Learn Jethro Tull - 1993 25Th Anniversary [4 Cd Box]

25th Anniversary Box Set is a 1993 express edition box prepare past times Jethro Tull. It includes about of the band's best-known compositions from 1969 to 1992, many of them previously unavailable inwards the versions presented here. It was the 2nd Jethro Tull box-set inwards 5 years, the showtime beingness the 3CD/ 5LP/ 3Cassette 20 Years of Jethro Tull.

Four CDs
 The CDs are housed inwards a mock cigar-box, along amongst a booklet featuring extensive notes together with photographs, sealed amongst a label bearing an ikon of Ian Anderson.
The iv CDs are:

• Remixed Classic Songs: remixes about older tracks (77:06)
• Carnegie Hall, N.Y., Recorded Live New York City 1970: practise goodness concert for Phoenix House to rehabilitate drug abusers. This CD omits "By Kind Permission Of" together with "Dharma For One", due to CD fourth dimension constraints. Both tin halt live on found on the Living In The Past compilation. This functioning was subsequently released ane time again inwards an expanded edition of Stand Up. (60:28)
• The Beacons Bottom Tapes: novel recordings, mostly of older tracks (71:07) 
• Pot Pourri, Live Across The World & Through The Years: alive (1969–1992) (77:43) 

Where the showtime artist/jethro-tull-mn0000850692">Jethro Tull box 5 years earlier, 20 Years of Jethro Tull, mostly traded on radio broadcast performances together with rarities, a few outtakes, together with a remastered collection of primal songs, 25th Anniversary Boxed Set benefits from a to a greater extent than thorough raid on the vaults that has yielded upward ane essential improver to whatever artist/jethro-tull-mn0000850692">Jethro Tull collection. Disc 2 is the centerpiece of the set, containing an additional hr of the group's Nov 4, 1970 concert at Carnegie Hall inwards New York (two pieces were previously issued on Living inwards the Past). Preserved on a 16-track primary tape, this practise goodness present for the drug rehabilitation plan Phoenix House was the group's nigh prominent American gig upward to that time. It's a skillful representation of what the band sounded similar inwards its 2nd incarnation, when they were nonetheless establishing themselves exterior of England. The grouping had nonetheless non reached -- or fifty-fifty approached -- its progressive stone period, together with the sound is real stripped down, a pounding mix of difficult rock, acoustic folk music, jazz elements, together with artist/ian-anderson-mn0000086627">Ian Anderson's vocals, alternately sage-like together with fierce; about of the flute acrobatics don't interpret likewise good to tape, fifty-fifty inwards Carnegie Hall, only the transition from "Sossity, You're a Woman" into "Reasons for Waiting" -- featuring exquisite organ playing past times artist/john-evan-mn0000223239">John Evan -- is beautiful plenty every bit to brand upward for the flaws elsewhere, every bit good every bit reminding listeners of ane of the to a greater extent than hauntingly beautiful songs inwards the group's early on repertory; they also unveil a vocal that was still, past times artist/anderson-mn0000086627">Anderson's ain account, a work-in-progress, entitled "My God." Disc ane is comprised of xvi songs from across the group's history, from their unmarried "My Lord's Day Feeling" inwards 1968 to "Broadsword" inwards 1982, all inwards remixed versions amongst about fresh nips together with tucks past times the engineers who to a greater extent than oft than non brand the music sound hotter together with force the percussion together with the guitar solos farther into the foreground; those are interesting listening, only an audiophile hits collection of the original mixes would create got been preferred. Disc 3 features the then-current lineup of the grouping inwards a alive functioning from 1992, documenting their latest approach to songs ranging across 24 years of their history -- they're professional person together with polished (and loud), only non every bit interesting every bit the original versions. Finally, Disc iv is this set's companion to the 20th anniversary set's disc of radio performances, drawing from diverse additional radio appearances together with other alive venues -- opening amongst the loud, bluesy "To Be Sad Is a Mad Way to Be" (which is a definite throwback to the This Was album), the music advances across the decades, crossing the 1970s amongst a three-minute excerpt from A Passion Play into a medley of Aqualung textile together with on to their diverse 1980s incarnations together with repertory, past times which fourth dimension artist/martin-barre-mn0000373049">Martin Barre is pretty much sharing the spotlight amongst (if non outright stealing it from) artist/anderson-mn0000086627">Anderson -- the nigh interesting instant is the "Passion Jig," an instrumental slice salvaged together with adapted from part of A Passion Play, which is a clever agency of reviving music from a concept album whose consummate presence was no longer required. The entire packet comes inwards a container designed to resemble a cigar box, amongst a profusely illustrated together with annotated 46-page booklet. The solely work is that the box doesn't actually rest nigh amongst the select care of that's installed on it, together with the internal pockets asset the CDs are a fight shoddy, made of cardboard that is much likewise frail together with eventually broke or ripped on many copies.  

A actually overnice box set, albeit for the hardcore fan together with non the newbie. Disc One consists of to a greater extent than modern mixes of former standards, together with patch about (Minstrel, Life is a Long Song) are admirable, I tin halt create got or locomote out this disc. Disc 2 is the alive present from 1970, absolute perfection! Disc 3 has the band alive inwards studio playing about of the classic songs inwards a novel way. The dynamic Jack-A-Lynn, the intsrumentals of "The Whistler", "Cheerio",  and "Protect together with Survive", along amongst a stirring functioning of "My God" are the highlights. Disc 4 contains diverse alive performances through the years, highlighted past times a powerful together with amazing Passion Play edit.

Track listing

Disc One
Remixed Classic Songs

 

1. "My Lord's Day Feeling"
2. "A Song for Jeffrey"
3. "Living inwards the Past"
4. "Teacher"
5. "Sweet Dream"
6. "Cross-Eyed Mary"
7. "Witch's Promise"
8. "Life Is a Long Song"
9. "Bungle inwards the Jungle"
10. "Minstrel inwards the Gallery"
11. "Cold Wind to Valhalla"
12. "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!"
13. "Songs from the Wood"
14. "Heavy Horses"
15. "Black Sunday"
16. "Broadsword"

Disc Two
Carnegie Hall, N.Y. Recorded Live New York City 1970

 

1. "Nothing Is Easy"
2. "My God"
3. "With You There to Help Me"
4. "A Song for Jeffrey"
5. "To Cry You a Song"
6. "Sossity: You're a Woman"
7. "Reasons for Waiting"
8. "We Used to Know"
9. "Guitar Solo"
10. "For a Thousand Mothers"

Disc Three
The Beacons Bottom Tapes

 

1. "So Much Trouble"
2. "My Lord's Day Feeling"
3. "Some Day the sun Won't Shine for You"
4. "Living inwards the Past"
5. "Bourée" (Instrumental)
6. "With You There to Help Me"
7. "Thick As a Brick"
8. "Cheerio"
9. "A New Day Yesterday"
10. "Protect together with Survive" (Instrumental)
11. "Jack-A-Lynn"
12. "The Whistler" (Instrumental)
13. "My God"
14. "Aqualung"

Disc Four
Pot Pourri Live Across The World & Through The Years

 

1. "To Be Sad Is a Mad Way to Be" (Recorded at Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm – nineteen Jan 1969)
2. "Back to the Family" (Recorded at Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm – nineteen Jan 1969)
3. "A Passion Play (Extract)" (Recorded at Palais des Sports, Paris – 5 July 1975)
4. "Wind-Up / Locomotive Breath / Land of Hope together with Glory" (Recorded at Golders Green Hippodrome, London – 2 Feb 1977)
5. "Seal Driver" (Recorded at Congress Centrum, Hamburg – 8 Apr 1982)
6. "Nobody's Car" (Recorded at Hammersmith Apollo, London – nine September 1984)
7. "Pussy Willow" (Recorded at Hammersmith Apollo, London – nine September 1984)
8. "Budapest" (Recorded at Leysin Festival, Leysin – 10 July 1991)
9. "Nothing Is Easy" (Recorded at Leysin Festival, Leysin – 10 July 1991)
10. "Kissing Willie" (Recorded at Tallinn Festival, Tallinn – twenty July 1991)
11. "Still Loving You Tonight" (Recorded at Hammersmith Apollo, London – 8 Oct 1991)
12. "Beggar's Farm" (Recorded at Beasley Theater Quad, Pullman – 24 Oct 1992)
13. "Passion Jig" (Instrumental) (Recorded at Riviera Theater, Chicago – 10 Oct 1992)
14. "A Song for Jeffrey" (Recorded at Riviera Theater, Chicago – xi Oct 1992)
15. "Living inwards the Past" (Recorded at Theatre St. Denis, Montreal – nine Nov 1992)

Line-up / Musicians

DISC 1:
- Ian Anderson / flute, oral fissure organ, claghorn, piano, vocals, harmonica, mandolin
- Mick Abrahams / guitar, 9-string guitar, vocals (1 - 2)
- Clive Bunker / drums, hooter together with charm bracelet (1 - 7)
- Glenn Cornick / bass (1 - 5 together with 7)
- Martin Barre / electrical guitar, marimba (3 - 16)
- Barriemore Barlow / drums, percussion (8 - 14)
- Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond / bass (6 together with 8 - 11)
- John Glascock / bass, vocals (12 - 14)
- John Evans / pianoforte (4 together with seven - 14)
- Mark Craney / drums (15)
- Gerry Conway / drums, percussion (16)
- Peter-John Vettese / piano, synthesizer (16)
- Dave Pegg / bass, mandolins, vocals (15 - 16)
- David Palmer / keyboards, orchestra conductor (13 - 14)

DISC 2:
- Ian Anderson / flute, oral fissure organ, claghorn, piano, vocals, harmonica, mandolin
- Clive Bunker / drums, hooter together with charm bracelet
- Glenn Cornick / bass
- Martin Barre / electrical guitar, marimba
- John Evans / piano

DISC 3:
- Ian Anderson / flute, oral fissure organ, harmonica, mandolin (1 - 7, nine together with xi - 14)
- Martin Barre / electrical guitar, marimba (2, half dozen - seven together with nine - 14)
- Dave Pegg / bass, mandolins, vocals (2, half dozen - nine together with xi - 14)
- Andy Giddings / keyboards (2, 5 - 7, nine together with xi - 14)
- Doane Perry / drums (2, half dozen - 7, nine together with xi - 14)

DISC 4:
- Ian Anderson / flute, oral fissure organ, claghorn, piano, vocals, harmonica, mandolin
- Martin Barre / electrical guitar, marimba
- Clive Bunker / drums, hooter together with charm bracelet (1 - 2)
- Glenn Cornick / bass (1 - 2)
- Barriemore Barlow / drums, percussion (3 - 4)
- John Evans / pianoforte (3 - 4)
- Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond / bass (3)
- John Glascock / bass, vocals (4)
- David Palmer / keyboards, orchestra conductor (4)
- Dave Pegg / bass, mandolins, vocals (6 - 15)
- Gerry Conway / drums, percussion (5)
- Peter-John Vettese / piano, synthesizer (6 - 7)
- Doane Perry / drums (6 - 11)
- Martin Allcock / mandolin, keyboards (8 - 11)
- Dave Mattacks / drums (12 - 15)
- Andy Giddings / keyboards (12 - 15)