Jethro Tull "Living in the Past" CD/Blu-Ray Deluxe Edition out Summer 2025!

[srbjab]

I agree - a missed opportunity. Aside from the 'completist' attraction of owning every bookset reissue, having the surround tracks updated to Atmos on the blu-ray would have been the most compelling reason for JT fans who have already purchased all the previous reissues to get this. For me, the amount of previously unreleased or newly remixed material just isn't that compelling for the price. Maybe the packaging will be over the top luxurious? I do fully expect the JT catalog to be revisited in Atmos at some point, and this would have been a perfect sampler for it.

 

[newslane]

In this interview, Ian says that a deluxe edition of Under Wraps is under consideration, with drums replaced.

 

[key_wiz]

And then in 1989 "everyone" decided that they were a heavy metal band and not a hippy band after all... for some reason.

“Hard Rock/Metal” was the name of the category. 35 years later and people are STILL complaining about this??

 

[fizzywiggs41]

“Hard Rock/Metal” was the name of the category. 35 years later and people are STILL complaining about this??

Weren't they all 'Mullet Hair Bands' by that time.

 

[key_wiz]

Weren't they all 'Mullet Hair Bands' by that time.

1989 was the first year the Grammys had a "Hard Rock/Metal Performance, Vocal or Instrumental" category. So the metal heads were all excited that their music was finally going to be recognized and the conventional wisdom was that the award would/should go to Metallica for "...And Justice For All".

The other nominees that year were Jane's Addiction, Iggy Pop and AC/DC.

So no. Not really a whole lotta mullets among that bunch.

After the controversy that year, the academy split the award into two --- separate Hard Rock and Metal Performance categories, the latter of which Metallica has gone on to win numerous times.

Of course, Tull arguably isn't "hard rock" either. But the now-legendary-tale that they won for "Heavy Metal" simply isn't 100% accurate. And there have certainly been worse snubs and oversights in the history of the Grammys (IMO).

But Hell Hath No Fury Like a Heavy Metal Music Fan Scorned, apparently.

 

[Quadlover]

There should have been a Progressive Rock category.

 

[LuvMyQuad]

There should have been a Progressive Rock category.

WIth all the crap they have on Sirius radio, there is no prog rock channel. Unforgivable.

 

[SomethingAnything]

I personally disagree with the above comment that Tull are/were a hippy band. If I could only choose between hard rock and hippy, I'd put them in hard rock. But really, they probably defy category. They were blues rock, then rock with prog elements, then folk rock, then... All over the place really, while still maintaining their own unique sound. But never throughout all of their albums, did I ever think of them as hippy.

 

[Ranasakawa]

I agree - a missed opportunity. Aside from the 'completist' attraction of owning every bookset reissue, having the surround tracks updated to Atmos on the blu-ray would have been the most compelling reason for JT fans who have already purchased all the previous reissues to get this. For me, the amount of previously unreleased or newly remixed material just isn't that compelling for the price. Maybe the packaging will be over the top luxurious? I do fully expect the JT catalog to be revisited in Atmos at some point, and this would have been a perfect sampler for it.

The major of the songs on the original album were probably recorded on 8 track machines or even 4 track for the earlier stuff. I don't think Atmos would have much improved surround experience for these particular songs.
I have all the Tull boxes and have been very impressed with the content and fantastic books

 

[JulesRules]

Thanks Jeremy

Did I miss something?

But the now-legendary-tale that they won for "Heavy Metal" simply isn't 100% accurate.

But the flute is a heavy metal instrument!

 

[marpow]

If a Amazon Link comes, let me know, as I only like purchasing from Amazon.

 

[GilWave]

If a Amazon Link comes, let me know, as I only like purchasing from Amazon.

+1

 

[fizzywiggs41]

Did I miss something?

But the flute is a heavy metal instrument!

Sure , when used in place of a drum stick.

 

[Michael Marshall]

1989 was the first year the Grammys had a "Hard Rock/Metal Performance, Vocal or Instrumental" category. So the metal heads were all excited that their music was finally going to be recognized and the conventional wisdom was that the award would/should go to Metallica for "...And Justice For All".

The other nominees that year were Jane's Addiction, Iggy Pop and AC/DC.

So no. Not really a whole lotta mullets among that bunch.

After the controversy that year, the academy split the award into two --- separate Hard Rock and Metal Performance categories, the latter of which Metallica has gone on to win numerous times.

Of course, Tull arguably isn't "hard rock" either. But the now-legendary-tale that they won for "Heavy Metal" simply isn't 100% accurate. And there have certainly been worse snubs and oversights in the history of the Grammys (IMO).

But Hell Hath No Fury Like a Heavy Metal Music Fan Scorned, apparently.

And being a metal fan myself, I watched the Grammys that year and watched the whole thing unfold before my eyes. I worked in three (3) record stores (Record Factory, Wherehouse Records and Tapes and Spirit Records and Video) from 1986 until I graduated from college in 1991, and I sold both Metallica and Jethro Tull albums and can honestly say that there were definitely much better metal/hard rock releases that the academy could and should have chosen in 1988/1989. I can tell you that many, MANY people including Metallica fans that were put off by the Metallica release because of the way it was recorded and sounded (Zero bass and drums that sounded like tin cans!). It wasn't until they released "One" as a video on MTV that the record finally started to get some traction and began to sell at retail. Jethro Tull was coming out of "the woods" or "fish farm" so to speak after a couple of early 80's releases that did NOTHING sales wise and found Mr Anderson in a rather diminished vocal capacity. "Crest of a Nave" and their 20th Anniversary box set certainly put the band back into the public eye for the first time in years so it really didn't surprise me (or Iron Maiden's bassist and self professed Tull fanatic, Steve Harris) that they won the inaugural Grammy for "Best Hard Rock/Metal" performance. A lot of the "outrage" is hindsight at best and revisionist at worst.

 

[Marplot]

I saw Metallica on the Justice tour and it was a hoot, for the first encore Jason didn't come out at first and when he finally did he said (I paraphrase due to how long ago it was) 'why bother? you can't hear me on it anyway'
I would not call the outrage revisionist. It isn't that there were better metal albums that year, there were, but Tull winning over a metal band was silly.

 

[JohnN]

Did I miss something?

But the flute is a heavy metal instrument!

Crest Of A Knave: Tull metal pins fooled the Grammy voters.

Crest Of A Knave lead to the 20th anniversary pin, Goldmine magazine offered the pin for free to a limited number of people.
My pin.

 

[Michael Marshall]

And I thought it was the Crest of a Knave sweatshirt that Steve Harris was photographed in seemingly in every issue of KERRANG! that I opened during that stretch of time! I didn't subscribe to Goldmine until the early 90's so I missed my opportunity. How long did it take to get your Tull pin after putting your submission in a self addressed and stamped letter into the post???

 

[ssully]

With respect to the Atmos vs non Atmos thing, i have mixed feelings. Some of you seem to have an Atmos or nothing mentality. Its your choice to feel that way, of course. But for me Atmos vs 5.1 is not all that.

A well done 5.1 mix beats out a meh Atmos mix every time.

Hell, a well done quad mix beats a meh 5.1 every time too.

So does a well-done upmixing of a good stereo mix.

 

[JohnN]

And I thought it was the Crest of a Knave sweatshirt that Steve Harris was photographed in seemingly in every issue of KERRANG! that I opened during that stretch of time! I didn't subscribe to Goldmine until the early 90's so I missed my opportunity. How long did it take to get your Tull pin after putting your submission in a self addressed and stamped letter into the post???

Good question, the 20th Anniversary pin was fairly quick (a couple of weeks). Today I'm waiting on the Living In The Past review Blu-ray. (wishing it is days away & not lost).

 

[Michael Marshall]

Good question, the 20th Anniversary pin was fairly quick (a couple of weeks). Today I'm waiting on the Living In The Past review Blu-ray. (wishing it is days away & not lost).

I have most of the Tull box sets minus "This Was" and "Broadsword..." and will definitely be skipping "Under Wraps" and "A" (I should have skipped "Storm Watch" too...) but I am really, REALLY looking forward to "Living in the Past" as I used to have the original U.S vinyl release and MOFI gold CD and loved BOTH! Of any of the releases that would benefit from the deluxe edition reissue, this would be the ONE!