Jethro Tull - Nightcap: The Unreleased Masters 1973-1991

Artist:

Jethro Tull

UPC:

724382815723

See Also:

Flower Kings (The) Drake, Nick Abrahams, Mick Pentangle Spock`s Beard

Description:

Personnel: Ian Anderson (vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, flute, fife, tin whistle, keyboards); Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (vocals, acoustic & electric basses); Martin Barre (electric guitar); Dave Pegg (mandolin, bass); John Evan (piano accordion, piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer); John Bundrick (piano, Hammond B-3 organ); David Palmer, Peter Vettese (keyboards); Matthew Pegg (bass); Doane Perry, Barriemore Barlow, Gerry Conway (drums).
Includes liner notes by Ian Anderson.
Personnel: Ian Anderson (vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, flute, fife, tin whistle, keyboards); Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (vocals, upright bass); Martin Barre (electric guitar); Dave Pegg (mandolin); John Evan (piano, synthesizer); John "Rabbit" Bundrick (piano); David Palmer , Peter-John Vettese (keyboards); Gerry Conway, Barriemore Barlow, Doane Perry (snare drum).
Liner Note Author: Ian Anderson .
Recording information: Chateau D`Isaster, France (1973).
In 1973, Ian Anderson and his Jethro Tull bandmates retired to a Parisian chateau to work on material for a new album. Though the band managed to record hours of material, the project was ultimately abandoned, leaving the music, known in Jethro Tull lore as the "Chateau D`isaster Tapes" to sit unreleased. Two decades later, at the behest of the group`s rabid fans, Ian Anderson finally released Chateau D`isaster`s 13 most complete tracks, coupling them with a handful of rare and unreleased career-spanning cuts on the double-disc NIGHTCAP.
The primarily instrumental Chateau D`isaster Tapes are largely what one would expect from Jethro Tull material of this vintage, with a few pleasant surprises. Anderson`s proclivity toward writing songs about wildlife is given full flower on "Look at the Animals," a track in which the power-flautist casts an ant as the protagonist in a hostile world of crows, cats, and kangaroos. Another highlight is the somewhat anomalous "Left Right," in which the swarming, electrified gurgling, cooing, and laughing of infants gives way to an anthemic guitar workout. The unreleased cuts on the set`s second disc are uniformly strong, with highlights including the technically indomitable "Paradise Steakhouse" and "Crew Nights."

Track Listing:

DISC 1: THE CHATEAU D`ISASTER TAPES:

1. First Post
2. Animelee
3. Tiger Toon
4. Look at the Animals
5. Law of the Bungle
6. Law of the Bungle, Pt. 2
7. Left Right
8. Solitaire
9. Critique Oblique
10. Post Last
11. Scenario
12. Audition
13. No Rehearsal

DISC 2: UNRELEASED & RARE TRACKS:

1. Paradise Steakhouse
2. Sealion II
3. Piece of Cake
4. Quartet
5. Silver River Turning
6. Crew Nights
7. Curse, The
8. Rosa on the Factory Floor
9. Small Cigar, A
10. Man of Principle
11. Commons Brawl
12. No Step
13. Drive on the Young Side of Life
14. I Don`t Want to Be Me
15. Broadford Bazaar
16. Lights Out
17. Truck Stop Runner
18. Hard Liner

Album Information

Release Date:

11/22/1993

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Art Rock

Label:

Chrysalis Records

Producer:

Ian Anderson

Catalog Number:

28157

Original Release Year:

1994

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

120 : 39

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