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Thick as a brick vinyl original.
Vinyl lp album reissue stereo country.
Mobile fidelity sound lab mfsl 1 187 chrysalis mfsl 1 187 series.
Thick as a brick part 1 side 1 22 39 minutes 2.
Thick as a brick is the fifth studio album by the british rock band jethro tull released in march 1972 the album contains a continuous piece of music split over two sides of an lp record and is a parody of the concept album genre.
Jethro tull thick as a brick original real newspaper cover germany 12 vinyl lp album thick as a brick 1972 is a concept album by the british rock band jethro tull.
Page seven carries the words to thick as a brick.
The original packaging designed like a newspaper claims the album to be a musical adaptation of an epic poem by fictional eight year old genius gerald bostock.
Its lyrics are built around a poem written by a fictitious boy gerald bostock a k a.
Vinyl lp album limited edition numbered reissue remastered gatefold country.
A classic written by ian anderson.
The writing is very dense and enigmatic and the unidentified shifts in narrative voice compound the difficulty.
My words but a whisper your deafness a shout.
Original master recording format.
Thick as a brick part 2 side 2 21 05 minutes tracks 1 and 2 are their fifth studio album thick as a brick released 10 march 1972 in the uk on chrysalis chr 1003 and 10 may 1972 in the usa on reprise ms 2072.
The poem as best i can make out is a sweeping social critique as pessimistic about poets painters and the generally virtuous as it is condemnatory of politicians and other figures.
Chrysalis chr 1003 format.
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