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Jethro
Tull
"... thought the russians
must have shot it down for a minute ..."
Madison Square Gardens, New York City, USA
9th Oct 1978
(Proshot DVD)
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Jethro
Tull became the first rock group to appear live from America
on British TV. Fire crackers and steel bolts nearly aborted
an historic satellite broadcast. On Sunday night a lunatic
minority pelted Ian Anderson with missiles during Jethro Tull's
opening night at Madison Square Garden in New York. Anderson
came off stage in a black rage and threatened to pull out
of the transatlantic TV hook-up, ignoring the elaborate preparations
and publicity build-up. Sunday's show was virtually a dress-rehearsal
for Monday night's telecast via the communications satellite,
and necessitated the band preparing a new running order.
In the event the Monday — Columbus Day — concert and satellite
transmission went off without a hitch. The word came back
from England: "Sound and vision were great." As OGWT producer
Mike Appleton said: "It was just like doing a show from the
Odeon, Hammersmith."
This DVD has been digitally remastered, and is now vastly
superior to the grainy versions that are circulating thanks
to Laufi. The picture quality is still a little grainy, but
there are some very nice closeups, the sound quality is excellent
stereo taken from a soundboard recording. Overall it is now
a great pleasure to watch and listen. |
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Track
Details:
Opening
Thick As A Brick
No Lullaby
Flute Solo Improvisation
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Kelpie
Songs From The Wood
Band Introduction
Quatrain
Aqualung
Locomotive Breath
The Dambusters March
Pomp and Circumstance
Piano Outro Instrumental
Bonus: OGWT Interview
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