Jethro Tull – Skating On Thin Ice: Volume One (12-Inch Double-LP)

This double album showcases Jethro Tull’s incredible concert at the Capital Centre, in Landover, Maryland, on 21 November 1977, during the Songs from the Wood Tour.

This volume (the first of two parts) features stunning renditions of Jethro Tull classics such as Thick as a Brick, Songs from the Wood, A New Day Yesterday and many more.

The band’s lengthy world tour of 1977 began on 14 January in Pasadena, and concluded some 11 months later in Boston, taking in numerous shows in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe and Australasia during its tenure. The longest tour of Tull’s career, it was planned to promote the Songs from the Wood album, released a month into the jaunt on 11 February.

Track Listing

Side One

1. Wond’ring Aloud (2:33)
2. Skating Away On the Thin Ice of the New Day (4:05)
3. Jack-in-the-Green (3:15)

Side Two

1. Thick as a Brick (13:15)

Side Three

1. Songs from the Wood (6:02)
2. Conundrum (2:28)
3. Drum Solo (4:17)
4. To Cry You a Song (2:34)

Side Four

1. A New Day Yesterday (2:55)
2. Flute Solo / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Bourée (8:15)
3. Living in the Past / A New Day Yesterday (Reprise) (2:33)

Format: Vinyl / 12” Album

No of Discs: 2

Label: Gimme Recordings

Catalogue No: GR001

Barcode: 0803343167160

Release Date: 22 Jul 2022