Jethro Tull - Bursting Out (3LP)

‘Bursting Out’ 3LP breakout of Jethro Tull’s first live album ‘Bursting Out’, from ‘Bursting Out (The Inflated Edition)’ featuring tracks released months prior in the 3CD+3DVD expanded edition, newly remixed by the legendary Steven Wilson. This version will be released 20th September 2024, along with a 2CD version.

This live album was recorded at various locations during the European Heavy Horses tour in May and June 1978. In addition to the original tracklisting, this 3LP features various Madison Square Garden live performances. Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson said: “A live extravaganza from the 70s Jethro Tull, this was recorded over several nights in different venues on a portable 8-track tape recorder and transferred to 2” multitrack when I got home after the tours. 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!”

SIDE 1

1. Introduction by Claude Nobs 

2. No lullaby 

3. Sweet Dream 

4. Skating Away (On The Thin Ice Of The New Day) 

5. Jack-In-The-Green 

6. One Brown Mouse 

SIDE 2

1. Heavy Horses* 

2. A New Day Yesterday 

3. Flute Solo Improvisation [incl. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Bourée]* 

4. Living In The Past [Instrumental] 

SIDE 3

1. Songs From The Wood 

2. Thick As A Brick 

SIDE 4

1. Hunting Girl (6:08) 

2. Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die* 

3. Conundrum 

4. Minstrel In The Gallery 

SIDE 5

1. Cross-Eyed Mary* 

2. Quatrain 

3. Aqualung* 

4. Locomotive Breath* 

5. The Dam Busters March* 

SIDE 6 (Madison Square Garden Performances)

1. Flute Solo Improvisation [incl. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Kelpie] 

2. Songs From The Wood [with Pibroch intro.] 

3. A Single Man [incl. Drum Solo] 

4. My God 

5. Cross-Eyed Mary