''Slipstream'' is a video by Jethro Tull, recorded during the 1980 '' A'' tour, released for the first time in 1981. It was originally released on VHS,

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, and

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, and was released as a (bootleg)

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(as seen in the cover on the right) in 2003. It is also included in the (2004) bonus DVD edition of '' A''. This bonus DVD was the only official release on DVD until it was released as part of the 40th anniversary box set of ''A'' in April 2021.

Music videos

''Slipstream'' mixed the concert tour with the videos recorded and directed by

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. The London's

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was used for exterior scenes, but the main concert footage was actually from a performance at the

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(as heard on the Magic Piper ROIO), filmed in November 1980. The music videos are: * "

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" :A video inspired by the '' Stormwatch'' album cover, filmed at a beach near

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. * "Sweet Dream" :In this a

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-themed

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, Aqualung is pursued by a vampire and — like the

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— giant pink balloons. Meanwhile, a

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pirouettes (recalling ''

A Passion Play ''A Passion Play'' is the sixth studio album by British progressive rock band Jethro Tull, released in July 1973 in both the UK and US. Following in the same style as the band's previous album ''Thick as a Brick'' (1972), ''A Passion Play'' is ...

''), a giant

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emits death rays, and an evil

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starts his movie. Luckily, a

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supplies the right equipment to defeat the vampire. * " Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll" :The elderly band is in a giant

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machine, drinking their tea like the

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tea party. Features

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dancer

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. * "Fylingdale Flyer" :The band is in an

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tower, when they see some impending disaster. The cover of ''A'' is taken from this video.

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(note the 's') is the site of a

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radar situated in the

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National Park, which explains the lyric to the song.

Track list

Personnel

;Jethro Tull *

Ian Anderson Ian Scott Anderson (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician, singer and songwriter best known for his work as the lead vocalist, flautist, acoustic guitarist and leader of the British rock band Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist w ...

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s *

Martin Barre Martin Lancelot Barre (; born 17 November 1946) is an English guitarist best known for his longtime role as lead guitarist of British rock band Jethro Tull, with whom he recorded and toured from 1968 until the band's initial dissolution in 201 ...

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in "Skating Away" *

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in "Skating Away" *

Eddie Jobson Edwin "Eddie" Jobson (born 28 April 1955) is an English musician noted for his use of synthesizers. He has been a member of several progressive rock bands, including Curved Air, Roxy Music, U.K. and Jethro Tull. He was also part of Frank Zap ...

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in "Skating Away"

References

External links

*
''Slipstream''
(1981) at

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* (Bonus

)
''A'' at Progressive World

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Music videos

Track list

Personnel

See also

References

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