Jethro Tull – Bursting Out [The Inflated Edition] (2024)
Review:
Jethro Tull’s first live album, 1978’s Bursting Out, hit stores in September 1978. It was recorded just a few months earlier as Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, John Glascock, John Evan, Dee Palmer, and Barriemore Barlow toured behind their eleventh studio album, Heavy Horses. On June 21, it will return from Rhino in a new 3CD/3DVD book-style edition featuring new remixes by Steven Wilson and an array of bonus material. The original Bursting Out peaked within the U.K. top 20 at No. 17, and placed just outside of the U.S. top 20 at No. 21. It included the band’s live renditions of songs from Heavy Horses (“No Lullaby,” “One Brown Mouse”) as well as past LPs including Aqualung (“Cross-Eyed Mary,” “Aqualung,” “Locomotive Breath”), Songs from the Wood (“Jack in the Green,” “Songs from the Wood,” “Hunting Girl”), Thick as a Brick (the title song), and more. This release represents the first major expansion for the album. When it first came to CD in 1990, Bursting Out was released as a 2CD set in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe, but as a single CD only in the United States, with three songs (“Quatrain,” “Sweet Dream” and “Conundrum”) omitted due to timing restrictions. The 2-CD U.K./Europe edition sequenced the introductions for each disc on the same track as the first song. In 2004, Chrysalis issued the complete double-album worldwide as a 2-CD set, with the introductions as separate tracks. In addition to the bonus recordings which have been woven into the original album sequence, the third CD presents Tull’s 1978 concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden which was first issued as a standalone released in 2009. The audio has been remixed here by Steven Wilson. Ian Anderson comments in the press release, “A live extravaganza from the 70s Jethro Tull, this was recorded over several nights in different venues on a portable 8-track tape recorder and transferred to 2″ multitrack when I got home after the tours. I had to listen all through to many shows and pick the best live versions. But much of it was, at least, from the concert in Bern, Switzerland, where dear Claude Nobs came to introduce the band in his inimitable style. Also featuring on this box set collection is the live concert from Madison Square Gardens recorded a few months later and shown live on BBC-TV in the UK. A scary experience for the band as it was, we were told, the first time a live rock concert had been the subject of a live satellite broadcast. The band lineup at this time was a fine-tuned machine and, although missing the unwell John Glascock for the MSG show, it serves as a fine testimony for the many wonderful shows we did in the 70s before general touring fatigue and burn-out began a year or so later. Enjoy vintage Tull at its 70s best!” — theseconddisc
Track List:
CD 1: Jethro Tull Live: Bursting Out (Part 1) – A Steven Wilson stereo remix incorporating previously unreleased songs and soundcheck performances.
01. Introduction by Claude Nobs (Live) [Steven Wilson Remix]
02. No Lullaby (Live) [Steven Wilson Remix]
03. Sweet Dream (Live) [Steven Wilson Remix]
04. Skating Away (On The Thin Ice Of The New Day) [Live] [Steven Wilson Remix]
05. Jack-In-The-Green (Live) [Steven Wilson Remix]
06. One Brown Mouse (Live) [Steven Wilson Remix]
07. Heavy Horses (Live)
08. A New Day Yesterday (Live) [Steven Wilson Remix]
09. Flute Solo Improvisation (incl. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Bourée) [Live] [Steven Wilson Remix]
10. Living In The Past (Instrumental) [Live]
11. Songs From The Wood (Live) [Steven Wilson Remix]
12. No Lullaby (Live) [Soundcheck Recording] [Steven Wilson Remix]
13. Sweet Dream (Live) [Soundcheck Recording] [Steven Wilson Remix]
14. Heavy Horses (Live) [Soundcheck Recording] [Steven Wilson Remix]
15. Botanic Man (Live) [Soundcheck Recording] [Steven Wilson Remix]
16. 4.W.D (Low Ratio) [Live] [Soundcheck Recording] [Steven Wilson Remix]
CD 2: Jethro Tull Live: Bursting Out (Part 2) – A Steven Wilson stereo remix incorporating previously unreleased songs and soundcheck performances.
01. Thick As A Brick (Live) [Steven Wilson Remix]
02. Hunting Girl (Live) [Steven Wilson Remix]
03. Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll - Too Young To Die! (Live) [Steven Wilson Remix]
04. Conundrum (Live) [Steven Wilson Remix]
05. Minstrel In The Gallery (Live) [Steven Wilson Remix]
06. Cross-Eyed Mary (Live) [Steven Wilson Remix]
07. Quatrain (Live) [Steven Wilson Remix]
08. Aqualung (Live) [Steven Wilson Remix]
09. Locomotive Breath (Live) [Steven Wilson Remix]
10. The Dambusters March (Live) [Steven Wilson Remix]
11. Conundrum (Live) [Soundcheck Recording] [Steven Wilson Remix]
12. Quatrain (Live) [Soundcheck Recording] [Steven Wilson Remix]
13. The Dambusters March (Live) [Soundcheck Recording] [Steven Wilson Remix]
CD 3: Contains an edited version of the 1978 Madison Square Garden concert which was issued in 2009. Newly remixed by Steven Wilson.
01. Sweet Dream Fanfare (Live at Madison Square Garden October 1978)
02. Sweet Dream (Live at Madison Square Garden October 1978)
03. One Brown Mouse (Live at Madison Square Garden October 1978)
04. Heavy Horses (Live at Madison Square Garden October 1978)
05. Thick As A Brick (Live at Madison Square Garden October 1978)
06. No Lullaby (Live at Madison Square Garden October 1978)
07. Flute Solo Improvisation (incl. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Kelpie) [Live at Madison Square
08. Songs From The Wood (with Pibroch intro) [Live at Madison Square Garden October 1978]
09. Quatrain (Live at Madison Square Garden October 1978)
10. Aqualung (Live at Madison Square Garden October 1978)
11. Locomotive Breath (Live at Madison Square Garden October 1978)
12. The Dambusters March (Live at Madison Square Garden October 1978)
13. A Single Man (incl. Drum Solo) [Live at Madison Square Garden October 1978]
14. Too Old Too Rock ‘n’ Roll - Too Old Too Die! (Live at Madison Square Garden October 1978)
15. My God (Live at Madison Square Garden October 1978)
16. Cross-Eyed Mary (Live at Madison Square Garden October 1978)
Media Report:
Genre: prog-rock
Origin: UK
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits
Compression mode: Lossless
Writing library: libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)
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