Living In The Past - Original 1972 US Chrysalis label 21-track 2LP Set - Hardcover Issue

Scarce original 1972 US Chrysalis label 21-track 2LP set compiling grand blues, folk and hard rock infused progressive British rock bands album-, EP- and single tracks, out-takes and live tracks.

The double album features as the "Life Is a Long Song" EP, and all of their singles except for "Aeroplane", "Sunshine Day", "One for John Gee", "17" and the original United Kingdom version of "Teacher" is replaced with the United States single version.

US version features "Hymn 43" and "Alive and Well and Living in" instead "Locomotive Breath" and "Inside" - both tracks previously unreleased in the US. Side 3 featured two lengthy previously unreleased live recordings from Carnegie Hall, November 4, 1970

Vinyl has the generic green company labels with lower roangy red butterfly logo and large fonted company name - text are otherwise in black printing except for top small fonted and curved company name, which are in white printing.

Vinyls are placed in internal pockets - a part of the integral stabled booklet, which is filled with band member and band photographs and attached to inner spread of the textured fold-out hardcover packaging.

Condition: 2xVG+(+) (Vinyls)/VG+(+) (Booklet)/VG+(+) (Cover):
Vinyls are bright and shiny - have a few very superficial marks from being placed in the tight paper pockets - labels are nice and has from a couple of light and simple spindletraces on Side 3 & 4 to less than a handful ones - more complex and scattered on Side 2 - by far nothing grave. All spindletraces are light and superficial, and vinyls are overall graded close to near perfect/excellent.

Booklets is very nice and has a touch of inevitable vinyl outline and wear along this to the pockets and a very light degree of likewise inevitable rubbing off to the adjacent pages - otherwise barely any signs of handling or storage.

Hardcover has light rubbing in corner regions - almost nothing to spine and upper opening corners - a cm or so to lower front panel opening - a very nice copy, fragile as any - graded close to near mint/excellent.

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. A Song for Jeffrey (from the album This Was) 3:20
2. Love Story (1969 UK single) 3:02
3. Christmas Song (1969 UK single) 3:05
4. Living in the Past (1969 UK single) 3:20
5. Driving Song (1969 UK single) 2:39
6. Bourée (Bourrée in E minor by Bach arr. Jethro Tull) (from the album Stand Up) 3:43

Side2:
1. Sweet Dream (1969 UK single) 4:02
2. Singing All Day (previously unrealised) 3:03
3. Witch's Promise (1970 UK single) 3:49
4. Teacher (1970 UK single) 4:08
5. Alive and Well and Living in" (from the UK version of Benefit) 2:45
6. Just Trying to Be (previously unreleased) 1:36

Side 3: Recorded live at Carnegie Hall for the benefit of Phoenix House, 4 November 1970:
1. By Kind Permission Of (instrumental - John Evan, previously unreleased) 10:11
2. Dharma for One (Anderson/Clive Bunker, previously unreleased) 9:45

Side4:
1. Wond'ring Again (previously unreleased, recorded in 1970 Aqualung sessions, part of the song is the same as Wond'ring Aloud) 4:12
2. Hymn 43 (from the album Aqualung) 4:24
3. Life Is a Long Song (from 1971 UK EP) 3:18
4. Up the 'Pool (from 1971 UK EP) 3:10
5. Dr. Bogenbroom (from 1971 UK EP) 2:59
6. For Later (instrumental, from 1971 UK EP) 2:06
7. Nursie (from 1971 UK EP) 1:38

Credits:
Ian Anderson - flute, voice, mandolin, tin whistle, guitar (12 string on Sweet Dream and acoustic on Just Trying to Be, Wond'ring Aloud, Life Is a Long Song, Up the 'Pool and Dr. Bogenbroom), balalaika, Hammond organ on Singing All Day, and violin.
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 and backing vocals on Dharma for One
John Evan - piano, Hammond organ, mellotron, harpsichord, celeste, percussion and backing vocals on Dharma for One
Jeffrey Hammond (as Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond) - bass guitar on Hymn 43, Locomotive Breath, Life Is a Long Song, Up the 'Pool, Dr. Bogenbroom and For Later
Clive Bunker - drums, percussion and backing vocals on Dharma for One
Barriemore Barlow - drums on Life Is a Long Song, Up the 'Pool, Dr. Bogenbroom and For Later

Additional Musicians:
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

Technical Credits:
Terry Ellis, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull - Production
Andy Johns - Sound engineering