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THE THICK WITH THE BRICK

Published on Feb 27, 2015 by Gerard Brady [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYyFOeN2FXMJdi1dfOvA_tA , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYyFOeN2FXMJdi1dfOvA_tA/videos ]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbeDgiou6-U [with comments] [embedded/more at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/01/man-throw-brick-knocked-out_n_6778346.html (with comments)]


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Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (full)

Published on Apr 1, 2012 by TTDLX [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJijnRqKIZpmTfTsOYglEQ / http://www.youtube.com/user/TTDLX , http://www.youtube.com/user/TTDLX/videos ]

Full 44 minutes of Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick...

And finally just for the hell of it, for anyone interested here's what the newspaper on the cover says:

THICK AS A BRICK

JUDGES DISQUALIFY "LITTLE MILTON" IN LAST MINUTE RUMPUS

THE SOCIETY FOR LITERARY ADVANCEMENT AND GESTATION (SLAG), announced their decision late last night to disqualify eight year old prizewinner Gerald (Little Milton) Bostock following the hundreds of protests and threats received after the reading of his epic poem "Thick as a Brick" on B.B.C. Television last Monday night.

A hastily reconvened panel of Judges accepted the decision by four leading child psychiatrists that the boy's mind was seriously unbalanced and that his work was a product of an "extremely unwholesome attitude towards life, his God and Country". Bostock was recommended for psychiatric treatment following examination "without delay". The first prize will now be presented to runner up Mary Whiteyard (aged 12) for her essay on Christian ethics entitled, "He died to save the little Children".

The Literary Competition, which was for children aged from 7 to 16 years of age, was sponsored by leading national newspapers and received thousands of entries from schools all over Britain. Mr.Humphrey Martin, the Headmaster of Moordale Primary School said Gerald, nicknamed "Little Milton" by his English master because of his poetic ability, was mentally advanced for his age, although inclined on occasions to obscure and verbose assertions which led him to being somewhat unpopular with his schoolmates. He went on to say that without doubt the child had a great future academically and that his progress was unsurpassed in the history of Moordale Primary. Gerald and his parents moved to St. Cleve four years ago from Manchester when Mr. Bostock decided for health reasons to live away from the City. David Bostock now does occasional gardening work while his wife Daphne is well known to the Congregation of St. Cleve Parish Church for her activities in social work and her wonderful buffet lunchroom at the fete last Saturday. Well done, Daphne! Mr. Bostock said this morning of "Little Milton's" disqualification, "We are heartbroken at the way the Judges changed their minds, and the loss of the prize money and scholarship means we shall find difficulty in paying the instalments on Gerald's Encyclopedia Britannica. I shall have to do Dr. Munson's roses next week after all." When he heard of the decision against him, Gerald went to his room and locked the door, "Mrs Bostock and I are sorely vexed at the way this has turned out", said Mr. Bostock of No. 6 Pollit Close, St. Cleve.
Many local residents are also annoyed and hurt by the news and as some consolation to Gerald and his parents the St. Cleve Chronicle prints the full text of the disqualified poem this week on page 7.

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Many of the viewers who heard Gerald read his work on the "Young Arts" programme on B.B.C. 2 felt that it was not one poem but a series of separate poems put together merely to appear impressive. Many of the viewers' complaints were centred around "Little Milton's" use of a four letter (Continued on Page 4, Col.6)

FLUTE CONCERT AT PARRIT ROOMS
A concert by the Hyde Close Flute and Cello Ensemble was held in the Parrit Rooms, Flood Street, St. Cleve, on Tuesday night. A sensitive and, dare one say, passionate, performance was rendered by the five musicians but was spoilt at times by an exceedingly restless and shifyt audience. The ensemble is well known and liked for its spirited and extroverted style, but some of the quieter and more meaningful passages were lost on the otherwise enthusiastic audience. The music included two scotions of the Tycho Asavrick Suite in F major by Jeffrey Teller and a contemporary piece by Ena Sanderone. I-S-M

HEAD INJURY
Fifty-two year old Sarah Pickles of the High Street, St. Cleve, cut her head when she tripped over while walking in the High Street, St. Cleve

and the title and description from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvBpW0ksE-k (with comments; has the first side twice, and then the second):

JETHRO TULL: "THICK AS A BRICK" ( FULL ALBUM IN HD) RELEASED 3/10/1972..

"THICK AS A BRICK" is the fifth studio album by the English Progressive rock band Jethro Tull. Released in 1972, the album includes only one song, the title track, which spans the entire album. Thick as a Brick was deliberately crafted in the style of a concept album (and as a "bombastic" and over the top parody). The original packaging, designed like a newspaper, claims the album to be a musical adaptation of an epic poem by a (fictional) 8-year-old boy, though the lyrics were actually written by the band's frontman, Ian Anderson.

Thick as a Brick was Jethro Tull's first deep progressive rock offering, coming four years after the release of their first album (1968). The epic album is notable for its many musical themes, time signature changes and tempo shifts - all of which were features of the progressive rock scene, of which was emerging at the time. In addition, the instrumentation includes harsichord, xylophone, timpani, violin, lute, trumphet, saxophone, and a string section-all uncommon in blues-based rock.

Band frontman Ian Anderson was surprised by the critical reaction to their previous album, Aqualung (1971) [below], as a "concept album", a label he firmly rejects to this day. In a interview on In the Studio wirh Redbeard (which spotlighted Thick as a Brick), Anderson's response to the the critics was: "If the critics want a concept album we'll give the mother of all concept albums and we'll make it so bombastic and so over the top". Ian Anderson has been quoted as stating that Thick as a Brick was written "because everyone was saying we were a progressive rock band, so we decided to live up to the reputation and write a progressive album, but done as a parody of the genre". With Thick as a Brick, the band created an album deliberately integrated around one concept: a poem by a super-intellegent English schoolboy, named Gerald Bostock, about the trials of growing up. Beyond this, the album was a send-up of all pretentious "concept albums". (The idiom "thick as a brick" is an expression signifying someone who is "stupid" or "slow to learn or understand".)

Anderson also stated in that interview that "the album was a spoof to the albums of YES and EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER, much like what the movie "Airplane!" had been to "Airport". The formula was successful, and the album reached number one on the charts in the United States.

Side one No. Title "Thick as Brick, Part 1" Length 22:40

Side two No. Title "Thick as Brick, Part 2" Length 21:06

Individual names of the title "Thick as a Brick":
1. Really Don't Mind/ See There a Son Is Born
2. The Poet and the Painter
3. What Do You Do When the Old Man's Gone? From the Upper Class
4. You Curl Your Toes in Fun / Childhood Heroes / Stabs Instrumental
5. See There a Man Is Born / Clear White Cirles
6. Legends and Believe in the Day
7. Tales of Your Life
8. Childhood Heroes Reprise.

Personel:
Ian Anderson - lead vocals, acoutic guitar, flute, violin, trumpet, saxophone.
Martin Barre - electric guitar, lute.
John Evan - piano, organ, harpsichord.
Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond - bass guitar, vocals.
Barriemore Barlow - drums, percussion, timpani.
David Palmer - brass and string arrangements.

"Thick AS A BRICK" released March 10th, 1972.
Recorded December 7th, 1971 at Morgan Studios.
Genre - Progressive rock, art rock, hard rock, and folk rock.
Lenth - 43:46
Label - Chrysalis, Reprise Records.

All lyrics written by "Gerald Bostock" (Ian Anderson). All music composed and produced by Ian Anderson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9JEPeeohYs [with comments] [also, in addition to the referenced http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvBpW0ksE-k (with comments; has the first side twice, and then the second), at e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pinCM-1DqJ8 (with comments), and (first side) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUGBJA-eYEY (with comments) and (second side) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2s7Jl46Zvk (with comments)]


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Jethro Tull - Aqualung 40th Anniversary Special Edition Album (2011)

Published on Nov 13, 2014 by Luis Hermoso Amaya [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHV4KXqe4Krbtn9k4zoJVBA , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHV4KXqe4Krbtn9k4zoJVBA/videos ]

JETHRO TULL
AQUALUNG (40TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR'S EDITION)
2 CD+VINYL LP+DVD+BLU-RAY BOX SET
NEW and FACTORY SEALED

TRACKS:
LP Side One:
Aqualung
Cross-Eyed Mary
Cheap Day Return
Mother Goose
Wond'ring Aloud
Up To Me
LP Side Two:
My God
Hymn 43
Slipstream
Locomotive Breath
Wind-Up
CD One: New Stereo Mix
Aqualung
Cross-Eyed Mary
Cheap Day Return
Mother Goose
Wond'ring Aloud
Up To Me
My God
Hymn 43
Slipstream
Locomotive Breath
Wind-Up
CD Two: Additional 1970/1971 Recordings
Lick Your Fingers Clean
Just Trying To Be Me
My God (Early Version/Previously Unreleased)
Wond'ring Aloud (13th December 1970/Previously Unreleased)
Wind-Up (Early Version)
Slipstream (Take 2/Previously Unreleased)
Up The 'Pool (Early Version/Previously Unreleased)
Wond'ring Aloud, Again (Previously Unreleased)
Life Is A Long Song
Up The 'Pool
Dr. Bogenbroom (Remastered)
From Later (Remastered)
Nursie (Remastered)
US Radio Spot

DVD:
Album mixed to 5.1 surround with four additional recordings all DTS Surround (96/24) and Dolby Digital Surround (48/24)
Additional 5.1 Recordings:
Lick Your Fingers Clean
My God (Early Version)
Up The 'Pool
Life Is A Long Song
New Stereo Mix of Original Album as 96/24 LPCM Stereo
Additional 1970/1971 Recordings as 96/24 LPCM Stereo
Original Quad Mix (4.1) as DTS (96/24) and Dolby Digital Surround (48/24)

DVD Technical Details:
NTSC
16:9 Aspect Ratio
All Regions
193 minutes
Blu-Ray:
Album mixed to 5.1 surround with four additional recordings all 96/24 LPCM And DTS-HD Master Audio
Additional 5.1 Recordings:
Lick Your Fingers Clean
My God (Early Version)
Up The 'Pool
Life Is A Long Song
New Stereo Mix of Original Album as 96/24 LPCM
Additional 1970/1971 Recordings as 96/24 LPCM Stereo
Original Quad Mix (4.1) as 96/24 LPCM And DTS-HD Master Audio
Flat transfer of original album stereo mix 96/24 LPCM stereo

Blu-Ray Technical Details:
NTSC
16:9 Aspect Ratio
All Regions
237 minutes
Special Collector's Edition of Aqualung contains a 48-page 12x12 hardback book containing a 6000 word liner note, rare photographs, reminiscences from the musicians and engineer John Burns, mixing notes from Steven Wilson, a technical Q&A, tape reels, the 1971 "Aqualung" tour brochure, full lyrics plus a touring chronology for 1970 and 1971. A heavy weight vinyl LP inside a reproduction of the original sleeve, mastered to copper using the new stereo mix. A CD of the new stereo mix of the album by Steven Wilson. A CD of additonal recordings from 1970 and 1971, comprising the Morgan sessions from April and June 1970, alternate takes and out-takes from the December 1970 and February 1971 Island Studios sessions an the post Aqualung 'Life Is A Long Song' EP from May 1971 recorded at Sound Techniques. A DVD with surround sound mixes of the original album and 4 additional recordings, high quality stereo mixes of the original album, the additional recordings and the original 1974 Quad mix (as 4.1). A Blu-ray with high quality surround sound mixes of the original album and 4 additional recordings, high quality stereo mixes of the original album, the additional recordings, the original 1974 Quad mix (as 4.1) and a flat transfer of the original 1971 stereo master.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKR4NcZpNbg [with comments]


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Jethro Tull - Aqualung - 25th Anniversary Special Edition - Album (1996)

Published on Sep 21, 2014 by Luis Hermoso Amaya

Aqualung
25th Anniversary Special Edition

Tracks (click the tracks for lyrics):
1 Aqualung 6:37
2 Cross-Eyed Mary 4:09
3 Cheap Day Return 1:23
4 Mother Goose 3:53
5 Wond'ring Aloud 1:55
6 Up To Me 3:14
7 My God 7:12
8 Hymn 43 3:19
9 Slipstream 1:13
10 Locomotive Breath 4:26
11 Wind-Up 6:07
12 Lick Your Fingers Clean 2:46
13 Wind-Up (Quad version) 5:23
14 Excerpts from the Ian Anderson interview 13:58
15 Song For Jeffrey 2:51
16 Fat Man 2:56
17 Bourée 3:58

Release date: 17. June 1996 (UK) and 18.June 1996 (USA)
Recording location/date: Tracks 1 - 13 recorded december 1970 and February 1971 at Island Studios, London. Track 12 mixed in April 1988. Track 14 recorded by "Mojo" magazine April 1996. Tracks 15 - 17 recorded live at BBC Radio 1968 - 1969.
Guest musicians: David Palmer (string arrangement and conducting)
Production: Terry Ellis and Ian Anderson
Cover Concept by: -
Cover Art by: Burton Silverman

Musicians:
Ian Anderson (flute,acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals)
Martin Barre (electric guitar, descant recorder)
Mick Abrahams (electric guitar) plays on tracks 15
Clive Bunker (drums, percussion)
John Evans (piano, organ, mellotron)
Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (bass, alto recorder, backing vocals)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDC5luZkj-U [with comments] [also at e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUEA5NWlQU0 (with comments) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUS9jh6lIiU (with comment)]


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Jethro Tull - Aqualung - Album (1971)

Published on Jul 7, 2014 by Luis Hermoso Amaya

Jethro Tull - Aqualung

Tracks:
1 Aqualung 0:00
2 Cross-Eyed Mary 6:37
3 Cheap Day Return 10:47
4 Mother Goose 12:12
5 Wond'ring Aloud 16:07
6 Up To Me 18:02
7 My God 21:20
8 Hymn 43 28:32
9 Slipstream 31:51
10 Locomotive Breath 33:08
11 Wind-Up 37:34

Release date: 19. March 1971 (UK) and 03. May 1971 (USA)
Recording location/date: December 1970 and February 1971 at Island Studios, London.
Guest musicians: David Palmer (string arrangement and conducting)
Production: Terry Ellis and Ian Anderson
Cover Concept by: -
Cover Art by: Burton Silverman

Musicians:
Ian Anderson (flute,acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals)
Martin Barre (electric guitar, descant recorder)
Clive Bunker (drums, percussion)
John Evans (piano, organ, mellotron)
Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (bass, alto recorder, backing vocals)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaH8WMuP7LM [with comments] [also at e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5vPNfGI-z0 (comments disabled), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk_eo9vGCu8 (with comments), and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fotrD6eu5DE (with comments)