It’s not exactly a mystery that I’m a hardcore Tull fan. So hardcore, in fact, that I decline to use the jarring word Jethro. Broadsword is a very underrated LP musically, but there’s widespread agreement among the Tullerazzi about the brilliance ofIan McCaig’scover art. It’s Ian Anderson as the beastie toting a broadsword like a dude out ofThe Lord of the Rings or something:

Here’s the album in its entirety. I really think they should use the opening trackBeastie next season onThe Americans: