JETHRO TULL CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF MUSIC
WITH TWO NEW CAREER SPANNING COLLECTIONS
50 For 50 Spans The Group's Legendary Career With 50 Tracks Selected
By Founder Ian Anderson To Represent All 21 Of Tull's Studio Recordings
50th Anniversary Hits Features Jethro Tull's
Very Best On A Single CD And LP
Jethro Tull's 50th Anniversary Tour Is Underway Now
LOS ANGELES - Jethro Tull played its first show at the Marquee Club London on February 2, 1968. It was the first step of an epic musical journey as Jethro Tull rose to become one of the world's most successful and influential progressive rock bands. Today, the group - led by founder Ian Anderson - is still on the road, electrifying audiences with a world tour commemorating its 50th anniversary.
To help Jethro Tull celebrate this historic achievement, Parlophone will release a career-spanning three-disc set that features 50 songs - chosen by Anderson - from all 21 of the band's studio albums. 50 FOR 50 will be released on June 1 for $29.98.
50th ANNIVERSARY HITS is a single-disc compilation that spotlights essential tracks from the three-disc set. It will be available on the same day for $14.98. 50th ANNIVERSARY HITS will also be released on vinyl on August 31.
50 FOR 50 provides a sweeping overview of Jethro Tull's rich and diverse catalog, which includes 11 gold and five platinum records. Arranged chronologically, the three-disc set highlights the band's continuous musical evolution with blues-influenced early tracks ("Beggar's Farm" and "A New Day Yesterday"); heavy rockers ("Aqualung" and "Locomotive Breath"); prog classics ("Skating Away" and "Critique Oblique"); and folk tunes ("Songs From The Wood" and "Heavy Horses.")
The compilation also features "Steel Monkey," "Farm On The Freeway," and "Budapest" - three songs from the band's Grammy®-winning 1987 album Crest Of A Knave. The collection ends with "A Christmas Song" and "Ring Out Solstice Bells" - a pair of tracks that originally appeared on The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003).
The Jethro Tull 50th Anniversary Tour is currently underway, with concerts scheduled in Europe and North America. The U.S. shows will begin on May 30 in Phoenix, AZ and end on September 12 in Wallinford, CT.
50 FOR 50
Track Listing:
1. "Nothing Is Easy" - Stand Up (1969)
2. "Love Story" - This Was (1968)
3. "Beggars Farm" - This Was (1968)
4. "Living In The Past" - Living In The Past (1972)
5. "A Song For Jeffrey" - This Was (1968)
6. "A New Day Yesterday" - Stand Up (1969)
7. "The Witch's Promise" - Benefit (1970)
8. "Mother Goose" - Aqualung (1971)
9. "With You There To Help Me" - Benefit (1970)
10. "Teacher" - Benefit (1970)
11. "Life Is A Long Song" - Living In The Past (1972)
12. "Sweet Dream" (Studio) - Stand Up (1969)
13. "Aqualung" - Aqualung (1971)
14. "Minstrel In The Gallery" - Minstrel In The Gallery (1975)
15. "Critique Oblique" (Steven Wilson Remix) - A Passion Play (1973)
16. "Weathercock" - Heavy Horses (1978)
17. "Cross-Eyed Mary" - Aqualung (1971)
18. "Bouree" - Stand Up (1969)
19. "Dun Ringill" - Stormwatch (1979)
20. "Heavy Horses" - Heavy Horses (1978)
21. "Hunting Girl" - Songs From The Wood (1977)
22. "Bungle In The Jungle" - War Child (1974)
23. "Salamander" - Songs From The Wood (1977)
24. "Pussy Willow" - The Broadsword And The Beast (1982)
25. "Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die" - Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die! (1976)
26. "Songs From The Wood" - Songs From The Wood (1977)
27. "The Whistler" - Songs From The Wood (1977)
28. "Really Don't Mind/See There A Son Is Born" - Thick As A Brick (1972)
29. "Moths" - Heavy Horses (1978)
30. "One White Duck / Nothing At All" - Minstrel In The Gallery (1975)
31. "Cup Of Wonder" - Songs From The Wood (1977)
32. "Ring Out Solstice Bells" - The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)
33. "Skating Away" - War Child (1974)
34. "A Christmas Song" - The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)
35. "One Brown Mouse" - Heavy Horses (1978)
36. "Rare And Precious Chain" - Roots To Branches (1995)
37. "Kissing Willie" - Rock Island (1989)
38. "Rocks On The Road" - Catfish Rising (1991)
39. "Fylingdale Flyer" - A (1980)
40. "Paparazzi" - Under Wraps (1984)
41. "North Sea Oil" - Stormwatch (1979)
42. "Steel Monkey" - Crest Of A Knave (1987)
43. "Black Sunday" - A (1980)
44. "European Legacy" - Under Wraps (1984)
45. "Budapest" - Crest Of A Knave (1987)
46. "Broadsword" - The Broadsword And The Beast (1982)
47. "Dot Com" - J-Tull Dot Com (1999)
48. "Farm On The Freeway" - Crest Of A Knave (1987)
49. "This Is Not Love" - Catfish Rising (1991)
50. "Locomotive Breath" - Aqualung (1971)
50th ANNIVERSARY HITS
CD Track Listing:
1. "Love Story"
2. "Living In The Past"
3. "Life Is A Long Song"
4. "Sweet Dream"
5. "The Witch's Promise"
6. "Aqualung"
7. "Dun Ringhill"
8. "Cross-Eyed Mary"
9. "Bouree"
10. "Bungle In The Jungle"
11. "Steel Monkey"
12. "Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll"
13. "Ring Out Solstice Bells"
14. "Farm On The Freeway"
15. "Locomotive Breath"
50th ANNIVERSARY HITS
LP Track Listing:
Side One
1. "The Witch's Promise"
2. "Sweet Dream"
3. "Life Is A Long Song"
4. "Living In The Past"
5. "Cross-Eyed Mary"
Side Two
1. "Aqualung"
2. "Bouree"
3. "Bungle In The Jungle"
4. "The Whistler"
5. "Locomotive Breath"
JETHRO TULL 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
Tour Dates
May
30 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre
June
1 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
2 Berkeley, CA The Greek Theatre
3 Paso Robles Vina Robles Amphitheater
5 Visalia, CA Visalia Fox Theater
6 Sacramento, CA Sacramento Community Theater
9 Bend, OR Les Schwab Amphitheater
10 Woodinville, WA Chateau St. Michelle Winery
29 St. Louis, MO Fox Theatre
30 New Buffalo, MI Four Winds Casino Resort
July
1 Sterling Heights, MI Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hall
3 Toronto, Canada Budweiser Stage
6 Ottawa, Canada Bluesfest
7 Montreal, Canada Festival International De Jazz De Montreal
August
31 Minneapolis, MN State Theater
September
1 Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre
3 Highland Park, IL Ravinia Festival
5 Huber Heights, OH Rose Music Center
7 Vienna, VA Wolf Trap
8 Philadelphia, PA Mann Center for the Performing Arts
9 Boston, MA Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
11 New York City, NY Beacon Theatre
12 Wallingford, CT Oakdale Theatre
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