The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection explained

The Best of Jethro Tull - The Anniversary Collection
Type:	Greatest hits
Artist:	Jethro Tull
Cover:	The Best of Jethro Tull - The Anniversary Collection cover EU.jpg
Released:	24 May 1993 (UK)
Recorded:	1968–1991
Genre:	Progressive rock hard rock
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) Paul Samwell-Smith (tracks: 2.10, 2.11) Robin Black (tracks: 2.7, 2.8) Terry Ellis (tracks: 1.1-1.7, 1.9-1.14) ^[1]
Prev Title:	25th Anniversary Box Set
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Nightcap
Next Year:	1993

The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection is a greatest hits album by Jethro Tull, released in 1993.^[2] It includes some of the band's biggest hits from 1968 to 1991.

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "A Song for Jeffrey" – 3:19
2. "Beggar's Farm" – 4:19
3. "A Christmas Song" – 3:07
4. "A New Day Yesterday" – 4:09
5. "Bourée" (Instrumental) – 3:46
6. "Nothing Is Easy" – 4:23
7. "Living in the Past" – 3:21
8. "To Cry You a Song" – 6:15
9. "Teacher" – 4:01
10. "Sweet Dream" – 4:02
11. "Cross-Eyed Mary" – 4:09
12. "Mother Goose" – 3:53
13. "Aqualung" – 6:36
14. "Locomotive Breath" – 4:25
15. "Life Is a Long Song" – 3:19
16. "Thick as a Brick" (extract) – 3:02
17. "A Passion Play" (extract) – 3:47 ("Magus Perdé")
18. "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" – 3:52
19. "Bungle in the Jungle" – 3:39

Disc 2

1. "Minstrel in the Gallery" (Edited version) – 6:10
2. "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die" – 5:40
3. "Songs from the Wood" – 4:54
4. "Jack-in-the-Green" – 2:30
5. "The Whistler" – 3:32
6. "Heavy Horses" – 8:57
7. "Dun Ringill" – 2:41
8. "Fylingdale Flyer" – 4:32
9. "Jack-a-Lynn" – 4:42
10. "Pussy Willow" – 3:53
11. "Broadsword" – 4:59
12. "Under Wraps II" – 2:14
13. "Steel Monkey" – 3:34
14. "Farm on the Freeway" – 6:28
15. "Jump Start" – 4:53
16. "Kissing Willie" – 3:31
17. "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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jethro Tull – The Best of Jethro Tull The Anniversary Collection (2xCD, Comp, RM) at Discogs . Discogs . 2009-06-14.
2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1447926|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((The Anniversary Collection/A New Day Yesterday > Overview)))]. AllMusic. 2009-06-15.