Jethro Tull / Minstrel in the Gallery 40th Anniversary Edition

Description

Minstrel in the Gallery2CD+2DVD ‘La Grande Edition’

The expanded 40th Anniversary edition ofJethro Tull‘s 1975 epicMinstrel In The Gallery(with 5.1 and Stereo mixes bySteven Wilson).The first CD features Steven Wilson’s new stereo mix plus bonus track, while the second CD includesLive At The Palais Des Sports, Paris, 5th July 1975, newly mixed in stereo by Jakko Jakszyk.The two DVDs feature the album and the live concert in 5.1, plus some 5.1 bonus tracks, and hi-res stereo versions and flat transfers etc.
The La Grande Edition features the b-side Summerday Sands, several studio outtakes (including a very different version of Requiem) and session material recorded for the BBC.Highlights include:

• The original album (in Stereo and 5.1) plus seven bonus tracks (six previously unreleased) in Stereo (Summerday Sands and the alternate Requiem are also available as 5.1 mixes).
• Flat transfers of the original LP mix at 96/24 plus additional track Summerday Sands.
• Flat transfer of the original quad mix of the LP plus additional track Summerday Sands.
• An eight and a half minute film of the band performing Minstrel In The Gallery in Paris from 1975.
• The dvds are NTSC, Region 0.

The La Grande Edition is presented in a case-bound DVD book that includes an 80-page booklet which features an extensive history of the album, track-by-track annotations by Ian Anderson, recollections by roadie Kenny Wylie, Maison Rouge maintenance engineer Pete Smith, and string section member Liz Edwards (plus lyrics, tour itinerary and rare and unseen photographs).

CD1–2015 Steven Wilson Stereo Remix1. Minstrel In The Gallery2. Cold Wind To Valhalla3. Black Satin Dancer4. Requiem5. One White Duck / 010 = Nothing At All6. Baker St. Muse 7. Baker St. Muse – Pig-Me And The Whore8. Baker St. Muse – Nice Little Tune9. Baker St. Muse – Crash-Barrier Waltzer10. Baker St. Muse – Mother England Reverie11. Grace12. Summerday Sands13. Requiem (Version 1)*14. One White Duck (Take 5)*15. Grace (Take 2)*16. Minstrel In The Gallery (BBC version)*17. Cold Wind To Valhalla (BBC version)*18. Aqualung (BBC version)*CD2–Live at The Palais Des Sports, Paris, July 5, 1975 (A Jakko Jakszyk Stereo Mix)1. Introduction (The Beach Part 11)2. Wind Up3. Critique Oblique4. Wond’ring Aloud5. My Goda. Flute Solo Including: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Bouree/Quartetb. Living In The Pastc. My God (Reprise)6. Cross-Eyed Mary7. Minstrel In The Gallery8. Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day9. Bungle In The Jungle10. Aqualung11. Guitar Improvisation12. Back-Door Angels13. Locomotive Breath with improvisation and including Hard Headed English General and Back-Door Angels (Reprise) * Previously UnreleasedDiscs Three and Four – theDVDs (NTSC, Region 0) – will feature the DTS & DD 5.1 surround mixes as well as the 96/24 PCM stereo mixes and and an eight and a half minute film of the band recorded in Paris on 6th July 1975.