Jethro Tull's Thick As A Brick To Be Reissued

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EMI has announced that a 40th anniversary edition of Jethro Tull's 1972 album, Thick as A Brick, is to be issued on November 5. The album, which went to Number 1 on the Billboard charts, features lyrics credited to the fictitious child character Gerald Bostock, whose parents supposedly lied about his age.

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson released Thick As A Brick 2 earlier this year. Anderson and his band are on the road, playing Thick As A Brick and Thick As A Brick 2 in their entirety. 

The 40th Anniversary edition of Thick As A Brick features a new 5.1 stereo mix, mixed by Steven Wilson, plus a DVD containing DTS & Dolby Digital 5.1 surround mix, high quality stereos 96/24 (new mix and 1972 flat transfer), the original newspaper over 40 pages, an article by Classic Rock’s Dom Lawson, rare photos from photographers Didi Zill and Robert Ellis, recording and touring mementos and much more, all contained in 104 page 7 ½”x 5 ½” hardback book.

It will also be available as a 2 LP set with the original Thick As A Brick remix, and the new Thick As A Brick 2, both as 180gm audiophile pressings and available for the first time in vinyl .

The package also has a 72-page 12x12 book all held in a hard card slipcase.