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Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 is a live album by Jethro Tull, released on 2 November 2004. It was recorded on the fifth and last day of the Isle of Wight Festival 1970, where Jethro Tull were second on the bill between The Moody Blues and Jimi Hendrix.
| Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 | ||||
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| Live album & DVD by | ||||
| Released | 2 November 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 30 August 1970 | |||
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| Length | 59:31 | |||
| Label | Eagle | |||
| Producer | Ian Anderson | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| Progressive World | [3] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "My Sunday Feeling" | This Was | 5:22 |
| 2. | "My God" (with flute solo) | Aqualung | 7:33 |
| 3. | "With You There to Help Me" (with piano solo (By kind permission of...)) | Benefit | 10:00 |
| 4. | "To Cry You a Song" | Benefit | 5:42 |
| 5. | "Bourée" (instrumental) | Stand Up | 4:36 |
| 6. | "Dharma for One" (with drum solo) | This Was | 10:10 |
| 7. | "Nothing Is Easy" | Stand Up | 5:38 |
| 8. | "We Used to Know / For a Thousand Mothers" (with guitar solo between both tracks) | Stand Up | 10:37 |
Personnel
edit- Jethro Tull
- Ian Anderson – acoustic guitar, flute, vocals
- Glenn Cornick – bass
- Clive Bunker – drums
- Martin Barre – guitars
- John Evan – keyboards
DVD
edit| Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 | |
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| Directed by | Murray Lerner |
| Produced by | Murray Lerner |
| Edited by | Einar Westerlund Pagan Harleman |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Language | English |
Like Living with the Past, this album is both a CD and a DVD. The DVD was released 22 March 2005, and contains many of same songs as the CD.
- "Bourée" (from the soundcheck)
- "My Sunday Feeling" – 4:52
- "A Song for Jeffrey" – 2:44 (from The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus in 1968)
- "My God" – 9:47
- "Dharma for One" – 14:51 (full-length version)
- "Nothing Is Easy" – 5:48
- "We Used to Know / For a Thousand Mothers" – 8:52 (with guitar solo between both tracks)
"With You There to Help Me" and "To Cry You a Song" have not been included, and the "We Used to Know / For a Thousand Mothers" medley has been shortened. Instead, it includes the complete full-length version of "Dharma for One" and "My God".
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Eder, Bruce. Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Progressive World review Archived 22 September 2005 at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- Nothing is Easy (2004) at AllMusic (CD)
- Nothing is Easy (2005) at AllMusic (CD+DVD)
- Nothing is Easy at Allmovie (DVD)
- Nothing is Easy at Progressive World