# A Classic Case

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1985 studio album by London Symphony Orchestra, Jethro Tull

A Classic Case Studio album by London Symphony Orchestra, Jethro Tull Released 15 February 1985 (1985-02-15) (UK) 31 December 1985 (1985-12-31) (US) Recorded Summer 1984 Studio CBS Studios in London Genre Symphonic rock Length 42:55 Label RCA Red Seal Producer Dee Palmer London Symphony Orchestra, Jethro Tull chronology Under Wraps (1984) A Classic Case (1985) Original Masters (1985)

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***A Classic Case*** is an album by [Jethro Tull](/source/Jethro_Tull_(band)), playing with the [London Symphony Orchestra](/source/London_Symphony_Orchestra), released in 1985. The music was arranged and conducted by [Dee Palmer](/source/Dee_Palmer), who had collaborated with the band from 1968 and had been a full band member from 1976 to 1980. The album features band members [Ian Anderson](/source/Ian_Anderson), [Martin Barre](/source/Martin_Barre), [Dave Pegg](/source/Dave_Pegg) and [Peter-John Vettese](/source/Peter-John_Vettese).

The album was recorded during the summer of 1984 at the [CBS](/source/CBS) Studios in [London](/source/London). It was released on 31 December 1985 in the [United States](/source/United_States), where it reached No. 93 in the charts.[2]

## Track listing

No. Title Length 1. "Locomotive Breath" 4:25 2. "Thick as a Brick" 4:30 3. "Elegy" 3:49 4. "Bourrée" 3:14 5. "Fly by Night" 4:17 6. "Aqualung" 6:25 7. "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die" 3:32 8. "Teacher / Bungle in the Jungle / Rainbow Blues / Locomotive Breath" 4:05 9. "Living in the Past" 3:38 10. "War Child" 5:01 Total length: 42:55

## Personnel

- [Ian Anderson](/source/Ian_Anderson) – flute, acoustic guitar

- [Martin Barre](/source/Martin_Barre) – electric guitar

- [Dave Pegg](/source/Dave_Pegg) – bass guitar

- [Peter-John Vettese](/source/Peter-John_Vettese) – keyboards

- [Paul Burgess](/source/Paul_Burgess_(musician)) – drums, percussion

- [London Symphony Orchestra](/source/London_Symphony_Orchestra)

- [Dee Palmer](/source/Dee_Palmer) – orchestral arrangements

## See also

- [Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull](/source/Ian_Anderson_Plays_the_Orchestral_Jethro_Tull)

- [Jethro Tull – The String Quartets](/source/Jethro_Tull_%E2%80%93_The_String_Quartets)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*A Classic Case*](https://www.allmusic.com/album/r324335) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Billboard 200 Chart for the Week of February 15, 1986"](https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1986-02-15). [Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)). Retrieved 21 October 2020.

v t e Jethro Tull Ian Anderson David Goodier John O'Hara Scott Hammond Jack Clark Mick Abrahams Clive Bunker Glenn Cornick Tony Iommi Martin Barre John Evan Jeffrey Hammond Barriemore Barlow John Glascock Dee Palmer Dave Pegg Mark Craney Eddie Jobson Gerry Conway Peter-John Vettese Paul Burgess Doane Perry Don Airey Maartin Allcock Andrew Giddings Dave Mattacks Jonathan Noyce Florian Opahle Joe Parrish Studio albums This Was Stand Up Benefit Aqualung Thick as a Brick A Passion Play War Child Minstrel in the Gallery Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! Songs from the Wood Heavy Horses Stormwatch A The Broadsword and the Beast Under Wraps Crest of a Knave Rock Island Catfish Rising Roots to Branches J-Tull Dot Com The Jethro Tull Christmas Album The Zealot Gene RökFlöte Curious Ruminant Live albums Bursting Out Live at Hammersmith '84 A Little Light Music Jethro Tull in Concert Living with the Past Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Aqualung Live Live at Montreux 2003 Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 Live at Carnegie Hall 1970 Compilations Living in the Past M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull Repeat – The Best of Jethro Tull – Vol II Original Masters 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights Nightcap The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection Through the Years The Very Best Of The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull The Essential 50 for 50 Boxed sets 20 Years of Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Box Set Videos Slipstream 20 Years of Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Video Living with the Past A New Day Yesterday Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Live at Montreux 2003 Jack in the Green Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 Live at AVO Session Basel Around the World Live Songs "Sunshine Day" "A Song for Jeffrey" "Love Story" "Living in the Past" "Bourée" "Sweet Dream" "The Witch's Promise" "Teacher" "Aqualung" "Cross-Eyed Mary" "Mother Goose" "Hymn 43" "Locomotive Breath" "Life Is a Long Song" "Bungle in the Jungle" "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die" "The Whistler" "Songs from the Wood" "Heavy Horses" "Dun Ringill" Related Discography Members A Billion Hands Concert The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus A Classic Case Thick as a Brick 2 Jethro Tull – The String Quartets Category

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