Jethro Tull - Benefit: The 50th Anniversary Enhanced Edition (1970) {2021, Box Set, Remastered}

Jethro Tull’s 1970 classic Benefit will be celebrated in a brand-new 4CD/2DVD set, featuring remixes by Steven Wilson, an abundance of previously unreleased material, packaged within a deluxe hardback book, containing 100 pages of commentary from numerous contributors alongside hordes of images of the band creating and performing their first million-selling album. Benefit (The 50th Anniversary Enhanced Edition) will be out on 5th November. Following the successes This Was (1968) and Stand Up (1969), Jethro Tull returned in 1970 with their third studio album in as many years. Benefit (The 50th Anniversary Enhanced Edition) contains a copious amount of expanded material, building upon the 2013 Steven Wilson remixes. CD3 contains a previously unreleased Steven Wilson remix of Jethro Tull performing at Tanglewood in 1970. Further to that, CD4 contains a newly remastered version of a concert at The Aragon Ballroom in 1970 in mono. The 100-page book, enclosed within the elegant, hardback book packaging, contains an essay from Martin Webb, who expands upon the 2013 “A Collector’s Edition” booklet notes. Following that are interviews with band members at the time, Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, Glenn Cornick and Clive Bunker; as well as thoughts from Robin Black (studio engineer of Benefit and many other Jethro Tull albums), Terry Ellis (‘executive producer’ of Benefit), Joshua White who directed the 1970 Tanglewood Festival which features on DVD2, and Steven Wilson explaining the mixing of Benefit in 2013. The masses of anecdotes are surrounded by legions of images of the band and memorabilia from the era.

Track List CD1 - Benefit

Original LP + Associated Recordings

Original Album (A Steven Wilson Stereo Remix)
01. With You There to Help Me (2013 mix) [0:06:20.55]
02. Nothing to Say (2013 mix) [0:05:20.25]
03. Alive and Well and Living In (2013 mix) [0:02:47.68]
04. Son (2013 mix) [0:02:53.05]
05. For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me (2013 mix) [0:03:55.37]
06. To Cry You a Song (2013 mix) [0:06:15.40]
07. A Time for Everything? (2013 mix) [0:02:44.15]
08. Inside (2013 mix) [0:03:50.59]
09. Play in Time (2013 mix) [0:03:55.36]
10. Sossity; You’re a Woman (2013 mix) [0:04:38.74]
11. Singing All Day (2013 mix) [0:03:09.61]
12. Sweet Dream (2013 mix) [0:04:07.67]
13. 17 (2013 mix) [0:06:22.18]
14. Teacher (UK single version, 2013 mix) [0:04:59.58]
15. Teacher (US album version, 2013 mix) [0:04:08.23]
16. My God (early version) [0:09:07.04]
17. Just Trying to Be (studio outtake) [0:01:39.37]

Track List CD2 - Benefit

Associated Recordings 1969-1970
Original Mono and Stereo Mixes and 1971 Remixes

01. Singing All Day [0:03:03.56]
02. Sweet Dream [0:04:02.42]
03. 17 (mono) [0:06:11.05]
04. The Witch's Promise [0:03:56.65]
05. Teacher [0:04:52.67]
06. Teacher [0:03:57.44]
07. Inside [0:02:39.70]
08. Alive and Well and Living In [0:02:46.54]
09. A Time for Everything [0:02:43.33]
10. Sweet Dream [0:04:03.20]
11. 17 [0:05:31.35]
12. Witch’s Promise [0:03:50.60]
13. Teacher [0:04:39.69]
14. The Witch's Promise (US promo single, stereo) [0:03:50.37]
15. Teacher [0:03:56.36]
16. Singing All Day (1971 stereo remix) [0:03:07.38]
17. Sweet Dream (1971 stereo remix) [0:04:04.74]
18. The Witch's Promise (1971 stereo remix) [0:03:51.31]
19. Teacher (US album version, 1971 stereo remix) [0:04:17.54]
20. Reprise AM Radio Spot 1 [0:01:03.28]
21. Reprise FM Radio Spot 2 [0:01:03.00]

Track List CD3 - Live At Tanglewood 1970

(A Steven Wilson Stereo Remix)

01. Introduction and Tuning [0:01:42.56]
02. Nothing Is Easy [0:06:05.15]
03. My God (incl. flute solo) [0:11:50.57]
04. With You There to Help Me / By Kind Permission Of [0:12:59.51]
05. Dharma for One (incl. drum solo, edited) [0:12:36.31]
06. We Used to Know [0:03:21.13]
07. Guitar Instrumental [0:15:47.45]
08. For a Thousand Mothers [0:04:54.15]

Track List CD4 - Live In Chicago 1970:

(A Mono Mix Taken From The Front Of House Desk By Jethro Tull Sound Engineer John Burns)

01. Introduction and Tuning [0:01:23.40]
02. My Sunday Feeling [0:04:49.70]
03. My God (incl. flute solo) [0:10:45.68]
04. To Cry You a Song [0:05:49.69]
05. With You Here to Help Me / By Kind Permission Of [0:13:04.24]
06. Sossity: You’re a Woman / Reasons for Waiting [0:06:00.40]
07. Nothing Is Easy [0:06:24.34]
08. Dharma for One (incl. drum solo, edited) [0:14:06.29]
09. We Used to Know [0:03:16.03]
10. Guitar Instrumental [0:05:39.19]
11. For a Thousand Mothers [0:03:57.47]