| The Best of Jethro Tull - The Anniversary Collection  | ||||
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| 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 Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
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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