Jethro Tull...any cd's to stay away from?


I recently realized that while I have several lp's I don't have any cd's by Tull. Really like the early stuff. The difference between some originals and remastered material has also been a recent revelation to me and not looking to waste any $$ on cd's I'll not play more than once what and where would you look? What about the quality of the dvd concerts?
muncybob
Among the earlier Tull Remastered CDs, IMHO SOUND-WISE only:
Stand Up is great; Benefit not so good, LPs are better; Aqualung never has sounded good in any format I've ever heard, Thick as a Brick is quite good, Passion Play is much better than the original LP; Minstrel is quite good, War Child is OK, SFT Wood is good, Heavy Horses is very good. The rest are pretty much all good from there, with Broadsword and the Beast a standout sonically (but perhaps not musically).
Personally I think Heavy Horses is an absolute Tull masterpiece.
Haven't seen any of the concert DVDs, although the "A" CD/DVD set is worth having if only for the live versions of Black Sunday and Aqualung, which just flat out rocks!
Enjoy!
Aqualung was a bad recording from the beginning. Even Ian Anderson has mentioned how bad it sounds due to the recording venue.
No decent Aqualung huh?....bummer! Maybe it's time for them to revisit the studio on this one...afterall, it's a great piece of work. We are a bit giddy here after seeing that Tull will be performing at a Music Festival we go to each year!
the japnese mini lp cd is the best of whats out there, including the classic records vinyl re-issue
You asked which ones to stay away from, but we state which ones we like. Guess we don't listen very well....
Mr. Anderson & the boys came out with a live Agualung CD a couple of years back. They did the whole album live for XM radio or some such. It is quite good to me. Some of the songs are identical and some are spruced up a smidgeon. Sound wise it is a great improvement. The Xmas album is one of my favorites sonically. I also agree on the Heavy Horses being a Tull masterpiece.
Good luck, John