Jethro Tull: Still Living in the Past Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		5.0
Video		2.5
Audio		5.0
Extras		5.0
Overall		5.0

Jethro Tull: Still Living in the Past Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman July 18, 2025

Since Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull were kind enough to start this album out with a tune for yours truly, I'm kind of obligated to give this release a sterling review. I'm joking of course, but a previously unreleased remix of Song for Jeffrey is just one of many delights Rhino has aggregated for yet another kind of gobsmacking release that combines lossless audio of the source album (in both stereo and 5.1) as well a veritable glut of bonus material on both the Blu-ray and CDs included in this set. While the Blu-ray disc offered in this set is primarily audio, there are four promo videos included as well.

The main album's rather long tracklist can be seen in screenshots 4 through 7. Screenshot 8 shows the bonus unreleased original mixes and Screenshot 9 shows the tracklist for the Carnegie Hall concert. Screenshot 10 is of the disc's main menu.

Jethro Tull: Still Living in the Past Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Jethro Tull: Still Living in the Past includes four promo videos as its video component, with AVC encoded 1080i transfers in 1.33:1. The four videos are:

The Witch's Promise (March 1970 Promo Film, directed by Piers Bedford)
Teacher (UK Single Version, March 1970 Promo Film, directed by Piers Bedford)
Teacher (US Album Version, March 1970 Promo Film, directed by Piers Bedford)
Life Is A Long Song (September 1971 Promo Film, unknown director)

These are obviously old and in some cases not particularly well curated, and so there are lots of scratches, blemishes and even unstable frames, but it's still fun to see Ian and the guys cavorting on stage. There's a minor video component with regard to the album, as well, with individual track names appearing under key art.

Jethro Tull: Still Living in the Past Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Jethro Tull: Still Living in the Past offers a cornucopia of versions of the album and related tracks in either DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 or LPCM 2.0. I'm sure some will be aching for yet another brilliant Steven Wilson Atmos mix, and I'm not entirely certain why one wasn't crafted for this release, but both the stereo and surround offerings here are superb. As can be gleaned in the credits, the contents here combine efforts from several different remixes and/or remasters, but there's an inviting consistency of sound throughout, with faultless fidelity and appealing dynamic range. Kind of interestingly, some of the most noticeable separation in the surround versions can be heard in some relatively "simple" arrangements, as in the band's charming adaptation of Bach's Bourrée, where flutes are nicely forward and the bass anchored toward the rear, offering a really spacious "middle ground" where everything meets. Ian's infectious vocals tend to be front and center, leaving the side and rear channels engaged with the various instruments.

While probably best heard as a curio, the flat transfers on the Blu-ray are quite instructive in terms of how a "no tweaks" version sounds, and frankly how much nuance and artistry Wilson brings to the literal mix. The Carnegie Hall tracks obviously have some of the vagaries of a live performance, but are remarkably solid and feature excellent clarity and a refreshing lack of consistently overwhelming audience noise.

Jethro Tull: Still Living in the Past Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

This is another almost overwhelming release from Rhino where one fan's "extras" may be another fan's "main feature", but with the readership of this site in mind, I'm counting the CDs as supplements, and the contents of those are as follows:

CD1: Original Mixes, Remixes, Edits & Demos 1968–1971

1. A Song For Jeffrey (1971 Remix) [3:21]
2. Love Story (1971 Remix) [3:03]
3. A Christmas Song (1971 Remix) [3:04]
4. Living In The Past (1971 Remix) [3:21]
5. Driving Song (1971 Remix) [2:40]
6. Sweet Dream (1971 Remix) [4:02]
7. Singing All Day (1971 Remix) [3:04]
8. Teacher [US Album Version] (1971 Remix) [4:09]
9. Inside (1969 Stereo Mix – Previously Unreleased) [5:05]
10. My God [Early Version] (1970 Master Mix– Previously Unreleased) [9:06]
11. Just Trying To Be (1970 Master Mix) [1:36]
12. Wond'ring Aloud Again [Demo] (1970 Mono Demo – Previously Unreleased) [7:11]
13. Wond'ring Again (1970 Master Mix) [4:13]
14. Lick Your Fingers Clean (1970 Stereo Mix – Previously Unreleased) [2:51]
15. Locomotive Breath (1971 US Single DJ Edit) [3:07]
16. Life Is A Long Song (1971 Master Mix) 3:19]
17. Up The 'Pool (1971 Master Mix) [3:11]
18. From Later (1971 Alternative Master Mix – Previously Unreleased) [2:10]
19. Life Is A Long Song (1971 Alternative Master Mix – Previously Unreleased) [2:10]

CD2: Steven Wilson Mix [Sides 1 & 2] except*

1. A Song For Jeffrey (2025 Remix – Previously Unreleased) [3:21]
2. One For John Gee (2025 Remix – Previously Unreleased) [2:05]
3. Love Story (2025 Remix – Previously Unreleased) [3:03]
4. A Christmas Song (2018 Remix) [3:06]
5. Living In The Past (2016 Remix) [3:24]
6. Driving Song (2016 Remix) [2:50]
7. Bourée (2016 Remix) [3:49]
8. Fat Man (2016 Remix) [2:51]
9. Singing All Day (2013 Remix) [3:08]
10. Sweet Dream (2013 Remix) [4:05]
11. 17 (2013 Edited Remix – Previously Unreleased) [3:08]
12. Teacher (UK Single Version, 2025 Remix – Previously Unreleased) [4:56]
13. The Witch's Promise* (1971 Remix) [3:51]
14. Teacher [US Album Version] (2025 Remix – Previously Unreleased) [4:02]
15. Inside (2013 Remix) [3:51]
16. Alive And Well And Living In (2013 Remix) [2:47]
17. Just Trying To Be (2011 Remix) [1:39]

CD3: Steven Wilson Mix [Sides 3 & 4] except*

1. By Kind Permission Of [Live] (2025 Remix – Previously Unreleased) [10:13]
2. Dharma For One (Live 2025 Remix – Previously Unreleased) [9:56]
3. Wond'ring Aloud (Early version, 2011 Remix) [2:51]
4. Wond'ring Again (2011 Remix) [4:16]
5. Lick Your Fingers Clean (2025 Remix – Previously Unreleased) [2:53]
6. Up To Me (2011 Remix) [3:14]
7. Hymn 43 (2011 Remix) [3:17]
8. Locomotive Breath (2025 Remix – Previously Unreleased) [4:42]
9. Life Is A Long Song (2011 Remix) [3:19]
10. Up The 'Pool (2011 Remix) [3:12]
11. Dr. Bogenbroom* (1971 Master Mix) [3:00]
12. From Later* (1971 Master Mix) [2:08]
13. Nursie* (1971 Master Mix) [1:36]
14. Locomotive Breath (Unplugged 2025 Remix – Previously Unreleased) [3:24]

CD4: Live at Carnegie Hall, November 4, 1970 (Part 1 – 2025 Remix)

1. Introduction to Nothing Is Easy [2.22]
2. Nothing Is Easy [6:02]
3. Introduction to My God [1.52]
4. My God [12.54]
5. Introduction to With You There to Help Me [2.18]
6. With You There to Help Me / By Kind Permission Of [13.07]
7. Introduction to A Song for Jeffrey [2:06]
8. A Song for Jeffrey [4:58]
9. Introduction to To Cry You A Song [0.50]
10. To Cry You A Song [5.40]

CD5: Live at Carnegie Hall, November 4, 1970 (Part 2 – 2025 Remix)

1. Introduction to Sossity; You're A Woman [2.51]
2. Sossity; You're A Woman (including Reasons For Waiting) [5.36]
3. Introduction to Dharma For One [1.36]
4. Dharma For One [21.31]
5. Introduction to We Used To Know [2.29]
6. We Used To Know [3.18]
7. Guitar Solo [8:33]
8. For A Thousand Mothers [4:56]

Additionally, this is housed in what amounts to a rather large DigiBook, with two CDs in both the front and rear cover plastic inserts (for a total of four), and with the fifth CD kind of "hidden" in the first "page" of the DigiBook, which is in fact a sleeve. That sleeve strategy is duplicated at the back of the DigiBook, which is where the Blu-ray disc is housed. The actual "book" part is an amazing array of writing, lots of stills, backgrounds on the songs and lyrics.

Jethro Tull: Still Living in the Past Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

It's taken almost two full days to simply get through the full contents of the Blu-ray disc included in this set, and I've only just begun to sample all of the goodies on the CDs, but this is easily another standout release from Rhino. I'll close this review with a confession of sorts that when I was probably not yet a teenager a buddy of mind excitedly ran up to me and told me Jethro Tull would be giving a live performance in our fair city, and I responded cluelessly, "Who's he?" I of course know better know, and Still Living in the Past is a potent reminder of just how innovative and flat out fun Tull was (and continues to be). There is a virtual avalanche of material on this release, and the Blu-ray disc sounds great even without an Atmos mix. Highly recommended.