Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II

Infobox Album
Name = Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II
Type = Greatest hits
Artist = Jethro Tull


Released = September 9 1977 (UK)
November 7 1977 (US)
Recorded =
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 39:26
Label = Chrysalis Records
Producer = Ian Anderson
Terry Ellis
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dv60tr29kl6x link]
Last album = "Songs from the Wood"
(1977)
This album = "Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II"
(1977)
Next album = "Heavy Horses"
(1978)

"Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II" is a 1977 greatest hits album from Jethro Tull, featuring one track which was, at the time of the release, unreleased. The album is no longer considered essential after the 2002 issue of War Child.

"Repeat..." was issued on CD at one point but may no longer be in production. The album's first volume was M.U. - The Best Of Jethro Tull - Vol I.

Track listing

All songs written by Ian Anderson.
# "Minstrel in the Gallery" – 4:17
# "Cross-Eyed Mary" – 4:11
# "A New Day Yesterday" – 4:10
# "Bourée" – 3:46
# "Thick As a Brick (Edit #4)" – 3:27
# "War Child" – 4:37
# "A Passion Play (Edit #9)" – 3:33
# "To Cry You a Song" – 6:14
# "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die" – 5:42
# "Glory Row" "(previously unreleased)" – 3:33

Notes

* "Thick as a Brick (Edit #4) consists of the section of Part I beginning with "I've come down from the upper class..." on the original album
* "A Passion Play (Edit #9) consists of the segment identified as "Flight from Lucifer" on a gold CD issue of A Passion Play - this begins at 16:58 in Part II of the current CD issue.
* "Glory Row" is now available as a bonus track on the remastered version of War Child.

Personnel

*Ian Anderson – flute, mandolin, producer, acoustic guitar, guitar, sax (alto), Vocals, voices, sax (soprano)
*Martin Barre – guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*John Evan – accordion, piano, synthesizer, Piano-Accordion, organ (Hammond), keyboards
*Glenn Cornick – bass guitar on tracks 3, 4, 8
*Jeffrey Hammond – bass guitar on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10
*John Glascock – bass guitar, vocals on track 9
*Clive Bunker – drums, percussion on tracks 2, 3, 4, 8
*Barriemore Barlow – drums, percussion on tracks 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
*David Palmer – arranger, saxophone, synthesizer, keyboards, conductor
*Maddy Prior – backing vocals on 9

Recording personnel

*Terry Ellis – producer
*John Burns – engineer
*Andy Johns – engineer
*Robin Black – engineer
*Frank Duarte – illustrations

Notes

* Also known as "Repeat: The Best of Jethro Tull, Vol. 2" or "Repeat: The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II"
* Released in United States on November 7 1977, where it charted #93