Grateful Dead

Nothing in Nottingham yet. Hopefully tomorrow!

On another note - anyone in the U.K. been successful in ordering DaP 23 vinyl? A friend has tried for a few days without success.

Mine arrived today in Reading via Royal Mail. Record time!!!

It doesn't seem much of a rock n' roll instrument, a flute. For proof, you've only got to listen to The Troggs "Wild Thing". The solo apparently played on an ocarina. Several of the more spacey bands used them to good effect, though, not least Hawkwind, Gong and Ozric Tentacles. I once read that the main difference between Ozric Tentacles and Jethro Tull was that in the Ozrics, everybody got to stand on one leg. They sound nothing like Jethro Tull incidentally.
Mention must also be made of the album "Flute and Nut" by Harold McNair. Never heard the record, but I always liked that title.
I don't know whats happened to my chuffing Dave's Picks. Probably arrive tomorrow.

DP45 arrived in this part of Wiltshire, UK, today - via Evri this time. No demand for additional payment (yet?!).

Never had Evri deliver a GD package before, but it was less than two weeks after despatch notification on this occasion - a significant improvement over the 6.5 weeks of DP44 (that was Royal Mail, the usual handover recipient from UPS).

Once Evri got hold of it, they fired off regular e-mails on its progress, with helpful one-hour delivery window, so I reckon I'm favouring Evri over Royal Mail at this stage for the UK internal leg of the transatlantic journey.

Evri's notifications stated sender as 'Asendia US' - this meant nothing to me, and Evri's tracking reference was of course different to UPS's, but since I wasn't expecting any other packages, I deduced it must be DP45.

Music Never Stopped, great.

Loved the Fire.

The drums in Wheel remind me of cartoon/movie "indian" drums (heep big drums),,, reminded me of Medicine Man from the Residents Commerical album.

Great recording, much better than the one I had in stock.

I like the "mix", though the drums are right there, Jerry is very clear. I for one like different mixes, you get to hear different instuments better. This certainly (from quick pass) seem to be drum centric.

Also a deal you couldn't bitch about,,,, two complete shows, four disc for the standard price!!! That's a-ok in my book.

Good job on this one.

Still waiting. Shows sound amazing from what you all have been saying. Last update I had was that it left Ohio on 1/31 which is about 500 miles away from where I live in NY state. Not sure if I should be worried yet. Fingers crossed I guess

I never got past Thick as a Brick which I liked a lot back then. I've never been a big fan of flutes but neither was I a fan of the saxophone until I listened to a lot of Coltrane. It's what's on the end of it that matters 😀.

Anyone in the UK interested in making a reasonable offer for my E72 trunk? I could use raising a little cash but I'm not thinking stupid money.

That's exciting news, that a Dave's 45 has been sighted in England. Maybe I'll stay in today after all.

Stand Up and Aqualung are my favourite albums by Jethro Tull, too. "We Used To Know" off "Stand Up" is a track I have always liked. I read somewhere once that Neil Young's "Like A Hurricane" bears a passing resemblance. Their first album "This Was" is also okay - more blues based with Mick Abrahams on guitar.

My copy of #45 has been delivered via Royal Mail this morning. So far there has been no demand for any extra payment although I’ll wait and see since I had the last box set for a couple of weeks before the demand arrived.
My thoughts go out to the people in and around Gaziantep and Aleppo, both of which I’ve visited, in the aftermath of the earthquake.

There is a lot of good Jethro Tull, but I find that I come back to the albums Stand Up and Aqualung the most often. The version of Stand Up that I have has Living In The Past and a couple of other bonus tracks, but Bouree and Fat Man always did it for me and A New Day Yesterday and Back to the Family smoke as well. Aqualung has the title track and Cross-Eyed Mary that both got plenty of radio play, but I like Mother Goose, Hymn 43, My God and Wondring Aloud even more, and I don't think there is really a weak song on the album.