Jethro Tull – A Passion Play

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Label:	Chrysalis – CHR 1040
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, Booklet
Country:	US
Released:	Jul 1973
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Folk Rock, Prog Rock, Symphonic Rock

Tracklist

A		A Passion Play	23:07
B		A Passion Play	22:04

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Chrysalis Records
Copyright © – Ian Anderson Music Ltd.
Distributed By – Chrysalis Music Corp.

Credits

Acoustic Guitar, Flute, Soprano Saxophone, Sopranino Saxophone – Ian Anderson
Arranged By – Jethro Tull
Bass – Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond
Composed By – Ian Anderson
Drums, Timpani, Glockenspiel, Marimba – Barriemore Barlow
Guitar – Martin Barre
Lyrics By – Ian Anderson
Piano, Organ, Synthesizer, Speech – John Evan
Vocals – Ian Anderson, Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond
Written-By ["the Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles"-sequence] – Ian Anderson, Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, John Evan

Notes

℗ 1973 Chrysalis Records.
© 1973 Ian Anderson Music Ltd.
Controlled in U.S. & Canada by Chrysalis Music Corp., ASCAP.

"The Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles" is a part of "A Passion Play"
and is located somewhere at the end of side A and the beginning of side B.

Issued with a stapled theatre program inserted in two slits inside gatefold.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Label, A-side): (31,572)
Matrix / Runout (Label, B-side): (31,573)
Rights Society: ASCAP
Matrix / Runout (A-side etching variant 1): CHR1040 31572-1
Matrix / Runout (B-side etching variant 1): CHR1040 31573-1 X
Matrix / Runout (A-side etching variant 2): CHR-1040 31572-2
Matrix / Runout (B-side etching variant 2): CHR-1040 31573-2
Matrix / Runout (A-side etching variant 3): CHR 1040 31572-A-1E
Matrix / Runout (B-side etching variant 3): CHR 1040 31573-B-1D
Matrix / Runout (A-side etching variant 4): CHR 1040 31572-A-1C
Matrix / Runout (B-side etching variant 4): CHR 1040 31573-B-1C
Matrix / Runout (A-side etching variant 5): I CHR 1040 31572-A-1C
Matrix / Runout (B-side etching variant 5): CHR 1040 31573-1
Matrix / Runout (A-side etching variant 6): CHR1040 31572-1 x
Matrix / Runout (B-side etching variant 6): CHR1040 31573-1 x

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	A Passion Play (LP, Album)	Chrysalis	CHR 1040	UK	1973
Recently Edited	A Passion Play (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Chrysalis, Chrysalis	6307 518, CHR 1040	Germany	1973
Recently Edited	A Passion Play (LP, Album)	Chrysalis	5C 062-94404	Netherlands	1973
New Submission	A Passion Play (LP, Album, Promo, Stereo)	Chrysalis	CHR 1040	US	1973
Recently Edited	A Passion Play (8-Track Cartridge, Album, Green shell and slipcase)	Chrysalis	M8C 1040	US	1973

Reviews

mikeSF_ Jul 28, 2022
Edited 10 months ago
Okay my mind is blown. I don't consider myself a Tull fan per se, though I have Aqualung and like it. Picked this up because it was $8 and very clean.

The writing is complex, the arrangements are solid, and each instrumentalist is a technical behemoth. As prog records go, this is right in there with "Larks Tongues", "Court of the Crimson King", "Close to the Edge", "Brain Salad Surgery", etc. "A Passion Play" can hang in this very elite club.

I am puzzled who the intended audience is, however, with such an intermingling of (early 70s)'modern' synths and medieval sounding passages. Entire piece seems like a vanity project from the band. Not a bad thing, because they absolutely are killing.

This older pressing sounds fantastic. Clean mix and cleanly track instruments. Drums sound a little strange to me and I don't know why, but it lends to the off-kilter effect of the genre blend.

Anderson's flute work is stunning, and keyboards, guitar, and flute have worked hard to mimic articulations and line work such that they blend perfectly in the ensemble. The drummer may have the hardest job, as there are time changes galore, delving into 13/8, I noticed. He never misses.

I will revisit this record once in awhile because it's a piece of art. Four stars.