3CD/3DVD - Jethro Tull - Bursting Out

3CDs + 3 DVD

"A live extravaganza from the 70s Jethro Tull, this was recorded over several nights in different venues on a portable 8-track tape recorder and transferred to 2” multitrack when I got home after the tours. I had to listen all through to many shows and pick the best live versions. But much of it was, at least, from the concert in Bern, Switzerland where dear Claude Nobs came to introduce the band in his inimitable style. Also featuring on this box set collection is the live concert from Madison Square Gardens recorded a few months later and shown live on BBC TV in the UK. A scary experience for the band as it was, we were told, the first time a live rock concert had been the subject of a live satellite broadcast.

The band lineup at this time was a fine-tuned machine and, although missing the unwell John Glascock for the MSG show, it serves as a fine testimony for the many wonderful shows we did in the 70s, before general touring fatigue and burn-out began a year or so later.

Enjoy vintage Tull at its 70s best!" - Ian Anderson

REMIXED BY STEVEN WILSON

CD 1: Jethro Tull live: Bursting Out (Part 1) - A Steven Wilson stereo remix
Soundcheck recordings - A Steven Wilson stereo remix. Tracks 7, 10, 11 (full version) & 12-16 previously unreleased
CD 2: Jethro Tull live: Bursting Out (Part 2) - A Steven Wilson stereo remix
Soundcheck recordings - A Steven Wilson stereo remix. Tracks 11-13 previously unreleased
CD 3: contains an edited version of the 1978 Madison Square Garden Show which
was issued in 2009 but now mixed by Steven Wilson.

DVDs 1 & 2 have the remixed tracks in 96/24 stereo and 5.1 surround plus the flat transfers of the original album at 96/24 stereo.
DVD 3 has the full 93-minute MSG show including 50+ minutes of video which was part of a transatlantic broadcast with the BBC and Radio 1.
The audio is 48/24 stereo and 5.1 surround.