| 词条 | The Witch's Promise |
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| name = | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Jethro Tull | album = | B-side = Teacher | released = 24 January 1970[1] | format = | recorded = 19 December 1969{{sfn|Rabey|2013|p=64}} | studio = Morgan Studios, London | venue = | genre = Progressive rock, folk rock | length = 3:48 | label = Chrysalis | writer = Ian Anderson | producer = Ian Anderson, Terry Ellis | prev_title = Bourée | prev_year = 1969 | next_title = Inside | next_year = 1970 }}The Witch's Promise is a single by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released in January 1970, on the Chrysalis label.{{sfn|Rees|1998|p=193}} It reached No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart,[1] and was promoted by an appearance on the British chart show Top of the Pops.{{sfn|Rabey|2013|p=66}} The B-side was "Teacher", which later appeared on the US release of the album Benefit.{{sfn|Rabey|2013|pp=64,68}} In the United States the single was released on the Reprise label.[2] BackgroundThe song was recorded at Morgan Studios, London on 19 December 1969.{{sfn|Rabey|2013|p=64}}[3] It was intended to be a follow-up to the group's two previous singles, "Living in the Past" and "Sweet Dream", which had been top ten hits.[4] Musically, it developed from the style heard on the group's previous album, Stand Up, discarding the blues influences that the band had started with, and steered towards folk.{{sfn|Rees|1998|p=35}} The single was the first recording to feature keyboardist John Evan, who would be a key member of Jethro Tull throughout the 1970s. He was sharing a flat with frontman Ian Anderson at the time, and agreed to perform as a session musician. This led to an offer to join the band full-time.{{sfn|Rabey|2013|pp=64–65}} The track is one of the few recorded by Jethro Tull to feature the Mellotron, a tape replay keyboard that could emulate a string section,{{sfn|Smolko|2013|p=9}} and the only single released by the band to feature the instrument.[5] "The Witch's Promise" was intended to be the last standalone single from the group, that was not taken from an LP. Anderson said the group would issue singles from future albums in order to gain radio play, but he was not particularly interested in promoting them.{{sfn|Rees|1998|p=35}} Personnel
CoversEnglish rock band All About Eve covered the song on a 10" vinyl release of their 1989 single "December".[6] ReferencesCitations1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13506/jethro-tull/|title=Jethro Tull|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=21 September 2018}} Sources{{refbegin}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/0899|title=Jethro Tull – The Witch's Promise|publisher=|accessdate=21 September 2018}} 3. ^{{cite AV media notes|title=Living In The Past|publisher=Chrysalis Records|id=CJT1|year=1972}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|p=2002|first=Colin|last=Larkin |authorlink=Colin Larkin (writer) |publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0-857-12595-8}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.planetmellotron.com/revj3.htm#tull|title=Jethro Tull|first=Andy|last=Thompson|work=Planet Mellotron|date=1999-2018 |accessdate=22 September 2018}} 6. ^{{cite AV media notes|title=All About Eve – December|publisher=Mercury|id=EVENB 11 876 439-9|year=1989}}
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