{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox album | name = Original Masters | type = greatest | artist = [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] | cover = JethroTullOriginalMasters.jpg | alt = | released = October 1985<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/6848-1925-2|title=BPI}}</ref> | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Progressive rock]] | length = 53:48 | label = [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]] | producer = | prev_title = [[A Classic Case]] | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = [[Crest of a Knave]] | next_year = 1987 }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Eduardo Rivadavia |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/original-masters-mw0000650312 |title=Original Masters - Jethro Tull | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2015-05-01}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref> }} '''Original Masters''' is a greatest hits album by [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] released under [[Chrysalis Records]] in 1985. It was the band's third such effort, the first two being ''[[M.U. - The Best of Jethro Tull]]'' (1969–75, released 1976) and ''[[Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II]]'' (1969–75, released 1977). Although the compilation was released in 1985, it does not include material released after 1977.
The first two compilations had material released exclusively up to 1977 and ''Original Masters'' covers much of that same material with a few extras.
The CD's back insert, as well as the back cover of the LP's sleeve, mislabels the song "[[The Witch's Promise]]" as "Witches Promise".
==Track listing== #"[[Living in the Past (Jethro Tull song)|Living in the Past]]" – 3:18 <small>(released as a single, 1969)</small> #"[[Aqualung (song)|Aqualung]]" (M.U. remix) – 6:34 <small>(original version released on ''[[Aqualung (Jethro Tull album)|Aqualung]]'', 1971 - this mix first released on ''[[M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull|M.U. - The Best of Jethro Tull]]'', 1975)</small> #"[[Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die (song)|Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die]]" – 5:38 <small>(released on ''[[Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!]]'', 1976)</small> #"[[Locomotive Breath]]" – 4:23 <small>(released on ''[[Aqualung (Jethro Tull album)|Aqualung]]'', 1971)</small> #"[[Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day]]" (intro edit) – 3:28 <small>(released on ''[[War Child (album)|War Child]]'', 1974)</small> #"[[Bungle in the Jungle]]" – 3:34 <small>(released on ''[[War Child (album)|War Child]]'', 1974)</small> #"[[Sweet Dream (Jethro Tull song)|Sweet Dream]]" – 4:01 <small>(released as a single, 1969)</small> #"[[Songs from the Wood (song)|Songs from the Wood]]" – 4:52 <small>(released on ''[[Songs from the Wood]]'', 1977)</small> #"[[The Witch's Promise]]" – 3:47 <small>(released as a single, 1970)</small> #"[[Thick as a Brick]]" (Edit #1) – 3:00 <small>(released as a single, in conjunction with ''[[Thick as a Brick]]'', 1972 - this edit first released on ''[[M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull|M.U. - The Best of Jethro Tull]]'', 1975)</small> #"Minstrel in the Gallery" – 7:47 <small>(released on ''[[Minstrel in the Gallery]]'', 1975)</small> #"[[Life's a Long Song]]" – 3:16 <small>(released on ''Life Is a Long Song'' EP, 1971)</small>
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Chart (1985) ! Peak<br/>position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> | align="center"| 98 |- {{Album chart|UK2|63|date=19851103|refname=UK albums|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2024}} |}
==Certifications== {{certification Table Top}} {{certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|relyear=1985|artist=Jethro Tull|title=Original Masters|award=Silver|certyear=1986|id=6848-1925-2}} {{certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|relyear=1985|artist=Jethro Tull|title=Original Masters|award=Platinum|certyear=1999}} {{certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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