Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978) [New Shoes Edition 2018] (ADVD to FLAC Stereo 24-bit/96kHz)

2018 marks 50 years since progressive folk-rock band Jethro Tull jumped onto the British music scene. This 40th anniversary edition of "Heavy Horses" features the new remix, plus additional studio recordings, done by Steven Wilson; a flat transferred original album, plus live concert from May 1978 and an extensive new booklet.

Jethro Tull's 11th studio album, Heavy Horses, is one of their prettier records, a veritable celebration of English folk music chock-full of gorgeous melodies, briskly played acoustic guitars and mandolins, and Ian Anderson's flute lilting in the background, backed by the group in top form. This record is a fairly close cousin to 1977's Songs From the Wood, except that its songs are decidedly more passionate, sung with a rough, robust energy that much of Tull's work since Thick as a Brick had been missing, and surpassing even Aqualung in its lustiness. "No Lullaby" is the signature heavy riff song, a concert version of which opened Bursting Out: Jethro Tull Live. Anderson sings it – and everything else here – as though they might be the last lines he ever gets to voice, with tremendous intensity. The band plays hard behind him throughout, with lead guitarist Martin Barre (most notably on "Weathercock") and bassist John Glascock showing up very well throughout. Anderson's production and Robin Black's engineering catch their every nuance without sacrificing the delicacy of his acoustic guitar and mandolin playing. "Acres Wild," "Rover," "One Brown Mouse," "Weathercock," and "Moths," the latter featuring some of David Palmer's most tasteful orchestral arrangements, are among the loveliest songs in the group's entire repertory. Curved Air's Darryl Way plays violin solo on the title track – a tribute to England's vanishing shire horses, which doesn't really take off until Way's instrument comes in on the break, with a marked tempo change – and on "Acres Wild."

The Steven Wilson Remixes:

01 - ….And The Mouse Police Never Sleeps
02 - Acres Wild
03 - No Lullaby
04 - Moths
05 - Journeyman
06 - Rover
07 - One Brown Mouse
08 - Heavy Horses
09 - Weathercock



Associated Recordings (SW Mix)

01 - Living In These Hard Times (Version 2)
02 - Everything In Our Lives
03 - Jack-A-Lynn (Early Version)
04 - Quatrain (Studio Version)
05 - Horse-Hoeing Husbandry
06 - Beltane
07 - Botanic Man
08 - Living In These Hard Times (Version 1)
09 - Botanic Man Theme
10 - A Town In England (Hidden Track)



Original 1978 Stereo Mixes (Trasferred Flat)

01 - ….And The Mouse Police Never Sleeps
02 - Acres Wild
03 - No Lullaby
04 - Moths
05 - Journeyman
06 - Rover
07 - One Brown Mouse
08 - Heavy Horses
09 - Weathercock
10 - Rover (No Strings Version) [Associated Bonus Track]
11 - Living In These Hard Times (Version2) [Associated Bonus Track]
12 - Beltane [Associated Bonus Track]



Live In Berne (May 1978)

01 - Opening Music (Quartet)
02 - Introduction By Claude Nobs
03 - No Lullaby
04 - Sweet Dream
05 - Skating On The Thin Ice Of The New Day
06 - Jack-In-The-Green
07 - One Brown Mouse
08 - Heavy Horses
09 - A New Day Yesterday
10 - Flute Solo - Medley
11 - Living In The Past - Medley
12 - Songs From The Wood
13 - Thick As A Brick
14 - Hunting Girl
15 - Too Old To Rock'n Roll
16 - Conundrum
17 - Minstrel In The Gallery
18 - Cross-Eyed Mary
19 - Quatrain
20 - Aqualung
21 - Locomotive Breath
22 - The Dambusters March - Aqualung


Reissue Produced by Ian Anderson. The new Stereo Mix by Steven Wison.
"Live In Berne" recorded on 24 track by Maison Rouge Mobile on May 28, 1978 at the Festhalle in Berne, Switzerland. This concert remixed to stereo by Jakko Jakszyk.
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