Steven Wilson is an extraordinarily busy man. Lord knows how he ever finds time to
sleep, let alone watch football. Fortunately he remains committed to the Jethro Tull
reissues programme - including retracing steps back to 1969 to rectify a glaring
omission.
Yes folks, a remixed Stand Up is planned for mid-2016, with Warners
currently combing the archives for any hitherto hidden unreleased gems. The
reissues schedule will be back on track with a Steven Wilson mix of Songs From The
Wood (plus extras) currently envisaged for around November 2016. And for those of
you who can't wait that long, there are plans afoot - still to be 100% confirmed - to
rerelease Aqualung in March/April 2016. 'Wot - again??' I hear you say. Yes, but this
time it will be (a) at a price that even non-Premiership footballers can afford, (b) will
be repackaged into the now customary 'book' form, and (c) might even
have some extra goodies certainly some Steven Wilson 5.1
mixes of the previous package's bonus tracks. Watch this space.
One track that won't be included, however, is Pancake Doomsday,
which Steven Wilson revealed had been found back in 2011.
Wilson did try to make a silk purse out of it, but lan Anderson
has stood firm in vetoing it. However, this is no great cause
for wailing and gnashing of teeth, as it's actually merely an early
attempt at a pretty basic backing track for what eventually
became Saturation, released on the 1988 20 Years Of box set. So actually, we
do all in effect have Pancake Doomsday, aka Saturation, and only those
with a compulsion to collect every cough,splutter and bottom burp by lan Anderson
need fret.
