Jethro Tull - Ring Out Solstice Bells | Not What It Used To Be

Not a big fan of Christmas records. Even the mighty Roy Wood fails to float Jeffman’s boat with the done-to-death ‘Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday’. However, there are a couple that win the much coveted tip of the trilby, and this be one of them.

Tis the mighty Jethro Tull, with the somewhat wonderful ‘Ring Out Solstice Bells’ taken from the 1977 album, Songs From The Wood.

Oh yes, Sir Cliff, this is what you do at Christmas. Instead of living in Portugal and dodging your income tax, release a song about the Winter Solstace. The original Pagan festival from which Christmas is drawn (or Christmas hijacked, dependant on your particular view).

So here it is, ‘Ring Out Solstice Bells’, with lead singer, Ian Anderson, looking resplendent in a rather handsome trilby. One has to wonder if he has a Pork Farms Christmas pork pie stored beneath it.

And is that David Diddy Hamilton doing the introduction? One thinks it is. A double Christmas treat. Huzzah!

enjoy

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