Chrysalis: Jethro Tull – Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 – DVD + CD (5.1 Surround Sound)

In VERY GOOD condition! As pictured! Buy with confidence!

Product Details:

• UPC: 5099996792025
• Catalog Number: 50999 9 67920 2 5
• Product Type: DVD + CD set
• Brand / Label: Chrysalis / EMI Records
• Artist: Jethro Tull
• Release Year: 2009
• Genre: Rock (progressive rock, folk rock)
• Condition: Very Good (used) — see photos

Product Features

• Format: 1 DVD + 1 audio CD
• DVD duration: 01:33:09 (93 min concert; ~50 min broadcast video footage)
• CD duration: 78:39 (edited stereo version of the concert)
• DVD audio: DTS 5.1 (96/24), Dolby Digital 5.1, LPCM Stereo 2.0
• Aspect ratio: 4:3
• Video standard: NTSC
• Region: 0 (all regions), DVD-9
• Made in EU

Overview

This is Jethro Tull at full stride: the Madison Square Garden show from October 9, 1978, captured for a groundbreaking international TV broadcast and presented here as both film and audio. The DVD runs about 93 minutes of concert with roughly 50 minutes of broadcast video footage inside it, while the CD delivers a 78-minute edited stereo version of the same night.

The setlist is prime late-'70s Tull. "Thick As A Brick," "Aqualung," "Locomotive Breath" with its "Dambusters March" tag, "Songs From The Wood," "Heavy Horses" — the material spans the band's folk-rock turn and its proggier heights, with Ian Anderson's flute and stagecraft front and center. The DVD opens with three audio-only tracks before the video kicks in, then carries through the broadcast and an encore.

For the home theatre, the DTS 96/24 surround mix is the draw — this was an audiophile-minded reissue, not a bare-bones live disc. A strong pickup for Tull collectors and anyone who wants the 1978 MSG concert in both formats.

Interesting Facts

• The concert was broadcast internationally via satellite on October 9, 1978 — an ambitious move for a live rock transmission at the time.
• The set leans heavily on Tull's 1977–78 folk-rock period, with "Songs From The Wood" and "Heavy Horses" sitting alongside earlier staples.
• "Locomotive Breath" famously segues into a quote of "The Dambusters March," a recurring live flourish in this era of the band.
• The DVD carries a DTS 96/24 surround mix, reflecting the 2009 reissue's focus on high-resolution audio rather than just archival video.
• Ian Anderson's one-legged flute stance, captured in the cover photography, became one of rock's most recognizable performance images.

Track Listing

DVD Start of concert recording (audio only): 1. Sweet Dream / 2. One Brown Mouse / 3. Heavy Horses Start of broadcast – video: 4. Opening / 5. Thick As A Brick / 6. No Lullaby (inc. Flute Solo) / 7. Songs From The Wood / 8. Band intro / 9. Quatrain / 10. Aqualung / 11. Locomotive Breath (inc. Dambusters March) End of broadcast – video (during Locomotive Breath): 12. Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die / 13. My God / Cross-Eyed Mary Encore: 14. Locomotive Breath (inc. Dambusters March)

CD

1. Sweet Dream
2. One Brown Mouse
3. Heavy Horses
4. Thick As A Brick
5. No Lullaby (inc. Flute Solo)
6. Songs From The Wood
7. Quatrain
8. Aqualung
9. Locomotive Breath (inc. Dambusters March)
10. Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die
11. My God / Cross-Eyed Mary

Individual track timings aren't printed on the packaging, so they're omitted — happy to add them if you'd like them researched.

Publishers

Audiovisual and audio compilation © & ℗ 2009 Chrysalis Records Ltd. and EMI Records Ltd. Marketed and distributed by EMI. Manufactured in the EU.

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