Living in the Past

Living in the Past
Compilation album by Jethro Tull
Released	June 23, 1972 (UK) October 31, 1972 (US)
Recorded	1968 - May 1971
Genre	Progressive rock, folk rock
Length	1:27:28 (original)/1:14:28 (reissue)
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Terry Ellis, Ian Anderson
Professional reviews
Allmusic link George Starostin (overall rating: 12/15) link
Jethro Tull chronology
Thick as a Brick (1972) Living in the Past (1972) A Passion Play (1973)

Living in the Past is a double album quasi-greatest-hits collection by Jethro Tull which contains album tracks, outtakes, the "Life Is A Long Song" EP, and a number of singles and b-sides. Many of the tracks only appeared as British releases before being compiled on Living in the Past for the first time in the American market. The album was named after the single (released in May 1969).^[1] The album was released in an elaborate gatefold packaging that contained a large colour photo booklet with over 50 photos of the band - subsequent CD reissues contain only a fraction of these pictures. Two songs, "By Kind Permission Of" and "Dharma for One," were recorded live at Carnegie Hall.

Differences in the song selections between the US and the UK editions of the album resulted in several different tracklistings for newer CD versions. A 1994 CD reissue omits several songs from the original in order to reduce running time to fit the album on one disc ("Bouree" and "Teacher" are not present on either the US or the UK editions), and, depending on the area, has tracks that are available in one country but not the other: "Alive and Well and Living In" is omitted from British versions; "Locomotive Breath" is not on American editions, but "Inside" (which was not on the original vinyl release) is on both. However, a two-disc Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab reissue contains every song selected for the compilation, including the ones that were added later and the ones that are region-specific.

The album peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200 charts and went gold not long after its release. The title track from the album became Tull's first top 40 hit in the United States, reaching #11, a full three years after it performed well in Britain.

Since 2001, many of the singles and B-sides appear as bonus tracks on the expanded Jethro Tull CDs. To date, no other CD contains "Wond'ring Again" or the "Life Is A Long Song" five-song EP.

Track listing

All songs by Ian Anderson unless otherwise indicated

Original vinyl edition

Side one

1. "Song for Jeffrey" – 3:20
2. "Love Story" – 3:02
3. "Christmas Song" – 3:05
4. "Living in the Past" – 3:20 (Anderson/Ellis)
5. "Driving Song" – 2:39
6. "Bourée" – 3:43 (Bach arr. Jethro Tull)

Side two

1. "Sweet Dream" – 4:02
2. "Singing All Day" – 3:03
3. "Teacher" – 4:08
4. "Witch's Promise" – 3:49
5. "Alive and Well and Living In" - 2:45
6. "Just Trying to Be" – 1:36

Side three

1. "By Kind Permission Of" – 10:11 (Live track) (Evan)
2. "Dharma for One" – 9:45 (Live track) (Anderson/Bunker)

Side four

1. "Wond'ring Again" – 4:12
2. "Hymn 43" – 4:24
3. "Life Is a Long Song" – 3:18
4. "Up the 'Pool" – 3:10
5. "Dr. Bogenbroom" – 2:59
6. "For Later" – 2:06
7. "Nursie" – 1:38

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab edition

Disc one

1. "Song for Jeffrey" – 3:20
2. "Love Story" – 3:02
3. "Christmas Song" – 3:05
4. "Living in the Past" – 3:20 (Anderson/Ellis)
5. "Driving Song" – 2:39
6. "Bourée" – 3:43 (Bach arr. Jethro Tull)
7. "Sweet Dream" – 4:02
8. "Singing All Day" – 3:03
9. "Teacher" – 4:08
10. "Witch's Promise" – 3:49
11. "Inside" – 3:49
12. "Alive and Well and Living In" – 2:45
13. "Just Trying to Be" – 1:36

Disc two

1. "By Kind Permission Of" – 10:11 (Live track) (Evan)
2. "Dharma for One" – 9:45 (Live track) (Anderson/Bunker)
3. "Wond'ring Again" – 4:12
4. "Hymn 43" – 3:17
5. "Locomotive Breath" – 4:24
6. "Life Is a Long Song" – 3:18
7. "Up the 'Pool" – 3:10
8. "Dr. Bogenbroom" – 2:59
9. "For Later" – 2:06
10. "Nursie" – 1:38

American single-disc reissue

1. "Song for Jeffrey" – 3:20
2. "Love Story" – 3:02
3. "Christmas Song" – 3:05
4. "Living in the Past" – 3:20 (Anderson/Ellis)
5. "Driving Song" – 2:39
6. "Sweet Dream" – 4:02
7. "Singing All Day" – 3:03
8. "Witch's Promise" – 3:49
9. "Inside" – 3:49
10. "Alive and Well and Living In" (not included in the UK edition of the album) – 2:45
11. "Just Trying to Be" – 1:36
12. "By Kind Permission Of" – 10:11 (Live track) (Evan)
13. "Dharma for One" – 9:45 (Live track) (Anderson/Bunker)
14. "Wond'ring Again" – 4:12
15. "Hymn 43" (not included in the UK edition of the album) – 3:17
16. "Life Is a Long Song" – 3:18
17. "Up the 'Pool" – 3:10
18. "Dr. Bogenbroom" – 2:59
19. "For Later" – 2:06
20. "Nursie" – 1:38

UK single-disc reissue

1. "Song for Jeffrey" – 3:20
2. "Love Story" – 3:02
3. "Christmas Song" – 3:05
4. "Living in the Past" – 3:20 (Anderson/Ellis)
5. "Driving Song" – 2:39
6. "Sweet Dream" – 4:02
7. "Singing All Day" – 3:03
8. "Witch's Promise" – 3:49
9. "Inside" – 3:49
10. "Just Trying to Be" – 1:36
11. "By Kind Permission Of" – 10:11 (Live track) (Evan)
12. "Dharma for One" – 9:45 (Live track) (Anderson/Bunker)
13. "Wond'ring Again" – 4:12
14. "Locomotive Breath" (not included in the US edition of the album) – 4:42
15. "Life Is a Long Song" – 3:18
16. "Up the 'Pool" – 3:10
17. "Dr. Bogenbroom" – 2:59
18. "For Later" – 2:06
19. "Nursie" – 1:38

Personnel

• Ian Anderson - Flute, voice, mandolin, tin whistle, guitar (12 string on "Sweet Dream" and acoustic on "Just Trying to Be," "Wond'ring Again," "Life Is a Long Song," "Up the 'Pool" and "Dr. Bogenbroom"), balalaika, Hammond organ on "Singing All Day", and violin.
• Clive Bunker - Drums, percussion and backing vocals on "Dharma for One."
• Glenn Cornick - Bass guitar and Hammond organ on "Singing All Day."
• Mick Abrahams - Electric guitar on "A Song for Jeffrey," and "Love Story."
• Martin Barre - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar on "Witch's Promise" and "Life Is a Long Song", percussion on "Dharma for One" and backing vocals on "Dharma for One."
• Jeffrey Hammond - (As Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond): Bass guitar on "Hymn 43," "Life Is a Long Song," "Up the 'Pool," "Dr. Bogenbroom" and "For Later."
• Barriemore Barlow - Drums on "Life Is a Long Song," "Up the 'Pool," "Dr. Bogenbroom" and "For Later."
• John Evan - Piano, Hammond organ, mellotron, harpsichord, celeste, percussion on "Dharma for One", backing vocals on "Dharma for One."
• David Palmer - String and orchestra conductor arrangement and conductor on "Christmas Song" and "Sweet Dream."
• Lou Toby - String arrangement and conductor on "Living in the Past."

See also

• List of works in irregular time signatures
• Living with the Past

References

External links

• Living in the Past (1972) at Allmusic (main)
• Living in the Past (1972) at Allmusic (uk)
• Living in the Past (1972) at Allmusic (truncated)
• Living in the Past (1990) at Allmusic (rush)
• Living in the Past (Japan Mini LP CD reissue) - contains original vinyl tracklisting in miniaturised original album packaging