For those of us who went to these concerts, we will never forget! Bands for the past 35 years are pathetic for the most part compared to the period of 1965-1975.
Tull was my first concert - Oct 31 1972. I was 15 yo. Don't remember much now but I do remember them doing this song. Tull has always been one of my favorites.
This warms my soul. Saw the whole show in Jacksonville 1972. Thank Bog someone was filming those incredible concerts. And thank you for finding and posting this one!
would love to hear the entire song performed live again. I know Anderson was making fun of prog rock with this album, but, ironically, they became one of the best prog rock bands as a result.
One of the arguments against this album was that it only took two weeks to put together..... evidence of this bands combined creative juice, was overflowing onto the record. I was listening to older Genisis stuff, probably more progressive than Tull, yet the accessability factor of their compositions, and spatial themes for the sake of spatial themes, just a touch pretentious sounding...IMHO
I was 16 when I saw this show in long beach CA, it set the bar for everything to follow. Tull is timeless..the way Ian Anderson moves.. a true stage show without the fluff . Awesome to see this.
@BoBo0807 Love The Smiths, but Ian and Tull literally did save my dumb ass in high school. If it weren't for being so into Benefit and then Thick (as I was ) as a Brick, I'm not sure I would have made it to the place I am now. I'm still here is my point.
first saw Tull in 1972 I was mesmerised, absolutely the best live band I have ever seen. I remeber buying TAAB and reading the newspaper cover to cover and cracking up at the Pythonesque humour of it all
@cmfluteguy I prefer We Used To Know over Hotel California but i do believe Ian Anderson said in an interview which can be found on youtube that he wouldn't call it a rip off but he does consider it a tribute
I saw this concert live in louisville, Ky. 1972 and was in the front row standing leaning on the stage, smoking a joint. part of the clip that was cut out he said"my! it's awfully smoky in here!"
Excellent. Even though the film wasn't the best quality, the quality of the performance was there. I saw Jethro Tull do Thick As A Brick in 1972 and Passion Play in 1973. This was a better concert. Actually after they spent over an hour on this, they leave the stage, take a leak, get a drink and come back out and do all the material of Aqualung. This was when they were at their best as far as I am concerned. Thank you for posting this.
I saw Jethro Tull playing "Thick as a Brick" at Cornell University, on this same tour, right before they played Buffalo. The album was released later that month.
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They did those two jokes at Cornell as well: 1) where they came out as janitors with overalls, and 2) the "Mike Nelson, fish on the line" phone call.
I saw Jethro Tull playing "Thick as a Brick" at Cornell University. It was in this tour, just before they played at Buffalo. The album was released later that month.
@hyperguy61 Yes, on the 1972 tour they opened by playing an extended version of the entire album, it had some instrumental solos and the background music from 'The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles' from Passion Play on it.
@rodnisimo I hope you didn't think that my text was serious. I do believe that people nowadays realize thaht Jethro Tull isn't the name of the leader. ;-)
@Wiaszczurka Same with Led Zeppelin, the band I've been a fan of for decades. People say," Oh, I like him!" Same with "Lynyrd(maybe they think it's Leonard?!) Skynyrd... Stupid...
Jethro Tull, Thick as Brick Tour was my very first concert. Seen them with my friend Tim Miller, on 20 May 1972. It was a Senior year in H.S. Tickets were $5.00 for the show. Seen the Passion Play, Minstrel in theGallery and Warchild tours as well. All at Hershey Park Arena.
I can't believe I'm seeing this footage. I was AT this concert all those years ago. 14 years old and a real Tull Freak. Still am. Ahh the rabbit suites, What a memory trip
Yep. The whole performance was a send up of the prog-rock concept album and the rock-opera ideas of the time - Tommy and Tales from Topographic Oceans, etc.
You have to read the original album cover - a fake newspaper (pages of it!) to get all of the jokes.
The irony of it is that 'Thick' was probably the best composed of all those prog-rock extended pieces.
@cliverich Topographic Oceans was not of the same era as Tommy...10 years later at least as far as my addled mind recalls. The Who, Tull and Yes had about as much in common as doodie, piss and snot. Stop comparing them.
The hook has been set and he's reeling them (you) in! The phone was for Mike Nelson, a character in a TV show called Sea Hunt, he was a scuba diver. A scuba diver (even sometime in a rabbit suit) would come on stage to answer the phone. Wearing his "aqualung"! Get it.
your just looking to pick a fight, obviously. i wasnt asking what they were called. i was simply asking why are they dressed up in rabbit costumes. but you couldnt figure that out so i had to explain it to you
saw this show may '72 in new orleans. recorded it on cassette. played it once a week for the rest of junior and high school. they returned in october to do the same show. jeffrey's hair was cut short. allways wondered why. they were the most awesome live band to see. john evan had his organ on stage left, but the piano was all the way stage right. past jeffrey. he would take his time and stroll across the stage to play it. then back, playing air guitar while ian played a little organ.
classic band classic album too when i see the front of my Thick as a brick LP cover the man giving Gerald Bolstock the peice of paper he reminds me of Geoffery Chater a british actor for those who are unfamilaur of him he featured small parts in alot of BBC comedies such as Dad's Army, Some Mothers Do Ave Em and One Foot In The Grave
Ian Anderson did the whole theatrical/funny showman bit well...but i like how he's tuned it down a bit here. In comparison to how he sings on Bursting Out, y'know?
Spinning me back down the days and years of my youth. I saw them in this tour, with some band called The Eagles opening for them. I'm not sure if the opening act ever did much, but Tull's music from back then is still great to hear! It was in Spokane, and I think it was May of '72.
I saw this concert in Hershey too. It was great. It was my senior year too. I was graduating from Camp Hill High School. Will never forget the rabbits...I thought that was so strange......one of my favorite concerts ever, and I have seen many
The did the phone thing when I went as well. A guy in a jockey costume asked to sit where I was for a second, the phone rang, the band stopped and Ian asked 'can the man who's tied his horse outside remove it, as it's fouling the patio!' The guy in my seat got up and walked out.
For those of us older fellows who might still be kicking ourselves in the backside for NOT having witnessed this concert tour with our own eyes, your posting is a very welcome answer to a long-standing wish. Thank you. And yes, I'd LOVE to see more!
This was my first concert. It was May of 1972. It was in Hershey Pa. It was about a month before graduation. What an experience. I had no idea of what a concept album was, until I'd seen this show. Tickets were $5.00. What a bargain, huh? About 2 hours wages back then. Seen them 2 more times in the early to mid 70's. Probably was Passion Play and Minstrel in the Gallery. Thanks for posting.
Saw the phone thing too on Passion Play tour - summer '73 in Vancouver at Pcific Coliseum. Unbelievable end to an unbelievable show. Plus Robin Trower at his height as the opener. Don't make 'em like this anymore.
Ian's voice is so great at this point ... he had boundless energy too. The first time I saw Tull was 1973 with the release of Passion Play ... they did the same telephone thing too.
Saw Tull's Thick as a Brick tour when they were backed by The Eagles! This brings back some great memories. Also caught the Passion Play tour where they were backed by Steeleye Span. A classic. Thanks so much for the blast from the past...a very wonderful past.
I saw that concert as well .... hahaha ... I remember that one. I got interested in Steeleye Span and their electrified folk music after that. By that time Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond was sporting his diagonal stripes which I do not see here.
ironically... ive read that through the duration of tulls existence, most of their performances have been pre-recorded with the EXCEPTION of vocals and flute
i just want to say you're doing great work. i've been looking for good live tull footage for years. all i've come up with were goofy lip-synched videos. and an occaional gem. that madison square garden show (from "songs from the wood") is some good live stuff. But beyond that it's been bubkis.
So keep doing what your doing. The thick as a brick compilation was brilliant. so was the passion play project. I very much enjoed that.
keep doing what you're doing and i'll keep watching.
I went to this concert tour.. Saw them when they were in Denver... was my first concert when I was 12 yrs old and went with my buddies.. will never forget it.
I also saw what may have been the first performance of this at Portsmouth (UK) Guildhall in march 72, I was also 12. As far as I remember they started by wandering around the audience in raincoats then got up on stage. At the end of the gig there was a taped conversation about who had the car keys!
Thick as a Brick!!!!! A masterpiece!!!!! When I was a kid, I used to listen to it for hours and hours!!! Still love it to this day!!! It was probably one of the first pieces of music that I became devoted to. That was around the mid-70's. Ian is a lyrical genius and excellent showman. I caught them twice in concert and only wished I could have been old enough in 1972 to experience one of their Thick as a Brick shows! Atleast my uncle saw them live during that golden age of TULL!!! Long live JT!
I this show at the Los Angeles Forum during the 1972 tour. It was my 3rd concert at 12 years old. First was Zepp, second was Grand Funk and then Tull. What a great start to my concert going adventures that continue to this day. All I can say is thanks for cool older brothers!!!
Is this the same tour when they released "Passion Play" also? .... or am I a year off maybe 1973? I remember seeing them at the Chicago Stadium Rabbit costumes et., al. Passion Play was also done, but thought that was '72. Maybe someone out there can correct me.
Jethro Tull were one of the biggest bands in the world when this came out, why was the tour never pro-shot??? Same question can be said of Genesis' "Lamb". Especially such visual tours. At least we have this.
I just discovered youtube's old music vids. Been gorging on early 70's Yes, Genesis, Tull. I saw Yes Close to the edge tour in Sept 72, Tull's TAAB show in Nov. or Dec. 72; saw end of Genesis Selling England by the Pound tour at Roxy Theater in LA December 73. All shows were indescribably superb, nothing like it around today. Great to see the kids discovering this stuff now. I still long for concerts like that - that make the hair on your neck stand up, chills run down the spine.
There's NOTHING around today that even approximates the showmanship, musicianship or the intelligence of the great Progressive Rock bands of the early and mid 1970s.
Genesis, Tull, Yes, ELP, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Renaissance, etc. etc.
dude i have no idea where the fuck u get this amazing shit but pleeeeease upload the rest of this song, coz i know they did the full version of it in 1972. Thanks!
we were so stoned in Boston with the phenomenon that was Jethro Tull...afterwards drove home to Fall River and landed at a gas station where the most serious looking old lady peered into our car window...she scared us.funny...those were the days
this sounds so much better now. amazing. i hated it when i first bought it. i think i was expecting Aqualung part 2. this is brilliant. ian - sheer genius and thanks for inspiring me to take up the flute.
A devastating live band from 71' - 78'. Arguably the best live ensemble in rock in those years. Superb musicianship and great passion. Just a joy to see all the various old footage from the shows of this era.
i saw this show in st.louis. you can see it on this video, they came out in coveralls and looked like the stage hands. anderson pull off his cap, hair flies and the crowd goes crazy. he then says, 'please be quiet, i rather like this song' and then they play for the next hour. it was totally awesome.
No better than TULL. Close your eyes, hear a new song. If it is TULL you know it. A bloody good one Ole boy.. By the Way, how many Cigarettes did I bring along?
I saw them in Knoxville in May 1972. It is still the best concert I ever saw. Thanks for this 1972 footage! Brings back great memories of a great show.
Soy fanático de Jethro Tull, un excéntrico aristócrata sesentista, me parece de una calidad espectacular la fusión entre el rock y la música de trovador medieval ayornado, humildemente eso me parece, saludos, Pixelote.
I saw Tull in concert as a youngster in Buffalo, NY. Watching this video and listening to the music brought back such amazing memories. I loved the music then, and now 35 years later, I love it even more.
The things that stood out from the show I saw (in Milwaukee) were the apparent roadies turning into Tull members (I had a feeling that might happen). Also, the telephone call, but Ian picked it up and held it to the audience, and said, "It's for you."
ahh! You know I can't remember if they did that bit here in Houston,but they must have because the scuba guy is dancing around in the short film they showed.. Thanks!
How right you are. Todays music, by most measures, is all crap. Music is controlled by corporations. They don't care about quality, only what they think the masses want to hear. They have dumbed down the listening public to the point of ignorance. The problem is, the public, for the most part, is following along, not unlike the lowly lemming.
Thank you! What a great piece of history!!! This was a #1 album on the American Bilboard charts in 1972! The album was 1 song!!!! What happened to musical taste!!! I was born in 1973 and This is one of my all time favorite albums!!! Why doesn't anyone make music like this! So interesting!!!Rather than the boring formulas that modern pop lames us out with! Goin to see acoustic Tull next Sunday! Can't wait! They should get this line-up together for 1 tour!!!
For those of us who went to these concerts, we will never forget! Bands for the past 35 years are pathetic for the most part compared to the period of 1965-1975.
1rrreport 1 day ago
Tull was my first concert - Oct 31 1972. I was 15 yo. Don't remember much now but I do remember them doing this song. Tull has always been one of my favorites.
phillytom750 1 month ago
what a stupid the phone call was....
PierreC3 1 month ago
This warms my soul. Saw the whole show in Jacksonville 1972. Thank Bog someone was filming those incredible concerts. And thank you for finding and posting this one!
FatherTiresias1 1 month ago
would love to hear the entire song performed live again. I know Anderson was making fun of prog rock with this album, but, ironically, they became one of the best prog rock bands as a result.
MandrakeMoorglade 2 months ago
One of the arguments against this album was that it only took two weeks to put together..... evidence of this bands combined creative juice, was overflowing onto the record. I was listening to older Genisis stuff, probably more progressive than Tull, yet the accessability factor of their compositions, and spatial themes for the sake of spatial themes, just a touch pretentious sounding...IMHO
willicat441 2 months ago
EL TULL BRUTAL
rocana714 4 months ago
I was 16 when I saw this show in long beach CA, it set the bar for everything to follow. Tull is timeless..the way Ian Anderson moves.. a true stage show without the fluff . Awesome to see this.
valiciahale 5 months ago
8:00
TheJohnnyfever 6 months ago
Seen JT on the same tour. May of 1972. My first concert. I was hooked then.
PaBasser 6 months ago
DANKE!
HerrMao 7 months ago
it means wise man can't never comprehend mentaly challenched people
jordanesku 8 months ago
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WaveRyeDer99 6 months ago
Years later, The Smiths sang about "the songs that saved your life"...this one saved mine more than once...
BoBo0807 9 months ago
@BoBo0807 Love The Smiths, but Ian and Tull literally did save my dumb ass in high school. If it weren't for being so into Benefit and then Thick (as I was ) as a Brick, I'm not sure I would have made it to the place I am now. I'm still here is my point.
Kathysue11 9 months ago
if it was better quality, it would probably be better than the album version
TOHOFIEND54 9 months ago
Man, I miss the 70's...
akbarbaby 9 months ago
the gag with the phone call and the bunnies is great
ozoshah 9 months ago
For the record, Tales from Topographic Oceans was released at least 2 years after Thick as a Brick
Dendog 10 months ago 2
first saw Tull in 1972 I was mesmerised, absolutely the best live band I have ever seen. I remeber buying TAAB and reading the newspaper cover to cover and cracking up at the Pythonesque humour of it all
midbusker 10 months ago 4
ANYONE WHO DISSES THIS IS NOT A TULL FAN...OR A MUSIC FAN IN GENERAL......AND YOU SHOULD DIE TO <3
LizRichieBand 11 months ago
Let's see... saw them stoned out of my face in Quebec City in June 72 (Thick as a Brick tour) ;
March 75 in Minneapolis (War Child);
1978 in Edmonton, Canada (Songs from the Wood);
and again, still kickin it in Winnipeg around 10 yrs ago.
Timeless... glad to be alive in the 60s & 70s !!! What an era !!
noayhozay 1 year ago
this video is almost as good as if video taped your foot.
Slacktest 1 year ago
@Slacktest
its rare footage......YOU ARE A FUCKIN DICK
LizRichieBand 11 months ago
@LizRichieBand Sorry it is great rare footage of them playing under water. Good job.
Slacktest 11 months ago
stunning !
babybadger10 1 year ago
stunning !1
babybadger10 1 year ago
non rabbits!
cpdaddy7 1 year ago
The Rabbits reminded me
I actually SAW this very show
The Warehouse
NOLA
'1972
JohnMcCSF 1 year ago
Most certainly an era that will never be repeated!
PHYZOE 1 year ago
Where is the flute? That's the best part?
ManaOkamiMeiun 1 year ago
@ManaOkamiMeiun
Why don't you watch the damn thing!!!!!
The Martin Barre and Ian Anderson improvisation is in there.
One of the best free form rock bits in this universe!
cmfluteguy 1 year ago
I saw Jethro Tull in 1972 in Oklahoma City and the back band was the Eagles! Tull blew them away.
Longmiestr 1 year ago
@Longmiestr
Ian claims that the melody and chord changes in "Holel California" were ripped off
from Tull on that tour. Tull did a jam and then .....poof, the Eagles did Hotel California!
It wouldn't surprise me if it was true.
I never saw any band on tour with them that Tull didn't blow off the stage,
even in the early days when Tull opened for Zepplin. Man, they got that billing backwards!
cmfluteguy 1 year ago
@cmfluteguy I prefer We Used To Know over Hotel California but i do believe Ian Anderson said in an interview which can be found on youtube that he wouldn't call it a rip off but he does consider it a tribute
Rocky54167 1 year ago
@Rocky54167
Over the years, Ian has mollified his story. I think his original comment was a
little "sour grapes" sounding.
cmfluteguy 1 year ago
I saw this concert live in louisville, Ky. 1972 and was in the front row standing leaning on the stage, smoking a joint. part of the clip that was cut out he said"my! it's awfully smoky in here!"
tomhansen2002 1 year ago
I saw them tour this album in 1972 and it was brilliant!!!
ledded1 1 year ago
does anyone know who is playing bass ?
drl20895 1 year ago
@drl20895 jeffrey
scurvytom 1 year ago
@scurvytom It's all about Jeffrey.
BARRIEMOREBARLOW 1 year ago
Excellent. Even though the film wasn't the best quality, the quality of the performance was there. I saw Jethro Tull do Thick As A Brick in 1972 and Passion Play in 1973. This was a better concert. Actually after they spent over an hour on this, they leave the stage, take a leak, get a drink and come back out and do all the material of Aqualung. This was when they were at their best as far as I am concerned. Thank you for posting this.
EEPIIFFAANNY 1 year ago 2
Thick As A Brick is the best rock album of all time - bar none. Ian Anderson is a genius.
I saw them when I was 14 performing on this tour, and that was it for life!
jackHNv 1 year ago
At the Sydney Australia "Thick as a Brick" concert. With the non-rabbit and all.
Full version ... complete with intermission skit.
Kevinulla 1 year ago
I plow my fields with a jethro tull
REIworker 1 year ago
I saw Jethro Tull playing "Thick as a Brick" at Cornell University, on this same tour, right before they played Buffalo. The album was released later that month.
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They did those two jokes at Cornell as well: 1) where they came out as janitors with overalls, and 2) the "Mike Nelson, fish on the line" phone call.
DirkJefferson 1 year ago
I saw Jethro Tull playing "Thick as a Brick" at Cornell University. It was in this tour, just before they played at Buffalo. The album was released later that month.
DirkJefferson 1 year ago
hahah the bunny rabits are great
whosnext1234567 1 year ago
Did they ever play the whole thing live?
hyperguy61 1 year ago
Yes, on this tour.
Gumbydunzeeto 1 year ago
@hyperguy61 Yes, on the 1972 tour they opened by playing an extended version of the entire album, it had some instrumental solos and the background music from 'The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles' from Passion Play on it.
jackHNv 1 year ago
Which one is Jethro?
rodnisimo 1 year ago
@rodnisimo
very good question LOL !!!
KingF66 1 year ago
Dude, Jethro died in XVIII century.
Wiaszczurka 1 year ago
@Wiaszczurka That was also the year they invented sarcasm.
rodnisimo 1 year ago
@rodnisimo I hope you didn't think that my text was serious. I do believe that people nowadays realize thaht Jethro Tull isn't the name of the leader. ;-)
Wiaszczurka 1 year ago
@Wiaszczurka Oh I don't know, I once knew a guy who couldn't understand why anyone would name a band "Hauling Oats".
twangglor 1 year ago
@Wiaszczurka Same with Led Zeppelin, the band I've been a fan of for decades. People say," Oh, I like him!" Same with "Lynyrd(maybe they think it's Leonard?!) Skynyrd... Stupid...
torpf 1 year ago
Jethro Tull, Thick as Brick Tour was my very first concert. Seen them with my friend Tim Miller, on 20 May 1972. It was a Senior year in H.S. Tickets were $5.00 for the show. Seen the Passion Play, Minstrel in theGallery and Warchild tours as well. All at Hershey Park Arena.
PaBasser 2 years ago
Ian has said he has no idea where his stage outfits(including codpieces) are.He said maybe someday he will be able to buy them on e-bay.
diacobelli1 2 years ago
I saw this concert at the L.A. Forum in '72. To this day one of the best shows I've ever been to. It just doesn't get any better !!!
racer500gp 2 years ago 2
This is the best "Thick" I've seen here, so thanks to whoever posted it. I consider this to be Tull's peak, in terms of both
the piece and performance.
finylvinyl66 2 years ago
I can't believe I'm seeing this footage. I was AT this concert all those years ago. 14 years old and a real Tull Freak. Still am. Ahh the rabbit suites, What a memory trip
baazooka86 2 years ago
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BoxxFive 2 years ago
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tubejammin 2 years ago
Thick as a brick is an English colloquialism meaning, roughly, full of shit.
Fireagate77 2 years ago
CORRECTION: it means "dumb" or "stupid"
darincody 2 years ago 4
@Fireagate77 nahh thick as a brick is what the english say meaning you're stupid,in Scotland we say 'you're thick as shite' same meaning though.
scotsmaninusa 1 year ago
I feel dumb... I can't figure out the fish on the line. What was he talking about? Some kind of British humor?
rdubtastic 2 years ago
Yep. The whole performance was a send up of the prog-rock concept album and the rock-opera ideas of the time - Tommy and Tales from Topographic Oceans, etc.
You have to read the original album cover - a fake newspaper (pages of it!) to get all of the jokes.
The irony of it is that 'Thick' was probably the best composed of all those prog-rock extended pieces.
cliverich 2 years ago 9
@cliverich Topographic Oceans was not of the same era as Tommy...10 years later at least as far as my addled mind recalls. The Who, Tull and Yes had about as much in common as doodie, piss and snot. Stop comparing them.
Rikk303 1 year ago
The hook has been set and he's reeling them (you) in! The phone was for Mike Nelson, a character in a TV show called Sea Hunt, he was a scuba diver. A scuba diver (even sometime in a rabbit suit) would come on stage to answer the phone. Wearing his "aqualung"! Get it.
BoxxFive 2 years ago
Got it, and thanks :D
rdubtastic 2 years ago
@rdubtastic Monty Python humour of the day. You have to be British and from the time to understand. Same for the Rabbit suits ;-)
Ash1955 2 years ago
Beethoven...Schumann....Brahms...Jan Anderson....thank you Tull.
whosnext66 2 years ago
Really amazing! Great rare video!
zamix23 2 years ago
strictly awsome dude. Old L.P.s the way. These guys are the shit -rabbit costumes and all. tabarnac!
woodstockquebec 2 years ago
Man music like this brings back memories of the early 70's,this song is wonderful and yet I'm so damn sad I'm not part of it anymore.
Zorack10 2 years ago
I miss nostalgia too.......make my heart tug with yearning.
tommycoone 2 years ago
lol whats with the rabbits?
freddiebarry93 2 years ago
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darincody 2 years ago
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okay dude, i dont buy cds. anyone who buys music nowadays is stupid cuz you can just download it for free.
and i dont really care if there called "non-rabbits". big deal
freddiebarry93 2 years ago
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darincody 2 years ago
your just looking to pick a fight, obviously. i wasnt asking what they were called. i was simply asking why are they dressed up in rabbit costumes. but you couldnt figure that out so i had to explain it to you
freddiebarry93 2 years ago
Your right. Anyone that spends money on cds or records is an idiot. And what IS with those rabbits? I guess I'll never know.
darincody 2 years ago
Why should the musicians publish music if no one is going to buy it anyways?
TheComradeMike 2 years ago
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BoxxFive 2 years ago
I KNOW its the band in costumes! duh! i was asking WHY are they dressed up in rabbit costumes and whos idea was it?! what was behind it all?
god, what does it take to communicate with you people on youtube who cant understand my sentences and questions??! didnt you read my question above?
freddiebarry93 2 years ago
My all-time favourite prog rock band!
migliaribass 2 years ago
saw this show may '72 in new orleans. recorded it on cassette. played it once a week for the rest of junior and high school. they returned in october to do the same show. jeffrey's hair was cut short. allways wondered why. they were the most awesome live band to see. john evan had his organ on stage left, but the piano was all the way stage right. past jeffrey. he would take his time and stroll across the stage to play it. then back, playing air guitar while ian played a little organ.
buzz360 2 years ago 3
good times............
AmericanDiaz 2 years ago
classic band classic album too when i see the front of my Thick as a brick LP cover the man giving Gerald Bolstock the peice of paper he reminds me of Geoffery Chater a british actor for those who are unfamilaur of him he featured small parts in alot of BBC comedies such as Dad's Army, Some Mothers Do Ave Em and One Foot In The Grave
floydrules1 2 years ago 2
LOL, I remember wearing out an 8-track of this.
wavernr 2 years ago 2
Ian Anderson did the whole theatrical/funny showman bit well...but i like how he's tuned it down a bit here. In comparison to how he sings on Bursting Out, y'know?
TreCliche 2 years ago
I saw them in 1972 in Montreal ...not forgotten
MarieMontreal 2 years ago
Spinning me back down the days and years of my youth. I saw them in this tour, with some band called The Eagles opening for them. I'm not sure if the opening act ever did much, but Tull's music from back then is still great to hear! It was in Spokane, and I think it was May of '72.
t4texas 2 years ago 2
...spin us back down the years and the days of their (and probably our & your) youth!!! who are you? let me take a guess!
bassilleiro 2 years ago
I saw this concert in Hershey too. It was great. It was my senior year too. I was graduating from Camp Hill High School. Will never forget the rabbits...I thought that was so strange......one of my favorite concerts ever, and I have seen many
FDS6 2 years ago 2
I love them.
54spiritedwill54 2 years ago
Tull rocks
oj8b709q 2 years ago
The did the phone thing when I went as well. A guy in a jockey costume asked to sit where I was for a second, the phone rang, the band stopped and Ian asked 'can the man who's tied his horse outside remove it, as it's fouling the patio!' The guy in my seat got up and walked out.
jackHNv 2 years ago 3
I was 14 years old, and I went to see Tull at the Guildhall in Plymouth, my first-ever gig.
They started by playing the whole Thick As A Brick album, over an hour - I have loved them ever since - th best band in the world, EVER!
jackHNv 2 years ago
For those of us older fellows who might still be kicking ourselves in the backside for NOT having witnessed this concert tour with our own eyes, your posting is a very welcome answer to a long-standing wish. Thank you. And yes, I'd LOVE to see more!
gothling1955 3 years ago
¡Cojonudo.!
debartzen 3 years ago
This was my first concert. It was May of 1972. It was in Hershey Pa. It was about a month before graduation. What an experience. I had no idea of what a concept album was, until I'd seen this show. Tickets were $5.00. What a bargain, huh? About 2 hours wages back then. Seen them 2 more times in the early to mid 70's. Probably was Passion Play and Minstrel in the Gallery. Thanks for posting.
PaBasser 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Did you take the Hershey Highway to get there?
CatapultYourMom 3 years ago
Jethro Tull "The Minstrel Looks Back, 1969-1977 2DVD set" has other Tull concerts and unreleased video footage from the 70s
ClassicRockDVD 3 years ago
God I you had the whole entire performance!
Aqualung71 3 years ago
Saw the phone thing too on Passion Play tour - summer '73 in Vancouver at Pcific Coliseum. Unbelievable end to an unbelievable show. Plus Robin Trower at his height as the opener. Don't make 'em like this anymore.
sportsrockroll 3 years ago
Ian's voice is so great at this point ... he had boundless energy too. The first time I saw Tull was 1973 with the release of Passion Play ... they did the same telephone thing too.
themountainviewguy 3 years ago
Saw Tull's Thick as a Brick tour when they were backed by The Eagles! This brings back some great memories. Also caught the Passion Play tour where they were backed by Steeleye Span. A classic. Thanks so much for the blast from the past...a very wonderful past.
EnglishBayley 3 years ago
I saw that concert as well .... hahaha ... I remember that one. I got interested in Steeleye Span and their electrified folk music after that. By that time Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond was sporting his diagonal stripes which I do not see here.
themountainviewguy 3 years ago
When music was music and lypsynching was for television!
Jonnobaas 3 years ago
ironically... ive read that through the duration of tulls existence, most of their performances have been pre-recorded with the EXCEPTION of vocals and flute
roadrashrobby53 3 years ago
by the way. you don't have anything from the 75 war child tour? that's the tour i saw them on. also stormwatch.
django519 3 years ago
i just want to say you're doing great work. i've been looking for good live tull footage for years. all i've come up with were goofy lip-synched videos. and an occaional gem. that madison square garden show (from "songs from the wood") is some good live stuff. But beyond that it's been bubkis.
So keep doing what your doing. The thick as a brick compilation was brilliant. so was the passion play project. I very much enjoed that.
keep doing what you're doing and i'll keep watching.
django519 3 years ago
Awesome footage, awesome show, thank you TullTapes. There's altogether too little quality Tull footage out there spanning 70-75
yast420 3 years ago
I went to this concert tour.. Saw them when they were in Denver... was my first concert when I was 12 yrs old and went with my buddies.. will never forget it.
attractivefrenchguy 3 years ago 2
I also saw what may have been the first performance of this at Portsmouth (UK) Guildhall in march 72, I was also 12. As far as I remember they started by wandering around the audience in raincoats then got up on stage. At the end of the gig there was a taped conversation about who had the car keys!
adamg709 3 years ago
WOW!
RichVee 3 years ago
set the time cursor in 4:29 and release,stop when the cursor reach 5:31, repeat several times till you get ...
gius29 3 years ago
I never seen the phone call bit! epic!
AmericanDiaz 3 years ago
Thick as a Brick!!!!! A masterpiece!!!!! When I was a kid, I used to listen to it for hours and hours!!! Still love it to this day!!! It was probably one of the first pieces of music that I became devoted to. That was around the mid-70's. Ian is a lyrical genius and excellent showman. I caught them twice in concert and only wished I could have been old enough in 1972 to experience one of their Thick as a Brick shows! Atleast my uncle saw them live during that golden age of TULL!!! Long live JT!
kwadinka 3 years ago 15
@kwadinka I saw them on this tour in Plymouth, UK, they were awesome!
They were a great band for years after, but this was their finest hour.
jackHNv 1 year ago
@jackHNv I am so jealous! You truly were able to witness legendary rock greatness!!!
kwadinka 1 year ago
1972 Jethro Tull Was on top of the world!
danesesrocky76 3 years ago 2
History here!
elviss 3 years ago 2
BUNNIES!
sconeofark 3 years ago 2
I love them.
clausdavi 3 years ago
Thanks.
CompressionSession 3 years ago
Oh. There it is. Disregard.
atichman 3 years ago
what happened to the piecemeal posting of the live Passion Play tour from '73 that was on here?
atichman 3 years ago
I this show at the Los Angeles Forum during the 1972 tour. It was my 3rd concert at 12 years old. First was Zepp, second was Grand Funk and then Tull. What a great start to my concert going adventures that continue to this day. All I can say is thanks for cool older brothers!!!
racer500gp 3 years ago 2
Whoever would have though a mad man and a flute would have made history like this. Too kool man!!
Godpleaser77 3 years ago 2
Cheers buzzy matey for this. Much appreciated.
techsl1210 3 years ago 2
Jeffrey Hammond, bass player for Tull from Aqualung to Minstrel in the Gallery.
nyifnbr18 3 years ago 3
Whos that playing the bass? its not Glenn Cornick, and its not John Glascock..
Carvinn 3 years ago
I know I'm immature but I still giggle when I hear the name Glascock.
borimirtheboring 3 years ago
He changed his name to Glasrooster. God bless him.
atzin1 3 years ago
There's something epic about this
Aspartamebraintumor 3 years ago 3
Saw this tour in Cleveland back in 72.Awesome then and still awesome now.Nothing like it since.Anderson's wizardry on stage was unique.
alaran909 3 years ago
Is this the same tour when they released "Passion Play" also? .... or am I a year off maybe 1973? I remember seeing them at the Chicago Stadium Rabbit costumes et., al. Passion Play was also done, but thought that was '72. Maybe someone out there can correct me.
netreacher 3 years ago
Jethro Tull were one of the biggest bands in the world when this came out, why was the tour never pro-shot??? Same question can be said of Genesis' "Lamb". Especially such visual tours. At least we have this.
mtopper66 3 years ago
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My favourite band. Listen to my "Wondrin´aloud" version.
siggi5153 3 years ago
I just discovered youtube's old music vids. Been gorging on early 70's Yes, Genesis, Tull. I saw Yes Close to the edge tour in Sept 72, Tull's TAAB show in Nov. or Dec. 72; saw end of Genesis Selling England by the Pound tour at Roxy Theater in LA December 73. All shows were indescribably superb, nothing like it around today. Great to see the kids discovering this stuff now. I still long for concerts like that - that make the hair on your neck stand up, chills run down the spine.
Thanks guys.
rumpole111 3 years ago 5
Yes Rumpole...
There's NOTHING around today that even approximates the showmanship, musicianship or the intelligence of the great Progressive Rock bands of the early and mid 1970s.
Genesis, Tull, Yes, ELP, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Renaissance, etc. etc.
PaulHartXYZ 3 years ago 2
I was second row for the New Orleans show. Anyone else there? Wild Turkey wasn't bad either.
blueslover97 3 years ago
Ah, memories. To be 13 again.
2rainbowed 3 years ago
que a toda madre
gzzrico 3 years ago
dude i have no idea where the fuck u get this amazing shit but pleeeeease upload the rest of this song, coz i know they did the full version of it in 1972. Thanks!
Qurats 3 years ago
we were so stoned in Boston with the phenomenon that was Jethro Tull...afterwards drove home to Fall River and landed at a gas station where the most serious looking old lady peered into our car window...she scared us.funny...those were the days
CROWNONME 3 years ago 2
this sounds so much better now. amazing. i hated it when i first bought it. i think i was expecting Aqualung part 2. this is brilliant. ian - sheer genius and thanks for inspiring me to take up the flute.
lahore55 3 years ago
A devastating live band from 71' - 78'. Arguably the best live ensemble in rock in those years. Superb musicianship and great passion. Just a joy to see all the various old footage from the shows of this era.
TheRealSlipperman 3 years ago 5
i saw this show in st.louis. you can see it on this video, they came out in coveralls and looked like the stage hands. anderson pull off his cap, hair flies and the crowd goes crazy. he then says, 'please be quiet, i rather like this song' and then they play for the next hour. it was totally awesome.
pattinckee 4 years ago
No better than TULL. Close your eyes, hear a new song. If it is TULL you know it. A bloody good one Ole boy.. By the Way, how many Cigarettes did I bring along?
hillbillyvol 4 years ago
Bloody fantastic.
DrShrinker 4 years ago
i have very jethro tull video in the world and
all the live stuff too!
underwwraps2 4 years ago
what a cool and rare vid. i have this too and some stuff from the underwraps tour not the stuff fom ben rossingtom eather
underwwraps2 4 years ago
I saw them in Knoxville in May 1972. It is still the best concert I ever saw. Thanks for this 1972 footage! Brings back great memories of a great show.
alawson2 4 years ago
Saw them in 1972 in New Haven. Not just the best concert I ever saw, but the best by a mile.
eli10az 4 years ago
Good times!
mojogypsy 4 years ago
thank you so much for posting this.
jehorner 4 years ago
saw them in Pittsburgh 1972 with some old friends.Still remember an incredible show.
jehorner 4 years ago
thx for upload.... its such a cool vid.
hope i can see more.....
Eggok123 4 years ago
This is unbelievable! I attended this show in Rochester! Thanks so much for finding this video and posting it.
suredunno 4 years ago
"HEY, TULLTAPES" would you happen to have the drum solos in thick somewhere? that you would want to share with us
douglasmichaels 4 years ago
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If you like JT plz join my Jethro Tull fan group. just go to my profile and click groups and join JT fan group.plz post your vids
kevinmann 4 years ago
Soy fanático de Jethro Tull, un excéntrico aristócrata sesentista, me parece de una calidad espectacular la fusión entre el rock y la música de trovador medieval ayornado, humildemente eso me parece, saludos, Pixelote.
Pixelote07 4 years ago
I saw Tull in concert as a youngster in Buffalo, NY. Watching this video and listening to the music brought back such amazing memories. I loved the music then, and now 35 years later, I love it even more.
bridgetalexandra 4 years ago
Being 18 fails. I envy you old sots!
Meh, at least I got to see them a few months back. 'twas great, but I'd love to have been there from the beginning.
Aaratsgaarn 4 years ago
The things that stood out from the show I saw (in Milwaukee) were the apparent roadies turning into Tull members (I had a feeling that might happen). Also, the telephone call, but Ian picked it up and held it to the audience, and said, "It's for you."
pxwfile 4 years ago
So was the Mike Nelson bit a reference to the old show "Sea Hunt" with Lloyd Bridges as Mike Nelson,which was big around that time?
Nicar526 4 years ago
Yes it is. In Memphis in 1972, the call was for "Lloyd Bridges" and a guy with scuba suit and tank came out and took the phone.
wheel75 3 years ago
ahh! You know I can't remember if they did that bit here in Houston,but they must have because the scuba guy is dancing around in the short film they showed.. Thanks!
Nicar526 3 years ago
tooo much hair!!!
11colio11 3 years ago
This footage is unbelievable. I'm so glad this stuff was documented. PLEASE post more! thanks!
hoestreicher 4 years ago
How right you are. Todays music, by most measures, is all crap. Music is controlled by corporations. They don't care about quality, only what they think the masses want to hear. They have dumbed down the listening public to the point of ignorance. The problem is, the public, for the most part, is following along, not unlike the lowly lemming.
mesastorm 4 years ago
Thank you! What a great piece of history!!! This was a #1 album on the American Bilboard charts in 1972! The album was 1 song!!!! What happened to musical taste!!! I was born in 1973 and This is one of my all time favorite albums!!! Why doesn't anyone make music like this! So interesting!!!Rather than the boring formulas that modern pop lames us out with! Goin to see acoustic Tull next Sunday! Can't wait! They should get this line-up together for 1 tour!!!
shjoed 4 years ago
Magnificent! I heard this for the first time 35 years ago and is the same emotion today! Great Tull!
caribaci 4 years ago