Ian Anderson’s solo profession can be celebrated with a brand new 10-disc vinyl field set 8314 Boxed, due on Aug. 23. Pre-ordering is already underway. An official trailer for the field set is beneath.
Among the many highlights are two sequels to Jethro Tull’s prog cornerstone Thick as a Brick. 8314 Boxed will embody a 2LP reissue of 2012’s Thick as a Brick 2 with a particular etching on Facet D and a half-speed vinyl remaster of 2014’s Homo Erraticus, which once more adopted the fictional character Gerald Bostock.
Three of Anderson’s solo albums have by no means earlier than appeared on vinyl: 1995’s Divinities: Twelve Dances with God, 2000’s The Secret Language of Birds and 2003’s Rupi’s Dance. The observe itemizing for a disc titled Roaming within the Gloaming that includes unreleased reside recordings from 1995-2007 can be beneath. 8314 Boxed is rounded out by a 96-page ebook with a foreword from Anderson and unique new liner notes and pictures.
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“Since 1983, I’ve made just a few solo albums, not as dissatisfaction with fellow musicians or the group identification however often simply to attempt one thing a bit totally different – whether or not sonically, stylistically or when it comes to instrumental line-up,” Anderson stated in an official assertion.
“These information all stand out for me as being fairly totally different from one another and in some methods reveal a broader depth of my songwriting,” he added. “The flute instrumental Divinities document is one in all my favorites to today.”
The Secret Language of Birds turned a Prime 30 U.S. hit in 2000, whereas followers who remained thinking about Bostock’s destiny pushed Thick as a Brick 2 to the Prime 40 within the U.Ok. Homo Erraticus fared even higher, hitting No. 14 on the U.Ok. chart in 2014. Anderson launched Thick as a Brick: Stay in Iceland later in the identical yr.
Ian Anderson, ‘Roaming within the Gloaming’ Observe Itemizing
1. “In a Stone Circle” (Shepherd’s Bush, London, Could 24, 1995)
2. “Round Respiration” (Keene, New Hampshire, Oct. 18, 2002)
3. “The Donkey and the Drum” (Reggio Emilia, Italy, Dec. 22, 2007)
4. “The Secret Language of Birds” (Katowice, Poland, Could 6, 2000)
5. “Boris Dancing” (Istanbul, Turkey, Could 13, 2000)
6. “In a Black Field” (Shepherd’s Bush, London, Could 24, 1995)
7. “Within the Moneylender’s Temple” (Manufacturing Rehearsal, UK, Could 1995)
8. “Not Ralitsa Vassileva” (Saarbrucken, Germany, Oct. 12, 2004)
9. “Eurology” (Saarbrucken, Germany, Oct. 12, 2004)
10. “The Habanero Reel” (Istanbul, Turkey, Could 13, 2000)
11. “Within the Grip of Stronger Stuff” (Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Nov. 12, 1998)
12. “Within the Olive Backyard” (Shepherd’s Bush, London, Could 24, 1995)
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