Jethro Tull
Minstrel In The Gallery
1975
FLAC - Lossless
1 Minstrel In The Gallery 8:13
2 Cold Wind To Valhalla 4:21
3 Black Satin Dancer 6:53
4 Requiem 3:45
5 One White Duck/0^10 = Nothing At All 4:39
6 Baker St. Muse 16:42
7 Grace 0:37
Release date: 05. September 1975 (UK) and 08. September 1975 (USA)
Recording location/date: April 1975 in the Maison Rouge Mobile recorded somewhere in Europe.
Guest musicians: David Palmer (orchestral arrangement and conducting), members of the London Philomusica
Production: Ian Anderson
Cover Concept by: R. Kriss and J. Garnett, based on a print by Joseph Nash
Cover Art by: R. Kriss and J. Garnett
Musicians:
Ian Anderson (flute, electric guitar, vocals)
Martin Barre (electric guitar)
Barriemore Barlow (drums, percussion)
Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (bass, string bass)
John Evans (piano, organ)
Minstrel in the Gallery (1975) is an album by British band Jethro Tull. It is the ninth album by the band, released in September 1975.
Ian Anderson's lyrics and subject matter show, by Tull-standards, an unusually introspective and cynical air, possibly the byproduct of Anderson's recent divorce from first wife Jennie Franks and the pressures of touring, coupled with the frustrations of writing for and recording the album in Monte Carlo. Most of the songs feature Anderson's acoustic side, reflecting his wishes to record many of the songs himself as the band had proved musically disjointed and distracted, and unable to perform the songs to Anderson's satisfaction. The title refers to the use of a minstrel's gallery in the great hall of castles or manor houses.
Five of the seven songs on the album feature intros, consisting of either speech or count-offs (the exceptions being "Black Satin Dancer" and "Grace"
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