LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

This live concert was recorded on Jethro Tull‘s The Broadsword and the Beast album tour for the King Biscuit Flower Hour radio show on 30th April 1982 in Freiburg, Germany. The lineup at the point consisted of Ian Anderson (vocals, flute, guitar), Martin Barre (guitar, mandolin), Gerry Conway (drums), Dave Pegg (bass, mandolin, vocals) and Peter-John Vettese (keyboards, vocal). Anderson and company provide an even-paced evening that bridges their new material and the commercial breakthrough hits that made Jethro Tull one of the biggest bands of the 1970s. Things especially heat up when Pegg and Conway (both formally of Fairport Convention) launch into “The Swirling Pit,” a traditional Celtic drinking jig. The show ends with a powerhouse triple punch: “Aqualung,” “Minstrel in the Gallery,” and the crowd-pleaser “Locomotive Breath.”

Track Listing:

• Intro 00:50
• Clasp 04:19
• Hunting Girl 05:21
• Fallen On Hard Times 04:14
• Pussy Willow 04:35
• Broadsword 05:16
• One Brown Mouse 03:36
• Seal Driver 05:41
• Weathercock / Fire At Midnight 04:33
• Keyboard / Drum Solo 03:51
• Sweet Dream 04:29
• Watching Me. Watching You 03:48
• Band Introduction 01:29
• The Swirling Pit 02:25
• Pibroch (Cap In Hand) / Black Satan Dancer 06:44
• Aqualung 07:40
• Minstrel In The Gallery 04:17
• Locomotive Breath / Black Sunday 04:49
• Cheerio 01:07