Apple iTunes Store adds Jethro Tull’s complete Chrysalis music catalog

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From their bluesy beginnings on This Was to the mature prog-rock of Roots to Branches, Apple has announced the addition of Jethro Tull’s complete Chrysalis music catalog to the iTunes Store.

Visit Jethro Tull via Apple’s iTunes Store here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Carroll W.” for the heads up.]

MacDailyNews Note: Jethro Tull was one of the more notable iTunes Store holdouts.

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  2. R2: “If you Jethro Tull fans could equate their sound to a more recent, more notable artist or band, what would it be?”

    I would say that Tool and the Mars Volta have a dash of Tull in them.

    Perhaps more direct derivatives of early Tull guitar jamming might be Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, even though those bands are basically ten years gone and owe as much to Thin Lizzy and Black Sabbath.

    You really can’t find an equivalent sound to Tull. They really varied it over the years. The constant was Ian Anderson’s joy and lyricism, if I may.

    Tangentally, look at Van Halen. Nobody would dispute that Eddie Van Halen is the musical heart and soul of that band. But David Lee Roth was the biggest part of why chicks dug Van Halen, too. I don’t think Sammy Hagar ever had an equal, panty-loosening effect.

    What makes bands similar, IMO, is the attitude and workmanship they bring to their music. The categorical sound isn’t always as important to me.

    People who like Radiohead tend to like Floyd, and vice versa. It’s kind of hard to explain why until you get there.

    MW: “where” as in–Where are you?

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  6. Some more prog/fusion I though of last night.

    Jef Beck
    Weather Report
    Emerson, Lake and Palmer
    Todd Rundgren
    Zanfir (ok, just checking)

    My dream band in the late ’70s consisted of Jeff Beck, Jaco Pastoriuos, Steve Gadd, Keith Emerson, and Todd on vocals, with maybe a specisl appearance by Zanfir….

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  9. I saw Jethro Tull at the Omni (now gone) in Atlanta in the late 70s. I remember one very cool moment when Ian threw his flute in the air like a spinning baton, strobes flashing for a surreal effect, and without looking grabbed the flute in mid-air and continued to play. On beat, of course. That was amazing. Earlier that year, I saw Yes at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis. A strong contact buzz, lasers, floating cloud-like lights and Rick Wakeman in a wizard’s cape surrounded by keyboards. And I had the luck to see U2 from stage left at the Civic Center in Atlanta. All Area Access pass from a music reviewer friend. Standing next to Bono while he sang was pretty cool.

    P.S. Safety line, TowerTone. O.K.? We don’t want to have to call you Stuff On A Rock.

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  11. Thank God!! I’ve been saying to all my friends about how I’m dying to get some flute-playing rock bands on my Zune.

    Any band whose signature song has “snot is running down his nose” is definitely a classic. And a must-have for all Zune owners.

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