Living in the Past (album)

"For other uses, see Living in the Past (disambiguation)."Infobox Album
Name = Living in the Past
Type = Compilation
Artist = Jethro Tull

---

Released = June 231972 (UK)
October 31 1972 (US)
Recorded = 1968 - May 1971
Genre = Rock
Length = 1:27:28 (original)/1:14:28 (reissue)
Label = Chrysalis
Producer =Terry Ellis, Ian Anderson
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?P=amg&sql=10:he62mpe39f7o link]
*George Starostin rating-10|9 (overall rating: 12/15) [http://starling.rinet.ru/music/tull.htm#Past link]
Last album = "Thick as a Brick"
(1972)
This album = "Living in the Past"
(1972)
Next album = "A Passion Play"
(1973)

"Living in the Past" is a double album quasi-greatest-hits collection by Jethro Tull which contains album tracks, unreleased songs, and a number of singles and b-sides that had initially only appeared as British releases before being compiled on "Living in the Past" for the first time in the American market. The album was named after the single (released in May 1969). [ [http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/jethro_tull/living_in_the_past___driving_song_f1/ Living in the Past b/w Driving Song] , Rate Your Music.] The album was released in an elaborate gatefold packaging that contained a large colour photo booklet with over 50 photos of the band - subsequent CD reissues contain only a fraction of these pictures. Two songs, "By Kind Permission Of" and "Dharma for One," were recorded live at Carnegie Hall.

Differences in the song selections between the US and the UK editions of the album resulted in several different tracklistings for newer CD versions, depending on the region they come from. A 1994 CD reissue omits several songs from the original in order to reduce running time to fit the album on one disc ("Bouree" and "Teacher" are not present on either the US or the UK editions), and, depending on the area, has tracks that are available in one country but not the other: "Alive and Well and Living In" is omitted from British versions; "Locomotive Breath" is not on American editions, and "Hymn 43" (which was not on the original vinyl release) is on American discs but not on British ones. However, a two-disc Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab reissue contains every song selected for the compilation, including the ones that were added later and the ones that are region-specific.

The album peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200 charts and went gold not long after its release. The title track from the album became Tull's first top 40 hit in the United States, reaching #11, a full three years after it performed well in Britain.

Track listing

"All songs by Ian Anderson unless otherwise indicated"

Original Vinyl edition:

ide one

#"Song for Jeffrey" – 3:20
#"Love Story" – 3:02
#"Christmas Song" – 3:05
#"Living in the Past" – 3:20 (Anderson/Ellis)
#"Driving Song" – 2:39
#"Bourée" – 3:43 (Bach arr. Jethro Tull)

ide two

#"Sweet Dream" – 4:02
#"Singing All Day" – 3:03
#"Teacher" – 4:08
#"Witch's Promise" – 3:49
#"Alive and well and living in" - 2:45
#"Just Trying to Be" – 1:36

ide three

#"By Kind Permission Of" – 10:11 (Live track) (Evan)
#"Dharma for One" – 9:45 (Live track) (Anderson/Bunker)

ide four

#"Wond'ring Again" – 4:12
#"Hymn 43" – 4:24
#"Life Is a Long Song" – 3:18
#"Up the 'Pool" – 3:10
#"Dr. Bogenbroom" – 2:59
#"From Later" – 2:06
#"Nursie" – 1:38

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab edition:

Disc one

#"Song for Jeffrey" – 3:20
#"Love Story" – 3:02
#"Christmas Song" – 3:05
#"Living in the Past" – 3:20 (Anderson/Ellis)
#"Driving Song" – 2:39
#"Bourée" – 3:43 (Bach arr. Jethro Tull)
#"Sweet Dream" – 4:02
#"Singing All Day" – 3:03
#"Teacher" – 4:08
#"Witch's Promise" – 3:49
#"Inside" – 3:49
#"Alive and Well and Living In" – 2:45
#"Just Trying to Be" – 1:36

Disc two

#"By Kind Permission Of" – 10:11 (Live track) (Evan)
#"Dharma for One" – 9:45 (Live track) (Anderson/Bunker)
#"Wond'ring Again" – 4:12
#"Hymn 43" – 3:17
#"Locomotive Breath" – 4:24
#"Life Is a Long Song" – 3:18
#"Up the 'Pool" – 3:10
#"Dr. Bogenbroom" – 2:59
#"For Later" – 2:06
#"Nursie" – 1:38

American single-disc reissue:

#"Song for Jeffrey" – 3:20
#"Love Story" – 3:02
#"Christmas Song" – 3:05
#"Living in the Past" – 3:20 (Anderson/Ellis)
#"Driving Song" – 2:39
#"Sweet Dream" – 4:02
#"Singing All Day" – 3:03
#"Witch's Promise" – 3:49
#"Inside" – 3:49
#"Alive and Well and Living In" – 2:45
#"Just Trying to Be" – 1:36
#"By Kind Permission Of" – 10:11 (Live track) (Evan)
#"Dharma for One" – 9:45 (Live track) (Anderson/Bunker)
#"Wond'ring Again" – 4:12
#"Hymn 43" (not included in the UK edition of the album) – 3:17
#"Life Is a Long Song" – 3:18
#"Up the 'Pool" – 3:10
#"Dr. Bogenbroom" – 2:59
#"For Later" – 2:06
#"Nursie" – 1:38

Personnel

*Ian Anderson - Flute, voice, mandolin, tin whistle, guitar (12 string on "Sweet Dream" and acoustic on "Just Trying to Be," "Wond'ring Again," "Life Is a Long Song," "Up the 'Pool" and "Dr. Bogenbroom"), balalaika, Hammond organ on "Singing All Day", and violin.
*Clive Bunker - Drums, percussion and backing vocals on "Dharma for One."
*Glenn Cornick - Bass guitar and Hammond organ on "Singing All Day."
*Mick Abrahams - Electric guitar on "A Song for Jeffrey," and "Love Story."
*Martin Barre - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar on "Witch's Promise" and "Life Is a Long Song", percussion on "Dharma for One" and backing vocals on "Dharma for One."
*Jeffrey Hammond - (As Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond): Bass guitar on "Hymn 43," "Life Is a Long Song," "Up the 'Pool," "Dr. Bogenbroom" and "From Later."
*Barriemore Barlow - Drums on "Life Is a Long Song," "Up the 'Pool," "Dr. Bogenbroom" and "From Later."
*John Evan - Piano, Hammond organ, melotron, harpsichord, celeste, percussion on "Dharma for One", backing vocals on "Dharma for One."
*David Palmer - String and orchestra conductor arrangement and conductor on "Christmas Song" and "Sweet Dream."
*Lou Toby - String arrangement and conductor on "Living in the Past."

References

See also

* List of works in irregular time signatures
* Living with the Past

External links

* (main)
* (uk)
* (truncated)
* (rush)
* [http://www.japaneseminilps.com/replica/cd/jethro-tull/living-in-past_3743/tocp-67369-70/details.html Living in the Past (Japan Mini LP CD reissue) - contains original vinyl tracklisting in miniaturised original album packaging]