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JETHRO TULL – This Was TREMENDOUSLY RARE OUT OF PRINT ORIGINAL 1ST EDITION EVER IN A JAPAN RELEASE GATEFOLD REPLICA JACKET & 3 BONUS TRACKS MASTERPIECE OBI CD - FACTORY SEALED AND THIS IS THE 2001/2 1ST EDITION WITH VERIFYING OBI STRIP ON THE LEFT NOT THE RE-ISSUE FOR COLLECTORS - Japanese exclusive Limited EDITION THIS TITLE NEVER HAD A STORE PRICING STICKER ATTACHED TO THE PLASTIC WRAP AND COMPLETE WITH VERIFYING COLLECTORS ORIGINAL RELEASE 1ST EDITION 2001/2 OBI STRIP ON THE LEFT SIDE UNDERNEATH THE PLATIC WRAP PROVING THAT THIS CD IS THE ORIGINAL ISSUE OF THIS REPLICA JACKET EDITION AND THAT THIS ISSUE WAS REMASTERED AND THAT OBI STRIP PLUS THE SEALED PLASTIC WRAP IS PROTECTING CD INSIDE. IF YOU DON'T SEE THIS OBI STRIP YOU ARE NOT PURCHASING AN ORIGINAL ISSUE OF THIS RELEASE WHAT IS A JAPAN "MINI-LP-SLEEVE" CD? Have you ever lamented the loss of one of the 20th Century's great art forms, the 12" vinyl LP jacket? Then "mini-LP-sleeve" CD's may be for you. Mini-sleeve CDs are manufactured in Japan under license. The disc is packaged inside a 135MM X 135MM cardboard precision-miniature replica of the original classic vinyl-LP album. Also, anything contained in the original LP, such as gatefolds, booklets, lyric sheets, posters, printed LP sleeves, stickers, embosses, special LP cover paper/inks/textures and/or die cuts, are precisely replicated and included. An English-language lyric sheet is always included, even if the original LP did not have printed lyrics. Then, there's the sonic quality: Mini-sleeves have dedicated remastering and can often be superior to the audio on the same title anywhere else in the world. There also may be bonus tracks unavailable elsewhere. Each Japan mini-sleeve has an "obi" ("oh-bee"), a removable Japan-language promotional strip. The obi lists the Japan street date of that particular release, the catalog number, the mastering info, and often the original album's release date. Tracks are only listed on the obi, maintaining the integrity of the original LP artwork. The obi's are collectable, and should not be discarded. All mini-sleeve releases are tremendously limited editions mainly pressed on future orders only and once released immediately out of print. This fact along with other latter features we've mentioned make these titles rare collectibles that sell in the collectors markets for $100's of dollars apiece. Japanese digitally re-mastered Mini LP replica Limited Edition Collection with OBI sash down the front – only VERY FEW pieces made world-wide and are immediately Out of Print. Recorded from the finest Original Masters available. Comes with anti-static sleeves similar to Vinyl LPs, Cardboard packaging like an LP. Actual miniaturized version of the 12” LP in 4” CD version E-BAY STORE . FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL OUT OF PRINT OBI SELECTIONS - INDIVIDUAL TITLE INFORMATION OR INDIVIDUAL PURCHASE JUST HIT THIS STORES TAB >. & TYPE IN OBI INTO THE SEARCH FIELD WITHIN OUR STORES SECTION AS YOUR PERSONAL CODE AND ALL INDIVIDUAL TITLES + INFORMATION WILL APPEAR Debut albums are often the stuff of great discussion and controversy In the case of "This Was", Jethro Tull appeared on the music scene largely unheralded. Perhaps part of the reason was the many of the songs were strongly blues influenced and appeared at a time when blues were making a musical comeback, thus becoming somewhat lost in the flood of other music. It's also possible that the broad variation of musical styles, a characteristic of Tull throughout their history, made the album difficult to classify, and rather than deal with a group that fit no single category, reviews were lukewarm. Current reviews hail "This Was" for its creativity and for the eclectic collection of music that defied 1968 conventions. This album remains unusual, even considering all the albums that have been released since 1968. There are strong blues songs, Ian's rock/jazz/blues style of playing a flute, and flavors of rock and folk; clearly not a concept album, but a group of guys getting together and throwing what they had, which was very good, onto an album. The album kicks off with " My Sunday Feeling ", a lament about the after effects of Saturday night. The flute in this song modifies the blues-rock guitar riffs and drums to provide a jazz twist. Ian's vocals could similarly be either blues or jazz. Regardless of how you classify the song, it's heartfelt and creative. " Some Day the Sun Won't Shine for You" is all blues, with an acoustic guitar and harmonica flavoring the song from the outset. The vocals have a classic blues sound to them that fit well with the acoustic instruments; a mellow breakup song advising the ex-girlfriend that some day she'll have a bad day. " Beggar's Farm " begins with a repetitive series of blues-flavored rock notes. During the bridge the electric guitar and flute increase the blues flavor substantially. The theme here is a significant other with an outside relationship. The song advises her that she's going down in a bad way, and one day she'll end up on the beggar's farm, where perhaps he will see her (if she asks him nicely). It seems that Ian Anderson and Mick Abrahams were feeling down while writing these songs, as the next song, "Move on Alone", seems to indicate. Here the girlfriend has gone, and he's trying to overcome his grief to get on with his life. The blues instrumentation in this song is jazz-flavored with brass. The next two songs are instrumentals. The first, " Serenade for Cuckoo ", sounds like a piece for a jazz combo, with Ian's flute providing a substitute for a horn. The lead guitar is playing blues, with mellow riffs. A very laidback piece. "Dharma for One" follows with a faster beat. While blues flavor this song as well, it is rock at heart. You can even hear elements of progressive rock in this song, including a portion that sounded to me a little like some of King Crimson's later style. The only strange thing about this instrumental is a drum solo that may have been a bit of 1968 experimentation on Jethro Tull's part. The next song is " It's Breaking Me Up", where the group moves into solid blues. This song joins the second track as the two most solidly blues songs on this CD. Ian plays the harmonica like a veteran blues man, and you might think you were in a New Orleans blues bar instead of listening to Jethro Tull. We jump from a classic blues song to a nearly psychedelic instrumental, " Cat's Squirrel". Each time I hear this piece I am reminded of early Black Sabbath. For much of the song the lead guitar and bass guitar pound out hard rock sounding riffs, and when the drums take off you could easily think you are listening to an early Black Sabbath recording; the heaviest cut on this CD. " A Song for Jeffrey" is the last song on the CD before the short instrumental "Round" (excluding the three relatively unnecessary "extra" tracks). Ian Anderson sings this song with a blues-like guttural vocal, yet the instrumentation backing Ian is rock, perhaps you could even consider this hard rock. "Round" finishes off the CD with a jazz sound, combining piano, drums and flute. The piece is short and to the point. I am not going to provide any discussion of the three extra tracks. Usually extra tracks add to an album. In this case, the three extras are unnecessary distractions, given that I have a lot of Tull CDs. Further, the mixture of eras is inappropriate. There is a quote on the liner for this CD that states "'This Was' how we were playing then - but things change." Little did anyone realize how true that quote was when Jethro Tull was soon to release "Aqualung" and "Thick as a Brick", among others. More importantly, Jethro Tull was already experimenting with musical elements that would eventually be termed progressive, though this CD is more blues and jazz-flavored rock than progressive. Jethro Tull helped show the rest of the rock world that if you were brave, you could stretch the limits of what could fit onto a single album pretty far. This debut album helped define that this group had no definition, and has never needed one. Track Listings 1. My Sunday Feeling 2. Some Day The Sun Won't Shine For You 3. Beggar's Farm 4. Move On Alone 5. Serenade To A Cuckoo 6. Dharma For One 7. It's Breaking Me Up 8. Cat's Squirrel 9. Song For Jeffrey 10. Round BONUS TRACKS 11. One For John Gee 12. Love Story 13. 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