Living in the Past (album)

Living in the Past is a double album quasi-compilation collection by Jethro Tull, which contains album tracks, out-takes, the "Life Is a Long Song" EP, and all of their non-LP singles except for "Sunshine Day"/"Aeroplane" (1968), "One for John Gee" (b-side of "A Song for Jeffrey", 1968), "17" (b-side of "Sweet Dream", 1969) and the original version of "Teacher" that appeared in the UK as the b-side of "The Witch's Promise" in 1969 (the re-recorded 1970 take that was released on the American version of Benefit was included instead).

Living in the Past
Compilation album by
Jethro Tull
Released23 June 1972 (UK)
31 October 1972 (US)
RecordedJuly 1968 - May 1971
GenreProgressive rock
Length87:28
LabelChrysalis
ProducerTerry Ellis, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull chronology
Thick as a Brick
(1972)		 Living in the Past
(1972)		 A Passion Play
(1973)
Singles from Living in the Past
  1. "Living in the Past/Christmas Song"
    Released: October 10, 1972 US

Details

The album was named after the single released in May 1969 and was released in an elaborate gate-fold packaging that contained a large colour photo booklet with over 50 photos of the band.[1]

Two songs, "By Kind Permission Of" and "Dharma for One", were recorded live at Carnegie Hall in New York City, United States. The former would be extended to include "With You There To Help Me" and would be included in complete form, along with "Dharma For One", on the separate LP release Live At Carnegie Hall 1970 (2015).

"Love Story", "Christmas Song", "Living in the Past", "Driving Song", "Sweet Dream" and "The Witch's Promise", some of which had only appeared on mono versions before, were given new stereo remixes for inclusion on the album.[2] Additionally, "A Song for Jeffrey" and "Teacher" were also remixed.[3] Many of the tracks only appeared as British releases before being compiled on Living in the Past for the first time in the American market. Spurred on by radio airplay of the single, "Living in the Past", US rock fans who bought the album were treated to three years of UK hits.

In the United States, Living in the Past was the first Jethro Tull album to appear on the Chrysalis Records label; while each of the band's previous albums were marked as "a Chrysalis Production", the albums were released by Warner Bros. Records' Reprise Records subsidiary. Early U.S. editions of Living in the Past bore both a Chrysalis catalogue number (2CH 1035) and a Reprise catalogue number (2TS 2106), suggesting that the album was scheduled to appear on Reprise Records but that Chrysalis gained control of the band's USA releases in late 1972.

All of the tracks that were not on the original This Was (1968), Stand Up (1969) and Benefit (1970) albums have appeared as bonus tracks on their 2001 Digital Remasters.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide [4]
Rolling Stone (1973)(favourable) [5]
Sounds(favourable) [6]

AllMusic review the collection positively, stating that: "Not only was Ian Anderson writing solid songs every time out, but the group's rhythm section was about the best in progressive rock's pop division. Along with any of the group's first five albums, this collection is seminal and essential to any Tull collection, and the only compilation by the group that is a must-own disc."[2]

Charts

The album peaked at No. 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 No. 11, a full three years after it performed well in Britain. In UK, the album reached No. 13. In Norwegian charts, the album hit No. 5.

Differences in US version

The US vinyl version has "Hymn 43" in place of "Locomotive Breath" and omits "Inside" in favour of "Alive and Well and Living in", previously unreleased in the US. Additionally, "Witch's Promise" and "Teacher" swapped places.

Track listing

UK vinyl

All tracks are written by Ian Anderson except when noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."A Song for Jeffrey" (remix of album track from This Was)3:18
2."Love Story" (stereo remix of 1968 UK single)3:00
3."Christmas Song" (stereo remix of 1968 UK single)2:56
4."Living in the Past" (stereo remix of 1969 UK single)3:18
5."Driving Song" (stereo remix of 1969 UK single)2:37
6."Bourée" (Bourrée in E minor by Bach arr. Jethro Tull) (from the album Stand Up)3:40
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Sweet Dream" (stereo remix of 1969 UK single)4:00
2."Singing All Day" (previously unreleased, recorded in 1969)3:03
3."The Witch's Promise" (stereo remix of 1970 UK single)3:48
4."Teacher" (remix of track from the US version of Benefit)4:06
5."Inside" (from the album Benefit)3:42
6."Just Trying to Be" (previously unreleased, recorded in 1970)1:34
Side three – recorded live at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the benefit of Phoenix House, 4 November 1970
No.TitleLength
1."By Kind Permission Of" (instrumental – John Evan, previously unreleased)10:07
2."Dharma for One" (Anderson/Clive Bunker, previously unreleased)9:55
Side four
No.TitleLength
1."Wond'ring Again" (previously unreleased, recorded in 1970, the second part of the first version of "Wond'ring Aloud", see the tracklist of Aqualung 40th anniversary adapted edition, particularly CD 2, Steven Wilson remaster of associated recordings 1970–1971)4:11
2."Locomotive Breath" (from the album Aqualung)4:24
3."Life Is a Long Song" (from 1971 UK EP)3:17
4."Up the 'Pool" (from 1971 UK EP)3:09
5."Dr. Bogenbroom" (from 1971 UK EP)2:58
6."From Later" (instrumental, from 1971 UK EP)2:06
7."Nursie" (from 1971 UK EP)1:35

US vinyl
Side one
No.TitleLength
1."A Song for Jeffrey" (from the album This Was)3:17
2."Love Story" (1968 UK single)3:03
3."Christmas Song" (1968 UK single)3:04
4."Living in the Past" (1969 UK single)3:18
5."Driving Song" (1969 UK single)2:37
6."Bourée" (Bourrée in E minor by Bach arr. Jethro Tull) (from the album Stand Up)3:40
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Sweet Dream" (1969 UK single)4:02
2."Singing All Day" (previously unreleased, recorded in 1969)3:04
3."Teacher" (from the US version of Benefit)4:07
4."Witch's Promise" (1970 UK single)3:50
5."Alive and Well and Living In" (from the UK version of Benefit)2:45
6."Just Trying to Be" (previously unreleased, recorded in 1970)1:35
Side three – recorded live at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the benefit of Phoenix House, 4 November 1970
No.TitleLength
1."By Kind Permission Of" (instrumental – John Evan, previously unreleased)10:07
2."Dharma for One" (Anderson/Clive Bunker, previously unreleased)9:55
Side four
No.TitleLength
1."Wond'ring Again" (previously unreleased, recorded in 1970, early version of "Wond'ring Aloud")4:11
2."Hymn 43" (from the album Aqualung)3:16
3."Life Is a Long Song" (from 1971 UK EP)3:18
4."Up the 'Pool" (from 1971 UK EP)3:10
5."Dr. Bogenbroom" (from 1971 UK EP)2:59
6."For Later" (instrumental, from 1971 UK EP)2:06
7."Nursie" (from 1971 UK EP)1:35

CD releases

Differences in the song selections between the US and the UK editions of the album resulted in different track listings for the various CD releases. Most CDs had to further alter the track listings, due to time constraints as CDs at the time could only hold up to 74 minutes of music. Since the original American CD edition of Benefit was released with the alternative track list omitting "Alive and Well and Living In", many of the US CD editions of Living in the Past add that track. All of the single CD reissues omit two songs ("Bourée" and "Teacher") in order to reduce the running time to fit the album on one disc, but both countries' versions include "Inside", which originally was only on the UK vinyl. A 1997 two-disc Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab reissue contains every song selected for the UK and US vinyl editions.

UK single-disc reissue (Chrysalis UK 1990, F2-21575)
CD
No.TitleLength
1."A Song for Jeffrey"3:20
2."Love Story"3:02
3."Christmas Song"3:05
4."Living in the Past"3:20
5."Driving Song"2:39
6."Sweet Dream"4:02
7."Singing All Day"3:03
8."Witch's Promise"3:49
9."Inside"3:49
10."Just Trying to Be"1:36
11."By Kind Permission Of" (live at the Carnegie Hall – John Evan)10:11
12."Dharma for One" (live at the Carnegie Hall – Anderson/Clive Bunker)9:45
13."Wond'ring Again"4:12
14."Locomotive Breath"4:24
15."Life Is a Long Song"3:18
16."Up the 'Pool"3:10
17."Dr. Bogenbroom"2:59
18."For Later"2:06
19."Nursie"1:38
  • Omits "Bourée" and "Teacher" from the UK vinyl version.

American single-disc reissue (Chrysalis US 1992, 0946 3 21035 2 9/F2-21035)
CD
No.TitleLength
1."A Song for Jeffrey"3:20
2."Love Story"3:02
3."Christmas Song"3:05
4."Living in the Past"3:20
5."Driving Song"2:39
6."Sweet Dream"4:02
7."Singing All Day"3:03
8."Witch's Promise"3:49
9."Inside"3:49
10."Alive and Well and Living In"2:48
11."Just Trying to Be"1:36
12."By Kind Permission Of" (live at the Carnegie Hall – John Evan)10:11
13."Dharma for One" (live at the Carnegie Hall – Anderson/Clive Bunker)9:45
14."Wond'ring Again"4:12
15."Hymn 43"3:17
16."Life Is a Long Song"3:18
17."Up the 'Pool"3:10
18."Dr. Bogenbroom"2:59
19."For Later"2:06
20."Nursie"1:38
  • Same track list as the UK single-disc re-issue but with additional track "Alive and Well and Living In", and "Locomotive Breath" is replaced by "Hymn 43".

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab edition (UDCD 2-708, 1997 remaster)
Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."A Song for Jeffrey"3:20
2."Love Story"3:02
3."Christmas Song"3:05
4."Living in the Past"3:20
5."Driving Song"2:39
6."Bourée"3:43
7."Sweet Dream"4:02
8."Singing All Day"3:03
9."Teacher"4:08
10."Witch's Promise"3:49
11."Inside"3:45
12."Alive and Well and Living In"2:45
13."Just Trying to Be"1:36
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."By Kind Permission Of" (live at Carnegie Hall – John Evan)10:11
2."Dharma for One" (live at Carnegie Hall – Anderson/Clive Bunker)9:45
3."Wond'ring Again"4:12
4."Hymn 43"3:17
5."Locomotive Breath"4:24
6."Life Is a Long Song"3:18
7."Up the 'Pool"3:10
8."Dr. Bogenbroom"2:59
9."For Later"2:06
10."Nursie"1:38
  • This release contains all of the songs released on the UK and US versions of the album.

Charts
Chart (1972) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 2

Personnel
Jethro Tull
Additional personnel

See also

References
  1. Jethro Tull - Living in the Past (1972): Japanese paper sleeve Mini LP replica 2CD, 2004
  2. Bruce Eder. "Jethro Tull - Living in the Past (1972) album review, credits & releases at AllMusic.com". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  3. Steve Hoffman. "Jethro Tull - Living in the Past (1972) album's unique mixes". Steve Hoffman Music Forums. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  4. Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (Editors). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House/Rolling Stone Press, 1979, p. 193.
  5. Gordon Fletcher (15 February 1973). "Jethro Tull - Living in the Past (1972) album review at Rolling Stone". TullPress.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  6. Billy Walker (24 June 1972). "Jethro Tull - Living in the Past (1972) album review at Sounds". TullPress.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 151. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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