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Jethro Tull

1993 - 25th Anniversary Box Set (4CD) [mp3@320]




Jethro Tull


Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson in the 70s

Wikipedia:
Jethro Tull were a British rock group, formed in Luton, Bedfordshire, in December 1967. Initially playing blues rock, the band soon developed its sound to incorporate elements of British folk music and hard rock to forge a progressive rock signature. The band was led by vocalist/flautist/guitarist Ian Anderson, and have included other significant members such as guitarist Martin Barre, keyboardist John Evan, drummers Clive Bunker, Doane Perry, and Barriemore Barlow, and bassists Glenn Cornick, Jeffrey Hammond, and Dave Pegg.
The group first achieved commercial success in 1969, with the folk-tinged blues album Stand Up, which reached No. 1 in the UK charts, and they toured regularly in the UK and the US. Their musical style shifted in the direction of progressive rock with the albums Aqualung, Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play, and shifted again to hard rock mixed with folk rock with Songs from the Wood and Heavy Horses. Jethro Tull have sold over 60 million albums worldwide, with 11 gold and five platinum albums among them. They have been described by Rolling Stone as "one of the most commercially successful and eccentric progressive rock bands".
The last works released as a group were in 2003, though the band continued to tour until 2011. In April 2014, as he was concentrating on his solo career, Anderson said that Jethro Tull were finished.


25th Anniversary Box Set



Artist: Jethro Tull
Title: 25th Anniversary Box Set
Format: 4 × CD, Box Set
Country: US
Producer: Ian Anderson
Release Date: April 20, 1993 (USA), April 26, 1993 (UK)
Label: Chrysalis
Catalog: 0946 3 26004 2 4
Genre: Progressive Rock, Folk Rock, Hard Rock, Electronic Rock, Blues Rock, Jazz Rock
Duration: 04:44:02

Wikipedia:
25th Anniversary Box Set is a 1993 limited edition box set by Jethro Tull. It includes some of the band's best-known compositions from 1969 to 1992, many of them previously unavailable in the versions presented here. It was the second Jethro Tull box-set in five years, the first being the 3CD/ 5LP/ 3Cassette 20 Years of Jethro Tull.
The Four CDs are housed in a mock cigar-box, along with a booklet featuring extensive notes and photographs, sealed with a label bearing an image of Ian Anderson.

The four CDs are:

Remixed Classic Songs: remixes some older tracks (77:06)

Carnegie Hall, N.Y., Recorded Live New York City 1970: benefit concert for Phoenix House to rehabilitate drug abusers. This CD omits "By Kind Permission Of" and "Dharma For One", due to CD time constraints. Both can be found on the Living In The Past compilation. This performance was later released again in an expanded edition of Stand Up. (60:28)

The Beacons Bottom Tapes: new recordings, mostly of older tracks (71:07)

Pot Pourri, Live Across The World & Through The Years: live (1969–1992) (77:43)

AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder:
Where the first Jethro Tull box five years earlier, 20 Years of Jethro Tull, mostly traded on radio broadcast performances and rarities, a few outtakes, and a remastered collection of key songs, 25th Anniversary Boxed Set benefits from a more thorough raid on the vaults that has yielded up one essential addition to any Jethro Tull collection. Disc two is the centerpiece of the set, containing an additional hour of the group's November 4, 1970 concert at Carnegie Hall in New York (two pieces were previously issued on Living in the Past). Preserved on a 16-track master tape, this benefit show for the drug rehabilitation program Phoenix House was the group's most prominent American gig up to that time. It's a good representation of what the band sounded like in its second incarnation, when they were still establishing themselves outside of England. The group had still not reached -- or even approached -- its progressive rock period, and the sound is very stripped down, a pounding mix of hard rock, acoustic folk music, jazz elements, and Ian Anderson's vocals, alternately sage-like and fierce; some of the flute acrobatics don't translate too well to tape, even in Carnegie Hall, but the transition from "Sossity, You're a Woman" into "Reasons for Waiting" -- featuring exquisite organ playing by John Evan -- is beautiful enough as to make up for the flaws elsewhere, as well as reminding listeners of one of the more hauntingly beautiful songs in the group's early repertory; they also unveil a song that was still, by Anderson's own account, a work-in-progress, entitled "My God." Disc one is comprised of 16 songs from across the group's history, from their single "My Sunday Feeling" in 1968 to "Broadsword" in 1982, all in remixed versions with some fresh nips and tucks by the engineers who generally make the music sound hotter and push the percussion and the guitar solos further into the foreground; those are interesting listening, but an audiophile hits collection of the original mixes would have been preferred. Disc three features the then-current lineup of the group in a live performance from 1992, documenting their latest approach to songs ranging across 24 years of their history -- they're professional and polished (and loud), but not as interesting as the original versions. Finally, Disc four is this set's companion to the 20th anniversary set's disc of radio performances, drawing from various additional radio appearances and other live venues -- opening with 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 with a three-minute excerpt from A Passion Play into a medley of Aqualung material and on to their various 1980s incarnations and repertory, by which time Martin Barre is pretty much sharing the spotlight with (if not outright stealing it from) Anderson -- the most interesting moment is the "Passion Jig," an instrumental piece salvaged and adapted from part of A Passion Play, which is a clever way of reviving music from a concept album whose complete presence was no longer required. The entire package comes in a container designed to resemble a cigar box, with a profusely illustrated and annotated 46-page booklet.




CD1 Remixed Classic Songs:

01 - My Sunday Feeling - 3:42
02 - A Song For Jeffrey - 3:22
03 - Living In The Past - 3:25
04 - Teacher - 4:09
05 - Sweet Dream - 3:59
06 - Cross-Eyed Mary - 4:09
07 - The Witch's Promise - 3:51
08 - Life Is A Long Song - 3:18
09 - Bungle In The Jungle - 3:40
10 - Minstrel In The Gallery - 8:13
11 - Cold Wind To Valhalla - 4:14
12 - Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die - 5:30
13 - Songs From The Wood - 4:54
14 - Heavy Horses - 9:04
15 - Black Sunday - 6:42
16 - Broadsword - 4:54

CD2 Carnegie Hall, N.Y. Recorded Live New York City 1970:

01 - Nothing Is Easy - 6:06
02 - My God - 11:11
03 - With You There To Help Me - 6:46
04 - A Song For Jeffrey - 5:46
05 - To Cry You A Song - 7:59
06 - Sossity, You're A Woman - 2:16
07 - Reasons For Waiting - 3:55
08 - We Used To Know - 3:18
09 - Guitar Solo - 8:24
10 - For A Thousand Mothers - 4:48

CD3 The Beacons Bottom Tapes:

01 - So Much Trouble - 2:30
02 - My Sunday Feeling - 3:56
03 - Some Day The Sun Won't Shine For You - 2:02
04 - Living In The Past - 3:26
05 - Bouree - 3:32
06 - With You There To Help Me - 6:13
07 - Thick As A Brick - 9:01
08 - Cheerio - 3:58
09 - A New Day Yesterday - 8:01
10 - Protect And Survive - 3:06
11 - Jack-A-Lynn - 4:57
12 - The Whistler - 2:52
13 - My God - 10:02
14 - Aqualung - 7:31

CD4 Pot Pourri: Live Across The World & Through The Years: Live (1969 - 1992):

01 - To Be Sad Is A Mad Way To Be - 3:57
02 - Back To The Family - 3:36
03 - Passion Play Extract - 3:20
04 - Wind-Up/Locomotive Breath/Land Of Hope And Glory-Medley - 11:48
05 - Seal Driver - 5:38
06 - Nobody's Car - 5:02
07 - Pussy Willow - 4:59
08 - Budapest - 10:52
09 - Nothing Is Easy - 5:18
10 - Kissing Willie - 3:40
11 - Still Loving You Tonight - 5:03
12 - Beggar's Farm - 5:21
13 - Passion Jig - 2:01
14 - A Song For Jeffrey - 3:26
15 - Living In The Past - 3:42


Recording Locations & Date:

CD1:
Various, see earlier released albums.

CD2:
Recorded live in New York City, November 04 - 1970

CD3:
Tracks 1 and 3 - 5 recorded December 1992 at Ian Anderson's Home Studio, tracks 2, 6 - 7, 9 and 11 - 14 recorded November 1992 at Beacons Bottom, track 8 recorded December 1992 at Woodworm Studio, track 10 recorded December 1992 at Presshouse Studio.

CD4:
Tracks 1 - 2 recorded 19. January 1969 in Stockholm, Sweden, track 4 recorded 05. July 1975 in Paris, France, track 4 recorded February 1977 in London, UK, track 5 recorded April 1982 in Hamburg, Germany, tracks 6 - 7 recorded September 1984 in London, UK, tracks 8 - 9 recorded 10. July 1991 in Leysin, Switzerland, track 10 recorded 20. July 1991 in Tallin, Estonia, track 11 recorded October 1991 in London, UK, track 12 recorded October 1992 in Pullman, Washington, USA, tracks 13 - 14 recorded October 1992 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, track 15 recorded 09. November 1992 in Montreal, Canada.


Personnel:

CD1:

Ian Anderson (flute, mouth organ, claghorn, piano, vocals, harmonica, mandolin) plays on all tracks
Mick Abrahams (guitar, 9-string guitar, vocals) plays on tracks 1 - 2
Clive Bunker (drums, hooter and charm bracelet) plays on tracks 1 - 7
Glenn Cornick (bass) plays on tracks 1 - 5 and 7
Martin Barre (electric guitar, marimba) plays on tracks 3 - 16
Barriemore Barlow (drums, percussion) plays on tracks 8 - 14
Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (bass) plays on tracks 6 and 8 - 11
John Glascock (bass, vocals) plays on tracks 12 - 14
John Evans (piano) plays on tracks 4 and 7 - 14
Mark Craney (drums) plays on track 15
Gerry Conway (drums,percussion) plays on track 16
Peter-John Vettese (piano, synthesizer) plays on track 16
Dave Pegg (bass, mandolins, vocals) plays on tracks 15 - 16
David Palmer (keyboards, orchestra conductor) plays on tracks 13 - 14

CD2:

Ian Anderson (flute, mouth organ, claghorn, piano, vocals, harmonica, mandolin) plays on all tracks
Clive Bunker (drums, hooter and charm bracelet) plays on all tracks
Glenn Cornick (bass) plays on all tracks
Martin Barre (electric guitar, marimba) plays on all tracks
John Evans (piano) plays on all tracks

CD3:

Ian Anderson (flute, mouth organ, harmonica, mandolin) plays on tracks 1 - 7, 9 and 11 - 14
Martin Barre (electric guitar, marimba) plays on tracks 2, 6 - 7 and 9 - 14
Dave Pegg (bass, mandolins, vocals) plays on tracks 2, 6 - 9 and 11 - 14
Andy Giddings (keyboards) plays on tracks 2, 5 - 7, 9 and 11 - 14
Doane Perry (drums) plays on tracks 2, 6 - 7, 9 and 11 - 14

CD4:

Ian Anderson (flute, mouth organ, claghorn, piano, vocals, harmonica, mandolin) plays on all tracks
Martin Barre (electric guitar, marimba) plays on all tracks
Clive Bunker (drums, hooter and charm bracelet) plays on tracks 1 - 2
Glenn Cornick (bass) plays on tracks 1 - 2
Barriemore Barlow (drums, percussion) plays on tracks 3 - 4
John Evans (piano) plays on tracks 3 - 4
Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (bass) plays on track 3
John Glascock (bass, vocals) plays on track 4
David Palmer (keyboards, orchestra conductor) plays on track 4
Dave Pegg (bass, mandolins, vocals) plays on tracks 6 - 15
Gerry Conway (drums, percussion) plays on tracks 5
Peter-John Vettese (piano, synthesizer) plays on tracks 6 - 7
Doane Perry (drums) plays on tracks 6 - 11
Martin Allcock (mandolin, keyboards) plays on tracks 8 - 11
Dave Mattacks (drums) plays on tracks 12 - 15
Andy Giddings (keyboards) plays on tracks 12 - 15


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