Track Listing
1. Song For Jeffrey
2. Love Story
3. Christmas Song
4. Living in the Past
5. Driving Song
6. Sweet Dream
7. Singing All Day
8. Witches Promise
9. Inside
10. Alive and Well and Living In
11. Just Trying to Be
12. By Kind Permission Of - (live, at Carnegie Hall)
13. Dharma For One - (live, at Carnegie Hall)
14. Wond'ring Again
15. Hymn 43
16. Life Is a Long Song
17. Up the 'Pool
18. Dr. Bogenbroom
19. For Later
20. Nursie
| Details | | Playing Time: | 73 min. | | Producer: | Terry Ellis | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Jethro Tull: Ian Anderson (vocals, acoustic & 12-string guitars, mandolin, violin, balalaika, flute, whistle, Hammond organ); Martin Barre (acoustic & electric guitars, recorder, percussion, background vocals); Mick Abrahams (electric guitar); John Evan (piano, harpsichord, celeste, Hammond organ, Mellotron, percussion, background vocals); Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (recorder, bass, background vocals); Glenn Cornick (Hammond organ, bass); Clive Bunker (glockenspiel, drums, percussion, background vocals); Barriemore Barlow (drums, percussion).
Producers: Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson, Terry Ellis.
Recorded between July 1968 and May 1971.
Jethro Tull: Ian Anderson (vocals, flute); Martin Barre (guitar); Andrew Giddings (keyboards); Jonathan Noyce (bass instrument); Doane Perry (drums).
With hit albums like BENEFIT and AQUALUNG (as well as a spectacular live show), Jethro Tull became one of rock's most popular bands by the early '70s. While many were quick to categorize its music as prog-rock (à la Yes, Genesis, etc.), Tull also dabbled in folk, jazz, heavy metal, and blues. After the K161success of the band's previous two albums, Chrysalis Records issued the double album LIVING IN THE PAST, a mix of hits, important album tracks, single/EP-only material, and previously unreleased live tracks.
As longtime fans know, and as LIVING IN THE PAST makes clear, Jethro Tull produced a wealth of great songs outside of their hits. The best-known song in this collection is undoubtedly the title track, while "Song for Jeffrey," "Witches Promise," and "Hymn 43" also remain classic rock radio staples. There are also numerous lesser-known highlights, many of which were compiled from singles and EPs and are therefore otherwise difficult to obtain. LIVING IN THE PAST, then, is a treasure trove for Tull fans, and a fine place for the uninitiated to start exploring this ambitious band.
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