20 Years of Jethro Tull is a 1988 boxed set which spans the first twenty years of Jethro Tull. It was issued as five LPs: Radio Archives, Rare Tracks, Flawed Gems, Other Sides of Tull, and The Essential Tull. It was simultaneously released as both a three CD and a three cassette set, titled 20 Years of Jethro Tull: The Definitive Collection.
All three versions were housed in a 12"x12" cardboard box, with a 24-page booklet; the CD and cassette versions having a black plastic tray.
A single CD sampler and a double LP album were also created, titled 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights.
Track listing CD
Notes "Sunshine Day" was the first single released by Tull, on 16 February 1968. "The Chateau D'Isaster Tapes" comprises three sections: "Scenario", "Audition" and "No Rehearsal". These later appeared as separate tracks on Nightcap. Many of these tracks are currently available on the remastered editions of Jethro Tull's studio albums. "17" and "A Stitch in Time" are shortened compared to the original 7" version (6:07 and 4:20 respectively). The original version of "17" was released on the Collector's Edition of Stand Up, released October 2010. The full-length version of "A Stitch in Time" was released on the 2019 collector's edition of Stormwatch.
Charts Chart (1988) Peakposition Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) 100
See also 20 Years of Jethro Tull (1988) (video) 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights (1988)
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