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Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) {Japan Mini LP Edition 2001}
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Full Artwork @ 300 dpi © 2001 Toshiba-EMI / Chrysalis | TOCP-65880


People often forget that Tull started out as a forward-looking blues-rock unit 
not dissimilar to contemporaries like Cream and Led Zeppelin. While the blues 
influence is heard most clearly on the debut THIS WAS, its successor STAND UP 
still shows some of those traces. Tracks like "A New Day Yesterday" and "Nothing 
Is Easy" are the prime examples of this hard-hitting, bluesy riff-rock approach. 
Elsewhere, though, the boys begin to show some of the folk, jazz, and classical 
influences that would soon make them a leading exponent of progressive rock.

"Bouree" is a flute-led instrumental track that combines Ian Anderson's 
improvisations with melodic bass work that's alternately jazzy and 
classical-influenced. The melancholy folk-rock feel of "Look Into the Sun" makes 
for an emotionally affecting, introspective ballad. The light-hearted "Fat Man" 
incorporates folk influences with an Eastern-sounding balalaika melody. STAND UP 
is a portrait of a band in transition, on its way to bigger things, but it's 
still eminently enjoyable.

Digitally remastered reissue of their second release; includes four bonus 
tracks.

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Track List:

01. A New Day Yesterday
02. Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square
03. Bouree
04. Back to the Family
05. Look into the Sun
06. Nothing Is Easy
07. Fat Man
08. We Used to Know
09. Reasons for Waiting
10. For a Thousand Mothers
11. Living in the Past (bonus track)
12. Driving Song (bonus track)
13. Sweet Dream (bonus track)
14. 17 (bonus track)