LIVING WITH THE PAST

It's rather impressive that Ian ANDERSON have recorded and toured with JETHRO TULL for more than 30 years. The main part of this live album is taken from a live performance at Hammersmith Apollo, November 25th 2001. Two months earlier I saw JETHRO TULL playing at Idunteatern in Umeå, Sweden. I was impressed to see that Ian is still vital and played the songs with much joy, although he must've played them a thousand times before. The line-up has changed some times since their first album in 1968, but Ian ANDERSON has been in the band since the start. There are 21 songs on this live-CD, but only 11 of the songs are from the "Hammersmith Apollo" gig. The rest of the songs are taken from acoustic-and TV sessions and a "class of '68 reunion", whatever that is? I would've preferred that all the songs were from the same concert, considering that the show I attended at Idunteatern had a set-list containing 22 songs. Although my scepticism about not releasing a proper full-concert album I still have the Umeå concert in fresh mind, and the Hammersmith Apollo songs are performed so very good so I can't resist this live-CD anyway. Highly recommended to every JETHRO TULL fan around the world.