Extended Versions

Performer: Jethro Tull
Engineer: Andy Williamson; James Duncan; Quinton Roebuck; Ian Anderson; Andy Williamson
Producer: Ian Anderson
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Jethro Tull: Ian Anderson (vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, bamboo flute, harmonica); Martin Barre, James Duncan, Brian Thomas, Doane Perry, Andy Giddings, Jonathan Noyce. Personnel: Martin Barre (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, flute); Brian Thomas (violin); Andy Giddings (accordion, keyboards); Jonathan Noyce (bass guitar); Doane Perry (drums, percussion); James Duncan (drums). Recording information: France (1999-2004); Hammersmith Apollo, England (1999-2004); Stanley Home (1999-2004); The Netherlands (1999-2004); Washington DC (1999-2004). Photographer: Shona Anderson. As with all of the releases in the Extended Versions series, the 2006 Jethro Tull edition is a set of latter-day live renditions of some of the group's best-known classics -- which have all been previously released. And as with most Tull releases after, say, 1980, the performances and production here are exceedingly clean-sounding -- in other words, the bite of their classic early-'70s period is nowhere to be found. What you get instead are pretty blah versions of such classics as "Aqualung," "Locomotive Breath," and "Living in the Past." But it's always a gas to hear such lesser-known Tull tunes as "Fat Man" and "Nothing Is Easy," both of which are included here, while a truncated version of "Thick as a Brick" (which still clocks in at over nine minutes) is a rare point where the group truly sounds inspired. For a true collection of classic/definitive Tull, 1985's Original Masters or 2001's Very Best of Jethro Tull will do much better. ~ Greg Prato As with all of the releases in the Extended Versions series, the 2006 Jethro Tull edition is a set of latter-day live renditions of some of the group's best-known songs -- which have all been previously released. And as with most Jethro Tull releases after, say, 1980, the performances and production here are exceedingly clean-sounding, without the bite of Tull's '70s period, as the band performs such classics as "Aqualung," "Locomotive Breath," and "Living in the Past." But it's always a gas to hear such lesser-known Tull tunes as "Fat Man" and "Nothing Is Easy," both of which are included here, and the group truly sounds inspired on a truncated version of "Thick as a Brick" (which still clocks in at over nine minutes). ~ Greg Prato

Led by the charismatic, flute-wielding Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull began as a somewhat Led Zeppelin-like, bluesy hard-rock band. Before long the balance tipped to courtly, Elizabethan-sounding progressive rock tinged with folk and marked by tricky time changes and long suites. Though they were masters of the concept album (THICK AS A BRICK, AQUALUNG), Tull was able to churn out hook-laden hard-rock riffs that guaranteed them a permanent place on classic-rock playlists the world over.

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