WarChild (The 40th Anniversary Theatre Edition) (CD2+DVD2)

CD1 WARCHILD

1. WarChild
2. Queen and Country
3. Ladies
4. Back-door Angels
5. SeaLion
6. Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day
7. Bungle in the Jungle
8. Only Solitaire
9. The Third Hoorah
10. Two Fingers

CD2 THE SECOND ACT: ASSOCIATED RECORDINGS

1. Paradise Steakhouse
2. Saturation
3. Good Godmother
4. SeaLion II
5. Quartet”
6. WarChild II
7. Tomorrow Was Today
8. Glory Row
9. March, The Mad Scientist
10. Rainbow Blues
11. Pan Dance (WarChild Orchestral Recordings)
12. The Orchestral WarChild Theme
13. The Third Hoorah (Orchestral Version)
14. Mime Sequence
15. Field Dance (Conway Hall Version)
16. Waltz Of The Angels (Conway Hall Version)
17. The Beach (Part I) (Morgan Master Recording)
18. The Beach (Part II) (Morgan Master Recording)
19. Waltz Of The Angels (Morgan Demo Recording)
20. The Beach (Morgan Demo Recording)
21. Field Dance (Morgan Demo Recording)

DVD1
 

Contains: WarChild remixed to 5.1 DTS and AC3 Dolby Digital surround sound and 96/24 PCM stereo. A flat transfer from the original 1974 LP master at 96/24 PCM stereo. A flat transfer of the original 1974 Quad LP  (with additionally Glory Row & March, The Mad Scientist) at  5.1 (4.0) DTS and AC3 Dolby Digital surround sound. Video  clips of a Montreux photosession and press conference on  11th January 1974 and The Third Hoorah promo footage with remixed stereo audio.

DVD2

Contains: WarChild remixed to 5.1 DTS and AC3 Dolby Digital surround sound and 96/24 PCM stereo. A flat transfer from the original 1974 LP master at 96/24 PCM stereo. A flat transfer of the original 1974 Quad LP  (with additionally Glory Row & March, The Mad Scientist) at  5.1 (4.0) DTS and AC3 Dolby Digital surround sound. Video  clips of a Montreux photosession and press conference on  11th January 1974 and The Third Hoorah promo footage with remixed stereo audio.

In 1974, Jethro Tull announced plans for WarChild, a multi-faceted project that was to encompass a feature-length film, a soundtrack album, as well a new album from the band. In October of that year, Tull released a 10-song album that would climb to #2 in the U.S. and the top 15 in the U.K., but the film and accompanying soundtrack were shelved. To commemorate the 40-year anniversary of this ambitious experiment, Parlophone will revisit WarChild with several releases.

Highlights from the set include:

Original album and bonus tracks (three previously unreleased), remixed in 5.1 surround and stereo by Steven Wilson
10 orchestral pieces (nine previously unreleased) written for the film’s soundtrack, 4 of which are remixed in 5.1 surround and stereo by Steven Wilson
Flat transfers of the original LP mix at 96/24, and the quadrophonic version (with 2 bonus tracks) in 4.0.
“The Third Hoorah” promo footage, and footage from a January 1974 photo session/press conference where the WarChild project was announced.
An 80-page booklet featuring an extensive article on the preparation and recording of the album, a film script synopsis, track-by-track annotations by Ian Anderson, plus rare and unseen photographs.  

Originally released in 1974, WarChild features one of the group’s most prolific lineups and includes Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, John Evans, Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond and Barrie Barlow. Unlike its predecessors – Thick As A Brick and A Passion Play – which featured 40-odd minutes of continuous music, WarChild marked a return to songs of a more conventional length, including the FM-radio staple, “Bungle In The Jungle.” The new Theatre Edition unearths a trio of unreleased recordings: “Tomorrow Was Today,” “Good Godmother,” and a different arrangement of “WarChild” recorded after the version on the final album.

Fans intrigued by the appearance of “WarChild Waltz” on the 2002 reissue of WarChild will finally get the chance to hear the rest of the mostly orchestral music the band recorded for the soundtrack album. About 30 minutes was recorded during sessions in 1973 and 1974. Soon after, the music was consigned to the archives for 40 years – until now.