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Jethro Tull’s debut LP just turned 50, and the band are celebrating with three anniversary editions. The only Tull album to feature guitarist Mick Abrahams (who left after its sessions to form Blodwyn Pig), "This Was" found the band expanding on their bluesy roots, mixing the electric with the acoustic and experimenting with jazz and psychedelia. The single-CD and vinyl versions contain the Steven Wilson stereo remixes of "My Sunday Feeling," "Beggar’s Farm," "Dharma for One," "A Song for Jeffrey" and the rest of the original LP. The CD also includes the album-associated tracks "Love Story," "A Christmas Song" and "Ultimate Confusion" plus alternate versions. The two additional deluxe-edition CDs add original mono and stereo mixes of the album tracks and bonus songs plus BBC performances of "Serenade to a Cuckoo," "Stormy Monday," "Cat’s Squirrel," the further bonus songs "Sunshine Day," "Aeroplane" and more. On the DVD: the album and bonus tracks remixed by Steven Wilson in 4.1 DTS and AC3 Dolby Digital surround sound and 96/24 LPCM stereo, the 1969 U.S. stereo mix in 96/24 LPCM stereo and "Love Story" and "A Christmas Song" in 5.1 surround sound. The deluxe set comes in a casebound book with extensive album history, rare and unseen photos and track-by-track annotations by Ian Anderson! Rhino/Parlophone.