favorites of mine, but I don't find them actually
distressing, like the late output from some bands I could name.  ;-)

Steve