Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (Japan Edition) (1993)

Artist: Jethro Tull
Title Of Album: Minstrel in the Gallery (Japan Edition)
Release Date: 1975 (1993)
Location: England
Label: Chrysalis / Toshiba (TOCP-7817)
Genre: Progressive Rock, Folk-Rock
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue+covers)
Length: 45:17 min
Tracks: 7
Total Size: 267 MB (+5%)

Minstrel in the Gallery is the eighth studio album by British band Jethro Tull, recorded in April and released in September 1975. The album goes in a different direction from their previous work War Child (1974), with the orchestration being replaced by a string quartet conducted by David Palmer. The band also returned to the blend of electric and acoustic pieces, in a manner closer to their early '70s albums such as Benefit (1970), Aqualung (1971) and Thick as a Brick (1972), and for the first time since their two concept albums of Thick as a Brick (1972) and A Passion Play (1973), they recorded a song of more than ten minutes, which occupies almost all of the second side of the record.

Tracklist:

01. Minstrel In The Gallery (8:13)
02. Cold Wind To Valhalla (4:21)
03. Black Satin Dancer (6:53)
04. Requiem (3:45)
05. One White Duck/0^10 = Nothing At All (4:39)
06. Baker St. Muse (16:42)
- a Pig-Me And The Whore
- b Nice Little Tune
- c Crash-Barrier Waltzer
- d Mother England Reverie
07. Grace (0:37)

Line-up / Musicians:

- Ian Anderson / vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, producer
- Martin Barre / electric guitars
- John Evan / piano, organ
- Jeffrey Hammond / bass, string bass
- Barriemore Barlow / drums, percussion

With:
- David Palmer / orchestral arranger & conductor
- The London Philomusica (members):
- Patrick Halling / violin, leader
- Bridget Procter / violin
- Elizabeth Edwards / violin
- Rita Eddowes / violin
- Katharine Thulborn / cello

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