1978 live album gets a deluxe 3 CD/3 DVD reissue
Jethro Tull’s first live album, Bursting Out, was recorded at various locations during the European Heavy Horses tour in May and June 1978. Now, the album will be reissued in an expanded 3 CD/3 DVD format, remixed by the legendary Steven Wilson with an array of extras.
Remixed soundcheck recordings, a stereo remix of the album, and an edited version of their 1978 Madison Square Garden Show are available across three CDs. The DVDs contain remixed tracks in 96/24 stereo and 5.1 surround plus the flat transfers of the original album at 96/24 stereo, plus the full 93-minute MSG show, including more than 50 minutes of video which was part of a transatlantic broadcast with the BBC and Radio 1. The audio is 48/24 stereo and 5.1 surround.
“A live extravaganza from the 70s Jethro Tull, this was recorded over several nights in different venues on a portable eight-track tape recorder and transferred to two-inch multitrack when I got home after the tours,” Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson says. “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!”
When it was first reissued on CD in 1990, Bursting Out was available as a 2 CD set in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe, but as a single CD release in the United States, with three tracks (“Quatrain,” “Sweet Dream” and “Conundrum”) omitted to fit the 80 minutes CD length, while the double 1990 CD version in the United Kingdom and Europe incorporated the first track for both discs (the Introductions) in the song that follows. In 2004, the complete album was released worldwide as a two-disc set with the Introductions as separate tracks.
CD 1: Bursting Out (Part 1)
1. Claude Nobs – Introduction by Claude Nobs [2024 Remaster]
2. No Lullaby [2024 Remaster]
3. Sweet Dream [2024 Remaster]
4. Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day) [2024 Remaster]
5. Jack-in-the-Green [2024 Remaster]
6. One Brown Mouse [2024 Remaster]
7. Heavy Horses [2024 Remaster]
8. A New Day Yesterday [2024 Remaster]
9. Flute Solo Improvisation / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Bouree (Medley) [2024 Remaster]
10. Living in the Past
11. Songs from the Wood [2024 Remaster]
12. No Lullaby [Previously Unreleased]
13. Sweet Dream
14. Heavy Horses
15. Botanic Man
16. 4.W.D (Low Ratio) [Previously Unreleased]
CD 2: Bursting Out (Part 2)
1. Thick As a Brick [2024 Remaster]
2. Hunting Girl [2024 Remaster]
3. Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! [2024 Remaster]
4. Conundrum [2024 Remaster]
5. Minstrel In The Gallery [2024 Remaster]
6. Cross-Eyed Mary [2024 Remaster]
7. Quatrain [2024 Remaster]
8. Aqualung [2024 Remaster]
9. Locomotive Breath [2024 Remaster]
10. The Dambusters March [2024 Remaster]
11. Conundrum [Previously Unreleased]
12. Quatrain
13. The Dambusters March [Previously Unreleased]
CD 3: Live at Madison Square Garden October 1978
1. Sweet Dream Fanfare
2. Sweet Dream
3. One Brown Mouse
4. Heavy Horses
5. Thick As a Brick
6. No Lullaby
7. Flute Solo Improvisation
8. Songs From the Wood
9. Quatrain
10. Aqualung
11. Locomotive Breath
12. The Dambusters March
13. A Single Man
14. Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Old to Die!
15. My God
16. Cross-Eyed Mary
DVD 1:
96/24 Stereo
1. Claude Nobs – Introduction by Claude Nobs [2024 Remaster]
2. No Lullaby [2024 Remaster]
3. Sweet Dream [2024 Remaster]
4. Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day) [2024 Remaster]
5. Jack-in-the-Green [2024 Remaster]
6. One Brown Mouse [2024 Remaster]
7. Heavy Horses
8. A New Day Yesterday [2024 Remaster]
9. Flute Solo Improvisation / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Bourée (Medley) [2024 Remaster]
10. Living in the Past
11. Songs from the Wood [2024 Remaster]
12. No lullaby
13. Sweet Dream
14. Heavy Horses
15. Botanic Man
16. 4.W.D (Low Ratio)
DD & DTS 5.1 Surround
17. Claude Nobs – Introduction by Claude Nobs [2024 Remaster]
18. No Lullaby [2024 Remaster]
19. Sweet Dream [2024 Remaster]
20. Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day) [2024 Remaster]
21. Jack-in-the-Green [2024 Remaster]
22. One Brown Mouse [2024 Remaster]
23. Heavy Horses
24. A New Day Yesterday [2024 Remaster]
25. Flute Solo Improvisation / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Bourée (Medley) [2024 Remaster]
26. Living in the Past
27. Songs from the Wood [2024 Remaster]
28. No Lullaby
29. Sweet Dream
30. Heavy Horses
31. Botanic Man
32. 4.W.D (Low Ratio)
Flat Transfer
33. No Lullaby
34. Sweet Dream
35. Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day)
36. Jack-in-the-Green
37. One Brown Mouse
38. A New Day Yesterday
39. Flute Solo Improvisation / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Bourée (Medley)
40. Songs from the Wood
41. Thick As A Brick
DVD 2:
96/24 Stereo
1. Thick As A Brick [2024 Remaster]
2. Hunting Girl [2024 Remaster]
3. Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young To Die! [2024 Remaster]
4. Conundrum [2024 Remaster]
5. Minstrel In The Gallery[2024 Remaster]
6. Cross-Eyed Mary [2024 Remaster]
7. Quatrain [2024 Remaster]
8. Aqualung [2024 Remaster]
9. Locomotive Breath [2024 Remaster]
10. The Dambusters March [2024 Remaster]
11. Conundrum
12. Quatrain
13. The Dambusters March
DD & DTS 5.1 Surround
14. Thick As A Brick [2024 Remaster]
15. Hunting Girl [2024 Remaster]
16. Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young To Die! [2024 Remaster]
17. Conundrum [2024 Remaster]
18. Minstrel In The Gallery [2024 Remaster]
19. Cross-Eyed Mary [2024 Remaster]
20. Quatrain [2024 Remaster]
21. Aqualung [2024 Remaster]
22. Locomotive Breath [2024 Remaster]
23. The Dambusters March [2024 Remaster]
24. Conundrum
25. Quatrain
26. The Dambusters March
Flat Transfer
27. Hunting Girl
28. Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young To Die!
29. Conundrum
30. Minstrel In The Gallery
31. Cross-Eyed Mary
32. Quatrain
33. Aqualung
34. Locomotive Breath
35. The Dambusters March
DVD 3: Music Videos from Live at Madison Square Garden October 1978
1. Sweet Dream Fanfare
2. Sweet Dream
3. One Brown Mouse
4. Heavy Horses
5. Thick As A Brick
6. No Lullaby
7. Songs From The Wood
8. Quatrain
9. Aqualung
10. Locomotive Breath
11. The Dambusters March
12. A Single Man
13. Too Old Too Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Old To Die!
14. My God
15. Cross-Eyed Mary
