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Post by royaldavid1 on Mar 13, 2011 11:18:16 GMT
Anyone interested in 1 of the few remaining unused/unread/unsold to date TO BE THE PLAY books from the stock of the author's exclusive agent? They have not been actively marketed since 2002 awaiting the demise of Jethro Tull and/or Mr, Anderson. But since Tull/ Ian Anderson perpetuate on... the author is willing to sell off most of the remaining 2 dozen (no kidding). In 2002 the sale price was US$ 100 and 1 pristine condition book is currently available on e-Bay at auction starting at US$ 149 + nominal postage. If interested you may act via e-Bay for now, or contact me for greater information. All the best, royaldavid
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Post by tullist on Mar 13, 2011 18:00:13 GMT
There is probably no Tull "operative" I am more grateful for than A New Day's David Rees. Having said that I believe he was incorrect in his assessment of this book, which deserves credit for likely being the most like actual Tull music, particularly of the Passion Play period, I believe it to be an inspired treatise, albeit written by a mere fan. I must have read it at least 4 times, til it was falling apart, including one appropriate chapter prior to seeing the A show for about the 4th time in Champaign (University of Illinois) in 80. 'The tale has been forever in the telling!" But is it a difficult read, yes it is. Quite like one old friends assessment both of this book, and the Minstrel album, many many years ago that is not without merit, it having been, "guilty of excess verbage." Having said all that excess verbage, those prices deserve for it to rot wherever they sit. Indeed I believe anything in excess of 5 dollars each is out of line. But I do know, as we have an upper 2 per cent who have never been fatter with wealth, (anybody see the most recent Forbes billionaire assessment, with 400 Americans amassing the combined wealth of the bottom 50 per cent of wage earners, and people paying prices like 20000 dollars for a Super Bowl ticket)that there are people, some of whom are Tull fans, with far more cash on their hands than they are entitled to. But that's ok, the storms coming. I would love to be able to somehow force people who actually have the money to spend on said type of articles, to be legally forced to have to spend a equal amount of money on a charity of my choosing, and it damn sure won't be one of the red tape big daddy ones. Anyone notice where the charity dollars to Haiti have in large part gone to?. Do your research on who u give your money to folks, a highly signifigant portion of the world cannot be trusted.
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 13, 2011 18:45:28 GMT
Anyone interested in 1 of the few remaining unused/unread/unsold to date TO BE THE PLAY books from the stock of the author's exclusive agent? They have not been actively marketed since 2002 awaiting the demise of Jethro Tull and/or Mr, Anderson. But since Tull/ Ian Anderson perpetuate on... the author is willing to sell off most of the remaining 2 dozen (no kidding). In 2002 the sale price was US$ 100 and 1 pristine condition book is currently available on e-Bay at auction starting at US$ 149 + nominal postage. If interested you may act via e-Bay for now, or contact me for greater information. All the best, royaldavid By all means post the information here Royaldavid1 - reckon some here would like a copy of the book. Welcome to the Forum and I look forward to reading your posts on Tull, including your thoughts on Brian Meyer's book. Maddog
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Post by steelmonkey on Mar 14, 2011 4:17:43 GMT
Any fan forum regular who wants to borrow and read To Be the Play can do so by round trip mail with me.....no newbies please...tempted by the ridiculous e-bay price...odd book...writtent by a fan clearly sidestepping Tull refusal to let him quote lyrics etc....kind of a freaky, poetic tribute...not informative in any concrete way...
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 14, 2011 8:45:42 GMT
I must admit to finding this book a strange beast indeed. I only have it in photocopied form, sent to me many years ago by Gerrit from The Netherlands. For those folks who have never read it, this is the preface to the book. Make your own judgement
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 14, 2011 9:15:38 GMT
gave up after the first few lines seems a bit convoluted and what does "aboriginal artistic Anderson" mean? ( all the "a"'s) nevertheless because of or despite of will no doubt be on the list of collectables
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Post by tullist on Mar 14, 2011 15:17:32 GMT
Thanks for reprinting that thing, been about 30 years since I have seen it, though it is conceivable that a moldy copy fallen apart into a few sections may be at the bottom of one of these boxes rife with old Downbeats, various Grateful Dead publications, and many decades of Green Bay Packer Reports. A couple of items that make this effort of appeal to me, one, it was the first from a time, 78, when their popularity was declining (though still playing in sports stadiums) and their new music was ceasing to be played on the air, (back when the air truly mattered) One point of appeal was the Thick as a Brick like fashion of reviewing ones own creation, I gave points for the notion. And seeing a couple of those lines again gave me a smile, things a friend and I used to shout at the stage probably followed by laughter bordering on chortling and probably confusion on the parts of people sitting near us who merely wanted to hear their classic rock radio favorites. Those lines were "Is carpentry the soul of his mask?" Also the notion of common groundlings of front row fury I do recall resonated deeply, I think a reference to the audiences of Shakespeare's time who would view his performances drunken often shouting things at him. I recall, very much like Passion Play, that I had to read it a second time, (and then a third and fourth time) to even understand what he was getting at. Were such a book to come out now it is highly unlikely I would make such an effort, in 78 however one could easily go a calendar year seeing nothing in print concerning the band, and even when you did there was a ninety per cent likelihood that it would be negative. Additionally I recall he would open chapters with a quote from the likes of Rilke, or from Heaven and Hell, or Paradise Lost. I very much liked the Rilke line that opened one chapter, " Light grows all that I conceive, ashes everything I leave: Flame I am assuredly", to my perception rarely has Anderson's construct been as well described, though of course it was not written about him at all. But finally I just wanted to come a little bit to the defense of a book that has been consigned unfairly to the Tull trash heap, I give it points for being the most original of any I have seen and certainly the most Tull like. But is it crap? You know, it just might be. And it SNOT even Scottish crap.
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 14, 2011 15:51:26 GMT
Thanks for reprinting that thing, been about 30 years since I have seen it, though it is conceivable that a moldy copy fallen apart into a few sections may be at the bottom of one of these boxes rife with old Downbeats, various Grateful Dead publications, and many decades of Green Bay Packer Reports. A couple of items that make this effort of appeal to me, one, it was the first from a time, 78, when their popularity was declining (though still playing in sports stadiums) and their new music was ceasing to be played on the air, (back when the air truly mattered) One point of appeal was the Thick as a Brick like fashion of reviewing ones own creation, I gave points for the notion. And seeing a couple of those lines again gave me a smile, things a friend and I used to shout at the stage probably followed by laughter bordering on chortling and probably confusion on the parts of people sitting near us who merely wanted to hear their classic rock radio favorites. Those lines were "Is carpentry the soul of his mask?" Also the notion of common groundlings of front row fury I do recall resonated deeply, I think a reference to the audiences of Shakespeare's time who would view his performances drunken often shouting things at him. I recall, very much like Passion Play, that I had to read it a second time, (and then a third and fourth time) to even understand what he was getting at. Were such a book to come out now it is highly unlikely I would make such an effort, in 78 however one could easily go a calendar year seeing nothing in print concerning the band, and even when you did there was a ninety per cent likelihood that it would be negative. Additionally I recall he would open chapters with a quote from the likes of Rilke, or from Heaven and Hell, or Paradise Lost. I very much liked the Rilke line that opened one chapter, " Light grows all that I conceive, ashes everything I leave: Flame I am assuredly", to my perception rarely has Anderson's construct been as well described, though of course it was not written about him at all. But finally I just wanted to come a little bit to the defense of a book that has been consigned unfairly to the Tull trash heap, I give it points for being the most original of any I have seen and certainly the most Tull like. But is it crap? You know, it just might be. And it SNOT even Scottish crap. Yes you are correct about the quotes at the start of each chapter and the photocopy of the book that I have also came with many pages of updates. Personally I struggled with the book at the time and in all honesty haven't re-read it for many years - perhaps I ought to in light of the current interest.
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Post by steelmonkey on Mar 14, 2011 22:25:50 GMT
Ray's assessment/memories are exactly mine...I mean, it was described as 'a timely meditation on Tull lyrics' in the small ad in the back of Rolling Stone...I ordered it with high hopes, in a time when Tull news was rare or bleak...it was quite a comedown to plow thru page after page of personal meanderings clearly unconnected with Tull by the aforementioned lack of even lyric quotes...let alone interviews or whatever I imagined...but looking back it is a worthwhile curio indeed somehow touched by undefinable 'Tullness'.
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