Hello,

I am striking out all over the place looking for Tull's double CD
unedited original LIVE version of Bursting Out. The inferior edited
(with at least three key songs missing) One CD version pops up
everywhere with posers trying to tout is as the OOP original LIVE
version including people who are selling it for comparatively huge
sums of money. What a shameful sham. [Amazon.com has some informative
reviews posted by people warning unsuspecting consumers about the 1CD
version - if only I had read that ahead of time]

So that brings me to my first question: As one seller on half.com
rudely tells me that only the 1 CD edited version is available on CD
format - is this true?

I have seen 2CD versions that web-sites such as Amazon and gemm.com
member sellers claim to procure by Special Order.....but what does
that really mean?

I have come across one web-site where they are selling CD-ROM format
for Tull collection and one of those collections contain Bursting Out
LIVE. But I have no idea if these CD-ROMS are licensed legally or if
they can be played in any CD player or if it even has the full
unedited version of Bursting Out. I think I had sent theman e-mail but
never heard back - that makes me a little suspicious].

To put it in short, I would like to purchase (only) the DOUBLE CD
original version on CD format (am already getting the LP version - it
is in the mail) if it is available anywhere in the world. It obviously
must NOT be a CDR - nothing short of an original version will do. Have
been scammed plenty including purchasing the edited 1CD version which
I sent as a gift to a friend in another continent....any I was really
disappointed (not nearly as much as my friend) that it turned out to
be an inferior incomplete 1CD version.

So I will seek professional help this time to see if any of you worthy
researchers can land me the desired Bursting Out LIVE original
unedited album [did I say that enough number of times?]

Thank you!

Cheers,

Wayrad.

Dear wayrad,

Although I am rather a fan of 50s' Rock'n'Roll than of Jethro Tull's
style, I have some experience in locating rare CDs. In this case, the
first thing I did was trying to find out whether a double-CD version
featuring the full original album exists or the rude seller at
half.com was right. It quickly turned out that a double CD with all 18
tracks of the 1978 live LP has indeed been presented to the public by
EMI, but it was produced and distributed in Europe only, as it seems.
Availability in the United States was therefor quite limited.
Alas, the major European dealers such as the national branches of
Amazon or CyberCD, list the double-CD-version as 'not available
anymore'.
However, this is not the end of the road. Whenever I search for rare
CDs, I seek help at Rockhouse Music. This is a Dutch music mailorder
dealer with legendary reputation for doing the impossible among
insiders and music lovers. They keep an extensive stock of
out-of-print CDs - from which they managed to get me an extremely rare
Buddy Holly box set once -, and an search in their database revealed
that they still have copies of the 2-CD-version of Jethro Tull's 1978
live album "Bursting Out" for sale:

http://www.cdexpress.com/php/gettrackinfo.php?arart=601976&supp=rgu

With $ 30.55, it is not cheap, but on the other side it is a
collector's item. Nevertheless, as I know from experience, there might
be only a small number left in stock, so you should decide soon
whether to order the CDs or not. Ordering itself will not prove a
problem: Rockhouse Music delivers worldwide and accepts all kinds of
payment:

http://www.cdexpress.com/UK/orderUK.html

Full contact information:

Rockhouse Music B.V.
Pampuslaan 67
1382 JM Weesp
The Netherlands
Phone:(+31)(0)294 460548
Fax:(+31)(0)294 460547
E-Mail: info@cistron.nl
Website: http://www.cdexpress.com/

Here is one of the sources proving the existance of a
double-CD-version:

CD GALLERY: Jethro Tull
http://www.neteze.com/space/cds/jethro.htm

Search terms used:
"jethro tull" "bursting out" "2 cd":
://www.google.de/search?q=%22jethro+tull%22+%22bursting+out%22+%222+cd%22&hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF8&newwindow=1&start=30&sa=N

May you get the CDs you desire!
Regards,
Scriptor