Nightcap: The Unreleased Masters 1973-1991
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November 22, 1993 (UK) January 11, 2000 (US) |
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1972-1991 |
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| Label (s) | 1993, 2000 Chrysalis
2007 parlophone |
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Format (s) |
CD, digital (2007) |
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Title (number) |
31 |
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running time |
02:00:39 |
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Ian Anderson |
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Studio (s) |
different studios in different locations, see article |
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Nightcap: The Unreleased Masters 1973–1991 is a Jethro Tull double album with older and previously unreleased material. It was released on November 22, 1993. The first CD contains material recorded in August 1972. Some of the tracks were later re-recorded and released in a different order in 1973 as Jethro Tull's sixth album A Passion Play . The lyrics to Critique Oblique and Scenario actually refer to A Passion Play . Scenario , Audition and No Rehearsal were already released in the 1988 box set, 20 Years of Jethro Tull , as parts of a single piece called The Chateau d'Isaster Tapes . This overall title is also used on Nightcap as the title of the first CD. The content of the second CD ranges from 1974 to 1991. Part of the proceeds were given to charitable causes .
background
For tax reasons, Jethro Tull began recording a new album near Paris in the Château D'Hérouville. From 1970 to 1985 numerous recordings by British musicians were made there. The whole thing turned out to be a fiasco for technical, production and health reasons (hence the name Chateau d'Isaster Tapes ). The recording sessions were canceled and the band returned to the UK to record A Passion Play .
The second CD contains pieces that have not yet been released on phonograms due to a lack of quality or great resemblance to selected pieces.
Ian Anderson himself warns in the liner notes before the CD that "everyone's taste not" is but a "somewhat dizzying nightcap ( nightcap ) for old friends." He stated that he wanted to sell the album at the lowest possible price and that his income as a songwriter would be donated to Balnain House, Home of Highland Music in Inverness, Scotland, and the Animal Health Trust .
reception
Bruce Eder from Allmusic awards 2.5 out of 5 points. He thinks the material is "not even second class". The first CD is "at times pretty, but also unformed and clearly unfinished", the second CD "less problematic because less splintered". He praises Piece of Cake and Broadford Bazaar, but hears "aimless noodles and senseless depth" from most of the tracks on the second CD. Udo Gerhards partly shares this opinion, but praises the fact that Jethro Tull acted “compactly rocking and concentrated hard” on the first CD.
Track list
CD 1
- My Round: Chateau d'Isaster Tapes
- First Post - 1:54
- Animelée - 1:41
- Tiger Toon - 1:36
- Look at the Animals - 5:09
- Law of the Bungle - 2:32
- Law of the Bungle Part II - 5:26
- Left Right - 5:01
- Solitaire - 1:25
- Critique Oblique - 9:03
- Post Last - 5:35
- Scenario - 3:26
- Audition - 2:34
- No Rehearsal - 5:12
CD 2
- Your Round: Unreleased and Rare Tracks
- Paradise Steakhouse (recorded 1974) - 4:01
- Sealion II (recorded 1974) - 3:21
- Piece of Cake (recorded 1990) - 3:40
- Quartet (recorded 1974) - 2:45
- Silver River Turning (recorded 1990) - 4:52
- Crew Nights (recorded 1981) - 4:33
- The Curse (recorded 1981) - 3:39
- Rosa on the Factory Floor (recorded 1990) - 4:38
- A Small Cigar (recorded 1975) - 3:39
- Man of Principle (recorded 1988) - 3:57
- Commons Brawl (recorded 1981) - 3:24
- No Step (recorded 1981) - 3:38
- Drive on the Young Side of Life (recorded 1981) - 4:13
- I Don't Want to Be Me (recorded 1990) - 3:29
- Broadford Bazaar (recorded 1978) - 3:38
- Lights Out (recorded 1981) - 5:16
- Truck Stop Runner (recorded 1991) - 3:47
- Hard Liner (recorded 1989) - 3:47
Recording locations and musicians
- CD 1
- All tracks were recorded in August 1972 at Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville in France.
- Ian Anderson ( flute , balaleika , mandolin , Hammond organ , acoustic guitar , vocals )
- Martin Barre ( electric guitar , speaking voice)
- John Evan (Celeste, Minimoog , Piano )
- Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond ( bass , backing vocals )
- Barriemore Barlow ( drums , percussion )
- CD 2
- Tracks 1-18
- Ian Anderson (flute, harmonica, claghorn, piano, vocals, harmonica, mandolin)
- Tracks 1, 2 and 4 recorded at Morgan Studios, Fulham , London
- Martin Barre (electric guitar, marimba )
- Barriemore Barlow (drums, percussion)
- John Evan (Minimoog, piano)
- Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (bass, vocals with Sealion II )
- David Palmer ( keyboards , conductor ) on track 4
- Tracks 3, 5, 8 and 14 recorded in Ian Anderson's home studio
- Dave Pegg (bass, mandolins, vocals) on tracks 3, 5-8, 10-14, 16 and 18
- Martin Barre (electric guitar, guitar, marimba) on tracks 1–8, 10–14 and 16–18
- Doane Perry (drums) on tracks 3, 5, 8 and 14
- John Bundrick (piano, Hammond B-3 organ on tracks 3, 5 and 8)
- Tracks 6, 7, 11-13 and 16 recorded at Maison Rouge Studios, Fulham, London
- Martin Barre (electric guitar, guitar, marimba ) on tracks 1–8, 10–14 and 16–18
- Dave Pegg (bass, mandolin, vocals) on tracks 3, 5-8, 10-14, 16 and 18
- Gerry Conway (drums, percussion) on tracks 6–7, 10–13 and 16
- Peter-John Vettese (piano, synthesizer ) for tracks 6 and 13
- Track 9 recorded in the Maison Rouge Mobile Studio
- Track 10 recorded in Ian Anderson's home studio
- Martin Barre (electric guitar, marimba) on tracks 1–8, 10–14 and 16–18
- Gerry Conway (drums, percussion) on tracks 6–7, 10–13 and 16
- Track 15 recorded at Maison Rouge Mobile Studio, Fulham, London
- Track 17 recorded at Ian Anderson's home studio and Woodworm Studios
- Martin Barre (electric guitar, marimba) on tracks 1–8, 10–14 and 16–18
- Matthew Pegg (bass) on track 17
- Scott Hunter (drums) on track 17 (Doane Perry is incorrectly named in the CD booklet for this track)
- Track 18 recorded in Ian Anderson's home studio
- Martin Barre (electric guitar, marimba) on tracks 1–8, 10–14 and 16–18
Web links
- Nightcap on the official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Nightcap , Collecting Tull | accessed on May 16, 2016
- ^ Nightcap , Allmusic , accessed May 16, 2016
- ^ Jethro Tull, A Passion Play , accessed May 16, 2016
- ^ For sale: 'honky chateau' where Elton and Bowie recorded classic hits. The Guardian, August 4, 2013, accessed May 23, 2016
- ↑ Liner notes on the Nightcap CD
- ↑ Illustration of the inlet , accessed on May 23, 2016
- ↑ Bruce Eder: Nightcap , Allmusic , accessed May 16, 2016
- ^ Baby blue pages, Gerhards, Udo, Nightcap , accessed on May 16, 2016
- ↑ a b Nightcap , progarchives | accessed on May 15, 2016
