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This what
Studio album by Jethro Tull

Publication
(s)

October 1968

admission

June 13-23 August 1968

Label (s) Iceland , Chrysalis

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

Blues , rock , progressive rock

Title (number)

10

running time

38 min 21 s

occupation
  • Mick Abrahams - guitar , 9-string guitar and vocals

production

Terry Ellis and Jethro Tull

Studio (s)

Sound Techniques Studio, Chelsea, London

chronology
- This what Stand up
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
This what
  DE 28 11/16/2018 (1 week)
  UK 10 11/02/1968 (17 weeks)
  US 62 03/01/1969 (17 weeks)

This Was is the first studio album by the British progressive rock - band Jethro Tull . It was recorded in 1968 at Sound Techniques Studio in Chelsea , London and released in the UK the same year (Island ILPS 9085). It peaked at number 10 on the UK charts and number 62 on the Billboard 200 . In contrast to the later albums, the songs are not exclusively written by singer and band leader Ian Anderson . The guitarist Mick Abrahams played a major role in the writing of the pieces. However, he left the band after this album and was replaced by Martin Barre .

style

Stylistically, This Was is very inconsistent. The palette ranges from the blues with acoustic instruments (Some Day the Sun Won't Shine for You) to the cover of a jazz track by Roland Kirk (Serenade to a Cuckoo) with the flute playing typical of Ian Anderson to progressive rock (My Sunday Feeling and Beggar's Farm) , in which the later Jethro Tull echo. On the piece Move on Alone , Mick Abrahams can also be heard as the singer instead of Ian Anderson; the wind arrangements are by David Palmer .

Track list

page 1

  1. My Sunday Feeling (Anderson) - 3:43
  2. Some Day the Sun Won't Shine for You (Anderson) - 2:49
  3. Beggar's Farm (Abrahams / Anderson) - 4:19
  4. Move on Alone (Abrahams) - 1:58
  5. Serenade to a Cuckoo ( Kirk ) - 6:07

Page 2

  1. Dharma for One (Anderson / Bunker) - 4:15
  2. It's Breaking Me Up (Anderson) - 5:04
  3. Cat's Squirrel (Traditional, arranged by Abrahams) - 5:42
  4. A Song for Jeffrey (Anderson) - 3:22
  5. Round (Anderson / Abrahams / Bunker / Cornick / Ellis) - 1:03

Extra title

The CD, which was revised in 2001, also contains the following three tracks:

  1. One for John Gee (Abrahams) - 2:06
  2. Love Story (Anderson) - 3:06
  3. Christmas Song (Anderson) - 3:06

50th Anniversary Edition

In 2018, an edition was published for the 50th anniversary, which was able to place in the German album charts.

Individual evidence

  1. Chart sources: DE UK US
  2. British charts
  3. This Was on the US Charts

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