Stand Up (Jethro Tull album)
| Stand Up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cover art by James Grashow
|
||||
| Studio album by Jethro Tull | ||||
| Released | 25th July 1969 (UK/Europe) 29th September 1969 (US/Elsewhere) |
|||
| Recorded | 17th April 1969 - 21st May 1969 at Morgan Studios, London, except Bourée, at Olympic Sound Studio 1, London | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 37:48 | |||
| Label |
Island (UK) Reprise (US) |
|||
| Producer | Terry Ellis and Ian Anderson | |||
| Jethro Tull chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Singles from Stand Up | ||||
|
||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |
   |
| The Village Voice | B− |
| PopMatters |
  |
| Record Collector |
|
| Rolling Stone | (favourable) |
Stand Up is the second studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released in 1969. Before recordings for the album began, the band's original guitarist Mick Abrahams resigned because of musical differences with Ian Anderson; Abrahams wanted to stay with the blues rock sound of their 1968 debut, This Was, while Anderson wished to add other musical influences such as folk rock. He was replaced by guitarist Martin Barre, who appeared on every Jethro Tull album from this point on.
Stand Up represents the first album project on which Anderson was in full control of the music and lyrics. The result was an eclectic album with various styles appearing in its songs, yet an album which remained somewhat in the blues rock mould, which would be the last such album from Jethro Tull.
The album quickly went to number 1 in the UK charts, while the non-album single "Living in the Past" rose to number 3.
The band began recording the album on 17 April 1969, starting with "A New Day Yesterday". They recorded "Back to the Family" and "Fat Man" on 21 April, "Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square" on 22 April, "Nothing Is Easy" and "Bourée (Alternate version)" on 23 April, "Bourée" along with "Early in the Morning (Unfinished backing track)" on 24 April, "Reasons for Waiting" on 26 April, "For a Thousand Mothers" and "We Used to Know" along with "Play in Time (Backing track)" on 1 May and finally, "Look Into the Sun" on 21 May. All of the songs were recorded at Morgan Studios in north London, but "Bourée" was recorded at Olympic Studios in south London because Morgan Studios was already booked for 24 April. The general routine was that the band would arrive at the studio at 9 am to work on one or two songs which would be finished by 4 or 5 pm. Recording engineer Andy Johns tried some new techniques; for example on "A New Day Yesterday" he achieved a swirling, stereo-shifting guitar effect by swinging an expensive Neumann U67 microphone on its cable in wide circles around the studio. The song "Bourée" proved the most difficult session, with Anderson and the band unsatisfied with any of the takes they recorded. The final version was compiled later from several takes, with more touches added by Anderson.
...
Wikipedia