Living in the Past [Import]

Product Description
1994 reissue of 19 track collection originally released in 1972, including 2 live tracks recorded at Carnegie Hall, 'By Kind Permission Of' & 'Dharma For One'. Chrysalis.

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Living in the Past [Import]

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From a True Tull Fan and Collector; Please Listen!!!
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3.5 stars- Get this if you're a completest

Living in the Past
Jethro Tull
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Benefit
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ASIN: B00002668Z
Release Date: 2003-12-02

Tracks:

Song For Jeffrey
Love Story
Christmas Song
Living In The Past
Driving Song
Sweet Dream
Singing All Day
Witches Promise
Inside
Just Trying To Be
By Kind Permission Of
Dharma For One
Wond'ring Again
Locomotive Breath
Life Is A Long Song
Up The 'Pool
Dr. Bogenbroom
For Later
Nursie

Album Description

1994 reissue of 19 track collection originally released in 1972, including 2 live tracks recorded at Carnegie Hall, 'By Kind Permission Of' & 'Dharma For One'. Chrysalis.

Customer Reviews:

From a True Tull Fan and Collector; Please Listen!!!.......2007-01-30

Yes, there are a few different versions of "Living in the Past" floating around, and I still have the original LP from which I can compare them all. I own the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, 2-disc, Original Master Recording UltraDiscII GOLD CD and it is the ONLY COMPLETE VERSION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE! With a grand total of 23 tracks, not to mention a faithful reproduction of the 35 page booklet included in the original album, this version has sonic quality far superior to any "CD" version you will ever hear. This is as close as you'll get to listening to the orginal "LP" on the finest turntable system. It's obvious that great care was taken when this package was put together, from the remastering to the detail that went into the booklet and packaging. In fact, it is probably the best sounding MFSL CD that I own, and I have quite a few. So, from one "Tull Fan" to another, this is the definitive version. I realize that it's likely to set you back few bucks (I've seen some of the prices!), but if you can find it, BUY IT! It's a worthy investment.

Tull fan.......2007-01-09

Great CD but does not have all the songs the original album had. "Bouree" is missing was replaced by "Inside" a song from the benefit album.

Watch which Version You Are Getting.......2006-10-21

Before moving into the review, I must warn you that these reviews appear under three different versions of "Living in the Past." The first version is a gold CD that contains 23 tracks, including "Teacher," "Bouree," and "Locomotive Breath," that do not appear on the other two versions. The second version has 20 tracks, which does not include the three aforementioned tracks. The third version is an imported version with only 19 tracks. In addition to the three previously eliminated tracks, this CD also eliminated "Hymn 43." The prices of the three versions and their availability vary greatly, so I recommend you survey the versions available and choose the version that best fits your needs.

This album fills in holes in Jethro Tull's early music, including tracks not a part of their earlier albums and commercially adding more music at a time when Tull was riding high on the success of 1971's "Aqualung." While some reviewers advise that you need not buy Tull's earliest recordings if you have "Living in the Past," I have all those recordings as well and do not believe this CD replaces them.

This CD offers a range of music, from hard rockers to mellow folk and Tull's signature renaissance-flavored folk and rock. "Living in the Past" offers a jazz-like piece with Ian Anderson's flute prominently displaced. It was the range of music Tull played that has always made Tull hard to fit into a particular genre. While they are often classified as hard rock because of songs like "Teacher" and "Sweet Dreams," as well as most of "Aqualung" and "War Child," Tull more likely fits into a genre of their own as they play music of all types and they seem to do so in a pattern of their own.

Like the true artists that they are, Jethro Tull created music as they felt moved to create. The result is creative and interesting music, often satirical, nearly always at least good. It may be tempting to think in retrospect that some of the music on this CD indicated that Jethro Tull was moving in a harder rock direction. However, as music from CDs such as "Minstrel in the Gallery" and "Songs from the Wood" indicates, Tull's style has always been eclectic, with hard rock being only one of their numerous styles.

This collection is a great introduction to a group that refuses standard classification and has only been recognized as one of music's greats in the last few years. While this CD is sometimes hard to find, I recommend this CD highly if you can find it and if you have liked what you've heard of Jethro Tull's non-commercial music.

Jam Sarnies? Say what?.......2006-06-27

If your just getting into Tull, try and get a copy with "Alive and well and Living in" which was on the original U.K. version and now CD remastered Benefit. Don't worry about getting:
1.Bouree
2.Teacher
3.locomotive breath(U.K. release)
4.Hymn 43(U.S. release)
They are all excellent songs but if you start to like Living In The Past you can get these songs on other great albums, which is really a much better way to hear them.
I first started listening to Jethro Tull in High School. Being part of the "band geek" community, my friends and I would spend any free time we had before or after school in the band room playing or listening to music.
I was particularly lucky enough to have a passionate music teacher who provided a kind of refuge for us in the big rehearsal room and connected offices. He would always try to inspire us by playing music that inspired him, and Jethro Tull music was some of that music. A friend and I would play their records on an old turntable I got in a relatives basement who had passed away.I also had an older friend who was really into them who would play them whenever I saw him.
This is one of the first albums I heard from them, along with "Songs from the Wood" and "Thick as a Brick"(besides Aqualung from classic rock radio).
This is the first music I ever heard with incredible ecclecticism in style and instrumentation, but not disparate sounding, from acoustic guitar and toy piano(Just trying to be),to heavy rock guitar and flute and tablas(Love Story).
From mandolin, whistle and strings(Christmas Story),
to a pop rock song with a clave and bass intro in 5/4(holy crap!).
From songs about the well told tale of touring woes(Driving Song), to discontent with holiday excess(Christmas Song).
From a simple thank you(Nursie), to cynical commentary on society(Wond'ring again).
From aimless lovelorn wandering (Singing all day),
to the beauty of realizing "that life is a long song, but the tune ends to soon for us all."
This album is filled with some of the best Tull songs from any of their various eras. These songs reflect Ian Anderson's songwriting before their extended song albums(Thick and Passion) changed their direction somewhat(not in a bad way!). These songs, excluding the two live cuts, are pop gems filled with exceptional musicianship, arrangements, idiosyncratic lyricism, weird isoteric british references(Up the 'pool), humor,touching sentiments, and total originality, each under four and a half minutes,some a minute and a half(Just trying to be, Nursie).
Ian's great singing and olde english, travelling minstrel acoustic guitar is all over them. And flute playing that ranges from little backround parts to huge in your face flurries, classical lines to Roland Kirk tinged blues licks, all the while infusing the flute into the band's sonic landscape so you never say to yourself "Oh there's that flute again".
This album really comes to life in the headphones, with great Beatles-esque stereo panning and intricate overdub layering. Once you start listening you're bound to find at least a handful of things sonically in each song that are amazing, like the far left and right panning of John Evans' piano and the acoustic guitar harmonizing in unison in "Witches Promise". Or the huge cavern reverb they throw on the very end of Martin Barre's guitar solo in "Sweet Dream". Just a couple of examples from a couple of songs!
If your already a fan, try listening to the album excluding the previously released tracks(at the time) and the live cuts. Then throw "Living in the Past" on top:

1.Living in the past
2.Love Story
3.Christmas Song
4.Driving Song
5.Sweet Dream
6.Singing all day
7.Witches Promise
8.Alive and well and living in
9.Just trying to be
10.Wond'ring again
11.Life is a long song
12.Up the 'pool
13.Dr. Bogenbroom
14.For later
15.Nursie

This is the only way I listen to these songs now. I find the other songs great but I've grown to love these songs as their own album, and the other songs become intrusive. I listen to "Locomotive Breath" and "Hymn 43" on Aqualung, "Teacher" with Benefit, "Bouree" on Stand Up, and the live tunes with the Live from Carnegie Hall '70 disc from the 25th Anniversary Set.
Amid the hysteria of the satisfying but radio-drained alpha male Aqualung riff which unfortunately went up the stairway to heaven and the Thick as a Brick "concept album" hype(albeit well deserved hype), this album proves what a great band and concept that Jethro Tull were based solely on the songwriting and execution of these relatively short pieces.
The thing about this set is it contains that intangible sense of place and time that great albums have. They have the ability to evoke images or feelings that belong specifically to an era I did'nt grow up in, or a place I've only seen second hand.
You'll never hear another album like this one. I still get goose-bumps when I put the headphones on!

3.5 stars- Get this if you're a completest.......2005-12-10

I'm not really sure why they had to add a handful of previously released songs to Living in the past. They could have just made it a single album on vinyl because those previously unreleased songs(I think there was about 12 or 13 of them, at least)would not take up any more than one album. What's the point of having a lot of songs that you already have on their first four albums? I guess they did it because some people who just like a little bit of Tull, would have some better songs to make them put up with the mediocre previously unreleased songs they had to offer on the album. So if you're a huge fan of Tull, why are you bitching about them leaving off "Bouree" and "Teacher", when you already have those songs on their first four albums. I thought about it, and I decided not to pay for the two disc sets by Toshiba and Mobile Fidelity Lab, and I purchased the out of print U.S. version for $20.00, which I'm really quite happy with. Even though I think this isn't remastered, quite a few of the songs had a nice crispness to them. The two live tracks sounded pretty darn good to me! They say they don't want to bother to reissue and remaster this, but I think in a few years from now they probably will anyway. I'm a huge Jethro Tull fan, and I'm a completest, so this is my last Tull purchase, but if you're just a casual fan and just want the song "Living in the past", you might just buy one of their single disc "Best of" compilations to aquire that excellent song. Also, if you don't really need the song "Alive and well and living in", which is on the U.S version, you might want to think about buying the U.K version because you can buy it used on Amazon for just over $6.00, as opposed to buying the out of print U.S version for over $20.00. This isn't anywhere near as good as several of their other discs, but it's still good to have if you're a tried and true Tull fan. ENJOY!!!

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You got to be kidding me!!!!
Eclectic Collection of Early Tull
A musical record fo the pre-"Aqualung" Jethro Tull

Living in the Past
Jethro Tull
Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001BUF3U
Release Date: 2004-04-05

Tracks:

Song for Jeffrey
Love Story
Christmas Song
Living in the Past
Driving Song
Sweet Dream
Singing All Day
Witch's Promise
Inside
Alive and Well and Living In
Just Trying to Be
By Kind Permission Of
Dharma for One
Wond'ring Again
Hymn 43
Life is a Long Song
Up the 'Pool
Dr. Bogenbroom
For Later
Nursie

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.

Customer Reviews:

You got to be kidding me!!!!.......2007-01-31

$76 for a CD that isn't even a faithful reproduction of the original album? Unbelieveable. You guys should be ashamed of yourselves....

Eclectic Collection of Early Tull.......2006-04-14

This album fills in holes in Jethro Tull's early music, including tracks not a part of their earlier albums and adding more music at a time Tull was riding high on the success of 1971s "Aqualung." While some reviewers advise that you need not buy Tull's earliest recordings if you have "Living in the Past," I have all those recordings as well and do not believe this CD replaces them. Further, "Teacher" and "Bouree" were left off this CD due to time constraints (the CD is near the limit at over 75 minutes long). Both "Teacher" and "Bouree" are worth having, and there is other music on the earlier CDs worth having as well.

This CD offers a range of music, from hard rockers to mellow folk and Tull's signature renaissance-flavored folk rock. "Living in the Past" offers a jazz-like piece with Ian Anderson's flute prominently displaced. It was the range of music Tull played that has always made Tull hard to fit into a particular genre. While Jethro Tull is often classified as hard rock because of songs like "Teacher" and "Sweet Dreams," as well as most of "Aqualung" and "War Child," Tull more likely fits into a genre of their own as they play music of all types, and they seem to do so in a pattern of their own.

Like the true artists that they are, Jethro Tull created music as they felt moved to create. The result is creative and interesting music, often satirical, nearly always at least good. It may be tempting to think that in retrospect that some of the music on this CD indicated that Jethro Tull was moving in a harder rock direction. Possibly. However, as music from CDs such as "Minstrel in the Gallery" and "Songs from the Wood" indicates, Tull's style has always been eclectic, with hard rock being only one of their numerous styles.

Note that there are several versions of this CD in existence. This particular edition is an import. Before purchasing this CD I suggest learning the versions available and choosing the version that best meets your needs.

This collection is a great introduction to a group that refuses standard classification, and has only been recognized as one of music's greats in the last few years. While this CD is now hard to find, I recommend this CD highly if you've liked what you've heard of Jethro Tull's non-commercial music.

A musical record fo the pre-"Aqualung" Jethro Tull.......2005-06-05

"Living in the Past" is a hodgepodge of old English-only singles, EP sides, album tracks and a couple of live cuts representing a retrospective of the group's earliest instantiations. The album was released after the group's first commercial success with the "Aqualung" album and covers three distinct periods in Tull's history.

First there was the psychedelic blues period represented by "A Song for Jeffrey" and "Love Story." Then Mick Abrahams was replaced by Martin Lancelot Barre and Tull was off into the world of heavy rock as evidenced by "Driving Song" and "Singing All Day." The Jethro Tull marked by Ian Anderson's distinctive flute and guitar work came into being when his old schoolmate John Evan joined for the "Benefit" sessions. Evan's keyboard work allowed Tull to do ballads like "Just Trying to Be" and "Wond'ring Again" and then switch gears to a real rocker like "Teacher" with relative ease (However, because of "time restrictions" that track and "Bouree" are not included on the CD version, which is amazing since they are two of the four best songs on the album--go figure). The two live cuts on "Living in the Past"--"By Kind Permission Of" and "Dharma For One"--feature Anderson and Barre exploring their instruments in featured segments that improve upon the original versions of each song. After this point in the group's history the final two original members of Tull were jettisoned in favor of Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond and Barriemore Barlow, giving Anderson a handpicked group of musicians who would follow his Pied Piper lead.

"Living in the Past" is ultimately an ironic title because with "Aqualung" and "Thick as a Brick," Jethro Tull were going in a very different direction musically. It is probably not a surprise that the most popular songs on the album, "Christmas Song" and the title track, are among those that best anticipate what would become the group's distinctive sound. The best thing about this album is that it saves you from having to buy all of Jethro Tull's albums before "Aqualung." Oh, and did I mention they left two of the best songs on the record off of the CD?

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Finally a Messiah with fervor!
Great recording!
Good and Bad
This is a great recording!

Handel: Messiah

Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00002R16A
Release Date: 1999-11-30

Tracks:

Messiah: No. 1 Overture
Messiah: No. 2 Arioso For Tenor
Messiah: No. 3 Air For Tenor
Messiah: No. 4 Chorus
Messiah: No. 5 Recitative For Bass
Messiah: No. 6 Air For Bass
Messiah: No. 7 Chorus
Messiah: No. 8 Recitative For Alto
Messiah: No. 9 Air For Alto And Chorus
Messiah: No. 10 Arioso For Bass
Messiah: No. 11 Air For Bass
Messiah: No. 12 Chorus
Messiah: No. 13 Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
Messiah: No. 14a Recitative And No. 14b Arioso For Soprano
Messiah: No. 15 Recitative For Soprano
Messiah: No. 16 Arioso For Soprano
Messiah: No. 17 Chorus
Messiah: No. 18 Air For Soprano
Messiah: No. 19 Recitative For Alto
Messiah: No. 20 Air For Alto And Soprano
Messiah: No. 21 Chorus
Messiah: No. 22 Chorus
Messiah: No. 23 Air For Alto
Messiah: No. 24 Chorus
Messiah: No. 25 Chorus
Messiah: No. 26 Chorus

Tracks:

Messiah: No. 27 Arioso For Tenor
Messiah: No. 28 Chorus
Messiah: No. 29 Recitative For Tenor
Messiah: No. 30 Air For Tenor
Messiah: No. 31 Recitative For Tenor
Messiah: No. 32 Air For Tenor
Messiah: No. 33 Chorus
Messiah: No. 34 Recitative For Tenor
Messiah: No. 35 Chorus
Messiah: No. 36 Air For Alto
Messiah: No. 37 Chorus
Messiah: No. 38 Aria For Soprano
Messiah: No. 39 Chorus
Messiah: No. 40 Air For Bass
Messiah: No. 41 Chorus
Messiah: No. 42 Recitative For Tenor
Messiah: No. 43 Air For Tenor
Messiah: No. 44 Chorus
Messiah: No. 45 Air For Soprano
Messiah: No. 46 Chorus
Messiah: No. 47 Recitative For Bass
Messiah: No. 48 Air For Bass
Messiah: No. 49 Recitative For Alto
Messiah: No. 50 Duet For Alto And Tenor
Messiah: No. 51 Chorus
Messiah: No. 52 Air For Soprano
Messiah: No. 53 Chorus
Messiah: Amen

Customer Reviews:

Finally a Messiah with fervor!.......2005-10-20

I've hunted a thrilling performance of The Messiah through 240 versions so far. This is the best I've found. Some are self-conscious, dutifully singing as instructed. Some are almost childish in their lilt. Some are overblown with so much bombast that you can barely hear the heart of the music. Some are concentrated on faithfulness to the original instruments. If you want a performance that will make you shiver with the power and joy of the music, this is the one. The singers are singing about GLORY. They sound as if they are ecstatic. The musicians are at one with the music and they create a virtual cathedral wherever this CD is played, just close your eyes. Or, let your own imagery, be it celestial, or of great oceans...carry you away.

Great recording!.......2003-09-22

There are so many performances of the Messiah out there that it is very difficult to point to a difinative one, but I'd put this in the catagory of the "very good" ones. As other reviewers have said, every performance is different and has its own character. Each has stronger and weaker points. Here the conductor and musicians have made good, solid musical choices. There is an amazing attention to detail which is not so obvious the first listen through but which makes the piece shine. The tempos seem to be right on, and there is no frivolous over-embellishment by the soloists. There is no attempt to be showey. The dramatic dynamics in the first section of the overture are interesting, but seem to work after you hear it a few times. This performance also includes sections which are often omitted (Second half of "He shall feed his flock," "Thou art gone up on high," "Great was the company of the preachers," and "Death where is thy sting"). I prefer the more intimate quality of a small ensemble of musicians to the mega-performances by the London Philharmonic, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, etc.. As with this performance, the smaller group lends a clarity to the music, where the larger ensembles can get a little "muddy" at times. Just my personal preference. Overall, this is a very good performance, and certainly the low price (being on the Naxos lable) makes this a clear choice.

Good and Bad.......2000-04-09

I was more interested in "The Messiah" for the religious content than as a music critic, but this was too much. The strings are tinny. The orchestra is plodding. The soloists and choir are thankfully very good and seem to understand the meaning of the words. It is a shame the sound mix is uneven. The male parts come across loud and clear, but the poor women. For instance, No. 9 Oh thou that tellest..., the soloist sounded like she was singing in an echo chamber far from the mike. This is one of the most disappointing versions of "The Messiah" I have heard in a long time.

This is a great recording!.......2000-02-11

I was really surprised with the new that the Messiah's New World premiere was held at Trinity Church in October 1770, twenty-eight years after it was written. This fact only will make one proud in having this CD among his collection.

Anyhow, this is nothing more than a historic detail and would not count if this recording had not an outstanding first-rate ensemble of singers. Without doubt there is no definitive version of Messiah. Each one has its own distinctive touch and feeling and exploring it is always a pleasant journey through imagination.

As stated by the conductor: "we must concede that performing Messiah with twenty singers and an appropriately balanced instrumental ensemble represents, at best, an imperfect comprimise", it will be easy to understand that this recording does not stand among the greatest and will probably carry some imperfections. I will mention two that kind of disppointed me a little bit. The Overture and the Chorus Worthy is the Lamb, for some reason misses the habitual vigor and strenght. Everything else is great and this is definitely a worth buying.

Living In The Past
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From a True Tull Fan and Collector; Please Listen!!!

Tull fan

Watch which Version You Are Getting

Jam Sarnies? Say what?

3.5 stars- Get this if you're a completest

Living In The Past
Jethro Tull
Manufacturer: Mobile Fidelity
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000IW5
Release Date: 1997-09-09

Tracks:

Song For Jeffrey
Love Story
Christmas Song
Living In The past
Driving Song
Bouree
Sweet Dream
Singing All Day
Teacher
Witch's Promise
Inside
Alive And Well And Living In
Just Trying To Be

Tracks:

By Kind Permission Of
Dharma For One
Wond'ring Again
Hymn
Locomotive Breath
Life Is A Long Song
Up The 'Pool
Dr. Bogenbroom
For Later
Nursie

Album Description

1994 reissue of 19 track collection originally released in 1972, including 2 live tracks recorded at Carnegie Hall, 'By Kind Permission Of' & 'Dharma For One'. Chrysalis.

Customer Reviews:

From a True Tull Fan and Collector; Please Listen!!!.......2007-01-30

Tull fan.......2007-01-09

Great CD but does not have all the songs the original album had. "Bouree" is missing was replaced by "Inside" a song from the benefit album.

Watch which Version You Are Getting.......2006-10-21

Jam Sarnies? Say what?.......2006-06-27

3.5 stars- Get this if you're a completest.......2005-12-10

Halcyon Days: A Treasury of British Light Music

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Halcyon Days: A Treasury of British Light Music

Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Rondos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000Y37NI
Release Date: 2004-02-24

Tracks:

Overture
Lento, Ma Non Troppo
Gaily, But Not Quick
Cantilena
Vivace
Miss Melanie
Raf March Past
Very Slow
Maestoso; Alla Marcia Funebre
Fairly Slowly, But Evenly Flowing In Strict Time
Allegretto Rubato
Overture, Op.52
Fantasia On 'Greensleeves'
Country Dance: Allegretto E Leggiero
Burlesco: Allegro
Adagio
Sarabande: Maestoso
Bourree: Vivace
Rondo In A Flat
Allegro
Lento Moderato
Con Brio

Tracks:

March
Plymouth Hoe (A Nautical Overture)
Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square
Tower Hill
The Horse Guards, Whitehall
Rotten Row
Covent Garden
Westminster
Knightsbridge March
No.1 Wheatly Processional
No.2 Constant Billy
No.4 Jockie To The Fair
No.5 Ladies Of Pleasure
No.6 Princess Royal
Malltraeth (Pastorale)
Cemaes (Scherzo)
March Of The Bowmen
City Of Lincoln March
Overture, Op.3
Londonderry Air

Tracks:

The Devil's Galop
Sailing By
High Adventure
The Watermill
Loch Laggan
Psalm 23 - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Southern Rhapsody
Ecce Homo - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Girls In Grey
Halcyon Days
March Glorious
An English Overture
Spitfire Prelude And Fugue
Carry On Suite
Carry On Up The Khyber
Andante Expressivo
The Dam Busters March
Tarka The Otter
The African Queen

Tracks:

Caramba
Two Interlinked French Melodies
Kanikani
Preambule
Barcarolle
Provencale
By The Sleepy Lagoon
A L'ombre D'un Buissonet
Triste Est Le ciel
Allons Gay
A Mountain Tune
Tambourin
Passepied
Sarabande
Farandole
Petite Promenade
Andante/Medium Beguine
Song Dance
Fado
Kolo
In The French Countryside
Carpet Dance
Slow Waltz
End Titles

Tracks:

Miniature Overture (Help!)
March (When I'm 64)
Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (Can't Buy Me Love)
Arabian Dance (It's For You)
Chinese Dance (Ticket To Ride)
Dance Of The Reed Flutes (She Loves You)
Waltz Of The Flowers (From Me To You)
Pas De Deux (All My Loving)
Sarabande
The Reception
The Orgy (Rondo)
Danza Gaya
Scene 1
Malaguena (Vivace)
Habanera (Moderato)
Tango (Vivace)
The Hiring Fair
Carousing
Round Dance
Pas De Deux
Hornpipe
March
Doll's Dance
Round Dance
Bobby Shaftoe
The Keel Row
The 98th Jacks Listed!

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Quitcher Bitchin!
Eclectic Collection of Early Tull
Halfway House
Hard to Find, But Worth It
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Living in the Past
Jethro Tull
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008H1V
Release Date: 1999-09-14

Tracks:

Song For Jeffrey
Love Story
Christmas Song
Living In The Past
Driving Song
Sweet Dream
Singing All Day
Witches Promise
Inside
Alive And Well And Living In
Just Trying To Be
By Kind Permission Of (Live At Carnegie Hall)
Dharma For Once (Live At Carnegie Hall)
Wond'ring Again
Hymn 43
Life Is A Long Song
Up The 'Pool
Dr. Bogenbroom
For Later
Nursie

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An unconventional best-of collection at the time of its 1972 release, Living in the Past existed to gain a greater foothold in America for Jethro Tull following the breakthrough success of Aqualung. And it did, by offering a little something for everyone. There are a number of songs that became FM radio staples, ranging from the heavy rock of "Teacher" and "Hymn 43" to lighter fare, such as the title tune. A pair of jam-heavy selections, "By Kind Permission Of" and "Dharma for One" (featuring the era's requisite in-concert drum solo), were recorded live at Carnegie Hall. Overall, Living in the Past does an excellent job of revealing Tull's achievements and limitations, its ambitions as well as its pretensions. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

Quitcher Bitchin!.......2005-06-05

If you are lucky enough to find this on cd, GRAB IT!

Those who complain that tracks are left off neglect to say that these are album tracks previously released.

The original intention of this album was to compile all (or most) of the non-lp singles; the rest is gravy, including the 1970 Carnegie Hall live recordings, of which the rest of the concert are available on the 2nd Tull box set.

Have the various powers that be dropped the ball on this release? Definitely! Just feel lucky if you find ANY version of LITP on cd.

Eclectic Collection of Early Tull.......2003-05-22

This album fills in holes in Jethro Tull's early music, including tracks not a part of their earlier albums, and commercially adding more music at a time Tull was riding high on the success of 1971s "Aqualung". While some reviewers advise that you need not buy Tull's earliest recordings if you have "Living in the Past", I have all those recordings as well and do not believe this CD replaces them. Further, "Teacher" and "Bouree" were left off the CD due to time constraints (the CD is near the limit at over 75 minutes long). Both "Teacher" and "Bouree" are worth having, and there is other music on the earlier CDs worth having as well.

This CD offers a range of music, from hard rockers to mellow folk and Tull's signature renaissance-flavored folk and rock. "Living in the Past" offers a jazz-like piece with Ian Anderson's flute prominently displaced. It was the range of music Tull played that has always made Tull hard to fit into a particular genre. While they are often classified as hard rock because of songs like "Teacher" and "Sweet Dreams", as well as most of "Aqualung" and "War Child", Tull more likely fits into a genre of their own as they play music of all types, and they seem to do so in a pattern of their own.

Like the true artists that they are, Jethro Tull created music as they felt moved to create. The result is creative and interesting music, often satirical, nearly always at least good. It may be tempting to think that in retrospect that some of the music on this CD indicated that Jethro Tull was moving in a harder rock direction. Possibly. However, as music from CDs such as "Minstrel in the Gallery" and "Songs from the Wood" indicates, Tull's style has always been eclectic, with hard rock being only one of their numerous styles.

This collection is a great introduction to a group that refuses standard classification, and has only been recognized as one of music's greats in the last few years. While this CD is now hard to find, I recommend this CD highly if you can find it, and you've liked what you've heard of Jethro Tull's non-commercial music.

Halfway House.......2002-05-22

While I enjoy this CD, I have to say the reconfiguration done when converting it from LP to CD was a terrible hatchet job.

When Tull was good they were--dare I say it?--magical. The first 11 tracks on this CD, along with "Wond'ring Again" and "Hymn 43" deliver that kind of magic. But the live tracks are ponderous, and I can't believe no one at Chrysalis considered dumping them to leave "Teacher" and the masterful "Bouree" on instead. If something needed to be cut to fit the LP on CD, it sure shouldn't have been Jethro Tulls best-ever recording.

Still, this is a CD worth owning. Tull was unique, totally British and always more focused on making great music than many of their contemporaries.

Hard to Find, But Worth It.......2002-02-28

For people not familiar with Tull, this album can be overlooked, which might explain why it is not sold here by Amazon.com. However, after Aqualung, Benefit & Passion Play, this CD is his next best, and only marginally behind Passion Play at that. Let's hope Amazon can work out offering this CD again!

Without This Album, The Band's History Is Incomplete.......2001-12-28

This was a stopgap album between studio releases Thick as a Brick (1972) and A Passion Play (1973). It also served to capitalize on the band's surge in popularity in the United States following the release of their fourth album Aqualung, which was Tull's first US top 10 album.

Most reviewers have made the same comment regarding the content change between the original LP and the CD release. The mistake they make is based on the error that is made in the "consumer note" on the CD. Yes, two tracks were deleted from the original vinyl: "Bouree" (leaving no tracks from their sophomore effort Stand Up) and "Teacher" (leaving only "Inside" from their third album Benefit). But there was a third track deleted from the original vinyl. Track-2 on Side-4 was "Locomotive Breath." [I know this because I still have my vinyl copy from 1972. Also missing is the 14-page color insert, which has been reduced to two pages with the CD reissue and only a fraction of the more than 50 photos in the original.] One other difference should be noted between the two track listings. The original vinyl release did NOT include "Hymn 43." [Note: The Gold CD issue of Living in the Past includes all 23 tracks, so you get the combined LP/CD track listing. But it's going to cost you enough extra that it would make more sense to simply buy the individual albums.]

With that said, Living in the past is essential classic period Jethro Tull to warrant its purchase even if you own the individual albums. Many of these tracks were non-album singles, B-sides and live tracks. "Love Story" was Tull's first UK hit (#29, 1969), followed by "Living in the Past" (#3, 1969), "Sweet Dream" (#7, 1969), "Witches Promise" (#4, 1970) and "Life Is a Long Song" (#11, 1971). Tull's first charting US single would be "Hymn 43" (#91, 1971), and their first Top 40 hit would be when "Living in the Past" hit No. 11 three years after its release in England. The two live tracks on the disc are from a 1970 Carnegie Hall performance: "By Kind Permission of" and "Dharma for One."

When all is said and done, even if you own the first four studio albums this is an essential album to complete the history of Jethro Tull's first four years. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Living in the Past
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3.5 stars- Get this if you're a completest

Living in the Past
Jethro Tull
Manufacturer: Alliance
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
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Benefit

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ASIN: B000005JEF
Release Date: 1997-02-26

Tracks:

Song For Jeffrey
Love Story
Christmas Song
Living In The Past
Driving Song
Sweet Dream
Singing All Day
Witches Promise
Inside
Alive And Well And Living In
Just Trying To Be
By Kind Permission Of
Dharma For One
Wond'ring Again
Hymn 43
Life Is A Long Song
Up The 'Pool
Dr. Bogenbroom
For Later
Nursie

Album Description

1994 reissue of 19 track collection originally released in 1972, including 2 live tracks recorded at Carnegie Hall, 'By Kind Permission Of' & 'Dharma For One'. Chrysalis.

Customer Reviews:

From a True Tull Fan and Collector; Please Listen!!!.......2007-01-30

Tull fan.......2007-01-09

Great CD but does not have all the songs the original album had. "Bouree" is missing was replaced by "Inside" a song from the benefit album.

Watch which Version You Are Getting.......2006-10-21

Jam Sarnies? Say what?.......2006-06-27