The ongoing rolling programme of the Jethro Tull multi-disc box/book sets continues with Still Living in the Past.
This is of course Living in the Past getting the treatment – the original issued back in 1972 as a double album of various album tracks, out-takes and singles etc. from Tull’s early days.
Now we have the big box set reissue of five CDs and two Blu-Ray discs with all the extra goodies and the 100 page book with all sorts of lyrics, articles, photographs etc. all bound in the hard backed book format. Marvellous stuff.
I remember having the original on vinyl as a young whipper-snapper in the mid-1970s. That vinyl long since lost somewhere over the decades since.
So it’s good news as a (now) old Tull fan to have this lovely multi-disc box set not only to listen to the old stuff again but also to add to my collection of these Tull booksets.
If you’re a Tull fan too, I expect you’ll want to do the same. If you’re not, Still Living in the Past is a good place to discover what early period Jethro Tull were all about.
It marks how they’d start to transition from that bluesy style towards the classic progressive/folksy sound which would come to define them with following albums such as Thick as a Brick, Minstrel in the Gallery and Songs from the Wood for example.
Here they are miming along to Living in the Past on the old Supersonic TV program in 1976:
Righty-ho, what do we have on Still Living in the Past over the five CDs and two Blu-Rays (not forgetting the 100 page book)? Here we go…..
CD1: The original mixes, remixes, edits and demos spanning 1968-1971
CD2: Living in the Past (Part 1) – Steven Wilson Remixes
CD3: Living in the Past (Part 2) – Steven Wilson Remixes
CD4: Live at Carnegie Hall 1970 Part 1 2025 Remix
CD5: Live at Carnegie Hall 1970 Part 2 2025 Remix
BLU-RAYS: All sorts of remixes in various formats with one Blu-Ray having some video content.
I can’t comment on the Blu-Ray discs as I don’t have a Blu-Ray player. The CD content is of course marvellous. Especially the Carnegie Hall live stuff with Martin Barre on fire. One of the finest guitarists of his generation in my opinion. Yours too perhaps.
There’s a lot here for your money. And as always with these Jethro Tull box sets they are reasonably priced compared to some multi-disc reissues which cost much more for much less.
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I wonder which of remaining Tull albums which haven’t had the treatment yet may be next? Under Wraps please Mr. Anderson.
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