The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection
1993 greatest hits album by Jethro Tull
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Greatest hits album by Jethro Tull | ||||
Released | 24 May 1993 (UK) | |||
Recorded | 1968–1991 | |||
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Length | 154:28 | |||
Label | Chrysalis | |||
Producer | Ian Anderson (tracks 1.4-1.6, 1.8, 1.11-1.19, 2.1-2.9, 2.12-2.17) Jethro Tull (tracks: 1.1-1.3, 1.7, 1.9, 1.10) [1] | |||
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The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection is a greatest hits album by Jethro Tull, released in 1993.[3] It includes some of the band's biggest hits from 1968 to 1991.
Track listing
Disc 1
- "A Song for Jeffrey" – 3:19
- "Beggar's Farm" – 4:19
- "A Christmas Song" – 3:07
- "A New Day Yesterday" – 4:09
- "Bourée" (Instrumental) – 3:46
- "Nothing Is Easy" – 4:23
- "Living in the Past" – 3:21
- "To Cry You a Song" – 6:15
- "Teacher" – 4:01
- "Sweet Dream" – 4:02
- "Cross-Eyed Mary" – 4:09
- "Mother Goose" – 3:53
- "Aqualung" – 6:36
- "Locomotive Breath" – 4:25
- "Life Is a Long Song" – 3:19
- "Thick as a Brick" (extract) – 3:02
- "A Passion Play" (extract) – 3:47 ("Magus Perdé")
- "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" – 3:52
- "Bungle in the Jungle" – 3:39
Disc 2
- "Minstrel in the Gallery" (Edited version) – 6:10
- "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die" – 5:40
- "Songs from the Wood" – 4:54
- "Jack-in-the-Green" – 2:30
- "The Whistler" – 3:32
- "Heavy Horses" – 8:57
- "Dun Ringill" – 2:41
- "Fylingdale Flyer" – 4:32
- "Jack-a-Lynn" – 4:42
- "Pussy Willow" – 3:53
- "Broadsword" – 4:59
- "Under Wraps II" – 2:14
- "Steel Monkey" – 3:34
- "Farm on the Freeway" – 6:28
- "Jump Start" – 4:53
- "Kissing Willie" – 3:31
- "This Is Not Love" – 3:54
Musicians
Disc 1
- Ian Anderson – flute, balalaika, mandolin, Hammond organ, acoustic guitar, vocals (all tracks)
- Mick Abrahams – electric guitar (tracks 1 – 2)
- Clive Bunker – drums, glockenspiel, percussion (tracks 1 – 14)
- Glenn Cornick – bass, Hammond organ (tracks 1 – 10)
- Martin Barre – electric guitar (tracks 4 – 19)
- Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond bass (tracks 11 – 19)
- Barriemore Barlow – drums (tracks 15 – 19)
- David Palmer – orchestral arrangement and conducting (tracks 3, 10 a 17 – 19)
Disc 2
- Ian Anderson – flute, balalaika, Hammond organ, acoustic guitar, vocals (all tracks)
- Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond bass (track 1)
- Martin Barre – electric guitar (tracks 1 – 17)
- Barriemore Barlow – drums (tracks 1 – 7)
- John Glascock bass, vocals (tracks 2 – 7)
- David Palmer – orchestral arrangement and conducting (tracks 1 – 7)
- Dave Pegg – bass, mandolin, vocals (tracks 8 – 17)
- Mark Craney – drums (track 8)
- Gerry Conway – drums, percussion (tracks 9 – 11 and 15)
- Peter-John Vettese – keyboards, piano, synthesizer (tracks 9 – 12)
- Doane Perry – drums (tracks 12, 14 a 16 – 17)
- Maartin Allcock – keyboards (track 16)
- Andrew Giddings – keyboards (track 17)
Guest musicians
- Lou Toby – string arrangement, conducting (disc 1, track 7)
- Maddy Prior – backing vocals (disc 2, track 2)
- Darryl Way – violin (disc 2, track 6)
- Eddie Jobson – keyboards, electric violin, (disc 2, track 8)
References
- ^ "Jethro Tull – The Best of Jethro Tull The Anniversary Collection (2xCD, Comp, RM) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ "allmusic ((( The Anniversary Collection/A New Day Yesterday > Overview )))". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
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Jethro Tull
- Ian Anderson
- David Goodier
- John O'Hara
- Scott Hammond
- Jack Clark
- Mick Abrahams
- Clive Bunker
- Glenn Cornick
- Tony Iommi
- Martin Barre
- John Evan
- Jeffrey Hammond
- Barriemore Barlow
- John Glascock
- Dee Palmer
- Dave Pegg
- Mark Craney
- Eddie Jobson
- Gerry Conway
- Peter-John Vettese
- Paul Burgess
- Doane Perry
- Don Airey
- Maartin Allcock
- Andrew Giddings
- Dave Mattacks
- Jonathan Noyce
- Florian Opahle
- Joe Parrish
- This Was
- Stand Up
- Benefit
- Aqualung
- Thick as a Brick
- A Passion Play
- War Child
- Minstrel in the Gallery
- Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!
- Songs from the Wood
- Heavy Horses
- Stormwatch
- A
- The Broadsword and the Beast
- Under Wraps
- Crest of a Knave
- Rock Island
- Catfish Rising
- Roots to Branches
- J-Tull Dot Com
- The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
- The Zealot Gene
- RökFlöte
- Bursting Out
- Live at Hammersmith '84
- A Little Light Music
- Jethro Tull in Concert
- Living with the Past
- Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
- Aqualung Live
- Live at Montreux 2003
- Live at Madison Square Garden 1978
- Live at Carnegie Hall 1970
- Living in the Past
- M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull
- Repeat – The Best of Jethro Tull – Vol II
- Original Masters
- 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights
- Nightcap
- The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection
- Through the Years
- The Very Best Of
- The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull
- The Essential
- 50 for 50
- Slipstream
- 20 Years of Jethro Tull
- 25th Anniversary Video
- Living with the Past
- A New Day Yesterday
- Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
- Live at Montreux 2003
- Jack in the Green
- Live at Madison Square Garden 1978
- Live at AVO Session Basel
- Around the World Live
- "Sunshine Day"
- "A Song for Jeffrey"
- "Love Story"
- "Living in the Past"
- "Bourée"
- "Sweet Dream"
- "The Witch's Promise"
- "Teacher"
- "Aqualung"
- "Cross-Eyed Mary"
- "Mother Goose"
- "Hymn 43"
- "Locomotive Breath"
- "Life Is a Long Song"
- "Bungle in the Jungle"
- "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day"
- "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die"
- "The Whistler"
- "Songs from the Wood"
- "Heavy Horses"
- "Dun Ringill"
- Discography
- Members
- A Billion Hands Concert
- The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
- A Classic Case
- Thick as a Brick 2
- Jethro Tull – The String Quartets
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