M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull

M.U. - The Best of Jethro Tull
Compilation album by Jethro Tull
Released	January 1976
Recorded	1969-1975
Genre	Progressive rock, hard rock
Length	43:17
Label	Chrysalis
Jethro Tull chronology
Minstrel in the Gallery (1975) M.U. - The Best of Jethro Tull (1976) Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)

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M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull, released in 1976, is the first proper greatest hits album by Jethro Tull. It spans the years 1969-75. The earlier Living in the Past compilation mainly dealt with non-album material, but this album only features one previously unreleased song, "Rainbow Blues".

"M.U." in the album title stood for "Musician's Union", which probably is a reference to musicians from different line-ups of the band being virtually together on the compilation album.

The album peaked at #44 in the United Kingdom charts and #13 in the United States, and went gold in the UK, Australia and New Zealand and Platinum in the US and Canada.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Teacher" (A,C,E,G,M) – 4:07
2. "Aqualung" (C,E,H,I,J) – 6:34 (alternate mix, including the song's opening guitar riff played twice - previous U.S. edits of the song began three seconds later, with the second playing of the riff)
3. "Thick as a Brick (Edit #1)" (B,E,H,M,R) – 3:01 (The first three minutes of "Thick As A Brick, Part One")
4. "Bungle in the Jungle" (B,E,H,M,R) – 3:34
5. "Locomotive Breath" (C,E,H,I,J) – 4:23 (alternate mix)

Side two

1. "Fat Man" (A,C,M) – 2:50
2. "Living in the Past" (C,G,U) – 3:18
3. "A Passion Play (Edit #8)" (B,E,H,M,R) – 3:28 ("Overseer Overture", which occurs about 11 minutes into "A Passion Play, Part Two")
4. "Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day)" (B,E,H,M) – 4:02
5. "Rainbow Blues" (B,E,H,M,R) – 3:37
6. "Nothing is Easy" (A,C,G,M) – 4:23

Personnel

As mentioned and sorted on the back cover:
IAN ANDERSON - Flute, Acoustic Guitar, Soprano Saxophone, Mandolin and Voice
(C) CLIVE BUNKER - Drums and Percussion
(G) GLENN CORNICK - Bass Guitar
MARTIN BARRE - Electric Guitar and Acoustic Guitar
(E) JOHN EVAN - Piano, Hammond Organ, Synthesizer and Piano Accordion
(H) JEFFREY HAMMOND - Bass Guitar
(B) BARRIEMORE BARLOW - Drums and Percussion

(M) Recorded at Morgan Studios, London
(I) Recorded at Island Studios, London
(U) Recorded at Vantone Studio, West Orange, New Jerey
(R) Engineered by Robin Black
(J) Engineered by John Burns
(A) Engineered by Andy Johns
(P) 1975, 1974, 1973, and 1972 Chrysalis Records

PRODUCTION BY IAN ANDERSON AND TERRY ELLIS
Orchestrations Arranged and Conducted by David Palmer

Art Direction by OZ Studios
Designed by Eric Michelson