30-10-00 LIVE IN SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN. Radio Broadcast, 1 cd A

1. For a thousand mothers
2. Nothing is easy
3. Thick as a brick
4. Bourée
5. Songs from the wood / Too old to rock'n'roll / Heavy horses
6. A new day yestertday
7. My god
8. Pibroch
9. Locomotive breath
10. Living in the past
11. Instrumental
12. Cheerio
>>This one is one of my favourites because sound is excelent, 10. It was broadcast by the spanish radio station Radio 3 but it's edited. They omited all new tarcks from "dot com" album. Only classic songs are in this one cd show. Does everybody like only old songs? Probably so. The guy who edited this show thought that tull fans only like new songs. Anyway they exist some others entire shows boots with this same setlist and with excelent sound as the next one commented. They circulate several copies with diferent artwork and sound. It was really dificult to find this copy. Other copies had rare noises and other one had all songs in just one track. This one is the best, it's what we all wish.

28-11-00 A NEW DAY IN SAO PAULO, Via Funchal, Brazil .2cd A FM

>>From this one they circulate several copies, too. It was broadcast by a Brazilian Tv and as use to be, from every tv broadcast show it exists an execellent audio cd. There are copies that they don't are 10 but this one is absolutely 10. Some times we can think that we have the best recorded boot from one show but sometimes it exists a better one here and there. I don't like songs like "the water carrier" and "habanero reel" but the show is entire and that's what I like. It's one of my favourites and of couse absolutely recomended one.

12-06-01 LOWLAND BLUES, Vredenburg Castle, Utrecht, NL. 2cd A-

>>They exists very few shows from 2001 with good sound and no show was broadcast on TV. Anyway, we have this "Lowland blues" Perhaps it's the best, the sound is not 10 but could be 9'5. The setlist from this tour begin to seem what would be the official release "Living with the past". It'd be important to say that in these shows like "Lowland blues" and shows near to it , include some forgoten classics like "Love story" and "Bungle in the jungle" . I 've never found the first one for last 15 years. The second one is a bit more usual. Recomended as one of the best recorded from 2001.

30-06-03 SONGS FROM ESSEN, live in ESSEN, GERMANY ., 2 cd, A

>>I haven't recomended nothing from 2002 because the sounds were not as I 'd like and if there were some interesting setlist or song I wouldn't recomeded because the bad sound. ....And...we enter in 2003. This was a good year for all fans, for collectors and for who only wants to listen to their music in perfect conditions. There were two broadcast shows but know I'd recomend this "Songs from Essen" because is a 10 audience recording. Probably it'd exist different 10's but this one has an special force.
It includes songs like "Some Day The Sun Won't Shine for you" and "With You There To Help Me", usual ones in this tour. And also an exceptional show starting with a 8 min long version of "Living in the Past" with a fusion of the eightie's ang ninetie's versions. Great! After this, follows "Nothing is easy" . The Martin Barre's song is also great : "Count the chickens", in my opinion the best Martin's song of all. And the end a great short version of "Wind up".

04-07-03 LIVE IN MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL . .2 CD , A+

>>Thanks to the TV stations from Switzerland we have had two broadcast shows these last years. This means excellent tv realisations and excellent audio cd shows. This "Montreux Jazz festival 4-jul-03" is really excellent but they circulate several copies and different qualities. Only the second part of the show was broadcast. The first one circulate, I think taken from web broadcast, but it's quality is no good. It is said they release the dvd in 2007. The entire show I hope! The setlist is almost the same of all 2003 shows but it doesn't include songs like "wind up". Anyway the audio version is 10 and some copies has been found edited and well packed and sold in "disc fairs". Of course I recomend it.

09-08-03 MUSIKFEST Bethlehem, PA. USA, 2cd A

>>I recomend this show for its sound, 10. It could be an official release, probably because it was broadcast on TV and some one taped from tv or probably directly from the mixing desk. The setlist is exactly the same as "Songs from Essen" one, but this one could be better. There exists and excellent dvd from this show, too. Some collectors don't rate it as A (10), perhaps they circulate several copies. I think mine is really a 10. Of course reocomended.

08-11-03 R UBBIN' BOSTON . Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA. 2cd. A

>>This disc is one show from those tours that Ian used to perform at the end of some years (2002, 2003). It seems that those tours won't be celebrated any more. They weren't great tours and with some local musicians from several cities from USA. Lucky, some of those tour were broadcast by local radio stations. This bring us excellent sounding cd's. Sadly the shows included too much Ian's solo songs. That's my opinion. There are several shows with 10 sound. This 08-11-03 R UBBIN' BOSTON . Berklee Performance Center, Boston, is one of those shows. I'd recomend it to have one representitive show of those tours.

12-02-04 MANCHESTER APOLLO THEATRE, Manchester. UK Tour , 2 cd, A

>>The year 2004 begins at home, England. All shows of that tour started with a "Martin Barre ans friend" 7 songs setlist. Then played Jethro Tull. I am almost completely sure that this Manchester show is the best recorde from this tour, even from all 2004. It's an audience reording but its really a 10. They circulate some different covers but I haven't found two different qualyties. So, It's absolutely recomended. Here, I listen for first time the extended version of "Mother goose" with flute in the midle of the song. It will be played in many shows since then. Also we found a new version of "weathercock".

03-11-04 MADISON , WISCONSIN. USA , 2cd

>>The ending 2004 brings us a half acoustic/half electric tour. I'd rather like electric Tull but Ian has always said he prefers acoustic set. Anyway the fans enjoy all kind shows. The first part of this shows contents few flute and I dislike this. There shows from this tour with excellent sound. Probably this from Madison is the best I've found. I'd rate the sound 9'5, not a total10. I'd emphasize the songs "Up the pool", "Dun Ringill" from Stormwatch and "Weathercock" with more flute. The second part begins as usual with "My sunday feeling"

09-07-05 LUGANO, SWITZERLAND, Estival Jazz, Piazza della Riforma, 2cd. A

>>And thanks to a Swiss tv we have another broadcast show and its audio. The audio of broadcast shows uses to be excellent, this one is superb. The set list is not very new but includes a revisited version of "Hymn 43" included in ending 2004 tour. They circulated several copies but I haven't found two different sound qualyties. I'd only recomend this show for the sound but not for the repetitive setlist. Only a real Jethro Tull fan and a live shows lover can say that the setlists are repetitive, for the rest the show is real good.

11-10-05 KESWICK THEATRE, Glenside, PA. USA. 2cd. A

>>Nothing new about the Jethro Tull setlist but a new incorporation of a new musician in some Jethro Tull shows changes the shows. It's the violinist Lucia Micarelli and the setlists now will include some rare songs like Theme From 'The Godfather', Nocturne/Bohemian Rhapsody, Kashmir, She Is Like The Swallow . That divides the fans opinions. Is it why she is the Ian's son's girlfriend? I Think so! Anyway this audience recording is an excellent sound, 9'5/10 . I've seen three different covers for this show.

11-03-06 THE EMPIRE SHEPHERDS BUSH, with Lucia Micarelli. London, UK. 2cd. A

>>As usual in these last years, 2006 began in England but once again there is nothing new in the setlist. This from THE EMPIRE SHEPHERDS BUSH is one of the two shows in London and probably is one of the best recorded. The sound is almost 10. I wouldn't remark any song but I recomend to have a good one from 2006.