Jethro Tull-Living In The Past (1972)

 


Artist: Jethro Tull

Title: Living In The Past

Label: Chrysalis

Format: 8-Track

Catalog Number: KBC-1035

Year of Release: 1972

Country and Year of Edition: US 1972 green case

Sell Price: $6.10

Sell Date: 5/28/26

Condition: VG+/VG Pro Refurbish

Discogs Last Sold: 5/13/22 VG+/VG+ $5..00

Low: $5.00

Median: $6.10

Average: $6.03

High: $6.98

Current low price: $2.99 VG/no cover

Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  2

Have/Want: 25/20

Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX

Time It Took To Sell:   3 years

Where and When Bought:  ebay lot

Gwiz-gau Grade:  A

Sad To See It Go: Yes

The top line Tull retrospective Living In The Past compiles very little from their albums.  Yet, this is a beautifully put together, conceptualized 4 sides that became altered on this 8-track edition.  The listener is spared fade outs over the double lenght tape, however songs are outright swapped out and added to make the track times loop seamlessly.  Since my favorite, "Hymn 43" replaces "Locomotive  Breath" this works for me.  The 1970 single "Inside" is dropped completely, which is a big omission.  The title track is moved from the middle of the first side all the way to the last song on the 8-track.

Tull were hot at the time and this compilation is the bridge to Thick As A Brick, focusing on the classic era that spawned This Was, Stand Up, Benefit and Aqualung.  It was certified Gold in the year of it's release, but it is a little overlooked in terms of catalog sales.  Of course, recently Steve Wilson got his remastering hands on it with an expanded  triple CD Blu Ray edition entitled Still Living In The Past complete with the entire 11/4/70 Carnegie Hall concert over 2 compact discs as opposed to the constraints of side 3/track 3.

One of the great discoveries of Living In The Past for the common fan is how Jethro Tull, like the Beatles and Stones before them, used EP's and singles regularly to issue exclusive material.  This despite their evolution into an "album" band with massively popular two sided single song suite albums in their commercial heyday.  Despite pulling a handful of tracks from the first four albums, it retains enough non-album material from those era to produce a great start to finish listen.

The place to go first if you want to get the MU compilation hits out of the way.

FOR FURTHER REVIEW:

Aqualung (1971)

Think As A Brick (1972)

A Passion Play (1973)

Bursting Out-Live (1978)

Ian Anderson-Walk Into Light (1983)

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