A 2016 2cd/1dvd ‘Elevated Edition’ of Jethro Tull’s brilliant 1969 sophomore release featuring stereo and 5.1 mixes by Steven Wilson.
2024 repress.
Highlights include:
* Original album and bonus tracks (including a previously unreleased Bouree) mixed in 5.1 surround and stereo by Steven Wilson.
* 96/24 flat transfer of the original stereo master tapes, and the original mono and stereo mixes of Living In The Past and Driving Song.
* Video of the band performing two songs live in January 1969.
* Presented in the ‘book set’ format of the recent JT reissues.
* A 112-page booklet with an extensive history of the album, track-by-track annotations by Ian Anderson, and rare and unseen photographs.
* The original album’s iconic pop-up artwork designed by James Grashow.
The first disc features Steven Wilson’s stereo mixes of the original album, four songs recorded at the BBC, single mixes for Living In The Past and Driving Song and more.
The second disc captures Jethro Tull performing live in Sweden, where the band opened for Jimi Hendrix in January 1969. Recorded only a few weeks after Martin Barre joined the band, the concert includes songs from the band’s debut in addition to two songs destined for Stand Up. Rounding out the disc are mono single mixes of Living In The Past and Driving Song, plus two radio spots promoting the album.
The DVD includes concert footage of the band performing To Be Sad Is A Mad Way To Be and Back To The Family.
‘A crucial album.’ – Popmatters
CD1 – Stereo Mixes by Steven Wilson
1. A New Day Yesterday
2. Jeffery Goes To Leicester Square
3. Bouree
4. Back To The Family
5. Look Into The Sun
6. Nothing Is Easy
7. Fat Man
8. We Used To Know
9. Reasons For Waiting
10. For A Thousand Mothers
11. Living In The Past
12. Driving Song
13. Bouree – Morgan Version *
14. Living In The Past – Original 1969 Stereo Single Mix
15. Driving Song – Original 1969 Stereo Single Mix
16. A New Day Yesterday – BBC Sessions
17. Fat Man – BBC Sessions
18. Nothing Is Easy – BBC Sessions
19. Bouree – BBC Sessions
CD2 – Live at The Stockholm Konserthuset (January 9, 1969)
1. Introduction
2. My Sunday Feeling
3. Martin’s Tune
4. To Be Sad Is A Mad Way To Be
5. Back To The Family
6. Dharma For One
7. Nothing Is Easy
8. A Song For Jeffery
9. To Be Sad Is A Mad Way To Be – first show version
10. Living In The Past – Original 1969 Mono Single Mix
11. Driving Song – Original 1969 Mono Single Mix
12. Stand Up Radio Spot #1
13. Stand Up Radio Spot #2
DVD – Audio and Video:
Steven Wilson remixes in 96/24 PCM stereo and DD/DTS 5.1 surround
96/24 flat transfer of Stand Up original stereo master tapes from June 5, 1969
96/24 flat transfer of original mono and stereo mixes of Living In The Past and Driving Song
Video footage from Stockholm 1969: To Be Sad Is A Mad Way To Be and Back To The Family
* Previously Unreleased
