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« Reply #661 on: May 23, 2025, 10:42:03 PM » |
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An album i love and which i would recommend to anyone who wants to test the Tull waters. I don't do blu ray, however. |
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« Reply #662 on: May 23, 2025, 11:33:11 PM » |
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I don't do blu ray, however.
I've never indulged either. Maybe it'll play on my laptop. Still, 5 other discs, innit. Jules |
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« Reply #663 on: May 24, 2025, 08:49:19 AM » |
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I don't do blu ray, however.
I've never indulged either. Maybe it'll play on my laptop. Still, 5 other discs, innit. Jules Only if you have a Blu Ray drive (very few do). |
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« Reply #664 on: May 24, 2025, 09:07:50 AM » |
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For me, musically, Tull went over a cliff after "Aqualung" and never recovered, even with the links to the Fairport universe.
The lack of "17", B side to "Sweet Deams", on this seems a curious omission.
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« Reply #665 on: May 24, 2025, 11:50:39 AM » |
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I have already ordered it from Burning Shed. £49.99. Pretty reasonable for 5 CDs and a Blu Ray. The books in these sets are always good quality and informative too. Tull do box sets right and for sensible money. Take note Beatles and Springsteen. I am not a raving Tull fan either and yet somehow I have found myself with all these box sets (except one frustratingly). I have been discovering much of their music through them. I was previously only really familiar with Thick As A Brick, Aqualung, Songs From The Wood, Heavy Horses and Bursting Out along with the 50 For 50 compilation. I don't love all of the "new" stuff but I like enough of it to have made the trip worthwhile. Oddly I really enjoyed the A box which is an album that most Tull fans seem to despise. |
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« Reply #666 on: May 24, 2025, 11:54:34 AM » |
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For me, musically, Tull went over a cliff after "Aqualung" and never recovered, even with the links to the Fairport universe.
The lack of "17", B side to "Sweet Deams", on this seems a curious omission.
You can't even find anything to enjoy in Songs From The Wood or Heavy Horses? I can see why the intervening albums might not appeal. Some of it is a bit stodgy and self indulgent but those two albums have a lightness of touch and some great tunes. Having said that, I discovered Tull as a teenager through Bursting Out which is heavy with tracks from those albums so I am bound to like them. |
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« Reply #667 on: May 28, 2025, 08:35:43 PM » |
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I’m a huge Tull fan, so this was a no-brainer. These boxed sets are the absolute gold standard in terms of quality, the associated ‘making of’ book featuring all the key players, and the live recording. |
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« Reply #668 on: May 29, 2025, 06:54:05 PM » |
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I have already ordered it from Burning Shed. £49.99. Pretty reasonable for 5 CDs and a Blu Ray. The books in these sets are always good quality and informative too. Tull do box sets right and for sensible money. Take note Beatles and Springsteen. I am not a raving Tull fan either and yet somehow I have found myself with all these box sets (except one frustratingly). I have been discovering much of their music through them. I was previously only really familiar with Thick As A Brick, Aqualung, Songs From The Wood, Heavy Horses and Bursting Out along with the 50 For 50 compilation. I don't love all of the "new" stuff but I like enough of it to have made the trip worthwhile. Oddly I really enjoyed the A box which is an album that most Tull fans seem to despise. I love A (I'm a raving fan) and even Under Wraps. Of course I have all the box sets. But I'm very lukewarm on this one, for some reason. |
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« Reply #669 on: June 07, 2025, 10:58:42 AM » |
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Island have an offer of 30% off if you quote the code DADDYCOOL. May be of interest if you want the new Nick Drake set at a reasonable-ish price. (Don’t bother looking for the classic Island artists - FC, John Martyn, Steve Winwood, Free etc - as they don’t seem to list them anymore.)
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« Reply #670 on: June 07, 2025, 12:13:04 PM » |
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Island have an offer of 30% off if you quote the code DADDYCOOL. May be of interest if you want the new Nick Drake set at a reasonable-ish price. (Don’t bother looking for the classic Island artists - FC, John Martyn, Steve Winwood, Free etc - as they don’t seem to list them anymore.)
Nope, sadly. "DADDYCOOL discount code isn’t valid for the items in your cart" |
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« Reply #673 on: August 02, 2025, 01:34:07 PM » |
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New track from Regan and Bricheno (Julianne and Tim, All about Eve)....and very lovely it is too. The album and Xmas ep are well worth a gander too... https://reganbricheno.bandcamp.com/album/ophelia |
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« Reply #674 on: October 28, 2025, 05:04:47 PM » |
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The Owl Service SandyDenny single is now coming out as a 7" vinyl single.
Fruits de Mer. 300 copies.
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« Reply #675 on: October 29, 2025, 08:11:38 AM » |
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The Owl Service SandyDenny single is now coming out as a 7" vinyl single.
Fruits de Mer. 300 copies.
https://www.fruitsdemerrecords.com/owl.html |
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« Reply #676 on: Today at 09:49:28 PM » |
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Some Fotheringay BBC sessions on a single vinyl record.
Completists only, i would guess, as they are described as 'off air' recordings. Somebody will know if this material has been included elsewhere.
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« Reply #677 on: Today at 09:54:50 PM » |
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And a brand new Soft Machine album in early 2026.
They are actually calling themselves Soft Machine again, it seems, after diversions into other appelations.
I'd like the vinyl but the price is a bit silly.
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