Jethro Tull - Living With the Past

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Free Music Notes for Living With the Past

Free Music Review: A tribute to great musicians.
Hit: 5 Stars

This CD does a very good job of covering a huge catalog, giving snippets that range from the earliest to latest albums. Present are the ubiquitous AQUALUNG and LOCOMOTIVE BREATH - great old songs that many fans don't really need to hear agian; (I own at least 6 or 7 copies of these on various live releases.) but I understand why they need to be there. Also present are some favorite gems long ignored in the live show playlists: JACK IN THE GREEN, PROTECT AND SURVIVE and LIFE IS A LONG SONG. Perhaps the weak point of this disc, if there is one to be found, is the rather plodding performance of SWEET DREAM. It picks up at the end of the song, but it seems slow and stiff compared with other live versions on earlier albums; noteably on the BURSTING OUT album. The highlights of this album for me are THE HABANERO REEL, IN THE GRIP OF STRONGER STUFF and SOMEDAY THE SUN WON'T SHINE FOR YOU - that final song performed by the original Tull lineup of Anderson, Abrahams, Bunker and Cornick.

Now to the reason I'm writing this review - The great, the amazing, the highly underappreciated and underglorified, the masterful.....Martin Barre. This album features Martin's terrific playing, and he's never been sharper. This man is one of the finest masters of the electric guitar on the planet today, yet he is frequently ignored in the popular press, and is still often referred to as being the replacement guitar player for the band. While Ian Anderson is acknowledged as the driving force behind Tull, Martin Barre must be recognized as the power that has made this band a major force in rock history for more than 30 years. My goodness, he's been there since 1968 - playing on every album but the very first. Even Ian Anderson has said that without Martin, there would be no Jethro Tull!

In conclusion - this is a great CD with great performances from one of the most consistently popular bands in history. Worth every penny spent.

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The line up for the Hammersmith recordings (tracks 1-11 & 21), the Paris track (12) and the Dutch tracks (18-19) is:

Ian Anderson - Vocals, Flute, Acoustic Guitar Martin Barre - Guitars Doanne Perry - Drums Andrew Giddings - Keyboards Jonathon Noyce - Bass

This line up also does the acoustic tracks (13-14) with the addition of a small strings section. Dave Pegg plays bass on the Zurich tracks (15-17).

TRACK LISTING 1. Intro 2. My Sunday Feeling 3. Roots To Branches 4. Jack In The Green 5. The Habanero Reel 6. Sweet Dream 7. In The Grip Of Stronger Stuff 8. Aqualung 9. Locomotive Breath 10. Living In The Past 11. Protect and Survive 12. Nothing Is Easy 13. Wond'ring Aloud 14. Life Is A Long Song 15. A Christmas Song 16. Cheap Day Return 17. Mother Goose 18. Dot Com 19. Fat Man 20. Some Day The Sun Won't Shine For You 21. Cheerio

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