Jack in the Green: Live in Germany (2008)

2008 sees Jethro Tull celebrate their 40th Anniversary, a landmark achievement for any rock band but even more so when you consider that Tull have been constantly active throughout that period with tours and studio albums and are one of the most globally successful British acts of all time. This new DVD release brings together Jethro Tull live performances filmed in Germany over a period of time. The main concert comes from 1982 with further material from 1986. As an added bonus we have two tracks each from 1993 and 1970/71. The release is fully approved by Ian Anderson and the packaging features photographs from his personal archive

TRACK LISTING Rockpop In Concert 1982 1) Hard Times 2) Pussy Willow 3) Heavy Horses 4) Jack In The Green 5) Keyboard Solo 6) Sweet Dreams 7) Aqualung 8) Locomotive Breath 9) Cheerio Rocksummer 1986 10) Hunting Girl Out In The Green 1986 11) Thick As A Brick 12) Black Sunday 13) Improvisation II 14) Too Old To Rock'n'Roll, Too Young To Die Live In Germany 1993 15) My Sunday Feeling 16) So Much Trouble Beat Club 1970/71 17) With You There To Help Me 18) Nothing Is Easy

Jethro Tull - Jack in the Green DVD

Great quality video. A must have for true Jethro Tull fans. Some great footage of Tull in past years. They haven't lost it! August 14, 2008

shark palace

I love Jethro Tull and for me this is a very good video to
collect.

July 28, 2008

Pitiful quality

This is the worst DVD that I've ever had. Pitiful sound and picture. Just for real funs. July 25, 2008

Jack in the Green is.....

Pure Gold Vintage Tull. First, we have a DVD without breaks or comments during songs - Full Songs are Great. I find other DVDs with the comments and chatter mid-song a distraction.

The picture quality is excellent, even with the picture expanded. For the age of the film stock I was surprised at the clarity, even in the brighter scenes. I noted a prior review which indicated the picture quality was grainy - Mine was not through a 480P DVD player (Does not upconvert) and a 1080I 50 inch TV.

As some reviewers point out, the surround sound is a bit off - But with some tweaking of your system, the sound is excellent. The dolby 5.1 does sound somewhat muddy. The DTS soundstage has good high notes, but the low bass was just a little quiet. The stereo soundtrack actually sounded pretty good, but still needed slight improvement.

I tried a few other sound modes in stereo with different decoder settings and was still not completely satisfied. I found the best setting was to set the DVD audio to DTS 5.1, and then set my amp to 7 ch stereo - WOW - what a difference. The sound filled the room perfectly and the sub-woofer was ripping.

Never to Old to Rock and Roll....

j. July 12, 2008

anything <5 stars misses the point

it's Christmas in july, folks, with an unexpected present right under our noses! anything on dvd from tull is a treasure; these performances are great watching for anyone who thinks the band closed up shop after its 70s heyday. the sound here is excellent, the video is excellent - although perhaps a bit too ian-face-focused in the early part. dvds referenced in other reviews here, while good in their own right, are from shows within the past five years; the appeal of JitG is that it's stuff from nearly two decades ago - some even older. without a doubt a worthy addition to any fan's library.

now if we could just get a complete APP or TaaB show... or the Tampa show on the TOtRnR tour... or a MitG show with the string quartet... or... July 11, 2008

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