Living in the Past

by Jethro Tull

Overview

Listen to this collection, put together to capitalize on the explosive growth in the group's audience after Aqualung, and it is easy to understand just how fine a group Jethro Tull was in the early '70s. Most of the songs, apart from a few heavily played album tracks ("Song for Jeffrey" etc.) and a pair of live tracks from a 1970 Carnegie Hall show, came off of singles and EPs that, apart from the title song, were scarcely known in America, and it's all so solid that it needs no apology or explanation. Not only was Ian Anderson writing solid songs every time out, but the group's rhythm section was about the best in progressive rock's pop division. Along with any of the group's first five albums, this collection is seminal and essential to any Tull collection, and the only compilation by the group that is a must-own disc. [A 19-track U.K. edition was also released.] ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	01/09/2006
Label:	Chrysalis Records
UPC:	0094632157522
Rank:	27362

Tracks

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. Just Trying to Be
11. By Kind Permission Of
12. Dharma for One
13. Wond'ring Again
14. Locomotive Breath
15. Life Is a Long Song
16. Up the 'Pool
17. Dr. Bogenbroom
18. From Later
19. Nursie

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jethro Tull   Primary Artist
Lou Toby   Strings,Conductor
Ian Anderson   Flute,Guitar,Violin,Vocals,Mandolin,Balalaika,Tin Whistle,Organ (Hammond),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (12 String)
Clive Bunker   Drums,Percussion,Glockenspiel,Vocals (Background)
Dee Palmer   Conductor,Keyboards,Saxophone,Synthesizer
John Evan   Organ,Piano,Celeste,Keyboards,Mellotron,Percussion,Harpsichord,Organ (Hammond),Vocals (Background)
Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond   Bass,Alto Recorder,Guitar (Bass)
Martin Barre   Guitar,Descant,Percussion,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Mick Abrahams   Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Barriemore Barlow   Drums,Percussion
David Palmer   Strings,Conductor,Orchestra
Glenn Cornick   Bass,Guitar (Bass),Organ (Hammond),Guitar (Electric)

Technical Credits

Terry Ellis   Executive Producer,Composer,Producer
John Evans   Composer
Lou Toby   Arranger,String Arrangements
Tony Lowe   Photography
Johann Sebastian Bach   Composer
Ian Anderson   Composer,Producer,Remix Direction,Mixing Direction
Kim King   Engineer,Recording
Brian Ward   Photography
Sam Emerson   Photography
Ruan O'Lochlainn   Photography
Michael Graber   Photography
Jackie O'Lachlainn   Photography
Ed Caraeff   Photography
Clive Bunker   Composer
Victor Gamm   Engineer
Dee Palmer   Engineer,String Arrangements,Orchestral Arrangements
John Evan   Composer
Andy Johns   Engineer
John Burns   Engineer,Supervisor,Supervising Engineer
John Wood   Engineer
Robin Black   Mixing,Engineer,Remixing,Mixing Engineer
Jethro Tull   Producer
David Palmer   Recording