Thick as a Brick part 1 AND! 2 by Steven Wilson

Editor's note: While we've been anxiously awaiting the 40th anniversary release of "Thick as a Brick" word comes today of a SEQUEL TO "THICK AS A BRICK" IN SURROUND SOUND!

Steven Wilson explains:" "I recently had the pleasure of mixing the new Ian Anderson / Jethro Tull album, which is a follow up to the classic Thick as a Brick album from 1972. TAAB2 is very much in the tradition of the first album, a continuous 54 minute concept piece with a similar musical palette and style. It's just been officially announced for release in April as a CD/DVD (including a 5.1 mix and stereo in high res), more details on the Tull website. I also completed mixes for a 40th anniversary surround sound edition of the original Thick as a Brick, though not sure when that is coming out."

Thick As A Brick sequel
to be released April 2nd

From J-Tull.com

TAAB2 -
Whatever HappenedTo Gerald Bostock? - is a full length Progressive Rock
"concept" album worthy of its predecessor. Boy to man and beyond, it looks at
what might have befallen the child poet Gerald Bostock in later life. Or,
perhaps, any of us. To be released in two formats: the simple jewel case CD with
8-page booklet and the Special Edition with CD, audio-visual DVD and 16-page
booklet. The DVD contains 5.1 surround mixes, 24-bit stereo mix, videos covering
the making of the album, interviews with the musicians and the lyric reading
where ian Anderson reads the lyrics in various settings. Also on the DVD are the
pages of StCleve.com, the online update of the St Cleve Chronicle, fabled
newspaper of the original album, and the multilingual lyric translations in
Italian, German, Spanish, Czech, Polish and Russian