"This Was" was released on October 25, 1968.

 

"This Was", Jethro Tull's first album, was released on October 25, 1968, a breath of fresh air in the static world of British Blues.

Despite the positive reviews and various appreciation, Ian Anderson "turns" 180 °, and shortly thereafter will revolutionize the "sound" of Jethro Tull.

Not only "blues", but many ingredients and musical styles blended together by the sound of the flute, which will become "Jethro Tull Style", forcing Mick Abrahams to play blues in some London pub.

A Pop of Everything

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Track List 

Side One 

01 - "My Sunday Feeling" Ian Anderson - 3:43.

02 - "Some Day the Sun Won't Shine for You" Anderson - 2:49.

03 - "Beggar's Farm" Mick Abrahams, Anderson - 4:19.

04 - "Move on Alone" Abrahams - 1:58.

05 - "Serenade to a Cuckoo" (Instrumental) Roland Kirk - 6:07. 

Side Two 

01 - "Dharma for One" (Instrumental) Anderson, Clive Bunker - 4:15.

02 - "It's Breaking Me Up" Anderson - 5:04.

03 - "Cat's Squirrel" (Instrumental) Traditional, arranged by Abrahams - 5:42.

04 - "A Song for Jeffrey" Anderson - 3:22.

05 - "Round" (Instrumental) Anderson, Abrahams, Bunker, Glenn Cornick, Terry Ellis - 1:03.

1973 cassette version has same track order, but on opposite sides.

Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–10 on CD reissues.

Personnel 

Ian Anderson – lead vocals (all except track 4), flute, mouth organ, "claghorn", piano.

Mick Abrahams – lead vocals (track 4), backing vocals, electric guitar, nine-string guitar.

Glenn Cornick – bass guitar.

Clive Bunker – drums, percussion hooter, charm bracelet. 

Additional Musicians 

Dee Palmer – French horn and orchestral arrangements. 

Production 

Terry Ellis – producer. 

Victor Gamm – engineer.