Jethro Tull / 50 For 50: three-disc set

Anniversary 3CD compilation • single disc CD and vinyl options

Parlophone will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jethro Tull with 50 for 50, an Ian Anderson curated ‘best of’ that, as the title suggests, includes 50 songs from the band’s rich back catalogue.

The 50-track selection includes everything you’d expect (and more) and features a pair of songs from the very last official studio album, 2003’s The Jethro Tull Christmas Album. 

There will also be a single CD ‘highlights’ edition called 50th Anniversary Collection. This will be available on vinyl although that edition has even less tracks (10 versus the 15 on the CD). The single disc version is only £6.66 at the time of writing on Amazon UK, which isn’t bad at all, although if you spend another £8 you do get 35 more tracks.

Both CD sets are issued on 25 May, although the vinyl edition of 50th Anniversary Collection won’t be available until the end of August (no pre-orders for that, as yet).

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Jethro Tull / 50 for 50 3CD set

CD 1

1-Nothing Is Easy (4.22)
From the album ‘Stand Up’ August 1969

2- Love Story (3.01)
Single ‘A’ side November 1968

3-Beggar’s Farm
From the album ‘This Was’ October 1968

4-Living In The Past (3.20)
Single ‘A’ side May 1969

5-A Song For Jeffrey (3.18)
Single ‘A’ side September 1968 and from the album ‘This Was’ October 1968

6-A New Day Yesterday (4.07)
From the album ‘Stand Up’ August 1969

7-The Witch’s Promise (3.51)
Single ‘A’ side January 1970

8-Mother Goose (3.53)
From the album ‘Aqualung’ March 1971

9-With You There To Help Me 6.20)
From the album ‘Benefit’ May 1970

10- Teacher (3.56)
From the US LP ‘Benefit’ April 1970

11-Life Is A Long Song (3.18)
From the EP ‘Life Is A Long Song’ September 1971

12-Sweet Dream (4.05)
Single ‘A’ side October 1969

13-Aqualung (6.38)
From the album ‘Aqualung’ March 1971

14-Minstrel In The Gallery (single edit) (3.52)
Single ‘A’ side August 1975  from the album ‘Minstrel In The Gallery ‘ September 1975

15-Critique Oblique (2014 Steven Wilson remix) (4.35)
From the album ‘Passion Play’ July 1973

16-Weathercock (4.16)
From the album ‘Heavy Horses’ April 1978

17-Cross-Eyed Mary (4.12)
From the album ‘Aqualung’ March 1971

CD 2

1- Bourée (3.44)
From the album ‘Stand Up’ August 1969

2-Dun Ringill (2.38)
From the album ‘Stormwatch’ September 1979

3-Heavy Horses (8.53)
From the album ‘Heavy Horses’ April 1978

4-Hunting Girl (5.11)
From the album ‘Songs From The Wood’ February 1977

5-Bungle In The Jungle (3.33)
From the album ‘War Child’ October 1974

6-Salamander  (2.49)
From the album ‘Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young To Die!’  April 1976

7-Pussy Willow (3.52)
From the album ‘Broadsword And The Beast’ April 1982

8-Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young To Die!’   (5.38)
From the album ‘Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young To Die!’  April 1976

9-Songs From The Wood (4.52)
From the album ‘Songs From The Wood’ February 1977

10-The Whistler (3.30)
From the album ‘Songs From The Wood’ February 1977

11-Really Don’t Mind/See There A Son Is Born (5.00)
From the album ‘Thick As A Brick’ March 1972

12-Moths (3.19)
From the album ‘Heavy Horses’ April 1978

13-One White Duck* / 0¹º = Nothing At All** (4.37)
From the album Minstrel In The Gallery September 1975

14-Cup Of Wonder (4.30)
From the album ‘Songs From The Wood’ February 1977

15-Ring Out Solstice Bells (4.04)
From ‘The Jethro Tull Christmas Album’ September 2003

16-Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day  (4.08)
From the album ‘War Child’ October 1974

17-A Christmas Song (2.47)
From ‘The Jethro Tull Christmas Album’ September 2003

CD 3

1-One Brown Mouse (3.19)
From the album ‘Heavy Horses’ April 1978

2 -Rare And Precious Chain (3.35)
From the album ‘Roots To Branches’ September 1995

3-Kissing Willie (3.33)
From the album ‘Rock Island’ August 1989

4-Rocks On The Road (5.33)
From the album ‘Catfish Rising’ September 1991

5-Fylingdale Flyer (4.27)
From the album ‘A’  August 1980

6-Paparazzi  (3.47)
From the album ‘Under Wraps’ September 1984

7-North Sea Oil (3.09)
From the album ‘Stormwatch’ September 1979

8-Steel Monkey (3.37)
From the album ‘Crest Of A Knave’ September 1987

9-Black Sunday (6.33)
From the album ‘A’  August 1980

10-European Legacy  (3.22)
From the album ‘Under Wraps’ September 1984

11-Budapest (10.02)
From the album ‘Crest Of A Knave’ September 1987

12-Broadsword (5.02)
From the album ‘Broadsword And The Beast’ April 1982

13- Dot Com  (4.26)
From the album ‘J-Tull Dot Com’ August 1999

14-Farm On The Freeway (6.28)
From the album ‘Crest Of A Knave’ September 1987

15-This Is Not Love (3.59)
From the album ‘Catfish Rising’ September 1991

16-Locomotive Breath (4.26)
From the album ‘Aqualung’ March 1971

Jethro Tull / 50th Anniversary Collection single CD

1-Love Story (3.06)
2-Living In The Past (3.25)
3-Life Is A Long Song (3.21)
4-Sweet Dream (4.05)
5-The Witch’s Promise (3.50)
6-Aqualung (6.37)
7-Dun Ringhill (2.42)
8-Cross-Eyed Mary (4.09)
9-Bouree (3.47)
10-Bungle In The Jungle (3.37)
11-Steel Monkey (3.37)
12-Too Old To Rock ‘n Roll (5.45)
13-Ring Out Solstice Bells  (4.05)
14-Farm On The Freeway (6.31)
15-Locomotive Breath (4.26)

Jethro Tull / 50th Anniversary Collection vinyl LP

Side 1

1-The Witch’s Promise (3.50)
2-Sweet Dream (4.05)
3-Life Is A Long Song (3.21)
4-Living In The Past (3.25)
5-Cross-Eyed Mary (4.09)

Side 2

1-Aqualung (6.37)
2-Bouree (3.47)
3-Bungle In The Jungle (3.37)
4-The Whistler (3.31)
5-Locomotive Breath (4.26)