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The Broadsword and the Beast (ccd 1380) [Original recording reissued]

Jethro Tull Audio CD
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Early in 1968, a group of young British musicians, born from the ashes of various failed regional bands gathered together in hunger, destitution and modest optimism in Luton, North of London. With a common love of Blues and an appreciation, between them, of various other music forms, they started to win over a small but enthusiastic audience in the various pubs and clubs of Southern England. ... Read more in Amazon's Jethro Tull Store

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  • Audio CD (11 April 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued
  • Label: chrysalis
  • ASIN: B00070DK14
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 21,077 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  1. Beastie (2005 Digital Remaster) 4:00£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. Clasp (2005 Digital Remaster) 4:18£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. Fallen On Hard Times (2005 Digital Remaster) 3:13£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. Flying Colours (2005 Digital Remaster) 4:39£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. Slow Marching Band (2005 Digital Remaster) 3:39£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. Broadsword (2005 Digital Remaster) 5:03£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. Pussy Willow (2005 Digital Remaster) 3:55£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. Watching Me Watching You (2005 Digital Remaster) 3:41£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. Seal Driver (2005 Digital Remaster) 5:10£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen10. Cheerio (2005 Digital Remaster) 1:16£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen11. Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow (2005 Digital Remaster) 3:22£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen12. Jack A Lynn (2005 Digital Remaster) 4:40£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen13. Mayhem Maybe (2005 Digital Remaster) 3:06£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen14. Too Many Too (2005 Digital Remaster) 3:28£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen15. Overhang (2005 Digital Remaster) 4:29£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen16. Rhythm In Gold (2005 Digital Remaster) 3:08£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen17. I'm Your Gun (2005 Digital Remaster) 3:19£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen18. Down At The End Of Your Road (2005 Digital Remaster) 3:31£0.89  Buy MP3 


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This edition of the album is the remastered version. Though it's tempting, in hindsight, to view it as just another of Ian Anderson's legendary affectations--the runes adorning the cover, the overriding air of eldritch portent--for Tull fans, this 1982 album came as a welcome relief. After the spooked futurism of Stormwatch and A--a mode they would revisit, just two years later, with the Peter Vetesse-dominated Under Wraps--Broadsword marked a return to the band's pastoral, slightly archaic sound, the laconic strain of English gentility that had informed such classics as Songs from The Wood and Heavy Horses. What had changed, however, was the singer's outlook: the air of melancholy in "Slow Marching Band", while beguiling, sounded more resigned than romantic; while "Watching Me Watching You" anticipated the tech-driven paranoia of his solo debut, Into the Light. The sound was tougher--stalwart guitarist Martin Barre contributed some chunky riffs to "Beastie" and "Pussy Willow"--and the mood darker. But too old to rock and roll? Not quite. --Andrew McGuire

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CD Remastered + 8 Bonus Tracks

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars About time too 15 April 2005
By Supertzar TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
A cracking Tull album finally gets the sonic clear-up it deserves. Broadsword fuses medieval themes with sprightly arrangements, 'modern day' instrumentation and shiny production to produce a sort of folky Dire Straits sound. Sadly, whilst the remastering definitely improves what was always one of Tull's thinnest sounding albums, Gerry Conway's drums still sound like synthesized biscuit tins.

The eight extra tracks are very welcome, but to these ears it's a shame they're all the same ones anthologised on the 20 Years Box set - no room for 'Crew Nights', 'Commons Brawl', 'No Step' or 'Drive on the Young Side of Life', each of which tower over the drivel like 'Watching Me Watching You' and others included in this set.

But enough of my carping. This is one of Tull's best albums - whether splicing the mainbrace on Broadsword, wallowing in the pastoral yearning of Slow Marching Band, progging out on Seal Driver or synth-throbbing on The Clasp - this is an album as old as the hills and as futuristic as its 1981 heritage allows. Ironically, having confused the occasional punters so comprehensively on Stormwatch and A, it was Broadsword that suffered in overall sales. Ian's solo album and Under Wraps showed that he still had a way to go on his personal synthesizer journey, but this album was a very high watermark in a meagre few years.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Brilliant Beastie! 20 Jun 2011
Format:Audio CD
This album marked a change in style of the band, moving from the elven woods of trad. prog. into the hedgehog-splattering highway of a heavier style of rock. The band took on a darker, more politicized tone in later albums which I did not care for (esp. Rock Island). But this was the album that first introduced me to Tull in particular and Prog rock in general, and so sets the standard for all albums before and since.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars one of Tull's best albums 10 Mar 2011
Format:Audio CD
This is my favorite album from Jethro Tull. All titles are very well written musically and have a more "rock" orientation than the ones on other albums, where you could sense the folk influences. I think the best track is "Flying Colors", a song that has everything from rhythm, guitar solos to very good lyrics and interpretation.
A very nice surprise are the bonus tracks, from which "Jack a Lynn" is by far the best one (it could have been easily introduced on the original recording side by side with the other tracks).
The album was made and appeared in Germany at that time, being a big succes.
All in all a must have for any Jethro Tull fan, in a improved edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars very pleased
very pleased with all aspects of my purchase & great to hear the music again I lost the original album
Published 1 month ago by ANDREW MADDICK
5.0 out of 5 stars Proper Music!!!!
If you have ever wondered what Jethro Tull are about...this album will give you a big clue.Then you have to take a journey.A journey that will amaze you beyond belief.
Published 2 months ago by Mr. V
4.0 out of 5 stars Early Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull have been around for a decade or two. Like all of us they mature, (probably). I bought this as a walk down memory lane and I enjoyed as much the second time round as... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Saint George
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Tull album
Marvellous artwork and great music...... All the song lyrics were included which is a great bonus...plus there are bonus tracks on the cd
Published 5 months ago by Mrs. M. Dunn
5.0 out of 5 stars Best rock album ever!!!
Maybe I should have said the best progressive rock album ever! Either way this is a brilliant album. Read more
Published 7 months ago by E. Freeman
3.0 out of 5 stars The 80s Tull sound not up to standard...
"Broadsword and the Beast" is an 80s album with an 80s sound that Jethro Tull were literally forced to embark on. Read more
Published 13 months ago by S Tuffnell
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Remaster
As I own the original CD of this album, I'm limiting my comments to this remaster. Read the other reviews for commentary on the music. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Libertus
5.0 out of 5 stars From early days of infancy
Through trembling years of youth, long merky middle ages, final hours long in the tooth. When an album starts with these lyrics then you know you are in for treat. Read more
Published 17 months ago by P. S. Co-head
5.0 out of 5 stars value
it is about time older music was a sensible priced download,lets face it the customer is supplying the storage media & hardware on which to listen to it.
Published 17 months ago by M. S. Roberts
5.0 out of 5 stars THIS is music! I should know I grew up on it!
My Mum in the 80's would play this and other great's like Zepplin all evening and night, I'd here it threw the wall as I went to sleep and this was one of my fav's, I love this... Read more
Published 17 months ago by R. G. Hird
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