Only had the chance to see Tull at 20 anniversary show. I'm 56 and since my dad was a musician music started for me at 3 years old. Started collecting albums then. Grew up loving Tull. Been trying for 30 years to convince the younger gen that their music wasn't shit to no avail. How do we relay Tull as the greatest ever. RUclips is that way. I'm also a huge Kansas fan. I always looked to the older gen to know what was great. Glad you saw Tull when you were 19. What a time that was! Ian was brilliant!
Been in the Marine Corps 2 years was 20 years old and my buds said let’s go see Tull at the Fillmore. Wow ! never saw them again but will never forget . How can they not be in the Hall Of Fame ?
I saw them in Detroit during this period. Unforgettable -- and LOUD. They opened with Nothing Is Easy and I recall that opening note on the flute knocked me over. This was my favorite period of this band's long career.
Just as "Stand Up" is their best album. This song is simply a Rock'n Roll Masterpiece, a true classic amongst only the very best. At the same time, more hard Rock was evolving further, with names like Sabbath and again later, Zeppelin. "A New Day Yesterday" is, if you listen to the album track, very heavy R&R, and very good production, as mentioned, listen. 😉
@@ironhorse1962 Who cares? Why do you or anyone care about the R&R HOF? It's a sham like all HOF's. Any great artist or performer of any kind does not need a HOF to validate them as an artist or performer.
Saw them - Fourth row '75, front row '76 Greensboro, NC, USA. Hung out behind the place a couple hours prior to show hoping to maybe see someone from the band, but only person that came along the entire time was some skinny dude in head-to-toe black clothing toting a guitar case from a bus across the huge Coliseum lot. Like that Monty Python movie bit where the guy in armor with a big (broad?) sword keeps running up the field towards the camera but never seems to get closer, we watched this guy walk and walk closer and closer toward the loading ramp we were sitting alongside. As my best friend (who camped out to score such amazing tickets) and I sat overlooking the loading ramp, we realized - as or maybe a moment after the guy walk by, that ... !!!FML!!! ... It was Ian Anderson, a man whose every published song I knew by heart, a man I practically worshipped; And all I did was nod to him as he glanced our way. I spent God knows how many hours in the following weeks thinking of how I wished I had said something (probably best I didn't - would've been something idiotic like "rock-on dude" or "blubber blubber you're the best, man..." - lol. But what WAS cool was how he did the "magician fingers" and other crazy-wild gestures our way and made lots of eye contact during the show - - I think he probably recognized us as the awkward teens he had passed on his way to the dressing room. As much as I relate to him now as a man, as much as my teen idol and musician I still love, I still was star struck and speechless when I saw him FORTY YEARS later +/- 2015 after a show in Richmond, VA. Dammit, all these years since the first encounter and I still had nothing to say when he glanced my way. Maybe its just best not to meet your heroes, but sure wish I could be of sound enough mind to tell him sometime how much his music is a soundtrack of my life and how much I appreciate his work
He announced this song in Toledo, and a fan up front said, "What?" He repeated himself, and again the fan said, "What?" The 3rd time the entire band walked over to that fan's side of the stage, and screamed, "A NEW DAY YESTERDAY !"
The hall was the Eagles Auditorium. I first saw Tull there in March of 1968. They were the opening act for Chicago Transit Authority. (Chicago) I was 16 years old . I have been a fan of both bands every since. Tull is my favorite,however and I have seen them Live about 10 times. Ps. I am a card carrying member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. My Bros. and I were proprietors of Seattle's oldest Head Shop, The American Dream, in the U district. Thanks for the memories!
and we were there. I worked over on Exchange street and could get tickets on my lunch break. Small theater by today's standards; up close and personal. Thanks for the share !
The Doors in the summer, Jethro Tull for autumn, King Crimson in the wintertime & Yes in the spring. Yes, I do listen to other bands throughout. But I've adhered to those bands at those times of the year for ages now... Just thought I'd throw this out there...😎🇺🇸
Imagine this was 51 years ago.! Of course, the recording isn’t prime. But thank you to the person who was there taping it and now I’m watching it in 2021. Ian so in control and free.
I think he got his high from performing, which is so great. For on the other hand I probably would have ended up in prison for murder, had it not been for long stretches in the wilderness and LSD etc. Never did any of the downers though. Started backpacking young with the boy scouts (wonderful troop) and in later years. Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull had a very large influence on me in those days. My hat is off to you Ian Anderson and all the great musicians that you have been associated with!
Ian and Glenn were great together in Stage.Athletic Energy with Clive bashing away like Buddy Rich on Drums.This was Tull without all the Lazers and Props Live.. No question this Raw Jethro Tull was why they became Famous as a live Concert must see
I'm what you say a rookie Tull fan and call me crazy , but after (Thick As A Brick "album) , (Stand Up) is my favorite ....long live crafty Rock N Roll ..
The beginning of greatness. What an amazing band,so unique,no one can come close to them.Incorporating the flute in to rock n roll is brilliant.I love Ian Anderson and jethro tull. What is so super cool is there still playing music.Keep making music and I will keep listening!
No one came close to them? Really...Led Zeppelin, The Mothers of Invention, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Free, The Soft Machine...I could go on, but really.
In my opinion, Glenn was one of the best bass payers ever. Same with Jack Bruce. Glenn was replaced after their 3rd album, Benefit. You could tell, the band was never the same, and in my opinion, never as good.
I saw Jethreo Tull at Fillmore East 5 times. First time in 1967 also at the Capital Theater and Springfield civic center. I was 14 when I saw them first at the Fillmore. Ian was so pissed at the rowdy crowd Who made negative remarks about the band and him and Ian was so mad he threatened to walk off the stage. He also said later on and his interviews that due to the timing of things going on in history in the late 60s and early 70s he wondered whether he was going to continue playing anymore because of all the crap he had put up with at the concerts, I’m so glad that he stayed with it. I loved all of his band members, including the ones from the first album even the ones that he’s using. I played the flute for 10 years and I could mimic every single one of the songs I can read, but I picked everything up by ear and taught , the guy is absolutely incredible musician, singer, and songwriter just unbelievable
They were! Saw them many times (I'm 72). I've been playing all manner of flute for 50 years, influenced by Ian. How utterly different my life would have been had he not set the standard to live up to. I still actively play, as does he. Bought an upscale flute made of blackwood with silver keys just this year. Been specializing in traditional Irish along with blues, rock, folk and I work with a singer/songwriter. None of this without Ian and Tull. Cheers!
saw them fall of'71 at the old New Haven Arena in CT.. 8th row. Aqualung tour, on the recommendation of a dorm mate. 6 of us went. My ears are still ringing.and my jaw is still dropping. Became an instant and lifetime Tull fan. Im going to be 72 soon. Martin is playing in my neighborhood this Halloween night 2024 with his current band . Can't wait.
Two of my friends and I sat in the 10th row or so at this show. Ian Anderons's gymnastics were almost as good as the music. They were a very tight band and created unique rock. They were not another sound a like gimmicky band. I wish I could remember who else played that night. I was fortunate to grow up in NY in that era. It seems like we went from concert to concert. Thanks for posting this clip.
JT set the bar, everyone else had to jump and catch up. Amazingly original, griddy blues, pushing bass lines, sky rocket lead and crashing drummer with all the licks. JT was the model rock band....
What makes this early JT performance doubly mind-blowing is that Anderson's approach -- which diverged from the usual heavy metal blues chord progressions, introduced a new kind of lead instrument and relegated guitar to support, and emphasized lyrics -- was a lot of new stuff for listeners to deal with, but they got it right away. Thanks in no small part to Anderson's showmanship, and to his careful preparation, doing without long boring guitar solos and other self-indulgence, instead giving the audience something fresh and new.
Actually, In 1970 hard rock was peaking. Led Zeppelin and Stones were well-established. Cream had moved on. Check out groups like Blue Cheer, MC5, and of course Iron Butterfly. Much of Tull is often called Progressive rock. But it's all good entertainment :-)
+Carbon Crank they seemed to be way harder and blusier in the beginning, but most of those bands went through plenty of changea, the dead started out as a folk band for christ sakes. but I like this tull heavy sound
I go back to those days, and know that JT were the construct of a record label purely interested in promoting Ian Anderson. (He hated the band's name by the way.) So JT was, in reality, Ian Anderson performing his songs with backup musicians. Very good backup musicians. Anderson was the total boss and, a teetotaler, worked his crew to the max because he was determined to get to the top. Their original sound was new but accessible, and a welcome change from guitar-heavy metal. They were a hit very quickly. But later Anderson drifted over to "progressive" and long-winded concept albums that diluted their formerly driving style. Anderson turned down playing at Woodstock, a fatal career mistake that evermore relegated them to B status in the eyes of the American record industry, and their popularity waned. Still, they remain my favorite band from that era. Anderson had exceptional talent as a songwriter, vocalist, and showman. I particularly relish his melodies and lyrical themes, and his fine singing voice. A true original. Wanting to stand out from other rock artists (he said this in an interview), he bought a flute from a pawn shop and taught himself to play it. Many of his fingerings were wrong, but that's secondary to the bluesy style he adapted from jazz flute, where overblowing was commonplace, and thus he effectively adapted a highly unlikely instrument to the demands of rock. (For comparison, consider Jimmy Smith in the early '60s who developed an electrifying playing style that transformed a fusty church organ into, for a few years, the hottest instrument in jazz: Hammond's B3.) Anderson's career-long guitarist and close friend, Martin Barre, was content to play fill and provide support for Anderson's manic flute, and despite Glenn Cormick's driving bass and Clive Bunker's insane percussion, JT did not have as hard-edged a sound as Led Zeppelin and other guitar bands. But for my tastes they actually rocked better. Moreover, most of Anderson's songs have stood the test of time, which is more than you can say for the Christ-awful "Stairway to Heaven." Christopher Guest nailed Zeppelin perfectly in "Spinal Tap." JT are guilty of none of their juvenile excesses. To the contrary, Anderson's band were the grownups in the room of that era of rock.
let's see.. anderson didn't ever even own a flute until 67. the label progressive was there from day one. I mean, really, they recorded a roland kirk song on the first album. (for those that don't know, roland kirk is where he got that singing into the flute thing. Roland Kirk is legendary. He didn't just sing in the flute he moaned and whistled and cried, shouted, sang in different keys than what he was playing, and he did it on flute, soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxes. He has a body of work that's done playing 2 saxophones at the same time. He was blind and wild. I'm privileged to say I once heard him one time live. I heard and saw him get three saxes in his mouth at the same time. A soprano, and alto and a tenor. Indomitable spirit. he had a stroke that cost him use of one arm... in six months he was gigging again with one hand.) Anderson was the driving force because he was the workaholic. he didn't drink, didn't do drugs, (well, amphetamines, not down drugs) was always dead sober performing and he was a stage perfectionist. If you want to really hear what he though of the drugged out drunken asses that started populating the front rows of his concerts just read the first few line of "thick as a brick". Really don't mind if you sit this one out. My words but a whisper your deafness a SHOUT. I may make you feel but I can't make you think. Your sperm's in the gutter your love's in the sink. the boss implies something that's not there. When touring behind there first three albums Ian relied on extended jams that were like all night encores to write new material and work on arraignments. The off the road to the studio and back to the road. the band was not a studio creation. do your homework. Mick Abrahams was the reason they got a management deal and at that point Ian didn't even own a flute. So, no, he didn't just buy one as a teen to stand out. He bought it because he was about to be a 3rd rate back up guitar player behind Abramas, and Abrams would front. Ian hardly put the flute down for 2 years. In weeks he could play blues based solos. Then he heard Roland Kirk play. If you'd have thrown a flute into led zep and made the songs more than I, IV, V in the key of, it would have been called progressive.
I understand that the flute was not his primary instrument, that he, in fact, too it up so he would not be just one more guitar player out there. the bass is fantastic in this cut as well. I think anderson's is the only music that swaggers
The other guys are working for him it seems ... He said in an interview "too many guitars so I will play the flute" yes ... slight return of an English beatnik lol
I have always marveled at this very trait of his, and hardly anyone mentions it: athleticism--he has the quickness and agility of Bruce Lee... Astonishing...
Not anymore unfortunately ... Saw Tull at a Festival on Long Island NY more than a decade ago and the band walked off the stage at the end with each member using his own cane ... but he hasn't lost a single step musically. Every number was done note for note including Cross Eyed Mary and Aqualung.
I bought This Was in '69, and it was one of the soundtracks of my youth. A year later, I was mowing the lawn in the burbs listening to my transistor radio, and the first chords from To Cry You a Song came on. Unforgettable.
Mary Swanson I've been listening to "To Cry You A Song" for nigh on 50 years and those opening chords still make the hair stand up on the back of my neck.
Love this song. I'm 73. Saw them at the Filmore East in 69, I believe. I listen to this song all the time. Unlike me, it never gets old. The Album this song is on, Stand Up, is one of my all time favorites. Ian is such a talented musician and song writer.
I saw Jethro tull with Robin Trower in 76 in L.A. and they were really good. I remember Robin Trower was playing day of the eagle and it was so loud. Those were the days.
I saw them here at the Fillmore East on their next appearance when they added John Evans on keyboards for the Benefit tour. Unusual two group billing had Cactus open for Jethro Tull and both of them were brilliant. Cactus with Rusty Day, Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert and Jim McCarthy got called back for 2 encores! Then Tull came out and topped it, they played the unknown at the time "My God" and blew everyone away, what a show!
brotzmannsax Cactus is another great band. Have a Greatest Hits CD of their material. They were absolutely powerful!!! This video of Tull is incredible. Talk about an electric performance! Incredible rhythm section, awesome guitar work and an energetic frontman!!!
+brotzmannsax That was in August of 1970 'cause I was there, too. Hell, you might have even been sitting next to me. That was the first time I had seen Cactus perform and after the show we were hanging out with Jim McCarty at a theater called, Off Off Broadway in which one of my older friends had a part in a play called, "The Cage." A play about prison life for a young, white college kid who got busted selling drugs. After the play was over, Jim and the rest of us smoked weed all night in one of the back rooms. My best memory was of Jim passing me the joint. I was doing Dexedrine so I was up for the night. What a great show and good memories. We went to the Fillmore once a week till it closed. $7.50 a ticket with a seat to sit down, too. What a deal.
From 4:10 to 4:20 is the greatest flute work I have ever heard. The best thing about 1966-1976 (best era for my favorite music) you can go back and find music that you didnt find because you were into other greats of the era. This perfect example is how great this era was compared to todays garbage. Now that I realize early JT is par with the greats of the era, I can enjoy great music in my 40s instead of trying to pick out talent today. My sincere thanks BenRossington for sharing. Priceless
That ascending riff sounded like sombody was creeping up on you..one of the first eerie/heavy riffs in hard rock. Another great eerie riff was Zeppelin's descending riff in Dazed and Confused. I love the way guitarist Barre did the slide down, half way thru the riff,then that eerie sounding note at the end of it in the Tull tune, and drummer Bunker kicked ass on it.
i think that this type of stuff will be the stuff that gave old farts like me a start in their appreciation of what music became for them. thanks fellas for allowing me to own their vinyl. t'was their toil for my pleasure. owning in many cases several time, in case the stylus wore it out or the flatty was pinched or as so many of my friends said, hank can i 'borrow that album. i s'pose it was kept 'cos it was loved. they were my friends afterall. hopefully the seed was sown.
Well, there were 4 shows. 2 Friday & 2 Saturday @ 8:00pm and 11:30pm each night. Don't know which one this is. I was at one of the 11:30 shows. The late show was always the best because they could play all night. I can remember leaving the Fillmore and the sun was coming up on some occasions. Jefferson Airplane were famous for playing till dawn. Tull played the Fillmore East frequently in those days and I attended many for a ticket price of around $7.00. There were always 3 bands. At one of Tull's concerts there Bill Graham introduced the 2nd billed, a new band from the San Francisco area. I think their name was Santana. Oh and the bottom billed band? Grand Funk Railroad. Yeah, $7.00 (+/-) No ticket sold for more than $10.00. Believe it.
It's cool....I enjoy seeing and hearing about things I missed. If Uncle Sam hadn't sent me to the armpit of the world known as Vietnam, I might have been able to catch some of these concerts...I certainly loved those bands, but had to concentrate on stayin' alive at the time.
Thanks for you service .... I love Tull and have since I heard a bootleg album back in the 70s ... try my rendition and let me know what you think ruclips.net/video/x9JdK9VjxCI/видео.html
Grandi Jethro Tull.1970-1973 il loro periodo migliore. Splendidi dal vivo! Bei tempi quelli....Yes,Genesis,ELP,King Crimson,Rory Gallagher,Soft Machine,Pink Floyd,Deep Purple,Black Sabbath,Who,Allman Bros,Grateful D,Can,Ash R Tempel,Tangerine Dream,Klaus Schulze,...,mamma mia che musica!!!
Oh my God, I love this rough sound!!!! It's rough, rude, autentic, comes from heart and not from brain. I've nothing against brain of course, but that's the sound I love, I'm 26 and I wasn't even conceived at that time, but every time I hear and see that kind of footage my ears have an orgasm.
As a teenager in the 70s, I only listened to This Was, Stand Up, Benefit and Aqualung, and never heard any of their subsequent work until this summer. It now seems to me that their early work was more or less generic blues, and only with Thick as a Brick did they move on to create something original. I still very much appreciate the early work, but the later work has an entirely different creative trajectory. I also did not know until recently that Anderson produced one of Steeleye Span’s albums, which I assume must mean that he knew their music well. This is interesting, because when I first started listening to subsequent Tull, it struck me as very similar to Span, except that instead of playing electrified versions of ancient folk songs, Anderson was creating his own post-Victorian folk songs.
Who knew then,that Ian would be the longest lasting artist playing, touring, with JT in the history of music! 42 years on and playing tonight somewhere in the world!
I was fortunate to have seen them the evening of July 4 at the 1969 Newport Jazz Festival. They were the first band on, and very few people had ever heard of them. They completely wowed the crowd with their enthusiasm, energy and wit, not to mention musicality. Other groups that night included Ten Years After, Blood Sweat and Tears and Jeff Beck group with Rod Stewart (but no Nicky Hopkins). This was six weeks before Woodstock. I was all of 14 at the time. The next two albums I bought were “This Was” by Tull and “Ssssh” by Ten Years After.
1ST time I heard the Name J.T. was BACK in 1970... Stationed at U.S. Army Med. Unit in West Point NORTH of NYC.... 1ST time I EVER tried grass as well..
I was at this concert, age 19. Now I'm 70. It was a new day yesterday, but it's an old day now.
amen brother I'm 72
Seems like it was pretty raw and energetic
@@die2no
Crazy as it was, but ingenious at the same time!
You never heard this kind of music before, neither did I.
Just as good today, as ever.
Wow really
Only had the chance to see Tull at 20 anniversary show. I'm 56 and since my dad was a musician music started for me at 3 years old. Started collecting albums then. Grew up loving Tull. Been trying for 30 years to convince the younger gen that their music wasn't shit to no avail. How do we relay Tull as the greatest ever. RUclips is that way. I'm also a huge Kansas fan. I always looked to the older gen to know what was great. Glad you saw Tull when you were 19. What a time that was! Ian was brilliant!
Best line up no question.. Raw energy no props or light show Circus's. Just Jethro Tull in your Face..1970
Barriemore Barlow is a much better drummer than Clive Bunker
Thumbs up if you think Ian's voice is incredible here!
lol well that was easiest thumb up ,wasn't it ?
Ian's voice was always incredible until the tragedy occured.
Those Stand Up and Benefit days lodged forever in my DNA.
Been in the Marine Corps 2 years was 20 years old and my buds said let’s go see Tull at the Fillmore. Wow ! never saw them again but will never forget . How can they not be in the Hall Of Fame ?
How can some who are be in there?
Ian wears it as a mark of pride, now. Describes Tull as a "very good Rock band that's not in the Hall of Fame," or something like that.
It doesn't matter what they say. This is a bad sound clip, but they are one of the greatest.
Hall of Shame. Jethro Tull is one of the best bands ever. Along with the Band
Stand Up was an incredibly excellent album; JT is VERY underrated!
their only#1 album in U K, but they were more popular in America.
Only underrated by the turds at the RRHOF....
Under-rated? What an inane comment.
There are/were only one of the most popular prog rock bands
Still have my vinyl album of "Stand Up". Loved it then, love it now. A perfect studio recording in my opinion.
Incredible footage of early early tull
Best Tull lineup for me
one of the greatest frontmen ever
Agreed.
Did you know Tull is not even in the R&R hall of fame Bon Jovi made it before Tull LMFAO!!!
Yes with James Dewar.
hall of fame is a joke.
i saw ian anderson and jethro tull live once. i think it was 2004 or 2005.
my favorite concert even now.
*THE*
I saw them in Detroit during this period. Unforgettable -- and LOUD. They opened with Nothing Is Easy and I recall that opening note on the flute knocked me over. This was my favorite period of this band's long career.
Same here!
Just as "Stand Up" is their best album. This song is simply a Rock'n Roll Masterpiece, a true classic amongst only the very best. At the same time, more hard Rock was evolving further, with names like Sabbath and again later, Zeppelin. "A New Day Yesterday" is, if you listen to the album track, very heavy R&R, and very good production, as mentioned, listen. 😉
On the recent tour ,Nov.4 2023 the opening and best tune of the night was 'Nothing is Easy' !
I liked early Tull, "This Was", "Stand Up", "Benefit", great albums, I still have mine!😘🎶💿💯🎶🔥
Can’t believe they’re not inducted in the
Rock and Roll hall of fame !!!
IAN was a bad ass, greatest show I’ve ever. seen live .
RRHOF can bite me !!!!
3 years later they are still not in. Not even been nominated not once.
@@ironhorse1962 Who cares? Why do you or anyone care about the R&R HOF? It's a sham like all HOF's. Any great artist or performer of any kind does not need a HOF to validate them as an artist or performer.
RRHOF is awful. Guess Who and Pumpkins aren't in either.
He refused induction
Been enjoying reading the tributes of everyone here. Young and old
Early Tull. Badass. Ian will always be one of the cool frontmen in rock history. Humble guy, knows he's cool.
I'm not too sure about the humility but he knows how to stay under the media radar lol
Saw them - Fourth row '75, front row '76 Greensboro, NC, USA. Hung out behind the place a couple hours prior to show hoping to maybe see someone from the band, but only person that came along the entire time was some skinny dude in head-to-toe black clothing toting a guitar case from a bus across the huge Coliseum lot. Like that Monty Python movie bit where the guy in armor with a big (broad?) sword keeps running up the field towards the camera but never seems to get closer, we watched this guy walk and walk closer and closer toward the loading ramp we were sitting alongside. As my best friend (who camped out to score such amazing tickets) and I sat overlooking the loading ramp, we realized - as or maybe a moment after the guy walk by, that ... !!!FML!!! ... It was Ian Anderson, a man whose every published song I knew by heart, a man I practically worshipped; And all I did was nod to him as he glanced our way. I spent God knows how many hours in the following weeks thinking of how I wished I had said something (probably best I didn't - would've been something idiotic like "rock-on dude" or "blubber blubber you're the best, man..." - lol. But what WAS cool was how he did the "magician fingers" and other crazy-wild gestures our way and made lots of eye contact during the show - - I think he probably recognized us as the awkward teens he had passed on his way to the dressing room. As much as I relate to him now as a man, as much as my teen idol and musician I still love, I still was star struck and speechless when I saw him FORTY YEARS later +/- 2015 after a show in Richmond, VA. Dammit, all these years since the first encounter and I still had nothing to say when he glanced my way. Maybe its just best not to meet your heroes, but sure wish I could be of sound enough mind to tell him sometime how much his music is a soundtrack of my life and how much I appreciate his work
He announced this song in Toledo, and a fan up front said, "What?" He repeated himself, and again the fan said, "What?" The 3rd time the entire band walked over to that fan's side of the stage, and screamed, "A NEW DAY YESTERDAY !"
Ian’s stage presence was phenomenal,loved this Band, simply incredible in concert back in the good ole days..✌️✌️✌️✌️😢
"Let me get on with my ego trip". LOL! Ian Anderson is the best.
😂😂😂go!!
The hall was the Eagles Auditorium. I first saw Tull there in March of 1968. They were the opening act for Chicago Transit Authority. (Chicago) I was 16 years old . I have been a fan of both bands every since. Tull is my favorite,however and I have seen them Live about 10 times. Ps. I am a card carrying member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. My Bros. and I were proprietors of Seattle's oldest Head Shop, The American Dream, in the U district. Thanks for the memories!
A lot of bands played there in the 60's and afterwards. i saw Eric Burdon there in '81 or '82... A lot of music history in that place.
After seeing this video, I decided I'm going to be a professional appreciator.
Check out my up to video date rendition ... ruclips.net/video/x9JdK9VjxCI/видео.html
and we were there. I worked over on Exchange street and could get tickets on my lunch break. Small theater by today's standards; up close and personal. Thanks for the share !
"New Day Yesterday" ... one of the Great rock anthems of our generation!
It's actually a Blues... (the only one on the "Stand Up").
The Doors in the summer, Jethro Tull for autumn, King Crimson in the wintertime & Yes in the spring. Yes, I do listen to other bands throughout. But I've adhered to those bands at those times of the year for ages now... Just thought I'd throw this out there...😎🇺🇸
Imagine this was 51 years ago.! Of course, the recording isn’t prime. But thank you to the person who was there taping it and now I’m watching it in 2021. Ian so in control and free.
There never was and never will be anything more impressive than JETHRO TULL.
The best Tull tune ever. It still gives me chills today, after so many moons.
it is, isn't it! 2 or 3 others on that album masterpieces as well,, but this is the cream.
Cool guitar riff,to play at guitar center!
I saw Jethro Tull in February 1970. My first concert. I was 13. I first saw them on Mama Cass Elliot's short run TV show. I was awed.
No drugs the brother does...Ian Anderson...totally unique...and a role model...go for it!
I think he got his high from performing, which is so great. For on the other hand I probably would have ended up in prison for murder, had it not been for long stretches in the wilderness and LSD etc. Never did any of the downers though. Started backpacking young with the boy scouts (wonderful troop) and in later years. Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull had a very large influence on me in those days. My hat is off to you Ian Anderson and all the great musicians that you have been associated with!
Ian and Glenn were great together in Stage.Athletic Energy with Clive bashing away like Buddy Rich on Drums.This was Tull without all the Lazers and Props Live.. No question this Raw Jethro Tull was why they became Famous as a live Concert must see
I'm what you say a rookie Tull fan and call me crazy , but after (Thick As A Brick "album) , (Stand Up) is my favorite ....long live crafty Rock N Roll ..
The beginning of greatness. What an amazing band,so unique,no one can come close to them.Incorporating the flute in to rock n roll is brilliant.I love Ian Anderson and jethro tull. What is so super cool is there still playing music.Keep making music and I will keep listening!
Even putting aside the flute, Ian´s voice, energy and presence are like a hurricane. Most overwhelming stuff. Nothing comes close.
No one came close to them? Really...Led Zeppelin, The Mothers of Invention, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Free, The Soft Machine...I could go on, but really.
Those are cool too but J.T is quite a unique take on progressive rock like a phenomenon
@@AnthonyMonaghan You should have just stuck with Zeppelin and maaaybe Zappa--you're straining credulity with the others...
@@AnthonyMonaghan how close are you talking about?
RIP Glenn Cornick.
Had to be the 50th like there ☝️ That man was FLUID 🤘😑 🦆
RIP Clive Bunker
@@artrockfye ??? Alive and living in...
@@gregthornton4209 Yep, it's difficult keeping up with everything .. but I am alive Thanks for asking Greg...
In my opinion, Glenn was one of the best bass payers ever. Same with Jack Bruce. Glenn was replaced after their 3rd album, Benefit. You could tell, the band was never the same, and in my opinion, never as good.
one of the greatest blues/rock songs ever written!
Sounds like it has cream influence great song
@@brucetydd7300 I agree.IA was a great fan of Jack Bruce.
Ladies and gentlemen, the incredible invisble Martin Barre on guitar!
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As great as he is Ian always had to hog the spotlight
I saw Jethreo Tull at Fillmore East 5 times. First time in 1967 also at the Capital Theater and Springfield civic center. I was 14 when I saw them first at the Fillmore. Ian was so pissed at the rowdy crowd Who made negative remarks about the band and him and Ian was so mad he threatened to walk off the stage. He also said later on and his interviews that due to the timing of things going on in history in the late 60s and early 70s he wondered whether he was going to continue playing anymore because of all the crap he had put up with at the concerts, I’m so glad that he stayed with it. I loved all of his band members, including the ones from the first album even the ones that he’s using. I played the flute for 10 years and I could mimic every single one of the songs I can read, but I picked everything up by ear and taught , the guy is absolutely incredible musician, singer, and songwriter just unbelievable
"It was a new day, yesterday, but by God it's an old day now."
As much as I love the 71-78 lineup, this (with the inclusion of John Evan) is by far the Best lineup!
Its pretty cool reading these stories of people who saw Tull back in the early 70s and still are here to tell! Must've been amazing shows !
They were! Saw them many times (I'm 72). I've been playing all manner of flute for 50 years, influenced by Ian. How utterly different my life would have been had he not set the standard to live up to. I still actively play, as does he. Bought an upscale flute made of blackwood with silver keys just this year. Been specializing in traditional Irish along with blues, rock, folk and I work with a singer/songwriter. None of this without Ian and Tull.
Cheers!
saw them fall of'71 at the old New Haven Arena in CT.. 8th row. Aqualung tour, on the recommendation of a dorm mate. 6 of us went. My ears are still ringing.and my jaw is still dropping. Became an instant and lifetime Tull fan. Im going to be 72 soon. Martin is playing in my neighborhood this Halloween night 2024 with his current band . Can't wait.
I dont think the drummer is trying to catch up to anything. He is one of worlds finest.
Clive Bunker...
Absolutely
He is worlrlds fienet drummer! Beowlf🎉
Two of my friends and I sat in the 10th row or so at this show. Ian Anderons's gymnastics were almost as good as the music. They were a very tight band and created unique rock. They were not another sound a like gimmicky band. I wish I could remember who else played that night. I was fortunate to grow up in NY in that era. It seems like we went from concert to concert. Thanks for posting this clip.
1973 me in my room listening to Living In The Past under black light. I was 17. I still have the album today and it plays real good fifty years later.
Ian Anderson, what a showman!
JT set the bar, everyone else had to jump and catch up. Amazingly original, griddy blues, pushing bass lines, sky rocket lead and crashing drummer with all the licks. JT was the model rock band....
As a young teenager I just thought these guys were so unique. Martin Barre guitar was explosive.
Jethro Tull/Ian Anderson truly ONE OF A KIND! Pure original. Damn!
We had em all...The Stone, ten YA, Clapton, Hendricks, and Tull was one of the best
What makes this early JT performance doubly mind-blowing is that Anderson's approach -- which diverged from the usual heavy metal blues chord progressions, introduced a new kind of lead instrument and relegated guitar to support, and emphasized lyrics -- was a lot of new stuff for listeners to deal with, but they got it right away. Thanks in no small part to Anderson's showmanship, and to his careful preparation, doing without long boring guitar solos and other self-indulgence, instead giving the audience something fresh and new.
Actually, In 1970 hard rock was peaking. Led Zeppelin and Stones were well-established. Cream had moved on. Check out groups like Blue Cheer, MC5, and of course Iron Butterfly. Much of Tull is often called Progressive rock. But it's all good entertainment :-)
+Bilbo Baggins glad you corrected the record on that. I love them but some actually said they weren't hard enough rock.
+Carbon Crank they seemed to be way harder and blusier in the beginning, but most of those bands went through plenty of changea, the dead started out as a folk band for christ sakes. but I like this tull heavy sound
I go back to those days, and know that JT were the construct of a record label purely interested in promoting Ian Anderson. (He hated the band's name by the way.) So JT was, in reality, Ian Anderson performing his songs with backup musicians. Very good backup musicians.
Anderson was the total boss and, a teetotaler, worked his crew to the max because he was determined to get to the top. Their original sound was new but accessible, and a welcome change from guitar-heavy metal. They were a hit very quickly.
But later Anderson drifted over to "progressive" and long-winded concept albums that diluted their formerly driving style. Anderson turned down playing at Woodstock, a fatal career mistake that evermore relegated them to B status in the eyes of the American record industry, and their popularity waned.
Still, they remain my favorite band from that era. Anderson had exceptional talent as a songwriter, vocalist, and showman. I particularly relish his melodies and lyrical themes, and his fine singing voice. A true original. Wanting to stand out from other rock artists (he said this in an interview), he bought a flute from a pawn shop and taught himself to play it. Many of his fingerings were wrong, but that's secondary to the bluesy style he adapted from jazz flute, where overblowing was commonplace, and thus he effectively adapted a highly unlikely instrument to the demands of rock. (For comparison, consider Jimmy Smith in the early '60s who developed an electrifying playing style that transformed a fusty church organ into, for a few years, the hottest instrument in jazz: Hammond's B3.)
Anderson's career-long guitarist and close friend, Martin Barre, was content to play fill and provide support for Anderson's manic flute, and despite Glenn Cormick's driving bass and Clive Bunker's insane percussion, JT did not have as hard-edged a sound as Led Zeppelin and other guitar bands. But for my tastes they actually rocked better.
Moreover, most of Anderson's songs have stood the test of time, which is more than you can say for the Christ-awful "Stairway to Heaven." Christopher Guest nailed Zeppelin perfectly in "Spinal Tap." JT are guilty of none of their juvenile excesses. To the contrary, Anderson's band were the grownups in the room of that era of rock.
let's see..
anderson didn't ever even own a flute until 67. the label progressive was there from day one. I mean, really, they recorded a roland kirk song on the first album. (for those that don't know, roland kirk is where he got that singing into the flute thing. Roland Kirk is legendary. He didn't just sing in the flute he moaned and whistled and cried, shouted, sang in different keys than what he was playing, and he did it on flute, soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxes. He has a body of work that's done playing 2 saxophones at the same time. He was blind and wild. I'm privileged to say I once heard him one time live. I heard and saw him get three saxes in his mouth at the same time. A soprano, and alto and a tenor. Indomitable spirit. he had a stroke that cost him use of one arm... in six months he was gigging again with one hand.) Anderson was the driving force because he was the workaholic. he didn't drink, didn't do drugs, (well, amphetamines, not down drugs) was always dead sober performing and he was a stage perfectionist. If you want to really hear what he though of the drugged out drunken asses that started populating the front rows of his concerts just read the first few line of "thick as a brick".
Really don't mind if you sit this one out.
My words but a whisper your deafness a SHOUT.
I may make you feel but I can't make you think.
Your sperm's in the gutter your love's in the sink.
the boss implies something that's not there. When touring behind there first three albums Ian relied on extended jams that were like all night encores to write new material and work on arraignments. The off the road to the studio and back to the road. the band was not a studio creation. do your homework. Mick Abrahams was the reason they got a management deal and at that point Ian didn't even own a flute. So, no, he didn't just buy one as a teen to stand out. He bought it because he was about to be a 3rd rate back up guitar player behind Abramas, and Abrams would front. Ian hardly put the flute down for 2 years. In weeks he could play blues based solos. Then he heard Roland Kirk play. If you'd have thrown a flute into led zep and made the songs more than I, IV, V in the key of, it would have been called progressive.
Ian kicks ass-- what a showman he was.
Seen the boys a million times and Ian on his solo tours. What a prolific musician and song writer and talent. Blessed to have shared time with.
I understand that the flute was not his primary instrument, that he, in fact, too it up so he would not be just one more guitar player out there. the bass is fantastic in this cut as well. I think anderson's is the only music that swaggers
Ur a lucky man..
The other guys are working for him it seems ... He said in an interview "too many guitars so I will play the flute" yes ... slight return of an English
beatnik lol
So raw and look at the athleticism of Ian. "My God' I was lucky enough to see them at this stage of their career.
Me too. Saw them at THE PLAYGROUND in Southampton.
I have always marveled at this very trait of his, and hardly anyone mentions it: athleticism--he has the quickness and agility of Bruce Lee... Astonishing...
Not anymore unfortunately ... Saw Tull at a Festival on Long Island NY more than a decade ago and the band walked off the stage at the end with each member using his own cane ... but he hasn't lost a single step musically. Every number was done note for note including Cross Eyed Mary and Aqualung.
Yes, saw them in ‘72 Nassau Coliseum.. addicted ever since!
Nothing beats classic TULL!!
I bought This Was in '69, and it was one of the soundtracks of my youth. A year later, I was mowing the lawn in the burbs listening to my transistor radio, and the first chords from To Cry You a Song came on. Unforgettable.
Mary Swanson I've been listening to "To Cry You A Song" for nigh on 50 years and those opening chords still make the hair stand up on the back of my neck.
Love that album. Especially Serenade to a Cuckoo
And they always had great Drummers
Love this song. I'm 73. Saw them at the Filmore East in 69, I believe. I listen to this song all the time. Unlike me, it never gets old. The Album this song is on, Stand Up, is one of my all time favorites. Ian is such a talented musician and song writer.
I saw Jethro tull with Robin Trower in 76 in L.A. and they were really good. I remember Robin Trower was playing day of the eagle and it was so loud. Those were the days.
Damn, I was there that night. Got hooked on Jethro Tull because of it.
Love this tune...great to hear it live!
I saw them here at the Fillmore East on their next appearance when they added John Evans on keyboards for the Benefit tour. Unusual two group billing had Cactus open for Jethro Tull and both of them were brilliant. Cactus with Rusty Day, Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert and Jim McCarthy got called back for 2 encores! Then Tull came out and topped it, they played the unknown at the time "My God" and blew everyone away, what a show!
brotzmannsax Cactus is another great band. Have a Greatest Hits CD of their material. They were absolutely powerful!!! This video of Tull is incredible. Talk about an electric performance! Incredible rhythm section, awesome guitar work and an energetic frontman!!!
+brotzmannsax That was in August of 1970 'cause I was there, too. Hell, you might have even been sitting next to me. That was the first time I had seen Cactus perform and after the show we were hanging out with Jim McCarty at a theater called, Off Off Broadway in which one of my older friends had a part in a play called, "The Cage." A play about prison life for a young, white college kid who got busted selling drugs. After the play was over, Jim and the rest of us smoked weed all night in one of the back rooms. My best memory was of Jim passing me the joint. I was doing Dexedrine so I was up for the night. What a great show and good memories. We went to the Fillmore once a week till it closed. $7.50 a ticket with a seat to sit down, too. What a deal.
brotzmannsax ...oh cactus another live act I seen with j.winter n Rick derringer.n for drum lovers Bobby Caldwell on drums!!!
My two favorite cactus Jethro Tull fantasy concrert
I Love RUclips, the fact that we can see this again is just wonderful, thanks for uploading
Best blues rock song ever in my opinion
None better.
excellent early Tull performance-Glenn Cornick's bass work is awesome!
From 4:10 to 4:20 is the greatest flute work I have ever heard. The best thing about 1966-1976 (best era for my favorite music) you can go back and find music that you didnt find because you were into other greats of the era. This perfect example is how great this era was compared to todays garbage. Now that I realize early JT is par with the greats of the era, I can enjoy great music in my 40s instead of trying to pick out talent today.
My sincere thanks BenRossington for sharing. Priceless
That ascending riff sounded like sombody was creeping up on you..one of the first eerie/heavy riffs in hard rock. Another great eerie riff was Zeppelin's descending riff in Dazed and Confused. I love the way guitarist Barre did the slide down, half way thru the riff,then that eerie sounding note at the end of it in the Tull tune, and drummer Bunker kicked ass on it.
A fabulous Tull classic performed to perfection. 😎💙🇬🇧🌎🌠👍
Ian Anderson playing flute and harmonica and being the ultimate showman.Excellent vid
To think how far musically they came from this show in 1970 to 1972’s TAAB is astonishing.
The pioneers of Dark and Heavy.
i think that this type of stuff will be the stuff that gave old farts like me a start in their appreciation of what music became for them. thanks fellas for allowing me to own their vinyl. t'was their toil for my pleasure. owning in many cases several time, in case the stylus wore it out or the flatty was pinched or as so many of my friends said, hank can i 'borrow that album. i s'pose it was kept 'cos it was loved. they were my friends afterall. hopefully the seed was sown.
One of the greatest bands ever one of the top 10 bands ever! Maybe even the top!
None better
I saw them at the Fillmore West in San Francisco..
I was lucky to see this concert live.
Well, there were 4 shows. 2 Friday & 2 Saturday @ 8:00pm and 11:30pm each night. Don't know which one this is. I was at one of the 11:30 shows. The late show was always the best because they could play all night. I can remember leaving the Fillmore and the sun was coming up on some occasions. Jefferson Airplane were famous for playing till dawn. Tull played the Fillmore East frequently in those days and I attended many for a ticket price of around $7.00. There were always 3 bands. At one of Tull's concerts there Bill Graham introduced the 2nd billed, a new band from the San Francisco area. I think their name was Santana. Oh and the bottom billed band? Grand Funk Railroad. Yeah, $7.00 (+/-) No ticket sold for more than $10.00. Believe it.
Jethro Tull is easily one of the best bands of the 60's-now.
Ian has such a gift for being able to phrase (?) his flute runs and solos in such creative and inventive ways-just god-given...
It's cool....I enjoy seeing and hearing about things I missed. If Uncle Sam hadn't sent me to the armpit of the world known as Vietnam, I might have been able to catch some of these concerts...I certainly loved those bands, but had to concentrate on stayin' alive at the time.
sam is a bastard for that ?ruclips.net/video/eB7E2rc3bwg/видео.html
Thanks for you service .... I love Tull and have since I heard a bootleg album back in the 70s ... try my rendition and let me know what you think ruclips.net/video/x9JdK9VjxCI/видео.html
This show was my introduction to Jethro Tull. Mind expanding to say the least. Walked out on a different plane.
Grandi Jethro Tull.1970-1973 il loro periodo migliore. Splendidi dal vivo! Bei tempi quelli....Yes,Genesis,ELP,King Crimson,Rory Gallagher,Soft Machine,Pink Floyd,Deep Purple,Black Sabbath,Who,Allman Bros,Grateful D,Can,Ash R Tempel,Tangerine Dream,Klaus Schulze,...,mamma mia che musica!!!
That list is too short. Tull is/was as good as anyone going as far back as you can any kind of style or music.
@@rickmerritt128 giusto! hai perfettamente ragione, l'elenco e' sterminato !
@@sinusiridum551 gracias!
I first saw Tull in 1970 at the Gooselake Music Festival, Jackson Michigan...been a fan ever since.....
Mestari.Huuliharppu ja poikkihuilu.Musiikkia❤
Oh my God, I love this rough sound!!!! It's rough, rude, autentic, comes from heart and not from brain. I've nothing against brain of course, but that's the sound I love, I'm 26 and I wasn't even conceived at that time, but every time I hear and see that kind of footage my ears have an orgasm.
As a teenager in the 70s, I only listened to This Was, Stand Up, Benefit and Aqualung, and never heard any of their subsequent work until this summer. It now seems to me that their early work was more or less generic blues, and only with Thick as a Brick did they move on to create something original. I still very much appreciate the early work, but the later work has an entirely different creative trajectory.
I also did not know until recently that Anderson produced one of Steeleye Span’s albums, which I assume must mean that he knew their music well. This is interesting, because when I first started listening to subsequent Tull, it struck me as very similar to Span, except that instead of playing electrified versions of ancient folk songs, Anderson was creating his own post-Victorian folk songs.
woke up early this morning and came across this fab piece of my history. Glad i could make the scene. lov it all
Yes Sir all tomorrow become yesterday
God, I love this song and this performance.
I agree This lineup was the best version of a great band
Who knew then,that Ian would be the longest lasting artist playing, touring, with JT in the history of music!
42 years on and playing tonight somewhere in the world!
Now 55 years ... and counting.
I was fortunate to have seen them the evening of July 4 at the 1969 Newport Jazz Festival.
They were the first band on, and very few people had ever heard of them.
They completely wowed the crowd with their enthusiasm, energy and wit, not to mention musicality.
Other groups that night included Ten Years After, Blood Sweat and Tears and Jeff Beck group with Rod Stewart (but no Nicky Hopkins).
This was six weeks before Woodstock.
I was all of 14 at the time.
The next two albums I bought were “This Was” by Tull and “Ssssh” by Ten Years After.
Esta es una de las mejores bandas de Rock de la historia lastima que no esté en Hall of Fame R&R. Vzla.
Ian Anderson is such a great front man. I love watching him perform on stage. He is so freakin' awesome.
1ST time I heard the Name J.T. was BACK in 1970... Stationed at U.S. Army Med. Unit in West Point NORTH of NYC.... 1ST time I EVER tried grass as well..
If everyone could enjoy their "job" the way Ian Anderson did? What a great workplace attitude!
Forever excellent, Ian Anderson! Yeah!
Wonderful performance!
Martin barre must be from another planet! The sounds he coaxes out of that Les Paul are unreal!!
many thanks to the original uploader. Tull is under appreciated
incredibile band
IA at his maniacal best! Rest of the group so tight ! Love the sound.Mic feedback and all
Tonight in Tilburg, The Netherlands ....... i'm preparing to go to the show right now. This song is on the setlist! WHOA......
Brilliant.
Awsome! Frickin' love these guys and especially the 'Stand Up' album. Pure music.