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RtB needs to be high on your list, Ian completely relearned the flute (turned out his self taught fingering was all wrong, which his daughter pointed out while she was helping him assemble the 20 Year Video, so he went to her teacher and also found out his mouth positioning was wrong, end result is that both his playing and his compositioning are dramatically improved and large chunks of RtB are showing off his new range).

Bursting Out is one of those time and place albums. It caught the band when they were at peak popularity, also the membership had been very stable so they were working together well, phenomenal set list (really pretty much all the songs you would want the 1979 Tull to play). I listen to it so much I remember that version of Brick better than the real thing. Problem is the CD version cut out a great Martin Barre instrumental and one other great track, my solution was to burn my LP version as a two CD set (fair use), hopefully the re-masters will include a two CD version (bonus tracks, me want bonus tracks). Though I'm kind of annoyed with these re-masters as I'd just about completed my Tull CD set when these started coming out, so I'll get the ones with good bonus tracks first then the others (I'll get them all eventually Tull is my favorite band, when it comes to them nothing is excessive).

You've got me pumped to go out and get Roots to Branches. I'm suddenly very interesting in hearing Ian's new playing style.

I'm looking forward to the 24 bit remastered version of Live Bursting Out. The sound is quite good except there is some trouble with the overall mix. Barlow's drumming suffers a bit in a couple of the songs.

BTW... I never purchased the original Live Bursting Out Cd. I still listen to the LP on my old Kenwood Turntable...

roblem is the CD version cut out a great Martin Barre instrumental and one other great track,

If I'm not mistaken, the other track was 'Sweet Dream'. Smart move to burn the LP to a CDR. I haven't figured out how to do that yet. I have burned casettes to a CDR but only from a portable casette player. The live version of 'Sweet Dream' on the last years live Tull record, Living with the Past, is well worth hearing for people who don't have the double album/CD Live Bursting Out. Martin's guitar is twice as metallic-sounding as on the original version and Ian's vocals particularly expressive and "unslurred", it may be even harder-hitting than the studio version, although maybe a bit less subtle at the same time.