Jethro Tull - A (La Mode) (40th Anniversary deluxe edition) (1980) [2021] [DVD9]
Label: Parlophone UK
Country: UK
Genre: Progressive rock
Quality: DVD9 (ADVD)
Video: MPEG2 Video / 720x480 / (16:9) / 29.97fps / 2000kbps
Audio: LPCM 2.0 / 96kHz / 4608kbps
Audio: DTS 5.1 / 96kHz / 1509kbps
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz 6ch 448kbps
Time: 01:03:05
Full Size: 19.38 GB
The album introduced a different sound and a new line-up. It was originally intended as an Ian Anderson solo album, but pressure from the record label Chrysalis saw it credited to Jethro Tull, even though only two members from the band's previous incarnation were featured: Anderson and guitarist Martin Barre. The title of the album refers to the studio tapes, which were marked 'A' for Anderson.
A was produced by Anderson and Robin Black and along with Anderson and Barre, the band also featured Dave Pegg (bass, mandolin) and Mark Craney (drums), along with guest performer Eddie Jobson - a Roxy Music alumnus - on keyboard, synthesizer and electric violin.
A (La Mode) 40th anniversary edition is a six-disc set
For this reissue - what they are calling the 'A La Mode: 40th Anniversary' edition - Steven Wilson has created new stereo and surround mixes of just about everything, including the album itself, associated recordings and the full concert from the LA Sports Arena recorded in August 1980. This package also contains a flat transfer of the original LP master and a DVD of Slipstream video (the conceptual video project from 1981 runs for almost an hour) remixed by Steven Wilson in surround sound and hi-res stereo.
The anniversary edition is a 3CD+3DVD set packed in the now familiar Presented DVD-sized case-bound book filled with an extensive history of the album, track-by-track annotations by Anderson, rare photographs and more.
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