Jethro Tull's second album, Stand Up, marked an early turning point for the band with the addition of guitarist Martin Barre along with Ian Anderson's introduction of folk-rock influences to the group's blues-based sound. Released in the summer of 1969, Stand Up rose quickly to the top of the U.K. Albums Chart, and eventually earned gold certification in the U.S.

• 180 Gram Vinyl
• 24 Page Booklet
• 2016 Steven Wilson Mix
• Pressed at Optimal Media, in Germany
• Gatefold Cover with original "pop-up"
• Includes Download Code

Jethro Tull's second album, Stand Up, marked an early turning point for the band with the addition of guitarist Martin Barre along with Ian Anderson's introduction of folk-rock influences to the group's blues-based sound. Released in the summer of 1969, Stand Up rose quickly to the top of the U.K. Albums Chart, and eventually earned gold certification in the U.S.

Stand Up was the first album where Anderson controlled the music and lyrics, resulting in a group of diverse songs that ranged from the swirling blues of "A New Day Yesterday" and the mandolin-fueled rave-up of "Fat Man," to the group's spirited re-working of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Bouree in E Minor." Anderson has called Stand Up as his favorite Jethro Tull album, "because that was my first album of first really original music. It has a special place in my heart."

This new 180g vinyl pressing features Steven Wilson's 2016 remix of the 1969 classic packaged in a replica gatefold cover with the iconic 'pop-up' Jethro Tull image designed by James Grashow.

"The group's second album, with Anderson (vocals, flute, acoustic guitars, keyboards, balalaika), Martin Barre (electric guitar, flute), Clive Bunker (drums), and Glen Cornick (bass), solidified the group's sound. There is still an element of blues, but except for "A New Day Yesterday," it is far more muted than on their first album, as Mick Abrahams' blues stylings are largely absent from Martin Barre's playing. The influence of folk music also began to manifest itself ("Look Into the Sun"). The instrumental "Bouree," which could've been an early Blood, Sweat & Tears track, became a favorite concert number, although at this point Anderson's flute playing on-stage needed a lot of work; by his own admission, he just wasn't that good. Bassist Cornick would last through only one more album, but he gets his best moments here, on "Bouree." As a story song with opaque lyrics and jarring tempo changes, "Back to the Family" is the forerunner to Thick as a Brick." - Bruce Eder, All Music

Musicians:

Ian Anderson
Martin Lancelot Barre
Glenn Cornick
Clive Bunker
David Palmer, conductor, string arrangements

Track Listing:

Side A
01. A New Day Yesterday
02. Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square
03. Bouree
04. Back To the Family
05. Look Into the Sun

Side B
06. Nothing Is Easy
07. Fat Man
08. We Used To Know
09. Reasons For Waiting
10. For A Thousand Mothers

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