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LIVING IN THE PAST

Jethro Tull

 

Prog Folk

4.12 | 355 ratings

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Warthur
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5 stars An excellent grab-bag of early Jethro Tull tracks, including enough non-album tracks (including the entire Life is a Long Song EP!) and alternate versions of album tracks (like a blistering live Dharma For One, and the wonderful full version of Wond'ring Again, of which only extracts appeared on Aqualung under the title Wond'ring Aloud) to make it worth exploring even if you already own all the albums from This Was to Aqualung, which is the period the compilation covers.

In fact, you could argue that Living In the Past is key to getting the whole picture of this period of Tull, a time when - like many bands - they split their efforts between singles and albums. (Of course, the release of Thick as a Brick was a bold declaration that Tull would be an albums band from there on in, so similar compilations from later in their career would be less revealing.) I think it's also a lot more consistent than many of the band's early albums; compiled, as it was, after the band found their future direction on Aqualung, the discord and the indecision that slightly undermined the first few albums is brushed over, and a more coherent picture of the band's sound is put together. And the fact that the group grew so much over those few short years mean that it's a more diverse album than any they released in the same period.

In short, if you want to meet the real Jethro Tull, you need to be Living In the Past.

Warthur | 5/5 |

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