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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Apr 12, 2014 14:28:39 GMT
WALK INTO LIGHT -1983 Chrysalis FV4144 BGO Remaster BGOCD350 1.Fly By Night 2.Made In England 3.Walk Into Light 4.Trains 5.End Game 6.Black and White Televison 7.Toad In The Hole 8.Looking For Eden 9.User Friendly 10.Different Germany       |
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Post by bambooflute on Apr 14, 2014 13:50:39 GMT
The songs on this album are excellent, as are the vocals. Very Ian Anderson... I just wish it had been recorded with more traditional instruments. Still a worthy addition to the catalogue, for all that!  |
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Apr 14, 2014 14:01:37 GMT
Like real drums... welcome aboard !!
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Post by Tulltapes on Apr 14, 2014 16:18:40 GMT
Like real drums... welcome aboard !! Really excellent album! and I've always felt if this were a Jethro Tull album it would have been one of the best from that era. |
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Post by Quizz Kid on Apr 14, 2014 17:11:38 GMT
I love Under Wraps, I can never understand the outright hatred some people have for it. I agree the drums aspect is, for me, the biggest downer on the album and if there was any chance of Ian revisiting this on any remaster in the future I'd be up near the the front of the queue to buy it.
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Post by bambooflute on Apr 14, 2014 18:46:59 GMT
I love Under Wraps, I can never understand the outright hatred some people have for it. I agree the drums aspect is, for me, the biggest downer on the album and if there was any chance of Ian revisiting this on any remaster in the future I'd be up near the the front of the queue to buy it. Under Wraps has a very special place in my heart. As a fifteen year old who had been listening to Tull for five years at that point, and was going to see them live for the first time that tour, I played it repeatedly in the weeks leading up to the concert. I'm also a fan of spy novels, so the lyrics really resonated with me on many of the songs. It's a "close your eyes and be transported" album. You're right about the drum machine, but those songs were so good! |
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Apr 14, 2014 20:19:38 GMT
I Love Under Wrap 2, even more on "A Little Light Music", that was the highlight of that disk for me!!!
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Post by bambooflute on Apr 14, 2014 20:27:23 GMT
I Love Under Wrap 2, even more on "A Little Light Music", that was the highlight of that disk for me!!! It's a tasty little treat; wouldn't it be great if Ian did a tour where he did a huge pile of acoustic, instrumental reworkings of electric Tull songs? He's done semi-acoustic tours in the past, but not with that focus... (well, the second half of the Divinities concerts were kind of like that. He should revisit that territory!) |
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Post by Gerrald Bostock on Apr 14, 2014 20:31:06 GMT
That would be the perfect Ian gig IMO, accoustic pieces along with instrumentals. Perfect it would probably very well excepted by the fans. I think a lot of us would line up for those tickets, like the old days..
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2014 21:14:45 GMT
I Love Under Wrap 2, even more on "A Little Light Music", that was the highlight of that disk for me!!! It's a tasty little treat; wouldn't it be great if Ian did a tour where he did a huge pile of acoustic, instrumental reworkings of electric Tull songs? He's done semi-acoustic tours in the past, but not with that focus... (well, the second half of the Divinities concerts were kind of like that. He should revisit that territory!) I "Think" Underwraps 2" was done during an 09 Ian solo tour here in the west...pretty sure. A majority of the show was acoustic March the Mad Scientist, Dun Ringell, Nursie, Cheap Day Return, Just Trying to Be......those are what I remember But I am getting along in years. I actually remember 70s shows more definetly than some of the 90s or 2000s shows.....Im in trouble... Darin |
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Post by bambooflute on Apr 15, 2014 14:04:43 GMT
It's a tasty little treat; wouldn't it be great if Ian did a tour where he did a huge pile of acoustic, instrumental reworkings of electric Tull songs? He's done semi-acoustic tours in the past, but not with that focus... (well, the second half of the Divinities concerts were kind of like that. He should revisit that territory!) I "Think" Underwraps 2" was done during an 09 Ian solo tour here in the west...pretty sure. A majority of the show was acoustic March the Mad Scientist, Dun Ringell, Nursie, Cheap Day Return, Just Trying to Be......those are what I remember But I am getting along in years. I actually remember 70s shows more definetly than some of the 90s or 2000s shows.....Im in trouble... Darin That was one of my favorite tours; yes, he played most of those out here on the East Coast when I saw it, but not Under Wraps 2, you lucky bugger!  The funny thing is, as we sat down before the show I said to my friends, "I'd really like to hear Dun Ringill live again; haven't seen that one live in a while." Then, BOOM, it was the opening song. Sometimes you do get what you wish for... I just think it would be nice to see an all acoustic tour again. |
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Post by Quizz Kid on Apr 16, 2014 21:20:26 GMT
Despite having Doane on the tour, electronic drums still made the stage  One of my pics from Hammersmith |
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Post by bambooflute on Apr 16, 2014 22:08:07 GMT
Despite having Doane on the tour, electronic drums still made the stage One of my pics from Hammersmith That venue has a great reputation; do you like as a place to see shows? |
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Post by Quizz Kid on Apr 16, 2014 22:27:23 GMT
Yes, I've mostly alwasy enjoyed gigs there. It's an old cinema out towards west London, holds about 2500 I think. good venue if you get the right seats, upsatirs at the back are poor, but the stalls are pretty good. Parking is awful but public transport is good.
I've seen stacks of gigs there since the early-mid '70's other than Tull. I'd rate it as one of the better London venues of that size.
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Post by bambooflute on Apr 17, 2014 13:47:56 GMT
Yes, I've mostly alwasy enjoyed gigs there. It's an old cinema out towards west London, holds about 2500 I think. good venue if you get the right seats, upsatirs at the back are poor, but the stalls are pretty good. Parking is awful but public transport is good. I've seen stacks of gigs there since the early-mid '70's other than Tull. I'd rate it as one of the better London venues of that size. Thanks. I have always been curious about that, due to the official recordings of Tull from there; plus there are a lot of other bands who have released live albums from that venue. I always gathered that there was something special about the place! - David |
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Post by Quizz Kid on Apr 17, 2014 17:48:45 GMT
David
I always found it to be a pretty good venue soundwise. It was at one time the place bands aspired to play, sadly that's been lost now to the cavernous O2. A place where I have no desire to see a band play.
Hammersmith had some great gigs and a quick check of my gig list shows I saw every night Tull played there bar one. I saw all of The Who's shows there from the 70's onwards, including the 'Rock for Kampuchea' gig and all their Christmas shows, REM, Cat Stevens, Wishbone Ash, Roxy Music, The Jam and stacks more. The most disappointing being David Bowie's farewell gig as Ziggy. A mate and I had tickets and gallently offered them to two girls in the hope we would achieve some sort of recognition, sadly it didn't work and we subsequntly found out they didn't use them. The best laid plans etc etc.
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Post by bambooflute on Apr 17, 2014 17:57:42 GMT
David I always found it to be a pretty good venue soundwise. It was at one time the place bands aspired to play, sadly that's been lost now to the cavernous O2. A place where I have no desire to see a band play. Hammersmith had some great gigs and a quick check of my gig list shows I saw every night Tull played there bar one. I saw all of The Who's shows there from the 70's onwards, including the 'Rock for Kampuchea' gig and all their Christmas shows, REM, Cat Stevens, Wishbone Ash, Roxy Music, The Jam and stacks more. The most disappointing being David Bowie's farewell gig as Ziggy. A mate and I had tickets and gallently offered them to two girls in the hope we would achieve some sort of recognition, sadly it didn't work and we subsequntly found out they didn't use them. The best laid plans etc etc. Thanks for the info! I find this all very interesting. Maybe it's time to start a "favorite venue" thread? For years intended to visit the UK and see Tull or IA in London, but circumstances always prevented it from happening. Are you going to see the London gig(s) this year? They're not at Hammersmith, if I recall correctly... - David |
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Post by lucas on Apr 17, 2014 18:28:28 GMT
About Under Wraps, I am sure I would like the album much more if it had the heavy guitars Martin played on the tour.
Live recordings from Under Wraps songs are much better than the recoded version.
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Post by Quizz Kid on Apr 18, 2014 20:49:49 GMT
David The London shows this tour are at The Shepherds Bush Empire, a smaller venue than Hammersmith but still a reasonably good venue. It's another old theatre/cinema and certainly isn't state of the art. Sadly, it doesn't have the same degree of grandeur as The Wang Centre in Boston and The Beacon in NYC. Here's a couple more of my shots of Ian from the Hammersmith Under Wraps gig.   |
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Post by Quizz Kid on Apr 18, 2014 20:56:49 GMT
One last one of mine - Ian and Martin at Hammersmith '84  |
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Post by bogenbroom on Apr 19, 2014 1:10:24 GMT
Walk Into Light is one of my favourite Ian/Tull LPs, Linn Drums and Jupiter 8 included!
I think it's very much a product of it's time but that is, in a way, one of the most flattering things one can say about any creative endeavour. I think the album captures the fear of technological alienation that the computer age threatened (the drums help!) while still celebrating the warmth of human interaction. Looking for Eden is one of his finest "English" songs - and I'll stand on Ray Davis' coffee table in my legwarmers and moon boots and say that!
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Post by Tulltapes on Apr 19, 2014 4:26:16 GMT
"Walk into light" is the one album that at the time it came out would have never thought it would end up being such a special album to me. If that one gets played it goes front to back.
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The funny thing is, as we sat down before the show I said to my friends, "I'd really like to hear Dun Ringill live again; haven't seen that one live in a while." Then, BOOM, it was the opening song. Sometimes you do get what you wish for...
