Jethro Tull - Rokflote Deluxe Edition

 

2023 release from rock legends Jethro Tull — their 23rd album!

Limited edition hand-numbered dark red vinyl 2LP - 4,000 copies!

LP mastering at Fluid Mastering in London

Lacquer cutting and LP pressing at Optimal Media in Germany

Includes LP Alternative Stereo Mix and CD Demo versions!

Blu-ray contains 5.1 surround, Dolby Atmos and Alternative Hi-Res Stereo Mix, plus in-depth interview with Ian Anderson!

"To my ears, RökFlöte is a notch or two above The Zealot Gene in terms of its overall intensity and verve on vinyl, as ably demonstrated by hard-driving tracks such as 'Hammer on Hammer,' 'Trickster (and The Mistletoe),' and 'The Navigators.' — Mike Mettler, AnalogPlanet, April 26, 2023. Read the entire review, including a Q&A with Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson here.

Hot on the heels of 2022's U.K. & German top 10 album The Zealot Gene, Jethro Tull release their 2023 studio album, RökFlöte. Twelve tracks reminding the world of the British progressive rocker's iconic and influential folk-inflected rock sound, recorded with the current Tull line-up of Ian Anderson, David Goodier, John O'Hara, Scott Hammond and Joe Parrish James.

The Limited Deluxe Edition includes dark red vinyl 2LP, 2CD, Blu-Ray, 2 art prints and 12"-sized artbook (with 36-page booklet, anti-scratch matte lamination as finish and debossed artwork on the cover side). In the deluxe edition, LP1 contains Ian Anderson's original stereo mixes of the album, while LP2 has the "alternative" (their word) stereo mixes by Bruce Soord of Pineapple Thief fame, who also did the alternative stereo, Dolby Atmos, and 5.1 surround sound mixes that are on the box set's Blu-ray.

Following 2022's The Zealot Gene, the band's first album in two decades, Ian Anderson and the band are returning with a 12-track record based on the characters and roles of some of the principle gods of the old Norse paganism, and at the same time exploring the ‘RökFlöte' — rock flute — which Jethro Tull has made iconic.

The name of the album comes from "Rock Flute" as the original idea was to make an album of mostly instrumental flute music. But eventually Ian Anderson stated that he was drawn to the phrase Ragnarök with "rök" meaning destiny, course, or direction. Ian Anderson would then change "Flute" to "Flöte" to "keep with the spelling."

Anderson wants to make one point abundantly clear about the album's subject matter. "I am in no way affiliated with paganism of any sort," he clarifies. "It's just that I made (The Zealot Gene), an album released in 2022 with, at the root of it, some references to biblical stories and biblical events. And for RökFlöte, I thought I would move on to looking at polytheistic religions," he told AnalogPlanet.

Continues Anderson, "I'm not suggesting these are anything other than personal feelings — just examples of the characters and the roles as exemplified in Norse mythology. This, for me, was the amusing way of doing it."

Contains:
LP1: Studio album
LP2: Alternative Stereo mix by Bruce Soord
CD1: Studio Album
CD2: Demo versions
Blu-ray: All album tracks in 5.1 surround sound, Dolby Atmos & alternative Hi-Res Stereo Mix by Bruce Soord + in-depth interview with Ian Anderson

Features:
Deluxe Hand-Numbered, Limited Edition — 4,000 Copies
Double LP, 2CD, Blu-Ray
Dark Red Vinyl
Blu-ray Format: BD50
Blu-ray Region Code: A,B,C
Blu-ray Screen Format: 1080p, 16:9 Aspect Ratio
Blu-ray Sound Format: Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD 5.1 Audio, PCM Stereo 24bit 48khz
Blu-ray Running Time: Approx. 1 hour 52 mins
12" Artbook with 36-Page Booklet, Anti-Scratch Lamination Finish & Debossed Artwork on Cover Side
2 Art Prints
Made in the EU

LP 1, Side A

Voluspo

Ginnungagap

Allfather

The Feathered Consort

Hammer on Hammer

Wolf Unchained

LP 1, Side B

The Perfect One

Trickster (And the Mistletoe)

Cornucopia

The Navigators

Guardian's Watch

Ithavoll

LP 2, Side A

Voluspo (Alternative Mix)

Ginnungagap (Alternative Mix)

Allfather (Alternative Mix)

The Feathered Consort (Alternative Mix)

Hammer on Hammer (Alternative Mix)

Wolf Unchained (Alternative Mix)

LP 2, Side B

The Perfect One (Alternative Mix)

Trickster (And the Mistletoe) (Alternative Mix)

Cornucopia (Alternative Mix)

The Navigators (Alternative Mix)

Guardian's Watch (Alternative Mix)

Ithavoll (Alternative Mix)

CD 1

Voluspo

Ginnungagap

Allfather

The Feathered Consort

Hammer on Hammer

Wolf Unchained

The Perfect One

Trickster (And the Mistletoe)

Cornucopia

The Navigators

Guardian's Watch

Ithavoll

CD 2

Voluspo (Demo)

Ginnungagap (Demo)

Allfather (Demo)

The Feathered Consort (Demo)

Hammer on Hammer (Demo)

Wolf Unchained (Demo)

The Perfect One (Demo)

Trickster (And the Mistletoe) (Demo)

Cornucopia (Demo)

The Navigators (Demo)

Guardian's Watch (Demo)

Ithavoll (Demo)

Blu-Ray

RökFlöte Interview

Voluspo (Surround Mix)

Ginnungagap (Surround Mix)

Allfather (Surround Mix)

The Feathered Consort (Surround Mix)

Hammer on Hammer (Surround Mix)

Wolf Unchained (Surround Mix)

The Perfect One (Surround Mix)

Trickster (And the Mistletoe) (Surround Mix)

Cornucopia (Surround Mix)

The Navigators (Surround Mix)

Guardian's Watch (Surround Mix)

Ithavoll (Surround Mix)

Voluspo (Alternative Arrangement)

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