Saturday, July 20, 2024

Jethro Tull - Aqualung [24 Karat Gold] (1971)

Year: 19 March 1971 (CD 1997)
Label: DCC Compact Classics (US), GZS-1105
Style: Gothic Rock, Classic Rock
Country: Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Time: 43:56
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 254 Mb

Charts: UK #4, AUS #3, AUT #60, GER #5, NOR #3, SWE #7, US #7. GER & UK: Gold; US: 3x Platinum.
The album's original cover art by Burton Silverman features a watercolour portrait of a long-haired, bearded man in shabby clothes. The idea for the cover came from a photograph Anderson's wife took of a homeless man on Thames Embankment, and Anderson later felt it would have been better to have used the photograph rather than commission the painting. Ian Anderson recalls posing for a photograph for the painting, though Silverman claims it was a self-portrait.
The artwork was commissioned and purchased by Chrysalis Records head Terry Ellis in 1971. Silverman was paid a flat fee of $1,500 for the painting. There was no written contract. The artist says the art was only licensed for use as an album cover, and not for merchandising; he approached the band seeking remuneration for the additional uses, such as printing it on T-shirts and coffee mugs.
The original artwork for both the front and back covers are missing. They were apparently stolen from a London hotel room, or perhaps from Chrysalis' office during a robbery. The original artwork for the interior gatefold painting was not taken during the robbery and is held by Terry Ellis.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqualung_(album))

01. Aqualung (06:38)
02. Cross-Eyed Mary (04:11)
03. Cheap Day Return (01:25)
04. Mother Goose (03:56)
05. Wond'ring Aloud (01:57)
06. Up to Me (03:23)
07. My God (07:14)
08. Hymn 43 (03:21)
09. Slipstream (01:15)
10. Locomotive Breath (04:26)
11. Wind Up (06:04)

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