Album
The Chateau D'Herouville Sessions 1972
2024 · Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Rare pressing on Gatefold
The Chateau D'Herouville Sessions 1972 is a Rock album by Jethro Tull, originally released in 2024. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1The Big Top
- A2Scenario
- A3Audition
- A4Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day
- A5Sailor
- A6No Rehearsal
Side B
- B1Left Right
- B2Solitaire
- B3Critique Oblique (Part I)
- B4Critique Oblique (Part II)
Side C
- C1Animelee (1st Dance)
- C2Animelee (2nd Dance)
- C3The Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles
- C4Law Of The Bungle (Part I)
- C5Tiger Toon
- C6Law Of The Bungle (Part II)
Side D
- D1Château D'isaster Tapes (Scenario/Audition/No Rehearsal)(1988 box set mix)
- D2Only Solitaire (1974 Warchild mix)
- D3The Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles (1973 A Passion Play mix)
- D4Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day (1974 Warchild mix)
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Prog Rock
- layered
- whimsical
- pastoral
This album consists of recordings made by Jethro Tull in 1972 at the famous Chateau d'Hérouville (opens in a new tab) in France. The recordings were abandoned at an advanced stage for various reasons and shelved. Themes and songs were later recycled in different form on the albums A Passion Play (1973) and War Child (1974), however the original recordings remained in the vaults until 1988 when a few extracts were released on the anniversary boxset 20 Years Of Jethro Tull (opens in a new tab): they were nicknamed 'The Chateau D'Isaster Tapes'. In 1993 the full recordings from Hérouville were released on the first disc of another archive collection, Nightcap: The Unreleased Masters 1973-1991. For these two releases, the original 1972 recordings were mixed and vocal and flute overdubs were added by Ian Anderson.
In 2014, the Hérouville sessions were released once again, this time without overdubs, as a bonus for the 40th anniversary release A Passion Play (An Extended Performance) (Europe 2014) (opens in a new tab).
This 2024 version, again without overdubs, is the first time these recordings have been released on LP and as a stand-alone album.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Barriemore BarlowDRUMS, TIMPANI, GLOCKENSPIEL, MARIMBA
- Ian AndersonLEAD VOCALS, FLUTE, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, BALALAIKA, MANDOLIN, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, SOPRANINO SAXOPHONE
- Jeffrey Hammond-HammondBASS, BACKING VOCALS
- John EvanPIANO, ORGAN, CELESTA , SYNTHESIZER, BACKING VOCALS
- Martin BarreELECTRIC GUITAR, SPEECH
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 2 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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