On July 6, 1973, “Chrysalis” label released “A Passion Play”, the sixth Jethro Tull studio album. It was recorded December 1972-January 1973,at “Château d’Hérouville”, in Val-d’Oise;  March 1973, at “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Ian Anderson and Terry Ellis.

Personnel:

• Ian Anderson – vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, soprano and sopranino saxophones
• Martin Barre – electric guitars
• John Evan – vocals, piano, organ, synthesisers
• Jeffrey Hammond – narrator, bass guitar
• Barriemore Barlow – drums, timpani, glockenspiel, marimba
• David Palmer– orchestral arrangements
• Robin Black – engineer
• Brian Ward – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Anderson, except where noted.

1. A Passion Play, Part I”

Act 1 – Ronnie Pilgrim’s funeral – a winter’s morning in the cemetery.

• Lifebeats
• Prelude
• The Silver Cord
• Re-Assuring Tune

Act 2 – The Memory Bank – A Small but Comfortable Theatre with a Cinema-Screen (the Next Morning).

• Memory Bank
• Best Friends
• Critique Oblique

VIII.  Forest Dance #1

2. A Passion Play, Part II

Interlude – The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles.

• The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles – Ian Anderson, Jeffrey Hammond, John Evan

Act 3 – The Business Office of G. Oddie & Son (two days later).

• Forest Dance #2
• The Foot of Our Stairs
• Overseer Overture

Act 4 – Magus Perdé’s Drawing Room at Midnight.

• Flight from Lucifer
• 10:08 to Paddington
• Magus Perdé
• Epilogue