Benefit Box Set

Jethro Tull’s 1970 classic "Benefit" will be celebrated in a brand new 4 CD and 2 DVD set, featuring remixes by Steven Wilson, an abundance of previously unreleased material, packaged within a deluxe hardback book, containing 100 pages of commentary from numerous contributors alongside hordes of images of the band creating and performing their 1st million selling album.

"Benefit : The 50th Anniversary Enhanced Edition" contains a copious amount of expanded material, building upon the 2013 Steven Wilson remixes. CD 3 contains a previously unreleased Steven Wilson remix of Jethro Tull performing at Tanglewood in 1970, while DVD 2 has the previously unavailable film footage of that show. Further to that, CD 4 contains a newly remastered mono version of a previously unreleased concert at The Aragon Ballroom in 1970.

The 100 page book, enclosed within the elegant, hardback book packaging, contains an essay from Martin Webb, who expands upon the 2013 “A Collector’s Edition” booklet notes. Following that are comments on each of the album’s tracks from Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, Glenn Cornick and Clive Bunker, as well as interviews with Robin Black, studio engineer of "Benefit", and many other Jethro Tull albums), Terry Ellis, executive producer of "Benefit", Joshua White who directed the 1970 Tanglewood Festival which features on DVD 2, and Steven Wilson explaining the mixing of "Benefit" in 2013. The masses of anecdotes are surrounded by legions of images of the band and memorabilia from the era.

Chrysalis and Warner Music, November 5th, 2021.