Jethro Tull Stand Up: Analogue Production vs 1st British Pressing vs. S. Wilson Remaster
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- čas přidán 24. 08. 2024
- In this video, we're taking a look at the three most important editions of Jethro Tull's classic album "Stand Up". We're discussing the differences between the Analogue Production, the 1st British Pressing, and the S. Wilson Remaster.
180-gram 45 RPM double LP from Analogue Productions!
Mastered by Kevin Gray from the original U.K. Island analog tape
Gold-selling second album was an early turning point for the band!
Plated at Quality Record Pressings and pressed at RTI!
Gatefold old-style "tip-on" jacket by Stoughton Printing with the pop-up (stand up) band image accurately reproduced!
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." In a recent interview, Anderson picked 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."
Now with our 45 RPM release, plated at QRP and pressed at RTI, the best-sounding version of this historic album gives listeners an even richer sonic experience. The dead-quiet double-LP, with the music spread over four sides of vinyl, reduces distortion and high frequency loss as the wider-spaced grooves let your stereo cartridge track more accurately.
Clean, balanced, richly detailed. Just the way an Analogue Productions reissue should sound. You'll experience Jethro Tull classics such as "Bouree," "A New Day Yesterday," "Look Into The Sun," "We Used To Know," "Fat Man" and the rest with a new appreciation for the Grammy-winning progressive act's musical skill and innovation.
1. A New Day Yesterday
2. Jeffrey Goes To Leicester Square
3. Bourée
4. Back To The Family
5. Look Into The Sun
6. Nothing Is Easy
7. Fat Man
8. We Used To Know
9. Reasons For Waiting
10. For A Thousand Mothers
Great to see Jethro Tull getting some love. Incredible album
Beautiful analysis of these pressings, I really enjoyed your review. Your delivery is from the heart and rings true. The verbal illustrations are so good, I always want to go to my listening room after watching your videos. My Tull came in today, looking forward to spinning, thanks Michael.
Such a beautiful work of art - not just the sleeve, but the music itself.
Michael you have created something absolutely new.
You have accomplished something rare.
Now I'm putting all my trust in you and Dave.
My hope to get the rare vinyl of my choice after all.
How beautiful a premium path can be.
A balanced delightful experience.
Which I am very happy to be a part of.
❤️Heike
Jethro Tull vs. = 👌
Danke.
So, you are ceding your trust to someone else instead of developing your own instincts??
@@BattManion1979
If it's believable, yes. :-)
Just as someone can fully convince me of something.
❤️Heike
@@rastheike4329 Jesus Tits!
" That's how I love it!" me too! Thank you Micheal for your honest and transparent review... no pressing is by default the best: instead we must listen and use our ears and hearts and share impressions: from the Cover to the Vinyl! Thank you again Mr.45🎃
I admire your take on the person’s stamp on the OG. It provides some history. Cool.
Michael thank you for the review and for the comparisons! My copy arrived on Saturday but I haven’t had the chance to listen to it yet.
I also liked seeing the Nils Lofgren box. I finally ordered it today. 😉
Enjoyed this episode Michael. Thanks so very much!
Thanks for reviewing the AP version of Stand Up, my favourite Jethro Tull album. My copy is in transit and I cannot wait to hear it.
Just got mine ! Can’t wait to hear it! Another great video man, keep up the good work!
Lovely video Micheal. I think you are absolutely right with the term ,the blanket effect,which I also notice with less expensive reissues.
Love your review Michael. I have not been, like many others, a fan of the Steve Wilson remixes of Jethro Tull. I am awaiting the arrival of my copy from acoustic sounds with baited breath!
Thank you for the time you put into this! Stand Up is a wonderful album, and you have done it justice. One small niggle: the guitarist, Martin Barre, pronounces his last name Barré (Bar RAY), not Bare.
Thanks again.
Sorry but Martin pronounces his name as BAR not "Bar RAY". The "Bar RAY" misnomer comes from Ian Anderson's stage introductions of Martin, which was embellishing his likely French roots of the name Barre.
Just ordered this one as I only have the SW pressing. Really looking forward to it. Thanks for sharing your insights!
This was a good one. Im thinking the difference you’re describing might just be down to compression. With analogue just opening up the playing field a bit.
Just want to put this out there. Im in the us so naturally most of my lps are us press. Tull have a muddled past here with them being on both reprise and chrysalis records. In the case of this lp I’ve heard both. And both are slightly different. Ive noticed this on other us pressings on other labels as well. For instance the difference in several og close to the edge pressings Guess what im trying to say is ultimately every pressing everywhere puts a slight change to the overall sound. Sometimes more than slight. Even if you keep them all og. Say from a 72 pressing to a 75 pressing. Sometimes the 75 beats the 72. Of course that includes whatever you as the listener brings to the table. From your ears to your equipment.
So og pressings are always good some better than others. Represses are the same. Both vary more than you might think. Ultimately first presses are one of the og versions on lps this old but possibly not the final word. Depending on who’s had a crack at it and how since those days.
IMO a comparison with an Remix of an Album is not fair. It is a Remix from a man with modern intensions to Music. Wilsons mixes has often a more look to the instruments than the voices. It is a matter of taste liking these Remixes. I do.
@@rabarebra agree 100%
I just dug out my 1st UK press that I had not played for years after watching your review and wow, what a great piece of music. Then, next to where I had this album filed I pulled out another copy : a first German pressing from 1969 which I had forgotten I had, and had never played !
Michael, you mention in your review the "Slam" that the AP pressing has, and the german pressing had that, so powerful, it really rocked , jumping out of the speakers. I could not believe difference. Punchy, direct . Like all my german pressings of UK originals there is something about the german sound that is like german cars ! Rock Solid, robust. I get the same feeling when I shut the door of my german car !!!
I will probably get the AP version. For those of you who may be intrigued by the 1st german pressing it has a laminated cover and on the back it has " printed in germany by Carl v. d. Linnepe, 588 Ludenscheid " the pink Island logo is slightly different to the UK
The original UK pressing of Stand Up was never laminated and suffered damage very easily. The spines did not last.
Great review as usual 👍🏼 excellent, thank you Michael
Looks like I'm going to have to pick this one up! I only have the Wilson remix. _Really_ hope AP does Thick As A Brick too.. Probably my favorite Tull album. 👍
Michael you must have some purchasing power, you live in Germany and you get your Analogue Productions copy prior to most US customers. I'm still waiting for my copy and it was shipped on the 19th.
Aloha,
Thank you for review.
Now I know which one to buy.
Mahalo Ed
Love your videos mate
super excited for this release mine is due to arrive tomorrow
I've got the green chrysalis label pressing and the Wilson remix
I'm really hoping that the analog production release blows both away
GOOD ONE!!!......I also have a First Press U.K pop-up gatefold (excellent condition). Now you need to track down their first single with the printing error....JETHRO TOE......a real FOOT-tapper IMO
Just got my copy from AS. It’s spectacular!
the Shirley Thomas on the label made me laugh, but I don't mind it either. I kinda feel like little stuff/markings like that are a neat reminder of that particular album as an artifact of time. It lived a lifetime before it found it's way in your collection and in that regard it's fun.
Great Video. I have a British Island Stand Up ILPS 9103 A2. Love it. And Keith Don't Go!!!
They were not allowed to use the pink Island label. They were given permission to use the Chrysalis green label.
Bouree is such a great song. Look forward to delivery of my copy.
Thanks for the fairness of comparing it to a first issue UK pressing.
Long ago, I compared my first U.S. pressing to my friends first UK, and was surprised at how close the sound quality was.
As usual, the UK cover looked better.
The originals covers were printed in a matt finish, which I think better represents the look of the actual wood cut print used.
I think the AP would have a natural advantage, due to the greater information advantage of being cut at 45 rpm, the lower tracking error due to better placement on the disc, and the probable lower noise floor of the RTI pressing.
p.s. I say “first issue”, because a first pressing would be just that.
The first pressings of UK Beatles albums, would have a “G” stamped at 3 o’clock in the blank wax.
The next stamper would have an “R”.
The letters, or combinations of letters used, would be a code to indicate just how early, or late, the pressing was made.
It would be interesting to test, on a highly resolving system, such as yours, if differences could be heard between the different stampers.
I hope that AP will eventually make more affordable 33 1/3 rpm versions of some of their more popular titles, including “Kind of Blue”, with just the nicely made jacket, on regular vinyl.
Good one Michael
Looking forward to mine arriving 😁
They specifically wouldn't let Chad use the pink Island label.
if today's technology were there during the era when these 70s albums were released, of course, all of those would sound like the Steven Wilson / analogue production mixes in the first place... years from now ( as now how the technology is advancing now), someone would come up with more advanced mixes and today's mixes would become obsolete and would sound muddy when compared..just a far out thought..I love all the mixes, I love to listen to all back to back, all diff experiences
C’mon Chad.
Next up-
Benefit on 45 with the Kevin Gray treatment.
Blow our minds once again.
Thanks Michael.
Thanks for the review. I' can stick with my UK 1st press it seems, given that it's 33 rpm.
I don't seem to care for Steven Wilson's remixes that much. I heard Aqualung and along with many others I don't think it sounds very good. So, I'm not surprised at all that the AP pressing is much better. What you are hearing in the AP is partially because of the LOVELY work of Kevin Gray! I also made a point a while ago to acquire the 1st UK pressing but I don't have the AP.
I think I'll check ou that Analogue Productions version.
One of my favorite Tull albums. I have UK and German originals of this, looking forward to how it compares to those. The UK pink eye is very good.
you will be surprised
I have a few copies of this record and have never listened to it 😂. It's time 😊
I wonder why they used Chrysalis. this should have been pressed on the 2 color Reprise label (assuming they were trying to replicate the US release).
Chrysalis wont let them use the old island as they now own the masters.
I found an original 69 Reprise pressing in a near mint condition for $15 and it's far better than the Wilson remaster I've heard. And I don't have near the level of an audio set-up you have.
The label and sleeve condition means very little to me, becasue it affects the sound 0%.
maybe it's the difference between 33 & 45. But I am curious if it's worth the difference in price for the OG. I opted to pass on the AP for over 70 dollars and get the 1st OG USA pressing in VG+ for around 25 dollars- and have been quite happy with it ( and not changing record every 15 min). that being said i love AP, for me they are the king of Audiophile records all analog thanks for sharing
You say this is not an audiophile album, it is a rock album. Why do you think a rock album cannot be an audiophile album? Do you think only jazz albums can be audiophile? I love audiophile quality albums, but jazz put me to sleep and I like to stay awake and listen to a good rock album!
Hey Michael I’m that guy in Yorkshire 😂
Comparison begins: 4:07
I have the originals from UK, US and Scandinavia, and that album sounds great in all three editions. I don't think there is any need to buy the AP45 edition.
Brilliant, brilliant record. I wish AP would also do these at 33, though. I'm good, but I'm not 45rpm good.... BTW, are the jackets truly 'Stoughton?' I was under the impression Chad is doing them in-house.
I love Acoustic Sounds but I often do not concur with Chad’s taste in music, for example Nils Lofgren. Aren’t there better artists and albums for AS to do? Thank goodness he finally got Steely Dan!😅
Great review,comparison Michael,
Steven Wilson remixes are solid enough releases Aqualung one of his best.
Yes remixes were pretty good,King Crimson okay.
Now although you have the original on pink label from 1969 Michael,it would be interesting to hear the pink rim island from 1970/71.
All the pink rim records I have sound amazing,Roxy,Cat Stevens, ELP to name just three.
AP version is cut at 45 rpm which is definitely going to help it beat the original.
More dynamics,going to track better,no worries with any distortion as it doesn’t have to go near the label.
A great effort by Analogue Productions both in presentation & sonically.
Would love to buy it but have been screwed by Fedex before on arrival to Uk 😂
All the best Michael 🙌✊
The Steve Wilson is a total REMIX (U mention it in the video, but not desription. To me, at first it sounded too modern to me to be a 1969 album, but after more spins, it is very decent! Its a masterpiece no matter pressing !
you should get AP and compare you will be surprised
The Wilson is beautifully done and sounds great. However I will buy the AP also because the 45rpm pressing usually brings out new details. I only hope the vinyl will be as quiet as the Wilson which is silent.
Another incredible release from Analogue Productions, like most from this label it sounds as good or better than the original, usually better, sometimes much better! No surprises here ;)
This comment isn't about music but out of curiosity do you happen to watch the German in Venice?
Another German I like to watch.
I only have the US original of the Jethro Tull.
Ian Anderson and others from the band were involved all the way with the Wilson mix and agreed that is what they wanted.😉
That is a great early Tull album back when Tull was more into the rock jazz vibe .. Unlike MOFI ,,Analogue Productions gets the best praise and they deserve it.. I have Dave Brubeck and Eddie Money on the AProductions SACD and they are too damn good.. MOFI seems to be hit and miss a lot .I am waiting for the release of Joe Walsh 'The Smoker You Drink The Player You Get''' on 45 rpm Analogue Productions ..If you like Joe Walsh, ,I hope you can get one also.. Great review *******
Tull , Stand Up Album? Wow, that brings back memories; Tull was Satan, according to my Dad when I was 8 and had Aqua Lung Lp man did he have a Fit when I played Cross Eyed Mary; yes, he did...He broke every one of my Rock & Roll Records I had; some were not even mine, borrowed; boy were they Pissed; Ha! Ha! That Music totally freaked Me out! I loved it!
Keep doing Videos like this, Dude, You're a God! Peace! He beat my dumb ass all the time; until I was 10 I guess and threatened to smash his brains out, if he hit me again; a Month later, he never hit me again;
Tull's greatest album and clearly a masterpiece. Beginning to end -- a perfect album. As for the critique, no need to pontificate. The analogue sounds a little better. As for the Steven Wilson (whoever he is) re-mix, I think it's awful. Extreme imbalanced stereo. Terrible.
Nice video! For me, even though This Was is the band's first album, the Jethro Tull legacy really begins with Stand Up. I was really hoping that Chaddy-cakes at A.P. would choose to release Stand Up as a UHQR; and maybe someday he will. In the meantime I'm glad to have this new release. What did you do to get the outer sleeve on the Steven Wilson remix jacket and still allow the boys to stand up when you open the gatefold? I've got several different versions of this brilliant record on vinyl (U.S. original Reprise two-tone label, repress Reprise tan label, repress Chrysalis green label, repress Chrysalis blue label, S.W. remix Chrysalis green label and now the A.P. 45 RPM) of this great record where I'd look to do the same. Thanks!
that was some scissor work :-
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@@Michael45RPM I figured it would come down to that. Thanks.😉
@@Michael45RPM I tried taking a razor to some VSS sleeves to cover my copies of Stand Up, went at it for an hour or so and gave up in frustration. Your patience is commendable.
Thanks for the review Steve Jobs
Don't call me SJ when I wear a turtleneck
Jethro Tull and Alice Cooper had the most clever album art of anyone ever..
Not being a downer, but by interviewing and streaming Chad multiple times there will always be some bias built into vinyl comparisons.
where do you guys from europe pre order it? for me in austria it would be more than 70 bucks just for the shipping on analogue productions own store....thats insane
it is here in the EU
The Nils Lofgren album is a native digital recording in standard definition: it sounds incredibly good, even on a modest hifi set. In my opinion, a vinyl version will not add anything to the overall quality of the record.
In the USA we had the green Chrysalis label - assuming since this was done here Chrysalis probably still has the rights to it. IMHO Steven Wilson's work is way overrated. I _would_ say he improved Aqualung, which (at least the US version) was rather dodgy. However, he's absolutely ruined XTC's Dukes Of Stratosphear, to name just one. I pretty much avoid those whenever possible. Somehow he manages to sterilize everything. And I wish I had thought to "stamp" my records back in the 70's. Maybe I would still have my original pressing of Stand Up, which was "borrowed" when I was in college. My AP Stand Up just arrived, so I've got the tubes warming up and a bottle of 8 year old bourbon waiting in the wings...
Jethro Tull comparison with early Pearl Jam?? Uhh...not sure I follow that observation.
I listened to my US reissue on Chrysalis (1972 pressing?) last night. It didn’t sound good.
I’ve said it before. «Stand Up» is my favorite Tull-record. I think i need to get this.
yes you need to when I listen to it first time on AP my jaw dropped
@@audioguy67 I believe you’re right, man. And my favorit bodypart to drop, must be the jaw. Bought an LP in 1980, and a CD of it some years later. Only have the CD now, so i’m ripe for some wax. I can feel it.
Had to pass on this one steely Dan $$$$$ got those dollars.
Steve Wilson version destroys Jethro Tull, because that guy destroyed the mood of JT - too clear. For me the character of the original recording is the slightly "muffled" sound... as if it is heard from another room.
Have to disagree. The only album where I think Wilson doesn't provide a valuable alternative is with the newer release of Broadsword and the Beast. Other than that, what he's done has been revelatory. Of course, they're new mixes, so don't retain all the characteristics of the originals, but then if they did, what would be the point? I mean, in this very video, the reviewer says the AP version "sounds different" to the very original. It's just a matter of degrees.
War das nu mein Bauch oder Deiner? 😂
No me gustan los remix d Steven Wilson, ni en JT, ni en Yes. Al WAR CHILD, lo dejo sin guitarras, sin fuerza ...y con MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY.. lo mismo, le quita fuerza, profundidad....No a este porcupine...SW.