Jethro Tull - Jethro Tull Christmas Album - Fresh Snow At Christmas (4CD + Blu-ray Bookset)

Jethro Tull - Jethro Tull Christmas Album - Fresh Snow At Christmas

• 4CD + Blu-ray Bookset
  • CD1: Original Album Mixes
  • CD2: 2024 Remixes by Bruce Soord
  • CD3: Christmas Live At St. Bride’s 2008 (newly remixed by Bruce Soord)
  • CD4: The Ian Anderson Band Live At St. Bride’s 2006 (previously unreleased)
  • Blu-ray: Dolby Atmos, 5.1 Surround Sound & High Resolution Stereo Mixes of The Jethro Tull Christmas Album, as well as High Resolution Stereo Mixes of both live recordings
• Limited Edition 

RELEASE DATE: 12/6/2024

DESCRIPTION 

Under the title ‘The Jethro Tull Christmas Album – Fresh Snow At Christmas’, the bands 21st studio album has been remixed from the original masters by Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief), as well as being given the surround sound treatment in both Dolby Atmos & 5.1. The limited deluxe 4CD + Blu-ray book-set collection features all-new artwork, as well as live material, and includes the following across its 5 discs.

The Jethro Tull Christmas Album was much praised on first release, with Rolling Stone noting admiringly: "The originals simmer with eccentric, eclectic, folky energy, rocking ditties threaded through with Celtic stylings, jazzy undercurrents, Ian Anderson's distinctive flute and wry humour." Allmusic called it "perhaps the most satisfying Tull releases in 25 years."   It included new interpretations of no fewer than seven Tull songs, including their first to be inspired by the holiday, 1968's much-loved 'A Christmas Song.' That Anderson composition, which opened with lyrics interpolated from 'Once in Royal David's City,' was the B-side of the band's first UK chart single, 'Love Story.'   "Some of the tracks are not necessarily Christmas songs; they're more seasonal so that gives a broader window," says Ian. "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."   'A Christmas Song' was joined on the album by reworkings of such pieces as Tull's 1976 festive hit 'Ring Out Solstice Bells'; 'Weathercock,' first heard on 1978's Heavy Horses; and 'Another Christmas Song,' from 1989's Rock Island. Also among the re-recordings was J.S. Bach's 'Bourrée", another longtime live favourite, inimitably imagined by Ian.   "Part of the joy of redoing those things," he says, "is that you can...not necessarily recreate, but you can keep all the essential elements of the song and maybe declutter it a little bit and give it a fresh look, but essentially still staying faithful to the original arrangements."   The Jethro Tull Christmas Album was their last studio set to feature longtime guitarist Martin Barre, who composed its pretty closing instrumental 'A Winter Snowscape.' Also featured on the album were keyboard and accordion player Andrew Giddings, bassist Jonathan Noyce and drummers Doane Perry and James Duncan. Anderson compositions making their debut included the opening 'Birthday Card At Christmas' and 'First Snow On Brooklyn,' while traditional pieces such as 'God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen' and 'We Five Kings' were interpreted alongside Fauré's 'Pavane.'

TRACKLIST

1. Birthday Card at Christmas
2. Holly Herald
3. A Christmas Song
4. Another Christmas Song
5. God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
6. Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow
7. Last Man at the Party
8. Weathercock
9. Pavane
10. First Snow on Brooklyn
11. Greensleeved
12. Fire at Midnight
13. We Five Kings
14. Ring Out Solstice Bells
15. Bouree
16. A Winter Snowscape
17. Birthday Card at Christmas
18. Holly Herald
19. A Christmas Song
20. Another Christmas Song
21. God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
22. Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow
23. Last Man at the Party
24. Weathercock
25. Pavane
26. First Snow on Brooklyn
27. Greensleeved
28. Fire at Midnight
29. We Five Kings
30. Ring Out Solstice Bells
31. Bouree
32. A Winter Snowscape
33. Weathercock
34. Introduction: Rev. George Pitcher / Choir: What Cheer
35. A Christmas Song
36. Living in These Hard Times
37. Choir: Silent Night
38. Reading: Ian Anderson, Marmion
39. Jack in the Green
40. Another Christmas Song
41. Reading: Gavin Esler, God's Grandeur
42. Choir: Oh, Come All Ye Faithful
43. A Winter Snowscape
44. Fires at Midnight
45. We Five Kings
46. Choir: Gaudete
47. God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman / Thick As A Brick
48. Living In The Past
49. Griminelli's Lament
50. A Christmas Song
51. Moz'art
52. Pastime With Good Company
53. Holly Herald
54. Pavane
55. We Five Kings
56. Aqualung
57. Birthday Card at Christmas
58. Holly Herald
59. A Christmas Song
60. Another Christmas Song
61. God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
62. Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow
63. Last Man at the Party
64. Weathercock
65. Pavane
66. First Snow on Brooklyn
67. Greensleeved
68. Fire at Midnight
69. We Five Kings
70. Ring Out Solstice Bells
71. Bouree
72. A Winter Snowscape
73. Weathercock
74. Introduction: Rev. George Pitcher / Choir: What Cheer
75. A Christmas Song
76. Living in These Hard Times
77. Choir: Silent Night
78. Reading: Ian Anderson, Marmion
79. Jack in the Green
80. Another Christmas Song
81. Reading: Gavin Esler, God's Grandeur
82. Choir: Oh, Come All Ye Faithful
83. A Winter Snowscape
84. Fires at Midnight
85. We Five Kings
86. Choir: Gaudete
87. God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman / Thick As A Brick
88. Living In The Past
89. Griminelli's Lament
90. A Christmas Song
91. Moz'art
92. Pastime With Good Company
93. Holly Herald
94. Pavane
95. We Five Kings
96. Aqualung

LABEL: Inside Out
UPC: 198028183529