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First of all: Anyone with even Jethro Tull albums, need not read further. All others must be said: pause and listen, here's a piece of music history is written!
Jethro Tull, the British prog-folk-rock band around the charismatic chief flutist Ian Anderson has been at times their heyday inspire masses and thereby be able to satisfy high artistic standards at the same time.
This succeed in a unique way with their blend of hard rock guitars and many classical and baroque influences as harpsichord or various flutes (usually by Maestro Anderson himself (one foot) played). They were thus probably also co-pioneer of today's bombastic / symphonic metal bands like Rhapsody, Subway to Sally and Co., which also make use of a similar style funds.
Unlike most contemporary bands Jethro Tull could demonstrate but also many successes in the mainstream area, most notably the now legendary and became the cult anthem "Locomotive Breath", which begins with gentle jazz piano sounds and then towards a neat funky rock number increases. But that is not the only strong point of the English; with "Aqualung", "Too old to rock'n'roll, too young to die", "Minstrel in the Gallery", "Skating Away" and many others, they have a number of world-class numbers in the repertoire.
Jethro Tull is definitely one of those bands that everyone needs to know who calls himself "music fan"; to them is no getting past. A living legend band that you should have experienced!
This Best Of course provides an excellent introduction to the work of these but rather unique and influential band of the 70's!