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Given it was splashed all over the cover of issue 117 of Prog Magazine, it’s unlikely to have escaped anyone’s notice that this year Jethro Tull celebrate the 50th anniversary of their fourth studio album, and arguably best-known album, 1971’s Aqualung.
Now the band have released a new animated video to celebrate the album’s anniversary. The new rotoscope animated video, directed by Sam Chegini, features many images from the songs lyrics, as well as Ian Anderson performing today and an equally graphic depiction of homelessness.
“At the suggestion of my pal, Jakko Jaksyzk of King Crimson, I contacted a young Iranian videographer/director, Sam Chegini,” Anderson told Rolling Stone. “He delivered a unique rendition of the Aqualung song with abstract and documentary-type footage. A talented young man with a bright future in the music arts.”
At the same time Anderson has revealed that the next Jethro Tull album, which he’s still completing, will be titled The Zealot Gene. It’s the band’s first new album since 2003’s The Jethro Tull Christmas Album. Anderson will also release Silent Singing, a career-encompassing lyric book, in June of this year, which will feature his lyrics from 1968’s This Was album up to and including the forthcoming The Zealot Gene.
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- Jethro Tull - Curious Ruminant - Clear Vinyl 2LP + 2CD + Blu-Ray Artbook Edition - Sealed - UK - vinyl box set - £74.99, $99.74, €86.99 (New Item) (arrived 19-Apr-2025 16:00)on April 21, 2025 at 12:50 pm
JETHRO TULL Curious Ruminant (Sealed 2025 UK/EU Limited Deluxe Edition Box Set comprising TWO Heavyweight LPs pressed on 180gram Ultra Clear Vinyl, with 2CDs & 1Blu-Ray, including Dolby Atmos, 5.1 Surround Sound, Alternative Stereo Mixes & bonus interview content. Comes housed in a 36-page hardcover book containing album credits, info about the musicians & songs, song lyrics & artwork/photos, individually hand numbered out of 4000 copies complete with two exclusive art prints. Sealed from new in the hype stickered shrinkwrap. The contents are Mint & unplayed IOM738)
- Jethro Tull - Stormwatch: The 40th Anniversary Force 10 Edition - Sealed - UK - cd album box set - £99.99, $132.99, €115.99 (New Item) (arrived 18-Apr-2025 16:00)on April 21, 2025 at 12:50 pm
JETHRO TULL Stormwatch: The 40th Anniversary Force 10 Edition (Sealed 2019 UK/EU Deluxe '40th Anniversary' Edition SIX-DISC set, comprising FOUR CDs & TWO DVD-Audio including the 1979 album & bonus tracks expertly remixed by Steven Wilson, including 'associated recordings', a live set from Den Haag in 1980 across two CDs, a DVD audio version of the album with bonus tracks & a DVD audio disc of the associated recordings. All six discs are UNPLAYED & housed in a fantastic digibook with an integral 96-page booklet containing an extensive history of the album, track-by-track annotations by Ian Anderson plus rare & unseen photographs. Sealed from new)
- Jethro Tull - Stormwatch: The 40th Anniversary Force 10 Edition - Sealed - UK - cd album box set - £99.99, $132.99, €115.99 (New Item) (arrived 18-Apr-2025 10:58)on April 21, 2025 at 12:50 pm
JETHRO TULL Stormwatch: The 40th Anniversary Force 10 Edition (Sealed 2019 UK/EU Deluxe '40th Anniversary' Edition SIX-DISC set, comprising FOUR CDs & TWO DVD-Audio including the 1979 album & bonus tracks expertly remixed by Steven Wilson, including 'associated recordings', a live set from Den Haag in 1980 across two CDs, a DVD audio version of the album with bonus tracks & a DVD audio disc of the associated recordings. All six discs are UNPLAYED & housed in a fantastic digibook with an integral 96-page booklet containing an extensive history of the album, track-by-track annotations by Ian Anderson plus rare & unseen photographs. Sealed from new)
- Jethro Tull - Stormwatch: The 40th Anniversary Force 10 Edition - UK - cd album box set - £65.00, $86.45, €75.40 (New Item) (arrived 18-Apr-2025 11:03)on April 21, 2025 at 12:50 pm
JETHRO TULL Stormwatch: The 40th Anniversary Force 10 Edition (2019 UK/EU Deluxe '40th Anniversary' Edition SIX-DISC set, comprising FOUR CDs & TWO DVD-Audio including the 1979 album & bonus tracks expertly remixed by Steven Wilson, including'associated recordings', a live set from Den Haag in 1980 across two CDs, a DVD audio version of the album with bonus tracks & a DVD audio disc of the associated recordings. All discs are housed in a fantastic digibook with an integral 96-pagebooklet containing an extensive history of the album, track-by-track annotations by Ian Anderson plus rare & unseen photographs. The packaging reveals the odd minor paper scuff on the spine & the discs appear barely played)
- Jethro Tull - This Was: 50th Anniversary - UK - cd album box set - £45.00, $59.85, €52.20 (New Item) (arrived 18-Apr-2025 11:08)on April 21, 2025 at 12:50 pm
JETHRO TULL This Was (2018 UK/EU Deluxe '50th Anniversary' Edition FOUR-DISC set comprising THREE CDs & a DVD-Audio, featuring their 1968 debut with bonus tracks which has been remixed in stereo by Steven Wilson, plus live BBC sessions recorded in 1968, the original mono & stereo mixes & more. All four discs are 'as new', housed in the case-bound DVD-sized digipak with an integral booklet containing an extensive history of the album, track-by-track annotations by Ian Anderson, plusrare & unseen photographs. Still in the open shrinkwrap & unplayed)
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