The Château D’ Hérouville Sessions 1972

Jethro Tull ‘The Château D'Hérouville Sessions’ will be released as 2LP set on 15th March 2024 for the
first time. This 2LP set contains the original 16 tracks mixed by Steven Wilson and a fourth side
showing how a handful of recordings did get used on subsequent albums.' Recorded in Paris, 1972 in
the lead up to recording 'A Passion Play, The Chateau D'Herouville Sessions 2LP set contains the
original 16 tracks mixed by Steven Wilson and a fourth side of recordings that were used on
subsequent albums.
Prior to the release of their A Passion Play album in 1973, Jethro Tull recorded three sides of a double
album at the Château d’Hérouville studio near Paris, France. Things did not go well, and the project
was aborted. In the summer of 1972, the band were riding high on the crest of a popularity wave, as
they sold out huge arenas on the back of their critically acclaimed, chart-topping fifth album ‘Thick As A
Brick’. They went into the renowned studio, where the likes of David Bowie, Elton John, Pink Floyd and
Cat Stevens had previously recorded at. The band quickly nicknamed it ‘Chateau D’isaster’ after a
series of equipment failures, bed bugs and food poisoning.