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''25th Anniversary Box Set'' is a 1993 limited edition box set by Jethro Tull. It includes some of the band's best-known compositions from 1969 to 1992, many of them previously unavailable in the versions presented here. It was the second Jethro Tull box-set in five years, the first being the three CD/ five LP/ three Cassette '' 20 Years of Jethro Tull''.


Four CDs

The CDs are housed in a mock cigar-box, along with a booklet featuring extensive notes and photographs, sealed with a label bearing an image of Ian Anderson. The four CDs are: *Remixed ''Classic Songs'': remixes some older tracks (77:06) *Carnegie Hall, N.Y., ''Recorded Live New York City 1970'': benefit concert for
Phoenix House Phoenix House Foundation was a national nonprofit drug and alcohol rehabilitation organization operating in ten states with 150 programs throughout the United States. Programs served individuals, families, and communities affected by substance ...
to rehabilitate drug abusers. This CD omits "By Kind Permission Of" and "Dharma For One", due to CD time constraints. Both can be found on the '' Living In The Past'' compilation. (60:28) *The Beacons Bottom ''Tapes'': new recordings, mostly of older tracks (71:07) *Pot Pourri, ''Live Across The World & Through The Years'': live (1969–1992) (77:43)


Track listing


Disc One:

Remix A remix, also sometimes called reorchestration or rework, is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, poem, or photograph ca ...
ed Classic Songs

#"My Sunday Feeling" #"
A Song for Jeffrey "A Song for Jeffrey" is a song recorded by the English rock band Jethro Tull, released as their second single in the UK, and as the B-side to "Love Story" in the US. The "Jeffrey" of the title is Ian Anderson's friend and future Jethro Tull bassi ...
" #" Living in the Past" #"Teacher" #" Sweet Dream" #"
Cross-Eyed Mary "Cross-Eyed Mary" is a song by the British progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in ...
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The Witch's Promise "The Witch's Promise" is a song by British rock band Jethro Tull, released as a single in January 1970, on the Chrysalis label. It reached No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart, and was promoted by an appearance on the British chart show ''Top of t ...
" #" Life Is a Long Song" #"
Bungle in the Jungle "Bungle in the Jungle" is a song by British progressive rock band Jethro Tull. It was released on their album '' War Child'' in 1974. A remnant from the band's abandoned " Chateau D'Isaster Tapes", "Bungle in the Jungle" features lyrics based on ...
" #"Minstrel in the Gallery" #"Cold Wind to Valhalla" #"Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!" #" Songs from the Wood" #"
Heavy Horses ''Heavy Horses'' is the eleventh studio album by British progressive rock band Jethro Tull, released on 10 April 1978. The album is often considered the second in a trio of folk rock albums released by the band at the end of the 1970s, along ...
" #"Black Sunday" #"Broadsword"


Disc Two:

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, 1970

#"Nothing Is Easy" #"My God" #"With You There to Help Me" #"A Song for Jeffrey" #"To Cry You a Song" #"Sossity: You're a Woman" #"Reasons for Waiting" #"We Used to Know" #"Guitar Solo" #"For a Thousand Mothers"


Disc Three: The Beacons Bottom Tapes

#"So Much Trouble" #"My Sunday Feeling" #"Some Day the Sun Won't Shine for You" #"Living in the Past" #" Bourée" (
Instrumental An instrumental or instrumental song is music without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through Semantic change, semantic widening, a broader sense of the word s ...
) #"With You There to Help Me" #"
Thick as a Brick ''Thick as a Brick'' is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released on 3 March 1972. The album contains one continuous piece of music, split over two sides of an LP record, and is intended as a parody of the concept a ...
" #"Cheerio" #"A New Day Yesterday" #"Protect and Survive" (Instrumental) #"Jack-A-Lynn" #"The Whistler" (Instrumental) #"My God" #" Aqualung"


Disc Four: Pot Pourri Live Across the World & Through the Years

#"To Be Sad Is a Mad Way to Be" (Recorded at
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 – 9 January 1969) #"Back to the Family" (Recorded at Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm, Sweden – 9 January 1969) #"A Passion Play (Extract)" (Recorded at
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 – 5 July 1975) #"Wind-Up/Locomotive Breath/Land of Hope and Glory" (Recorded at
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 – 2 February 1977) #"Seal Driver" (Recorded at Congress Centrum,
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 – 8 April 1982) #"Nobody's Car" (Recorded at
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, London, England – 9 September 1984) #"Pussy Willow" (Recorded at Hammersmith Apollo, London, England – 9 September 1984) #"Budapest" (Recorded at Leysin Festival,
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 – 10 July 1991) #"Nothing Is Easy" (Recorded at Leysin Festival, Leysin, Switzerland – 10 July 1991) #"Kissing Willie" (Recorded at Tallinn Festival,
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 – 20 July 1991) #"Still Loving You Tonight" (Recorded at Hammersmith Apollo, London, England – 8 October 1991) #"Beggar's Farm" (Recorded at Beasley Theater Quad,
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 – 24 October 1992) #"Passion Jig" (Instrumental) (Recorded at Riviera Theater,
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 – 10 October 1992) #"A Song for Jeffrey" (Recorded at Riviera Theater, Chicago, Illinois – 11 October 1992) #"Living in the Past" (Recorded at Theatre St. Denis,
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References


External links

* {{Jethro Tull Jethro Tull (band) compilation albums 1993 compilation albums