Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick 2 & Tour im April 2012

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Nach 40 Jahren veröffentlicht Ian Anderson dieses Jahr die Fortsetzung des legendären Album "Thick As A Brick". Dazu geht er mit diesem Thema im April 2012 auch auf Tour.
Neben Clapton/Cream/Derek & Dominos eine meiner absoluten Favouriten in den 70er Jahren.

Following the recent announcement of a 19-date tour to commemorate the 40th anniversary of ‘Thick As A Brick,’ on April 2nd (April 3rd in North America) Ian Anderson will release a sequel to the original album.

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.
So, forty years on, what would Gerald Bostock – aged fifty in 2012 – be doing today? What might have befallen him? The anniversary “part two” album will examine the possible different paths that the precocious young schoolboy, Gerald Bostock, might have taken later in life through alter-ego characters with song-section identities illustrating the hugely varied potential twists and turns of fate and opportunity. Not just for Gerald but to echo how our own lives develop, change direction and ultimately conclude through chance encounters and interventions, however tiny and insignificant they might seem at the time.

Ian Anderson says of the album, “As we baby-boomers look back on our own lives, we must often feel an occasional ‘what-if’ moment. Might we, like Gerald, have become instead preacher, soldier, down-and-out, shopkeeper or finance tycoon?” Adding, “And those of more tender years – the social media and internet generation – may choose to ponder well the myriad of chance possibilities ahead of them at every turn …..”
To coincide with this groundbreaking release, for the first time since 1972, Anderson and fellow musicians John O’Hara (keyboards), David Goodier (bass), Florian Opahle (guitar) and Scott Hammond (drums) – as well as some guest performers – will take to the road to perform the album in its entirety and, it can now exclusively be revealed that, in addition, there will be a second part to the show where Anderson and the band will also perform the sequel.

Thick As A Brick 2 (‘TAAB2′) tracklist [CD, digital]

From A Pebble Thrown
Pebbles Instrumental
Might-have-beens
Upper Sixth Loan Shark
Banker Bets, Banker Wins
Swing It Far
Adrift And Dumfounded
Old School Song
Wootton Bassett Town
Power And Spirit
Give Till It Hurts
Cosy Corner
Shunt And Shuffle
A Change Of Horses
Confessional
Kismet In Suburbia
What-ifs, Maybes And Might-have-beens

‘Thick As A Brick 2′ will be released as a standard jewel case CD and digital download, and in a Special Edition 2-disc package with DVD featuring 5.1 stereo mixes, 24-bit stereo mix, video of the making of the album, interviews with the musicians and Ian Anderson reading the lyrics in various locations.

Quelle: YourWayToMusic.com

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Nun auch Tourtermine in Deutschland für 2013.
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Vorverkauf für Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson gestartet

Ian Anderson, der Frontmann der legendären Progressive Rocker Jethro Tull wird bei seinen Konzerten im Frühjahr erstmals beide Teile des bedeutenden Konzeptalbums "Thick As A Brick" spielen - ab sofort kann man jetzt Original-Tickets bei Eventim bestellen. Hier die Tourtermine im folgenden Mai:

03.05.2013 Chemnitz - Stadthalle
05.05.2013 Ulm - Maritim Hotel / Congress Centrum
06.05.2013 Leipzig - Arena
07.05.2013 Berlin - Tempodrom
12.05.2013 Heilbronn - Festsaal Harmonie
13.05.2013 Bonn - Beethovenhalle
14.05.2013 Mainz - Phönix-Halle
15.05.2013 München - Circus-Krone-Bau

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Gruß - CDW

[CDW]

Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick 40th Anniversary Edition

Gerald Bostock wird 40! Es würde die Leser nicht so berühren wenn es irgendjemand wäre, aber es handelt sich um den Haupt-Actor der "Thick As A Brick"-Story von Jethro Tull. In einer überarbeiteten Fassung erscheint dieser Millionseller und Meilenstein des Prog-Rock am 02. November 2012.

Nachdem Ian Anderson zu Beginn dieses Jahren mit "TAAB2" einen herausragenden Nachfolger geschaffen hat, der das Leben seines Schützling zur heutigen Zeit darstellt, kommt nun für die Liebhaber des reinen Klanges das Urgestein im neuen Stereo-Mix auf CD, sowie in der 5.1. Mischung. Zusätzlich ist eine DVD enthalten, die das Ganze im Sourround–Modus wiedergibt.

Als besonderes Schmankerl für Vinyl Fans erscheint Zeitgleich ein Doppelalbum welches beide LPs, also "Thick As A Brick" sowie "TAAB2" beinhaltet. Dazu ein 72-seitiges Buch im edlen Slipcase. Alles in einer limitierten Auflage, die Sammler dazu veranlassen wird, ohne zu zögern den Händler seines Vertrauens aufzusuchen, um eine Reservierung auszulösen.

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Gruß an alle Tull-Fans - CDW