Jethro Tull
Symphony Hall
Birmingham, UK
27 Sept 95

From the Italian silver bootleg "Velvet Flute"

1. Roots to Branches
2. Rare and Precious Chain  > Out of the Noise
3. In The Grip of Stronger Stuff
4. At Last Forever
5. Beside Myself
6. We Used to Know
7. Inside the Moneylender's Temple
8. Wounded Old and Treacherous
9. Locomotive Breath

I always thought that the album Roots to Branches was one of Tull's best but it just wasn't commercial for a lot of folks and consequently, it didn't sell more copies and we don't see a lot of these songs performed anymore. The influence of Tull's world travels really show up here with lots of non-western musics jabbing through the rock and roll. Lots of different timbres abound. And the band sounds like a real band, not just a couple of guys backing Ian and Martin.

Ian Anderson - acoustic guitar, flute, soprano sax, vocals
Martin Barre - electric guitar,
Jonathan Noyce - bass and voice
Andy Giddings - various keyboards
Doane Perry - drums, percussion

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