peterC
04-28-2002, 04:47 AM
Here's an amazon customer review of The Very Best of Jethro Tull (I haven't laughed so much in years!):
New Tull Album Hits The Spot, July 4, 2001
Reviewer: Haasmic from Thunder Bay, Canada
Tull has been making records for over 30 years now. In all that time, however, there has never been a single cd which fully represented their entire distinguished recording careeer. The long wait is finally over with the release of this disc. Featuring songs from their very early years, lilke "Song for Jeffrey," "Bouree" and "Living in the Past," up through their next to last studio album, "Roots to Branches," this cd is an excellent sampler of the band's work. Long-time fans of the band will, of course, already have copies of the songs on this disc, but the convenience of having them all together more than makes up for it. My only quibble with the album is that it nowhere mentions Ray Davies and I believe that the inclusion of a more complete informative booklet on the history of the band or the songs on the album would have been a plus for those fans who already have these songs. Still, this is definitely a must have cd for new fans and old. Hopefully, in ten years time, we'll be able to look back on this cd and say, like the band did on their first album, " This was how [Tull] were playing then-but things change...don't they!"
New Tull Album Hits The Spot, July 4, 2001
Reviewer: Haasmic from Thunder Bay, Canada
Tull has been making records for over 30 years now. In all that time, however, there has never been a single cd which fully represented their entire distinguished recording careeer. The long wait is finally over with the release of this disc. Featuring songs from their very early years, lilke "Song for Jeffrey," "Bouree" and "Living in the Past," up through their next to last studio album, "Roots to Branches," this cd is an excellent sampler of the band's work. Long-time fans of the band will, of course, already have copies of the songs on this disc, but the convenience of having them all together more than makes up for it. My only quibble with the album is that it nowhere mentions Ray Davies and I believe that the inclusion of a more complete informative booklet on the history of the band or the songs on the album would have been a plus for those fans who already have these songs. Still, this is definitely a must have cd for new fans and old. Hopefully, in ten years time, we'll be able to look back on this cd and say, like the band did on their first album, " This was how [Tull] were playing then-but things change...don't they!"