Jethro Tull/California, USA 1970

From Tull’s earliest US tour, which released the album “Benefit” in 1970, the live performance at San Francisco’s Fillmore West on May 1st is a miraculous soundboard-level quality that is hard to believe was an audience recording at the time. Almost complete recording. It is a direct copy of the original master tape with the best sound quality, and for this era, there is a live sound source from this two days later at the University of San Fernando in Northridge, California, and its rarity is also high. Quite something. The first song of the live performance was “Nothing Is Easy” from the album “Benefit”, which is a familiar song from this period. Also, the ferocious flute solo on the second song “My God” included in “Aqualung” released the following year, John Evan’s piano solo in the second half of “With You There To Help Me”, and the familiar “Dharma For” From the powerful drum solo in “One” to Martin Barre’s 12-minute long, ever-changing guitar solo in the second half of the show, to the masterpiece “For A Thousand Mothers” that follows, the sound was stable from beginning to end. Fully reproduces the charm of Jethro Tull. 01. Tune Up/02. Nothing Is Easy/03. My God/04. To Cry You A Song/05. With You There To Help Me/06. By Kind Permission Of/07. Sossity; You’re A Woman ( incl. Reasons For Waiting)/08. Dharma For One (incl. Drum Solo)/09. We Used To Know/10. Guitar Solo / Jam/ 11. For A Thousand Mothers [Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA May 1st 1970] Ian Anderson (Vocal, Flute & Guitars) / Martin Barre (Guitar) / Clive Bunker (Drums & Percussion) / Glenn Cornick (Bass) / John Evan (Keyboard)