Bursting Out (Disc 1)  (47:25)
	01	Introduction By Claude Nobs						00:50
	02	No Lullaby						04:47
	03	Sweet Dream						06:30
	04	Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day						04:30
	05	Jack In The Green						03:12
	06	One Brown Mouse						03:53
	07	A New Day Yesterday						02:27
	08	Flute Solo Improvisation/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Bouree						06:08
	09	Songs From The Wood						02:40
	10	Thick As A Brick						12:28
Bursting Out (Disc 2)  (46:10)
	01	Introduction By Ian Anderson						00:42
	02	Hunting Girl						05:44
	03	Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die						03:56
	04	Conundrum						06:57
	05	Minstrel In The Gallery						05:41
	06	Cross-Eyed Mary						03:58
	07	Quatrain						01:33
	08	Aqualung						08:37
	09	Locomotive Breath						05:34
	10	The Dambusters March						03:28

Recorded somewhere else in Europe by the Maison Rouge Mobile. Released just as punk was taking hold on the public's imagination in America and making groups like Tull seem like dinosaurs on their way to extinction, Live - Bursting Out became a seemingly perpetual denizen of the cutout bins for years afterward. However, it happened to be a good album, a more-than-decent capturing of a live Tull concert from Europe. The sound is remarkably good, given the group's arena-rock status at the time, and the repertoire is a solid representation of the group's history, going all the way back to "A New Day Yesterday" from their second album and up through 1977's Songs From the Wood, with stops along the way for "Bouree," "Aqualung," "Locomotive Breath," "Cross-Eyed Mary" and a compact reprise of Thick As a Brick. Some of these tracks work better than others - the tendency here is to play loud and hard, and sometimes that just doesn't translate well on record; seeing "Locomotive Breath" probably worked better than hearing it.




Bursting Out - Ian's Liner Notes


Having previously made an album (Living In The Past) containing a few live tracks, a bona fide live Tull record was not really a priority in my mind during the immediate post-Thick As A Brick era. But, in 1978, with a decent bunch of interesting and varied albums under our collective belts, we decided to record a number of shows in Europe with a view to selecting performances from the best nights to mark the breadth of our output to date.

The classic Tull 70's line-up of Anderson, Barre, Evans, Barlow and Glascock was recorded every night for the entire European tour on a meagre 8 track tape machine and the end results listened to, and selected from, on my return to the UK.

To this day, a huge pile of tapes lurks in my tape store at home reflecting the many hours of unused material (which, of course, only replicates the same set list as that on the record).

The seductive voice of, perhaps, an excitable French waiter introducing the concert from Bern in Switzerland, is actually that of the venerable Claude Nobs - promoter, entrepreneur and long-standing mastermind of the Montreux Jazz Festival. Claude had helped us back in 1972 with accommodation and hospitality when we lived briefly, on and off, in Montreux, for the writing and rehearsal of an album or three.

The proceeds from the Bern show went to build a section of the public library in Montreux as a thank you for the kindness of the local folks in making us feel at home during those several occasions in the 70's.

We finally played the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2003 and renewed our professional relationship with that beautiful lakeside town, rich in history and culture, and well worth a visit if you have never been there. A popular destination for the Victorian English, the Swiss "Riviera" changes little. A few modern apartments line the hillsides and the varied cuisine of local restaurants and convenient shopping options vie for your free leisure moments along with the funicular railway trip to nearby mountain peak Rocher de Naye. The Chateau de Chillon beckons from the lakeside and the palm-lined lake walk bustles with rollerblades, bicycles and happy pedestrians about their perambulations along the water's edge.

I believe there are plans afoot to put a statue of truly yours by the lake to join those of Freddie Mercury, Miles Davis, B. B. King and, I think, Aretha Franklin, if memory serves.

If this all sounds like a travelogue, then so be it. Along with the music on the Bursting Out album, Montreux perfectly symbolises the eclectic European mix of our three-and-a-half decades of music and urges our return in due course.

So what better than to dedicate this re-mastered album to Claude Nobs, The Jazz Festival and the little town of Montreux in return for so many happy moments.

Ian Anderson, 2003.



Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. Introduction by Claude Nobs
2. No Lullaby
3. Sweet Dream
4. Skating Away (On The Thin Ice Of The New Day)
5. Jack In The Green
6. One Brown Mouse
7. A New Day Yesterday
8. Flute Solo Improvisation/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Bouree
9. Songs From The Wood
10. Thick As A Brick

Disc: 2
1. Introduction by Ian Anderson
2. Hunting Girl
3. Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll
4. Conundrum
5. Minstrel In The Gallery
6. Cross Eyed Mary
7. Quatrain
8. Aqualung
9. Locomotive Breath
10. The Dambusters March (The Dambusters)


Jethro Tull - Bursting Out - Live

Released: 1978 / 1990 / 1997 / 2004*
Label: Chrysalis / Capitol/ Musicrama / Toshiba-EMI/Capitol/Chrysalis
Cat. No.: 21201 ('78/'90) / 692162 ('97) / 67367 (Toshiba-EMI)/93396 (C/C) ('04)
Total Time: 20:02 / 47:29


Reviewed by: Keith "Muzikman" Hannaleck, November 2004
After playing this album for literally months, I have finally sat my skinny arse down to lend some ink to the wonderful Jethro Tull recording Bursting Out - Live. It is now remastered -- thank you very much Chrysalis/Capital records for doing so, and Ian Anderson, of course, for being there to supervise and lend your personal touch with colorful liner notes.

This was Jethro Tull at their peak; I have no question in my mind regarding that, particularly after some of their strongest releases prior to this, War Child, Minstrel In The Gallery, Songs From The Wood and Heavy Horses. It certainly was a vintage musical renaissance for the band and progressive rock. In this wonderfully productive period, arguably the best JT lineup emerged. I am sure there are many JT fans that will disagree with my assessments for favorites, but that is the beauty of being a Tull fan, there are so many great albums and lineups to choose. Well, I have added another album to my ever-growing favorites list.

This is the band in top-flight form and the remastering certainly gave this recording a newfound crispness and clarity. Ian is in splendid voice and the band is as tight as it was going to get on that particular tour. For those of us who wish we were there (yours truly) and those that were, this double CD set is a must have acquisition. You cannot say you are a true JT fan if this album is not in your collection. This collection of live tracks epitomizes the JT sound of that era.

[* EMI and Capitol/Chrysalis both released this in 2004, UK and US; this version is said to be 15 minutes longer than the original release (and any subsequent reissues), though the added content, marked with a *, doesn't make up that difference (and I've seen different timings, too: -ed.

Rating: 5/5

More about Bursting Out - Live:

Track Listing: Disc One: Introduction by Claude Nobs* (2:27) / No Lullaby (5:34) / Sweet Dream (4:47) / Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day (5:02) / Jack In The Green (3:36) / One Brown Mouse (4:07) / A New Day Yesterday (3:07) / Flute Solo Improvisation/God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman/Bouree (5:41) / Songs From The Wood (2:31)/ Thick As A Brick (12:30)

Disc Two: Introduction By Ian Anderson* (3:28) / Hunting Girl (6:00) / Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young to Die (4:19) / Conundrum (6:54) / Minstrel In The Gallery (5:47) / Cross-Eyed Mary (3:39) / Quatrain (1:50) / Aqualung (8:34) / Locomotive Breath (5:31) / The Dambusters March (3:27)

Musicians:
Ian Anderson - vocals, flute, guitar
Martin Barre - electric guitar, mandolin, marimba
John Evan - piano, organ, accordion, synthesizers
Barriemore Barlow - drums, glockenspiel
David Palmer - portative pipe organ, synthesizers
John Glascock - bass, vocals

Contact:

Website: www.jethrotull.com