Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock `N` Roll: Too Young to Die! [Bonus Tracks] [Remaster]

Artist:

Jethro Tull

UPC:

724354157325

See Also:

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

Description:

Jethro Tull: Ian Anderson (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, flute, harmonica, percussion); John Glascock (vocals, bass); Martin Barre (electric guitar); John Evan (piano); Barriemore Barlow (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Maddy Prior, Angela Allen (vocals); David Palmer (saxophone, Vako Orchestron).
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Personnel: Ian Anderson (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, flute, harmonica, percussion); John Glascock, Angela Allen, Maddy Prior (vocals); Martin Barre (electric guitar); David Palmer (saxophone); John Evan (piano); Barriemore Barlow (drums, percussion).
Liner Note Author: Ian Anderson .
Recording information: Brussels, Belgium; Radio Monte Carlo.
Although Jethro Tull was still in its heyday in 1976, Ian Anderson must have sensed that he could not remain a rock star forever. Anderson originally intended the linked songs on TOO OLD TO ROCK `N` ROLL to form the basis of a musical based on the life of an aging rocker not unlike himself. Anderson`s alter ego on the record is Ray Lomax, whose tale is told in cartoon format in the album art. Not coincidentally, Lomax is a cartoon version of Anderson.
The record alternates between folk and rock as it chronicles Lomax`s struggles to exist outside a rock framework. He makes a foray into TV game shows ("Quizz Kid"), drinks despairingly with an old codger who dispenses advice on the gentle, introspective "From a Deadbeat to an Old Greaser" and steals a taxi for a romantic rendezvous on the upbeat "Taxi Grab." The title track, a stately epic that builds to a rousing finale, garnered significant airplay on FM radio and is one of the band`s last hits from their golden age.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Quizz Kid
2. Crazed Institution
3. Salamander
4. Taxi Grab
5. From a Dead Beat to an Old Greaser
6. Bad-Eyed `N` Loveless
7. Big Dipper
8. Too Old to Rock `N` Roll: Too Young to Die
9. Pied Piper
10. Chequered Flag, The (Dead or Alive)
11. Small Cigar, A
12. Strip Cartoon

Album Information

Release Date:

10/14/2002

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Art Rock

Label:

Chrysalis Records

Producer:

Ian Anderson

Catalog Number:

41573

Original Release Year:

1976

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

AAD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

49 : 24

Guest Artist:

Maddy Prior

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