Jethro Tull

Nothing is Easy

Tanglewood (Lenox, MA) Jul 7, 1970

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Jethro Tull recorded live Jul 7, 1970 at Tanglewood (Lenox, MA) Jethro Tull Recorded live on Jul 7, 1970 at Tanglewood (Lenox, MA)
  1. 1 Introduction 2:57
  2. 2 Nothing is Easy 5:25
  3. 3 My God 10:32
  4. 4 With You There to Help Me 11:59
  5. 5 Dharma For One 21:17
  6. 6 We Used to Know (Incomplete) 18:38
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  • RockOld Sunday, May 20, 2012 5:13 pm I was there! Some forgotten band opened, "It's a Beautiful Day," I believe. The Who followed Tull - hard to say which was better. Clive Bunker's solo blew me away, and I had just seen Bonzo doing HIS thing a couple months earlier!
  • alterbesserwisser61 Sunday, April 15, 2012 2:11 pm Ich wünsche mir so oft, das man die Zeit zurückdrehen, könnte. Das ist noch Musik die wirklich ein Erlebnis ist. Besser geht es garnicht.
  • Zeppelin Rulz Thursday, April 12, 2012 8:15 pm There will never be an era in Modern Rock that surpasses the melodic Sounds of JT...
  • TAGITUS Sunday, April 08, 2012 2:36 pm Fantastic drumsolo! Classy.
  • TheJimbo Sunday, March 25, 2012 10:06 pm The colour, the pagentry, the sounds! Jethro Tull!
  • Anonymous Friday, February 17, 2012 3:19 pm What a GREAT Time this was!!!!1969-70...The MUSIC WAS ON FIRE.........!
  • Mark Portland Saturday, January 28, 2012 10:05 pm Please, oh please... find the original early 70s full-length Thick as a Brick concert! The Best Concert Ever!
  • Dave_1957 Thursday, January 12, 2012 3:56 pm wow, this a great treat!
  • rlattanzio Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:52 pm wow..loved every moment of it....Tul lat their finest...thanks
  • xtreamdream Friday, December 23, 2011 7:52 am I saw them back in the early 70's on teh Thick as a Brick tour. They were great and had some freaky person running around stage in a rabit costume
  • Chilly Willy Friday, November 18, 2011 5:38 pm This is so fun to watch (for those of us over 55 and easily amused)...it's what made Ian so different from all the others. Really glad someone sent me this site. Really good stuff.
  • Anonymous Sunday, November 13, 2011 5:24 am I Would Love To See The Entire Performances Of Jethro Tull, Chicago, Santana, The Who REleased On DVD & CD. THis Stuff Is Golden..This Stuff Would Sell Lke Wildfire!! It's Ashame To Lock This Stuff Up...Let The Music Shine... SOULSURVIVOR
  • Anonymous Sunday, November 13, 2011 4:52 am Amazing! Any more of this? Please Post! SOUL
  • Stratfire Wednesday, November 09, 2011 1:33 pm They opened for Credence Clearwater in San Fran right after the 1st album, maybe 1st tour here....Ian in pink tights standing on one leg playing the flute didn't fare well with the CCR crowd..boos ensued....til Clive did the Dharma drum solo....then they shut up and listened...great show....
  • Bob9952 Wednesday, October 26, 2011 10:45 am I was at this show. Who, Tull & Beautiful Day for I believe $3.50. A lot of other fine shows there also. A great venue. Hitched from Troy NY; can't remember how I got back.
  • guyfang Wednesday, October 26, 2011 12:09 am Ian and the boys in fine form. I have seen Tull 10-12 times over the years here in Germany, and they just get better. Ian's taste in glad rags has improved, but he is still a live wire on stage. Tull is what turned my sons on to not just rock, but music total. One fine day in Bamberg, Germany. And what a show. The sound board engineer was freeking out! He kept yelling for beer, so I got two for him and we hoisted a few. He kept ranting about how good the boys were today, he reapeted over and over, "we should just put the whole thing on a CD and sell it"!!!!!!!!!!! I have to admit it was the best Tull I have ever seen! I never tire of Tull.
  • Anonymous Friday, October 21, 2011 10:30 pm First concert ever...Thick as a Brick...still rates as one of the best concerts I have ever seen. The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame will not be up to par until this band is inducted...
  • Avon Friday, October 21, 2011 5:32 pm If Tanglewood weren't set up for TV broadcasts of Leonard Bernstein's philharmonic orchestra series, which Bernstein had down to a tee by then, neither the audio nor the video would be as good as it is. Listen to the Stones' first live album "Got Live If You Want It," and you'll hear nothing but sludgy music drowned out by teenage screams. Remember, that long before digital audio, most people listened to their music on pocket transistor radios that sounded worse than a cellphone does today. There just was no decent technical ability to record rock concerts in the Sixties; I think the first great-sounding live rock ever recorded was the Who's Live At Leeds. This was very soon thereafter. I think it's spectacular.
  • Anonymous Friday, October 21, 2011 5:12 pm I saw Tull in 1972 in Atlanta Great Show
  • gdw3 Thursday, October 20, 2011 3:32 pm And actually, the audio on "Nothing Is Easy" is pretty good! The beginning sounds just like the record.
  • Anonymous Thursday, October 20, 2011 11:17 am I saw them live in Seattle in '72 and it was one of the best concerts I ever saw or have seen since then..
  • annie47here Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:54 am I love seeing Ian Anderson!!! Thank You... Thank You Vault for posting this Tull from 1970!!! & yes "cut the vault some slack on the less than perfect quality" as SpaceCadetCarl says.
  • gtrfreek Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:30 am Sure, the audio is a little rough - Hello, it's 1970! Saw them many times between '75 and '85 and they were always excellent. Never got to see the original band but I'm digging this. Put into historical context, what you see is what it was - excellent musicianship, creativity, originality. Stretching the boundaries of pop music was something they did better than most. Whether you loved him or hated him, Ian was an electric, eclectic performer that you couldn't take your eyes off. Haven't seen any recent tours so can't comment on the current state of his voice but he always put 100% into his performance and could play his ass off. I never felt ripped off, thats for sure.
  • Anonymous Thursday, October 20, 2011 9:13 am Wow! this takes me back. Only saw them in the Uk but reminds me why they were one of the best - talented, musical, rocky with a little blues! Wish there was film of them at the Albert Hall around this time - including the racehorse!
  • SpaceCadetCarl Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:14 am The original source is a two-inch color videotape from 1970, when Tull led off for The Who outdoors at Tanglewood. It's nearly a miracle that this performance exists to begin with, so PLEASE cut "The Vault" some slack on the less than perfect quality. Videotape in 1970 was in it's infancy back then...... expecially color video shot outdoors.
  • Anonymous Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:40 am Is it just my computer, or does the video quality on this one really suck? The sound quality is very spotty in the beginning, as well. Come on guys, you actually expect someone to PAY for this?
  • Norm? Yay, no Norm! Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:24 am Clive on the skins is amazing. He had to have sold his soul to be able to pull that one off. Even better than on the Living in the Past version. And are you kidding me that they are not in the Hall of Fame? That is just wrong.
  • robbo4 Thursday, August 18, 2011 9:51 am About the "Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame": The fact that this magnificent and highly appreciated group, along with Deeep Purple, The Small Faces, Thin Lizzy, and so many others have been passed over for far lesser talents is shameful. A better showman than Ian Anderson never existed, a more unique sounding band than Jethro Tull has yet to be found. There are many forms of the group, but only one outfit has ever sounded like Jethro Tull. I have more than one friend who saw them play on the same bill with Led Zeppelin in the early days that said Tull got the better of the mighty Zep. Talk about high praise!
  • vtbluegrass1952 Monday, August 08, 2011 10:16 am And would someone please tell me, why oh why isn't Tull in the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame?
  • Anonymous Monday, August 01, 2011 2:23 pm Saw then back inna 70's @ Beserkley Community Theatre, coupla three weeks after Monterey Pop Festival. Two bands really, the first iteration was a ton of disparate talent and was a smokin' rock band. Later iterations became Anderson's vision of an ensemble group and both gained and lost something by that... The original line up was awesome. The original Thick As A Brick line up was weaker, but the material and it's performance was more interesting. That's life. IA is a talker more than a singer and that tears up your voice when you try to hit the notes and project. Check out Nancy Wilson's (Heart) voice for contrast. She sings and still had all her voice after 20 years.
  • jetsart Thursday, July 28, 2011 7:01 am Wot? no cod piece? Saw Tull many times around this time. His percussive/vocalize flute solo in 'My God" is a classic and sent many of us off to learn more about Rahsaan Roland Kirk!!!! I love this footage and keep coming back to it and sending it to friends. I,too, saw them a few years ago and was surprised and a little saddened by the higher timber of Ian's voice but they rocked hard. There's a great bootleg of this era and I loved Ian's comments between songs.
  • portland john Saturday, July 23, 2011 2:49 pm Yes indeed, Glen and Clive were the best. One of the all time great live acts. They were even better than this fantastic video would suggest, if you weren't there, you wouldn't believe it. This is tremendous footage. Thanks, WG so so much!! 1st time in '68 opening for Led Zep, San Diego. JT was much our favored band--even though Zep was good back then too. Tull was unmatched for excitement. Saw them a month ago in Oregon, Edgefield outdoors. Really excellent still. Ian's voice has come back a lot in the past 10 years. Rock on, Tull Men. Never too old.
  • Anonymous Friday, July 22, 2011 11:59 am Must be Glen Cornick and Clive Bunker on bass and drums, i.e. the original rhythm section.
  • Anonymous Friday, July 22, 2011 11:46 am This line up of "JethroTull" was my favorite although they went thru many other musicians on various instruments. Some great video folks.Enjoy!!!
  • Anonymous Friday, July 22, 2011 11:40 am Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, Jeffery Hammond-Hammond, Barriemore Barlowe, and John(The Ice creme Man) Evans were without a doubt one of the most original and abstract bands of 60's & 70's...But i still loved them and their sound live and on 331/3 LP's...G.Edens
  • Anonymous Thursday, July 21, 2011 9:57 am Saw this concert at Oregon State University a few months earlier. Loaded to the gills in the front row, The 'Lung came over the speakers off a spring board after the music started, coat tails a flyin' and flute in hand and right to the edge of the stage and shook his fist at us. We all sunk in our seats mesmerized for the next hour.
  • Mralbums Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:24 pm My first concert was Starcastle and Jethro Tull...1976 / Chicago Stadium
  • Mralbums Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:24 pm My first concert was Starcastle and Jethro Tull...1976 / Chicago Stadium
  • Anonymous Tuesday, July 19, 2011 3:45 pm I, too ,started with the Thick as a Brick tour in '72 with IA dressed as the "non rabbit." They play down here in Ft Myers, FL every tour. About 15 years ago, in Tampa, IA does the show in a wheelchair. He had fallen off the stage in South America, and broke his leg. What a trouper..IA still wheeled himself all around the stage as he played the flute. The one legged flute player is one of the greatest stage performers ever...and he still is.
  • Anonymous Tuesday, July 19, 2011 5:57 am What a gem! I didn't get the pleasure of seeing Tull live until the War Child tour, truly an incredible experience. Went on to see them on almost every tour until Ian's voice gave out. My last tour was the 25th reunion tour in 2000 and Ian's voice was well wore -out. He has to be the best Rock performer of all time, in his hay day. It is a shame that all the abuse such as smoking and etc. lead to his voice becoming what it is today, even though his flute and guitar playing is as great as ever even today. I hate to admit it but to hear him sing today is very hard to listen to but he was something back then, truly incredible. He was the coolest!
  • Anonymous Monday, July 18, 2011 10:59 pm Saw Them in Buffalo for the bursting out tour in 78. That was in my opinion the best line up and Tull at their Zenith.Still have the tour mag too.
  • TURBO88 Monday, July 18, 2011 1:16 pm This was my first concert with front row seats. After taking a bit of LSD, it seemed to be a good idea to rush the stage. I got about 3 feet closer and was almost crushed while I look back and see someone enjoying my front row seats.
  • mdirosario Monday, July 18, 2011 12:18 pm Saw Jethro Tull a little more than a year before this... First American tour, Rose Palace, Pasadena, CA... opened for the Grateful Dead and Paul Butterfield Blues Band!
  • Anonymous Monday, July 18, 2011 10:58 am I saw them in Seattle in 1972...they were in top form and put on a super show that night!
  • monkeymeat Monday, July 18, 2011 10:50 am My first concert ever was their passion Play Tour. Pretty amazing. Saw the next 5 or 6 tours until they started to change - different members and as everyone mentioned, the vocals declined. At their peak their musical abilities and showmanship could not be beat. Wish I could have seen this linup (Cornick and Bunker) their best in my opinion.
  • The Whiff Monday, July 18, 2011 8:43 am Saw them same year? in Vancouver back up was The Alex Harvey Band . Not sure who was best,but it was one of the best Ive seen
  • Anonymous Monday, July 18, 2011 8:03 am I saw every tour from Thick as a Brick into the mid - 80's. I skipped several tours from then on because it was obvious that Ian's voice was going......he cussed out a group in the front row of the Under Wraps tour for smoking because his throat was killing him ( cancelled the next night's performance ) , and even had a vaporizer set up at a table in a mock cafe setting on one tour to help open his vocal cords. Sad, because in these early years, no one could match their performances. A date I took to the Passion Play show had just seen Zepplin and thought Tull was "so much better". Thanks for this video - just fantastic.
  • Anonymous Friday, July 01, 2011 6:23 am Ian is a marvel...One leg up in the air priceless! Glen Cornick has never truly received the recognition for his great bass playing on Tull's first three albums.
  • ruthbuilt Wednesday, June 15, 2011 7:31 am think you have the date wrong on this. it was june 2, not july 7. i remember it well. was my 18th birthday party. it's a beautiful day, tull, the who. it was the day my father told me, go see the who, don't come back!
  • syncopatico Saturday, May 28, 2011 5:43 am Great to finally see this video in clear quality, without the timecode! I love this Nothing Is Easy to open the show! Check out the guy who runs onstage, and Ian getting tangled up with his acoustic guitar mic stand at the end of this excellent performance! Sound is good on this first song too; unfortunately a mic (or instrument) cable seems to become undone after Nothing Is Easy and all the rest of the songs have assorted buzzes and diminished sound due to this sound problem after the first song. Still great to see this--and of course, this gig is Tull opening for The Who, so that is why the setlist is a little shorter here!!!!
  • philippe Friday, May 27, 2011 3:32 pm Wolfgang's Vault seems to have tons of treasures...! Another band that was quite impressive in their early years. They played the Olympia theater in Paris in the fall of '69 with another new band not quite famous yet: Led Zeppelin. Ah! the good old days.
  • Stig O'Tracy Thursday, May 26, 2011 6:05 pm Saw them in 77 at the Oakland Arena. Just a fantastic show, I was really impressed. If anything the musicianship was a step up from this, and the band was very tight. Martin Barres guitar work was definitely cleaner and more intricate. Ian's voice was a bit lower and more resonant ( from smoking?), though some have said his voice is a bit thrashed now.
  • Anonymous Wednesday, May 25, 2011 4:14 pm now i know why i saw Tull 6x in my youth. what a performance!
  • Anonymous Wednesday, May 25, 2011 8:39 am I didn't get to see the band live until the Broadsword tour, and was quite impressed. However, I have seen videos of older performances like this one that make me wish to have seen them at the true peak of their power. I agree with Mark that a video from the Thick as a Brick tour would be excellent.
  • Mark Portland Wednesday, May 04, 2011 7:22 pm Most excellent! Thanks for getting videos going. PS: I've been looking for video of their Thick as a Brick concert (I saw a couple times). One of the best, ever!