Jethro Tull - 12-02-1977 Hammersmith Odeon, London (UK)

12th February 1977 | Hammersmith Odeon, London

1. Wondering Aloud

2. Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day

3. Jack in the Green

4. Thick as a Brick

5. Songs from the Wood

6. To Cry You a Song

7. New Day Yesterday - flute solo (fades out)

Notes: Sourced from master cassette, which has been in the taper's possession and untraded since the concert. The taper has never been a taper or trader, just took his tape deck to the concert that night out of curiosity to see what he would get. The tape was then forgotten. Knowing my interest in concert recordings, one day he pulled the tape from a cardboard box and asked if it would be of interest to anyone! Since I made this transcription, it has gone out to a few dedicated Jethro Q. Bonwackett collectors, who may have traded it on. But my guess is this recording has not had a wide circulation, if any. Sound quality is a good B+ to my ears, very listenable. Its mono, clear and undistorted. I've remastered carefully, equalising, attenuating hiss slightly, and bringing out as much of the top end clarity as possible. The real problem is that the batteries ran flat about 40 min into the show, so its only the first third of the gig. This doesn't cause the usual pitch rise phenomenon, instead the sound level just vanishes into inaudability. This happens during Ian's flute solo, and is actually somewhat atmospheric, in a 'disappearing into the sunset' kind of way. Up to the last few minutes, the recording is perfectly fine, a great show and an enjoyable listen.