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Jethro Tull have announced they will release a new four disc, two DVD 50th Anniversary edition of their 1970 album Benefit, through PLG UK catalog on November 5.
Benefit, the bands third album, was one of only a handful of Tull releases that didn’t receive a new 40th anniversary edition. The album featured Ian Anderson (flute, guitars, vocals), Martin Barre (guitars), Glenn Cornick (bass) and Clive Bunker (drums) who were joined by John Evan on piano and organ, who would go on to play on all of Jethro Tull’s albums throughout the 70s.
Highlights of Benefit (The 50th Anniversary Enhanced Edition) include:
* Original album and associated recordings remixed by Steven Wilson
* Additional associated recordings including mono and stereo mixes of various A and B sides
* The 1970 Fillmore at Tanglewood concert, with new stereo remix by Steven Wilson
* Live At The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago 1970 concert in mono
* Steven Wilson’s 2013 remix of the album, 5 extra tracks in DTS and Dolby 5.1 surround and stereo 96/24 LPCM
* Flat transfers of the original UK+US LP master in LPCM
* Additional tracks Sweet Dream, 17 and The Witch’s Promise
* The 1970 Fillmore at Tanglewood concert on video with Steven Wilson’s 2020 audio remix in stereo and 5.1 surround.
Benefit (The 50th Anniversary Enhanced Edition) contains a copious amount of expanded material, building upon the 2013 Steven Wilson remixes. CD3 contains a previously unreleased Steven Wilson remix of Jethro Tull performing at Tanglewood in 1970, while DVD2 has the previously unavailable film footage of that show. Further to that, CD4 contains a newly remastered mono version of a previously unreleased concert at The Aragon Ballroom in 1970.
The 100-page book, enclosed within the elegant, hardback book packaging, contains an essay from Martin Webb, who expands upon the 2013 A Collector’s Edition booklet notes. Following that are comments on each of the album’s tracks from, Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, Glenn Cornick and Clive Bunker, as well as interviews with Robin Black (studio engineer of Benefit and many other Jethro Tull albums), Terry Ellis (‘executive producer’ of Benefit), Joshua White who directed the 1970 Tanglewood Festival which features on DVD2, and Steven Wilson explaining the mixing of Benefit in 2013. The masses of anecdotes are surrounded by legions of images of the band and memorabilia from the era.
Jethro Tull: Benefit (The 50th Anniversary Enhanced Edition)
DISC ONE – ORIGINAL ALBUM Steven Wilson Stereo Remixes (1-17)
1. With You There To Help Me
2. Nothing To Say
3. Alive And Well And Living In
4. Son
5. For Michael Collins, Jeffrey And Me
6. To Cry You A Song
7. A Time For Everything?
8. Inside
9. Play In Time
10. Sossity; You’re A Woman
Associated Recordings
11. Singing All Day
12. Sweet Dream
13. 17
14. Teacher (UK Single Version)
15. Teacher (US Album Version)
16. My God (Early Version)
17. Just Trying To Be
DISC TWO – ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATED RECORDINGS Original 1969-1970 Mono Mixes
1. Singing All Day
2. Sweet Dream(UK single ‘A’ side)
3. 17 (UK single ‘B’ side)
4. The Witch’s Promise (EUR single double ‘A’ side)
5. Teacher (UK Single Version) (EUR single double ‘A’ side)
6. Teacher (US Album Version) ( US single ‘B’ side)
7. Inside (UK Single ‘A’ side)
8. Alive And Well And Living In (UK Single ‘B’ side)
9. A Time For Everything ( US single ‘B’ side)
Original 1969-1970 Stereo Mixes
10. Sweet Dream
11. 17
12. The Witch’s Promise (UK single double ‘A’ side)
13. Teacher (UK Single Version)(UK single double ‘A’ side)
14. The Witch’s Promise (US promo single ‘A’ side)
15. Teacher (US Album Version) (US promo single ‘B’ side)
1971 Stereo Remixes
16. Singing All Day
17. Sweet Dream
18. The Witch’s Promise
19. Teacher (US album Version)
Original Radio Spots
20. Benefit Radio Spot #1
21. Benefit Radio Spot #2
DISC THREE – LIVE AT TANGLEWOOD 1970 (Steven Wilson Stereo Remix)
1. Introduction And Tuning
2. Nothing Is Easy
3. My God (incl. Flute Solo)
4. With You There To Help Me / By Kind Permission Of
5. Dharma For One (incl. Drum Solo (edited))
6. We Used To Know
7. Guitar Instrumental
8. For A Thousand Mothers
DISC FOUR – LIVE AT THE ARAGON BALLROOM, CHICAGO 1970 (Mono)
1. Introduction And Tuning
2. My Sunday Feeling
3. My God (incl. Flute Solo)
4. To Cry You A Song
5. With You There To Help Me / By Kind Permission Of
6. Sossity; You’re A Woman / Reasons For Waiting
7. Nothing Is Easy
8. Dharma For One (incl. Drum Solo)
9. We Used To Know
10. Guitar Instrumental
11.For A Thousand Mothers
DVD 1
Steven Wilson’s 2013 remix of the album and 5 extra tracks in DTS and Dolby AC 3 5.1 surround and stereo 96/24 LPCM. Flat transfers of the original UK+US LP master in 96/24 LPCM & Additional tracks Sweet Dream, 17 & The Witch’s Promise
DVD 2
The 1970 Fillmore at Tanglewood Concert on video with Steven Wilson’s 2020 audio remix in stereo and 5.1 surround.
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- Jethro Tull - Sweet Dream - wide - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $9.68, €8.96 (New Item) (arrived 01-Feb-2023 16:52)on February 4, 2023 at 10:03 am
JETHRO TULL Sweet Dream (1969 UK wide centred 7" single manufactured by Island, also including 17, Chrysalis die-cut paper sleeve. The sleeve shows somelight ageing & the vinyl is in excellent condition WIP6070)
- Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick - 2nd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $36.30, €33.60 (New Item) (arrived 16-Jan-2023 09:55)on February 4, 2023 at 10:03 am
JETHRO TULL Thick As A Brick (1972 UK second issue LP, pressed by Island without the white 'i' logo or perimeter label text, superb fold-out thick card newspaper picture sleeve. Due to the design, the sleeve [VG] has succumbed to some light general edge wear/scuffing, which is not uncommon, & there is some mild age yellowing yet the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with just light evidence of play CHR1003)
- Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses - 1st - EX - US - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.15, €16.80 (Back In Stock) (arrived 10-Jan-2023 14:31)on February 4, 2023 at 10:03 am
JETHRO TULL Heavy Horses (1978 US first issue 9-track LP from the brilliant middle chapter of the Tull progressive folk phase, complete with lyric inner, textured & embossed picture sleeve with small promo punch hole. The sleeve shows a little light wear with some edge scuffing & the vinyl remains Excellent with just a few faint paper scuffs not affecting play CHR1175)
- Jethro Tull - Stormwatch - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.10, €11.20 (New Item) (arrived 10-Jan-2023 16:20)on February 4, 2023 at 10:03 am
JETHRO TULL Stormwatch (1988 UK issue of the 1979 10-track LP, the third & final part of the band's 'folk trilogy', housed in a glossy picture sleeve. This copy remains in near as new condition CDL1238-1)
- Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $151.25, €140.00 (New Item) (arrived 11-Jan-2023 15:14)on February 4, 2023 at 10:03 am
JETHRO TULL Thick As A Brick (1972 UK first press two-part LP, pressed by Island with the white 'i' logo & perimeter text along the top of the label, housed in the original fold-out thick card newspaper picture sleeve. The sleeve remains in Excellent condition with a small amount of discolouring or scuffing around the edges. The vinyl displays some ght hairlines displaying light signs of play. A nice copy of this hard to find first issue CHR1003)
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