This Was

This Was
LP by Jethro Tull
Released 1968
Recorded June 13, 1968 - August 23, 1968
Genre British blues
Length 42 min 55 s
Record label Island Records (UK), Reprise Records (US)
Producers Terry Ellis and Jethro Tull
Professional reviews
Allen Evans, New Musical Express Favorable October 26, 1968 (http://www.tullpress.com/nme26oct68.htm)
Melody Maker Favorable November 2, 1969 (http://www.tullpress.com/mm2nov68.htm)
Jethro Tull Chronology
(none)
This Was
(1968)
Stand Up
(1969)

This Was (1968) is the first album by the rock band Jethro Tull. Recorded at a cost of only 1200 British pounds, the album was definitely the work of amateurs on the rock music scene. One might therefore believe it to be mainly of interest to historians of rock music. Nevertheless, some of the songs reveal the kind of inventiveness that characterizes the band's later work. The album received generally favorable reviews and sold well upon its release. In the documentary film of the Woodstock Festival, portions of the song "Beggar's Farm" may be heard on the PA system, indicating that the album had achieved some notice in the United States.

Unlike their later albums, vocalist Ian Anderson shared songwriting chores with guitarist Mick Abrahams. The album overall has more of a rhythm and blues feel than the progressive rock feel the band is better known for.

Abrahams left the group following this album.

Jethro Tull's next album was Stand Up.

Personnel

Track listing

This Was was remastered in 2001 and released with three tracks not on the original album.

  1. "My Sunday Feeling" (Ian Anderson)
  2. "Some Day the Sun Won't Shine for You" (Anderson)
  3. "Beggar's Farm" (Mick Abrahams/Anderson)
  4. "Move on Along" (Abrahams)
  5. "Serenade to a Cuckoo" (Roland Kirk)
  6. "Dharma for One" (Anderson/Bunker)
  7. "It's Breaking Me Up" (Anderson)
  8. "Cat's Squirrel" (Traditional, arranged by Abrahams)
  9. "A Song for Jeffrey" (Anderson)
  10. "Round" (Anderson/Abrahams/Clive Bunker/Glenn Cornick/Terry Ellis)
  11. "One for John Gee" (Abrahams) (2001 remaster)
  12. "Love Story" (Anderson) (2001 remaster)
  13. "Christmas Song" (Anderson) (2001 remaster)
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