With Jethro Tull’s classic run of albums, from 1968 debut This Was to 1982’s The Broadsword And The Beast – all now reissued and repackaged in expanded form as lavish ‘bookset’ remasters – it’s time for the band’s first live album to receive the same treatment.
Bursting Out was originally released in September 1978, and recorded earlier that year at a variety of shows on the European tour for Heavy Horses. It captures the band in fiery form while highlighting Ian Anderson’s role as frontman and zany ringmaster. Well-received at the time, it still stands up today as a record of Tull as an exciting live machine and stadium-filling global brand.
