ジェスロ・タル『Minstrel In The Gallery』が発売40周年を記念した2CD＋2DVDデラックス・エディションで再発

ジェスロ・タル（Jethro Tull）が1975年にリリースしたアルバム『Minstrel In The Gallery』。発売40周年を記念した2CD＋2DVDデラックス・エディション（40th Anniversary La Grandé Edition）が海外で4月28日発売。リリース元はParlophone。

今回のエディションも、これまでの発売40周年記念盤と同様に、ポーキュパイン・トゥリー（Porcupine Tree）のスティーヴン・ウィルソン（Steven Wilson）が新たにミックスしたステレオ・ミックスと5.1サラウンド・ミックスを収録。また6曲の未発表音源も含んだボーナス・トラック7曲や、1975年7月パリ公演のライヴ音源＆映像も収められます。80ページのブックレット付き。

なお、同日にはアルバムのニュー・ステレオ・ミックスを収めた1CD版、180グラム重量盤LP、DL版も発売されます

●『Minstrel In The Gallery: 40th Anniversary La Grandé Edition』

＜Highlights from the set include＞

-Original album and seven bonus tracks (six previously unreleased), two mixed to 5.1 surround , and all to stereo by Steven Wilson

-Flat transfers of the original LP mix at 96/24+ Summerday Sands

-Flat transfer of the original quad mix of the LP + Summerday Sands

-An eight and a half minute film of the band performing “Minstrel In The Gallery” in Paris from July 1975

-Presented in a case-bound DVD book that includes an 80-page booklet featuring an extensive history of the album, track-by-track annotations by Ian Anderson, recollections by roadie Kenny Wylie, Maison Rouge maintenance engineer Pete Smith, and string section member Liz Edwards plus lyrics, tour itinerary and rare and unseen photographs.

＜Tracklisting＞

Disc One: New Steven Wilson Stereo Remix
“Minstrel In The Gallery”
“Cold Wind To Valhalla”
“Black Satin Dancer”
“Requiem”
One White Duck / 010 = Nothing At All”
“Baker St. Muse”
“Baker St. Muse”-“Pig-Me And The Whore”
“Baker St. Muse”-“Nice Little Tune”
“Baker St. Muse”-“Crash-Barrier Waltzer”
“Baker St. Muse”-“Mother England Reverie”
“Grace”
“Summerday Sands”
“Requiem” (Version 1) *
“One White Duck” (Take 5) *
“Grace” (Take 2) *
“Minstrel In The Gallery” (BBC version)*
“Cold Wind To Valhalla” (BBC version)*
“Aqualung” (BBC version)*

Disc Two – Live at The Palais Des Sports, Paris, July 5th, 1975 (A Jakko Jakszyk Stereo Mix)
“Introduction (The Beach Part 11)”
“Wind Up”
“Critique Oblique”
“Wond’ring Aloud”
“My God”
a. Flute Solo Including: “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Bouree/Quartet”
b. “Living In The Past”
c. “My God” (Reprise)
“Cross-Eyed Mary”
“Minstrel In The Gallery”
“Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day”
“Bungle In The Jungle”
“Aqualung”
"Guitar Improvisation"
“Back-Door Angels”
“Locomotive Breath” with improvisation and including “Hard Headed English General” and “Back-Door Angels” (Reprise)

* Previously Unreleased

The DVDs will feature the DTS & DD 5.1 surround mixes as well as the 96/24 PCM stereo mix and an eight and half minute film of the band recorded in Paris on July 6th 1975.