Release Info 19-03-12 no
297
2012 CD DVD
PERSBERICHT Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson ‘Thick As A Brick 2’
Ian Anderson announces 40th anniversary sequel to the hugely successful, groundbreaking 1972 album. Following the recent announcement of a 19-date tour to commemorate the 40th anniversary of ‘Thick As A Brick’, on April 2nd Ian Anderson will release a sequel to the original album. In 1972, Ian Anderson wrote and recorded the Jethro Tull Progressive Rock classic album ‘Thick As A Brick’. The lyrics were credited at the time to the fictitious child character, Gerald Bostock, whose parents supposedly lied about his age. The record instantly became a number one Billboard Chart album and enjoyed considerable success in many countries of the world. So, forty years on, what would Gerald Bostock – aged fifty in 2012 – be doing today? What might have befallen him? The anniversary “part two” album will examine the possible different paths that the precocious young schoolboy, Gerald Bostock, might have taken later in life through alter-ego characters with song-section identities illustrating the hugely varied potential twists and turns of fate and opportunity. Not just for Gerald but to echo how our own lives develop, change direction and ultimately conclude through chance encounters and interventions, however tiny and insignificant they might seem at the time. Ian Anderson says of the album, “As we baby-boomers look back on our own lives, we must often feel an occasional ‘what-if’ moment. Might we, like Gerald, have become instead preacher, soldier, down-and-out, shopkeeper or finance tycoon?,” Adding, “and those of more tender years - the social media and internet generation - may choose to ponder well the myriad of chance possibilities ahead of them at every turn.....” To coincide with this groundbreaking release, for the first time since 1972, Anderson and fellow musicians John O’Hara (keyboards), David Goodier (bass), Florian Opahle (guitar) and Scott Hammond (drums) - as well as some guest performers - will take to the road to perform the album in its entirety and, it can now exclusively be revealed that, in addition there will be a second part to the show where Anderson and the band will also perform the sequel. ‘TAAB2’ tracklist: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
From A Pebble Thrown Pebbles Instrumental Might-have-beens Upper Sixth Loan Shark Banker Bets, Banker Wins Swing It Far Adrift And Dumfounded Old School Song Wootton Bassett Town
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Power And Spirit Give Till It Hurts Cosy Corner Shunt And Shuffle A Change Of Horses Confessional Kismet In Suburbia What-ifs, Maybes And Might-have-beens
‘Thick As A Brick 2’ will be released in three formats: a standard jewel case CD and digital download, and a Special Edition 2-disc format with DVD featuring 5.1 stereo mixes, 24-bit stereo mix, video of the making of the album, interviews with the musicians and Ian Anderson reading the lyrics in various locations. The official Jethro Tull website: www.jethrotull.com
Upcoming 2012 RELEASE DATE
ARTIST
TITLE
26-Mar-12
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Thick A Brick II (CD/CD+DVD)
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