What Are You Listening To?

[Jerome]

While on holiday the last couple of weeks I played Jethro Tull's 'Heavy Horses' a lot. Maybe it just slotted in with the rural feel of the place I was staying at. Anyway, it's the extended version of the original vinyl album and includes 2 brilliant bonus tracks which they should really have included on the original album. (Broadford Bazaar & Living in These Hard Times). It also struck me that this has to be one of the finest albums I own (in terms of quality of material/writing and excellent recording - every single instrument is crystal clear and the mix is a masterpiece). Mr Anderson is well-known for being a particularly hard taskmaster and the label 'ex-Tull' was highly regarded for years. I think this was their absolute peak in terms of overall production.