Editorial Review:

Description:
TRACK LISTING: • Introduction/Living In The Past (live) – Brussels ‘93 • Nothing Is Easy (live) – Isle of Wight ‘70 • 25th Anniversary Reunion • Teacher (live) French TV ‘70 • Witch’s Promise (live) – BBC Top Of The Pops ‘70 • Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles • Minstrel In The Gallery (live) – Paris ‘75 • Aqualung (live) – BBC Sight & Sound ‘77 • Thick As A Brick Rehearsal/ Thick As . . . (live) – Madison Square Garden ‘78 • Songs From The Wood (live) – London ‘80 • Too Old To Rock N Roll . . . – Promo Video Clip ‘80 • Kissing Willie – Promo Video Clip ‘89 • 25th Anniversary Tour Rehearsals/ My god • Rocks On The Road – Promo Video ‘91 • A New Day Yesterday (live) – Promo Video • Teacher (live) – French TV ’70 complete performance • Witch’s Promise 9live) – BBC Top Of The Pops ’70 complete performance • Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles – Passion Play Tour ‘73 • Aqualung (live) – BBC Sight & Sound ’70 complete performance • Kissing Willie – full promo video ‘89 • Rocks On The Road – full promo video ‘91 • Living In The Past (live) – Brussels ’93 complete performance

Amazon.com:
At this point, Jethro Tull are already over halfway through their fourth decade as an entity, but this 90-minute documentary is a thoroughly entertaining look at frontman Ian Anderson and company's first quarter-century. While only Anderson remains from the original lineup (Tull actually began in '68, DVD title notwithstanding), with guitarist Martin Barre having joined as of their second album, part of the fun comes from watching more than a dozen members past and present coming together at a genteel reunion party to be interviewed and share reminiscences. The DVD is also strong on concert performance and video excerpts, especially those from the band's most successful period (the codpiece-and-minstrelsy '70s stretch that yielded hit records like Aqualung, Thick as a Brick, and Songs from the Wood), in addition to more recent items, including their rehearsals for a 25th anniversary reunion tour. DVD bonus materials feature seven of those performances (including 'Teacher,' 'The Witch's Promise,' and 'Aqualung') in their entirety. --Sam Graham









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Rating: - Great transaction
Seller was very fast. The DVD arrived wtihout incident and very quickly and well packaged. Perfect!

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Rating: - Essential Till
If you're a Jethro Tull fan like I am the anniversary edition is a must have. It has a lot of documentary commentary, and the extra features are fantastic.

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Rating: - A most awesome retrospective
Folks, This is a must have if you are a Tull Fan. If you missed "The Hare that Lost his Specticles" from the Passion Play Tour, this DVD contains the full version of the play/movie from that tour. Highly reccommend this DVD.

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Rating: - Let me bring you memories of Tull
This is an interesting retrospective of Jethro Tull's journey for the first 25 years. The conceptual format of vintage video excerpts in between clips of band members past and present for a reunion in an English tavern comes off as ideal. "Witches Promise," shown here through a 1971 performance from Top of the Pops will make viewers say, "Oh my God," and a lot of the vintage footage from the first few years is sometimes comical as you see Jethro Tull starting out as a folk-rock outfit trying to find their harder edge, which they eventually did with many years of commercial success. Jethro Tull's best decade was the 70's, musically and artistically, and this DVD should include some more concert footage from that era than what is actually provided. The clips of "Nothing is Easy," "Minstrel in the Gallery," "Auqalung," and "Songs From the Wood," are the highlights, but of all the parts from their 1973 Passion Play tour, the only clip included here is the only dull portion of that whole concept album with "The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles,"(never quite understood that part anyway)and the excerpts from Tull's transformation into the 80's seem less interesting, especialy the video for 1989's "Kissing Willie," which only serves as an embarrassment for Tull having to accept that such a great band made such a terrible song and video. The reflections and bits of interviews with Ian anderson and his bandmates is always worth a listen, and overall this anniversary collection is a must-have edition for the true Jethro Tull fan.

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Rating: - Documentary 5 Stars...Music 2 Stars
Excelllent documentary of the band's beginnings and where they all are today. I was disappointed what few songs were played constantly were interrupted, and twice the sound track was not in synch with his singing. Overall? Best part i enjoyed was the reunion of ALL 30 of the past and present members of Jethro Tull. Some of the extras were kind of silly, but i suppose you'd have to be British to understand. If you are looking for an addition to your Tull dvd collection, this one would fit in nicely..But if you're looking for Ian Anderson's music? Id look for another title from the band.