Rex Rox
Power User
I saw this tour. This is a condensed version of a 40-minute song that's symphonic in scope and thematic development. If you care about such things, it's well worth hearing the whole song sometime.
You are so blessed to have to have seen Thick as a Brick live!. It is truly a musical masterpiece.
I only saw Tull once at the Municipal Theater in KC, Mo in 1980 for the "A" tour. As always with Tull the music/performance was stellar. "Thick as a Brick", "Songs from the Wood" and "A" are probably the most progressive albums they made in my opinion. I believe the compositions on "Thick as a Brick" are some of the best symphonic prog ever written to this day.
The best part of seeing "A" was Eddie Jobson on keys/violin. I was already crazy for UK with Holdsworth, Jobson, Bruford and Wetton but never got to see them live. So seeing Eddie with JT was the next best thing. I found the videos below which is exactly as I remember it. They all had the same jumpsuits on from the album cover. Ian Anderson, as always, is a consummate showman - so much energy and expression.
Apologies since technically it is 1980, but it is still 70s by it's DNA.