Jethro Tull’s 2003 Christmas album has been remastered and expanded for the reissue, now subtitled Fresh Snow At Christmas and available as a 4-CD set with Blu-ray or on double vinyl.
The album features new takes on seven Tull songs, including 1968’s ‘A Christmas Song’ (the B-side to the ‘Love Story’ single). The festive offering was also the final studio album to feature longtime guitarist Martin Barr, who contributed the closing instrumental ‘A Winter Snowscape’.
“Some of these tracks aren’t necessarily Christmas songs; they’re more seasonal, so that gives you a wider range,” says Ian Anderson. “And then there are a couple of songs that I quite often play in the middle of the summer and say, ‘Christmas is coming – it’s on the calendar. So let’s get started now.’” And it’s part of what I’ve been doing for many years, since October of 1968, when I recorded ‘A Christmas Carol.’ So, yes, it goes back a long way.”
CD1 Original 2003 Mixes
CD1-1 Birthday Card At Christmas 3:37
CD1-2 Holly Herald 4:16
CD1-3 A Christmas Song 2:47
CD1-4 Another Christmas Song 3:31
CD1-5 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 4:35
CD1-6 Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow 3:37
CD1-7 Last Man At The Party 4:48
CD1-8 Weathercock 4:17
CD1-9 Pavane 4:19
CD1-10 First Snow On Brooklyn4:57
CD1-11 Greensleeved 2:39
CD1-12 Fire At Midnight 2:26
CD1-13 We Five Kings 3:16
CD1-14 Ring Out Solstice Bells 4:04
CD1-15 Bourée 4:25
CD1-16 A Winter Snowscape 4:57
CD2 2024 Remix By Bruce Soord
CD2-1 Birthday Card At Christmas
CD2-2 Holly Herald
CD2-3 A Christmas Song
CD2-4 Another Christmas Song
CD2-5 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
CD2-6 Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow
CD2-7 Last Man At The Party
CD2-8 Weathercock
CD2-9 Pavane
CD2-10 First Snow On Brooklyn
CD2-11 Greensleeved
CD2-12 Fire At Midnight
CD2-13 We Five Kings
CD2-14 Ring Out Solstice Bells
CD2-15 Bourée
CD2-16 A Winter Snowscape
CD3 Christmas At St. Bride’s 2008 Remixed By Bruce Soord 2024
CD3-1 Weathercock
CD3-2 Introduction: Rev. George Pitcher / Choir: What Cheer
CD3-3 A Christmas Song
CD3-4 Living In These Hard Times
CD3-5 Choir: Silent Night
CD3-6 Reading: Ian Anderson, Marmion
CD3-7 Jack In The Green
CD3-8 Another Christmas Song
CD3-9 Reading: Gavin Esler, God’s Grandeur
CD3-10 Choir: Oh Come All Ye Faithful
CD3-11 A Winter Snowscape
CD3-12 Fires At Midnight
CD3-13 We Five Kings
CD3-14 Choir: Gaudete
CD3-15 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Thick As A Brick
CD4 The Ian Anderson Band – Live At St. Bride’s 2006 – Mixed By Bruce Soord 2024
CD4-1 Living In The Past
CD4-2 Griminelli’s Lament
CD4-3 A Christmas Song
CD4-4 Moz’art
CD4-5 Pastime With Good Company
CD4-6 Holly Herald
CD4-7 Pavane
CD4-8 We Five Kings
CD4-9 Aqualung