Jethro Tull : Songs From The Wood (40th Anniversary Edition Box Set)

LET ME BRING YOU

SONGS FROM THE WOOD

TO MAKE YOU FEEL MUCH BETTER

THAN YOU COULD KNOW

 Songs from the Wood

 is the tenth

studio album by 

British 

progressive rock band

 Jethro Tull 

released on 

 February 11th 1977

 by Chrysalis Records.

 The album is considered 

to be the first of three

 folk rock albums 

released by the band 

at the end of the 1970s, 

followed by

 Heavy Horses 

(1978) 

and

 Stormwatch

 (1979).

Drawing inspiration from

English folklore

 and countryside living, 

the album signalled a 

resumption of the band's 

wide-ranging folk rock style

which combined 

traditional instruments 

and melodies with

 hard rock drums,

 synthesisers and electric guitars, 

all laid in the band's complex

 progressive rock template.

 The album was the first 

Jethro Tull album

 to include Dee Palmer 

as an official member

of the band;

 after eight years of 

serving as the

 band's orchestral 

arranger, 

Palmer had joined as a 

second keyboardist

in early 1976.

Songs From the Wood

 was well received 

by critics who considered it

 a return to form. 

The album reached 

number 13 in the UK 

and number 8

 in the United States. 

A single from the album,

 "The Whistler",

 was also the band's last 

US Hot 100 chart entry, 

peaking at number 59.

 Another song,

"Ring Out, Solstice Bells", 

was released 

ahead of the album

 on an EP 

of the same title

 for the 

Christmas season,

 peaking at

 number 28

 in the UK.

Jethro Tull 

 Songs From The Wood

40th Anniversary Edition 

 'The Country Set'

Jethro Tull’s tenth album

 was inspired by 

Ian Anderson’s departure

to a more rural environment

 in a transition which bore

 clear influence on 

the writing and 

recording process, 

the band notably doffing 

a cap to British folklore

 and countryside.

The first disc 

of the set contains

 the Steven Wilson remix 

of the 

original studio album, 

accompanied by 

associated recordings. 

This includes the tracks

 “Old Aces Die Hard” 

and

 “Working John, Working Joe” 

which are being

 released here for

 the first time

 on any format.

 “Old Aces Die Hard”,

 a title Ian Anderson

 recently gave the track

 in a subtle nod to

 Motörhead’s 

Lemmy Kilmister,

is, according to Ian 

“an extraordinary find,

 because it’s a long piece, 

and quite evolved, 

and one that sounds like

 it is pretty much complete 

 it doesn’t sound as if it was 

waiting for me or anyone else 

in the band to go back 

and redo vocals or

 guitars or whatever.”

CDs 2 and 3

 in the box form

 22 track live tracks, 

recorded on

 the Songs From The Wood Tour 

across two dates, 

Boston Garden,

 Boston, Massachusetts, 

USA 

on December 6th 1977

 and

 Capital Centre,

 Landover, Maryland, USA

 on 

November 21st1977. 

These tracks have been

 reconstructed as

 a complete set and then

 remixed to stereo by 

Jakko Jakszyk 

and are

 completely unheard.

Line-up / Musicians

 Ian Anderson / vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, 

mandolin, whistle 

all instruments 

on studio version of "Jack-In-The-Green")

 Martin Barre / electric guitar, lute

John Evan / piano, organ, synthesizers

 David Palmer / piano, 

portative organ, synthesizers

 John Glascock / bass, vocals

Barriemore Barlow / drums, marimba, 

glockenspiel, bells, nakers, tabor

TRACKLIST

CD 1 

 "Songs From The Wood"

 album 

and

 Associated Recordings

 (Stereo Steven Wilson Mixes)

1. Songs From The Wood 

2. Jack-In-The-Green 

3. Cup Of Wonder 

4. Hunting Girl 

5. Ring Out, Solstice Bells 

6. Velvet Green 

7. The Whistler 

8. Pibroch (Cap In Hand) 

9. Fire At Midnight 

Associated Recordings:

10. Old Aces Die Hard 

(Previously Unreleased) 

11. Working John, Working Joe

 (Previously Unreleased) 

12. Magic Bells (Ring Out, Solstice Bells) 

13. Songs From The Wood 

(Unedited Master) 

14. Fire At Midnight 

(Unedited Master) 

(Previously Unreleased) 

15. One Brown Mouse 

(Early Version - New Mix) 

16. Strip Cartoon

 (Take 4 - B-side To The Whistler Single) 

17. The Whistler 

1977 US Stereo Single Mix) 

CD 2 

 Live in Concert 1977

 Part 1

1. Wond'ring Aloud 

2. Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day 

3. Jack-In-The-Green 

4. Thick As A Brick

5. Songs From The Wood 

6. Instrumental 

7. Drum Solo Improvisation 

8. To Cry You A Song 

9. A New Day Yesterday 

10. Flute Solo Improvisation Interpolating 

 God Rest Ye Gentlemen/Bouree 

11. Living In The Past / 

A New Day Yesterday (Reprise) 

CD 3 

 Live in Concert 1977 

Part 2

1. Velvet Green 

2. Hunting Girl 

3. Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die 

4. Minstrel In The Gallery 

5. Cross-Eyed Mary 

6. Aqualung 

7. Instrumental Improvisation 

8. Wind-Up 

9. Back Door Angels /

 Guitar Improvisation / 

Wind Up (reprise) 

10. Locomotive Breath 

11. Land Of Hope And Glory / 

Improvisation / 

Back Door Angels (Reprise) 

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