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Jethro Tull / The Jethro Tull Christmas Album: Fresh Snow at Christmas

Expanded and remixed for a 4CD+blu-ray offering

By Paul Sinclair

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Jethro Tull’s 2003 Christmas album has been remixed and expanded for a reissue in early December. The Jethro Tull Christmas Album, now has the subtitle ‘Fresh Snow At Christmas’ and will be available as a 4CD+blu-ray deluxe set or on double vinyl.

The album includes new interpretations of seven Tull songs, including 1968’s ‘A Christmas Song’ (the B-side of the single, ‘Love Story’). This festive offering was also the last studio set to feature longtime guitarist Martin Barre, who composed the closing instrumental ‘A Winter Snowscape’.

“Some of the tracks are not necessarily Christmas songs; they’re more seasonal so that gives a broader window,” says Ian Anderson. “And then there are a couple of them that I quite often play in the middle of summer and say, ‘It’ll soon be Christmas – it’s in the diary. So let’s kick it off now.’ And that’s part of what I’ve done over the years since October of 1968 when I went into record ‘A Christmas Song’. So, yes – it goes back a long way.”

The Jethro Tull Christmas Album – 4CD+blu-ray deluxe (click image to enlarge)

Bruce Soord (of The Pineapple Thief) has remixed the album in stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos and this deluxe set also offers Christmas Live At St. Bride’s 2008 (also newly mixed by Soord) and the previouslly unreleased The Ian Anderson Band Live At St. Bride’s 2006.

The blu-ray obviously features the Atmos and 5. 1 mixes of the studio album but also contains hi-res stereo mixes of the album and both live recordings.

The 2LP set features the new stereo remix of The Jethro Tull Christmas Album and marks the debut of this album on vinyl. There’s a special clear vinyl edition called ‘Pearlescent Sunrise’ available via some retailers.

The Jethro Tull Christmas Album: Fresh Snow At Christmas will be released on 6 December 2024 via InsideOut Music.

Tracklisting

The Jethro Tull Christmas Album: Fresh Snow at Christmas Jethro Tull /

    • CD 1: The Jethro Tull Christmas Album – original mixes
      1. Birthday Card at Christmas 3:40
      2. Holly Herald 4:17
      3. A Christmas Song 2:47
      4. Another Christmas Song 3:32
      5. God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman 4:34
      6. Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow 3:37
      7. Last Man at the Party 4:49
      8. Weathercock 4:17
      9. Pavane 4:19
      10. First Snow on Brooklyn 4:58
      11. Greensleeved 2:39
      12. Fire at Midnight 2:26
      13. We Five Kings 3:17
      14. Ring Out Solstice Bells 4:05
      15. Bourée 4:25
      16. A Winter Snowscape 4:56
    • CD 2: The Jethro Tull Christmas Album – 2024 stereo remixes
      1. Birthday Card at Christmas 3:40
      2. Holly Herald 4:17
      3. A Christmas Song 2:47
      4. Another Christmas Song 3:32
      5. God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman 4:34
      6. Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow 3:37
      7. Last Man at the Party 4:49
      8. Weathercock 4:17
      9. Pavane 4:19
      10. First Snow on Brooklyn 4:58
      11. Greensleeved 2:39
      12. Fire at Midnight 2:26
      13. We Five Kings 3:17
      14. Ring Out Solstice Bells 4:05
      15. Bourée 4:25
      16. A Winter Snowscape 4:56
    • CD 3: Christmas Live At St. Brides 2008
      1.  Weathercock 4:41
      2. Introduction: Rev. George Pitcher / Choir: What Cheer 3:32
      3. A Christmas Song 3:19
      4. Living in These Hard Times 3:44
      5. Choir: Silent Night 3:06
      6. Reading: Ian Anderson, Marmion 2:17
      7. Jack in the Green 2:33
      8. Another Christmas Song 3:56
      9. Reading: Gavin Esler, God’s Grandeur 1:50
      10. Choir: Oh, Come All Ye Faithful 3:50
      11. A Winter Snowscape 3:39
      12. Fires at Midnight 3:38
      13. We Five Kings 3:19
      14. Choir: Gaudete 3:39
      15. God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman / Thick As A Brick 10:25
    • CD 4: The Ian Anderson Band Live At St. Brides 2006
      1. Living In The Past
      2. Griminelli’s Lament
      3. A Christmas Song
      4. Moz’art
      5. Pastime With Good Company
      6. Holly Herald
      7. Pavane
      8. We Five Kings
      9. Aqualung
    • Blu-ray
      Dolby Atmos, 5.1 Surround Sound, 24/48 High Resolution Stereo
      1. Birthday Card at Christmas 3:40
      2. Holly Herald 4:17
      3. A Christmas Song 2:47
      4. Another Christmas Song 3:32
      5. God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman 4:34
      6. Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow 3:37
      7. Last Man at the Party 4:49
      8. Weathercock 4:17
      9. Pavane 4:19
      10. First Snow on Brooklyn 4:58
      11. Greensleeved 2:39
      12. Fire at Midnight 2:26
      13. We Five Kings 3:17
      14. Ring Out Solstice Bells 4:05
      15. Bourée 4:25
      16. A Winter Snowscape 4:56
      24/48 High Resolution Stereo  only
      Christmas Live At St. Brides 2008
      1.  Weathercock 4:41
      2. Introduction: Rev. George Pitcher / Choir: What Cheer 3:32
      3. A Christmas Song 3:19
      4. Living in These Hard Times 3:44
      5. Choir: Silent Night 3:06
      6. Reading: Ian Anderson, Marmion 2:17
      7. Jack in the Green 2:33
      8. Another Christmas Song 3:56
      9. Reading: Gavin Esler, God’s Grandeur 1:50
      10. Choir: Oh, Come All Ye Faithful 3:50
      11. A Winter Snowscape 3:39
      12. Fires at Midnight 3:38
      13. We Five Kings 3:19
      14. Choir: Gaudete 3:39
      15. God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman / Thick As A Brick 10:25
      The Ian Anderson Band Live At St. Brides 2006
      1. Living In The Past
      2. Griminelli’s Lament
      3. A Christmas Song
      4. Moz’art
      5. Pastime With Good Company
      6. Holly Herald
      7. Pavane
      8. We Five Kings
      9. Aqualung

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