Aqualung album 1 v Aqualung album 2

Sunken Skies wrote: hmm... Don't you know that they wouldn't have been able to fit all those song on an album anyway.  I don't care much for the word rejects they were just songs that were simply left off becuase there was not enough space on the record or they sounded too diffrent or too much alike.  Has Ian simply put it he thought "Wind up" was a great way to end the album so he left off lick you fingers clean.  Anyway logic should tell you that it would be imppossible to fit all those songs on a record and they already did release a box set and have most of those songs on the remasters - you should check them out   Most people know Jethro Tull from Aqualung but their later work is just as great if not better, they even won a grammy in 1987 "Songs from the Woods" or "Heavy Horses" is a must for any Tull fan plus Roots to branches and Dot Com are some damn good albums

Ian did not want to out Teacher on the Benefit lp. He thought it was a bad song. There is always the story about the b side that was turned over and became a hit, as was Righteous Brothers Unchained Melody.

We live in a different world now with CDs, which require a min 50 minutes of music as opposed to the 35-40 of lps.  Artists would scrape way for many of those songs that are now bonus tracks but  alot of times it is just a reason for them to get their fans to repurhcase the album.  On Minstel in the Gallery live versions of Minstrel and Valhalla are promised but only a snipet of the live version are part of the package. On Thick as a Brick you do get a Madison Square Garden version of the Thick as a Brick Suite.

As far as I've read, "Teacher" was a b side to the British 45 and only became popular after it was re-recorded for a single in the States .  If you have the remaster, it has the original Brit mix on it, which from my understanding did not have the flute. Is this the case?

ken4musiq wrote: As far as I've read, "Teacher" was a b side to the British 45 and only became popular after it was re-recorded for a single in the States .  If you have the remaster, it has the original Brit mix on it, which from my understanding did not have the flute. Is this the case?

I'm not sure either, I have the Jethro Tull 25 years anniversary VHS (I have to clean it because it has fungus) and I believe I remember seing that song played without flute, I remember it clearly because there was a very beautiful girl in whom the cameras focussed all night long.

Iván