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Post by maddogfagin on May 28, 2009 17:32:17 GMT
Thought we had a thread on the Tull mag but couldn't find it Issue #97 is now published and came through my letterbox today. Few snippets to wet your whistle: The 4 German concerts this December are titled "Ian Anderson play the Christmas Tull", I/V with Ann Marie Calhoun from the 2007 tour programme (uncut), reviews of the Barbican and St Bride's concerts and a review of Mick Abrahams' birthday bash from last July.
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Post by steelmonkey on May 28, 2009 19:56:24 GMT
I'll wait by the mail box!. I still give the new day guys a lot of credit for keeping the Tull flame burning when it seemed dangerously low (84-87), teaching Ian how to interact with and relate to fans and providing Tull themselves with a way to heal old wounds and enjoy each other's company in conventions and other re-union type situations. I think the interviews done in the first few years of New Day cleared away a lot of baggage and misunderstandings between the original members. The web has left New Day in the dust as a way for Tull fans to connect and share information....but they sure did a good job of maintaining and improving the Tull universe during their first years of existence. I met some of them...there was a bit of snobbery, to be expected in any royal court, but there hearts and efforts are unquestionable in the history of jethro Tull. Maybe we should try do a Q and A with Rees or Webb!
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Post by mix on May 28, 2009 23:23:59 GMT
I was a subscriber for nearly 15 years but dropped it when they started using half the mag to reprint pages off the Tull website. I do kind of miss it. What has been in the last few issues?
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Post by tullistray on May 29, 2009 5:22:38 GMT
I kind of hope David is not popping in and reading this because I am certain he would be as sheepish about accepting such praise as most of us but without question I hold him as the single most important Tull fan, and very civil in my communications with him dating back to 85. And of course if for no other reason than no David Rees, no Jack A Lynn and likely no alot of the wonderful extra tracks like Coronach that graced the 20 year set. O I suppose its conceivable that many years later, if IA still had the notion to remaster the catalogue maybe they would have surfaced, but I kind of think David got IA on that track . And its important to remember that its not something he wanted to do, he only did it because no one else was. And decades of never hearing anyone in Tull open their mouth, never thought I would see the day when literally everyone who has ever been in the band would be interviewed, including people on the periphery or predating the band. And as has been stated by my colleague, his influence on the overall culture of Tull I believe had everything to do with Mick Abrahams reigniting his music career, as I recall in David's first interview with him Mick seemed surprised that anyone would be interested, and was, what Ian joked about being, an actual chartered accountant, I recall a successful one. And all those lovely conventions, none of which I have ever been able to see, I believe are an outgrowth of his efforts. I quit subscribing a few years back, but if the money ever loosens up a bit I certainly would again and have kept what must be about the first 75 issues or so. Also marks to Peggy who was a wonderful pipeline of information to David during those years of 85 and 86 when I can't personally say that I thought Tull had ceased to exist, only cause I felt and feel certain that will be when Ian draws his last breath, but I could easily see where many would have presumed they had ceased.
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Post by maddogfagin on May 29, 2009 7:42:41 GMT
I kind of hope David is not popping in and reading this because I am certain he would be as sheepish about accepting such praise as most of us but without question I hold him as the single most important Tull fan, and very civil in my communications with him dating back to 85. And of course if for no other reason than no David Rees, no Jack A Lynn and likely no alot of the wonderful extra tracks like Coronach that graced the 20 year set. O I suppose its conceivable that many years later, if IA still had the notion to remaster the catalogue maybe they would have surfaced, but I kind of think David got IA on that track . And its important to remember that its not something he wanted to do, he only did it because no one else was. And decades of never hearing anyone in Tull open their mouth, never thought I would see the day when literally everyone who has ever been in the band would be interviewed, including people on the periphery or predating the band. And as has been stated by my colleague, his influence on the overall culture of Tull I believe had everything to do with Mick Abrahams reigniting his music career, as I recall in David's first interview with him Mick seemed surprised that anyone would be interested, and was, what Ian joked about being, an actual chartered accountant, I recall a successful one. And all those lovely conventions, none of which I have ever been able to see, I believe are an outgrowth of his efforts. I quit subscribing a few years back, but if the money ever loosens up a bit I certainly would again and have kept what must be about the first 75 issues or so. Also marks to Peggy who was a wonderful pipeline of information to David during those years of 85 and 86 when I can't personally say that I thought Tull had ceased to exist, only cause I felt and feel certain that will be when Ian draws his last breath, but I could easily see where many would have presumed they had ceased. Yes i'd agree with all you said. When Graham Smith and myself organised the first UK Tull Convention back in '89 Dave Rees and Martin Webb not only publicised it in AND but actively promoted it to the band hence the appearence there of Peggy, Maart and also Kenny Wylie. With subsequent Conventions we not only had the support of the AND team but a host of others which are listed elsewhere on this forum on a convention's thread. I once worked with a guy who was in the Queen fan club and he was always telling me about the "inner circle" of Queen fans who tended to keep all the good things about Queen to themselves. Thankfully nothing is like that with our merry bunch of fans who, in my experience, share in everything. jethrotull.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=225has the brief details of the UK Conventions if you haven't seen it and want to know more.
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Post by maddogfagin on May 30, 2009 8:31:37 GMT
I was a subscriber for nearly 15 years but dropped it when they started using half the mag to reprint pages off the Tull website. I do kind of miss it. What has been in the last few issues? Interviews, dates and concert reviews mainly. Pick a subject Seriously, there have been some cracking concert photos, the reviews have been from concerts from many localities and some interesting expanded interviews from the 2007 tour programme. My only quibble, and also one that is shared by some, is that by the time the mag comes out, some of the gig listings are a bit out of date. Still, roll on the 100 edition and long may it continue.
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Post by shindizzler on Dec 19, 2009 4:51:17 GMT
I wonder what anyone thinks of AND issues that I might part with spanning about 1991 or so till maybe 96. Time to clear house. Anyone need this stuff? I will dig them out if there is some interest.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jan 28, 2010 16:59:14 GMT
Issue 98 of A New Day has just been published! A piece on the Dayglo Pirates breaking up, interviews with Andy Giddings and Mark Mondesir and a promise that issue #99 will be along shortly Better re-new my subscription then
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 28, 2010 19:24:17 GMT
Issue 98 of A New Day has just been published! A piece on the Dayglo Pirates breaking up, interviews with Andy Giddings and Mark Mondesir and a promise that issue #99 will be along shortly Better re-new my subscription then Why have they split up? they've been going for a while
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Post by Aqualung55 on Jan 28, 2010 22:37:48 GMT
I can only echo the praise that has been heaped on Dave Rees, and indeed, Martin Webb and the many who have contributed to AND down the years. Let's not forget, as well, the AND record label, and the brilliant stuff that has been made available through it. Not just Tull stuff, but Mick Abrahams solo albums, and the awesome King Earl Boogie band.
A while ago I swapped mail with Dave and wrote a piece for the 100th AND which I hope will remain timeless, and with luck will see the light of day later this year
Ste
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Post by steelmonkey on Jan 29, 2010 0:34:58 GMT
I've let my subscription lapse...and now regret it...I'd love to see the Giddings and Mondesir interviews....what's the current issue number so i can ask for it when I re-up?
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Post by maddogfagin on Jan 29, 2010 8:46:20 GMT
I've let my subscription lapse...and now regret it...I'd love to see the Giddings and Mondesir interviews....what's the current issue number so i can ask for it when I re-up? Issue #98
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Post by maddogfagin on Jan 29, 2010 8:52:08 GMT
Issue 98 of A New Day has just been published! A piece on the Dayglo Pirates breaking up, interviews with Andy Giddings and Mark Mondesir and a promise that issue #99 will be along shortly Better re-new my subscription then Why have they split up? they've been going for a while Their press release is at jethrotull.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=tull&action=display&thread=425Paul Forrest is relocating to Israel
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Post by maddogfagin on Jan 29, 2010 9:00:50 GMT
I can only echo the praise that has been heaped on Dave Rees, and indeed, Martin Webb and the many who have contributed to AND down the years. Let's not forget, as well, the AND record label, and the brilliant stuff that has been made available through it. Not just Tull stuff, but Mick Abrahams solo albums, and the awesome King Earl Boogie band. A while ago I swapped mail with Dave and wrote a piece for the 100th AND which I hope will remain timeless, and with luck will see the light of day later this year Ste I agree with your sentiments Aqualung55. When they started AND in the mid 80's it certainly brought a lot of like minded people together and without their support those of us who were involved with the UK Tull Conventions, and others held in the States, Italy etc., would not have known each other and the Conventions would never have taken place. I would think the same would apply with fans from other parts of the world who follow the band and regularly post on forums such as this one. Look forward to reading your article in the 100 edition.
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Post by jt68 on Jan 30, 2010 13:53:25 GMT
The Giddings interview is excellent - fascinating stuff. Mondesir interview is also great - fantastic drummer.
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Post by maddogfagin on Feb 10, 2010 15:07:08 GMT
So hard upon the heels of issue #98 arrives issue #99, thundering through the letter box and frightening the cat.
In this issue there are reviews of: 1. The Exeter Cathedral concert 2. Amersfoort, Holland 3. Maryport Blues Festival 4. Doncaster Dome 5. Weyfest 6. Martin Webb’s travels seeing the UK “Solo” Tour (well he is, as Dave Rees points out, a civil servant so he has the time) 7. A review of the Christmas double CD 8. DVD/CD review of Madison Square Garden 9. DVD review of the AVO Session, Basel 10. LP review of “Live At Montreaux” 11. A Fancy Toys gig in London 12. Interviews with John O’Hara and David Goodier 13. Some splendid photos including a rather dodgy one of John O’Hara in a dress and blonde wig (actually a forgery/composite but it might, just might, get some people excited . . . not)
And that’s it.
Well worth its purchase and here’s to issue #100. I shall raise my glass to it when it arrives.
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Post by kleynan on Mar 6, 2010 12:50:32 GMT
where can i subscribe? o.o
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 6, 2010 16:43:24 GMT
where can i subscribe? o.o Dave Rees A New Day 75 Wren Way Farnborough Hampshire GU14 8TA England 5 issue subscription (UK) £11 Europe £15 or 25 Euros (cash) Elsewhere £17 or US$35 (cash) Further details at www.anewdayrecords.co.uk
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Post by admin on Mar 6, 2010 20:58:33 GMT
On the subject of A New Day, there doesn't seem to have been much mention elsewhere yet that the next issue is going to be No.100 and quite a milestone. I wonder if DR has any surprises planned?
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Post by Aqualung55 on Mar 9, 2010 12:13:59 GMT
Col, about a year ago, anticipating AND's up and coming "anniversary" I wrote an article for Dave, which I am looking forward to seeing. Remember, Dave set AND up years before Tim Berners Lee "invented" the world wide web, and the small mention for AND on the back of the Crest of a Knave album tempted me and I have been a subscriber ever since. Interviews the like of which you'll not have seen elsewhere; his own 'label' with excellent artistes......but above all, I believe Dave has been responsible for bringing Tull fans together, long before forums like this came along and gave fans even greater access to each other. How many more years AND will go on for....who knows, but to reach 100 issues is a real milestone, and we should all doff out caps to Dave and his various helpers down the years.
Ste
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Post by trainspotter on Mar 23, 2010 9:04:38 GMT
On the subject of A New Day, there doesn't seem to have been much mention elsewhere yet that the next issue is going to be No.100 and quite a milestone. I wonder if DR has any surprises planned? Likely the FINAL issue.
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 23, 2010 10:18:10 GMT
On the subject of A New Day, there doesn't seem to have been much mention elsewhere yet that the next issue is going to be No.100 and quite a milestone. I wonder if DR has any surprises planned? Likely the FINAL issue. Will be a sad day if it is Train. AND was the mainstay of Tull fans for so long in the pre and early internet days and great credit to Dave and Martin for the efforts they put into it along with all the contributors.
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 26, 2010 13:59:58 GMT
Good news folks. Just been on the phone to Dave Rees and he hopes to get issue #100 out next week.
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Post by trainspotter on Jan 31, 2011 7:21:55 GMT
Will be a sad day if it is Train. AND was the mainstay of Tull fans for so long in the pre and early internet days and great credit to Dave and Martin for the efforts they put into it along with all the contributors. No sad day on the schedule. Issue 101 is promised out soon.
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Post by tim on Mar 24, 2011 12:50:49 GMT
Its funny I developed a different view of A.N.D. At its best it was indeed a valuable source of much needed info on Tull when there was none (Can there ever have been fans of a band with such a huge following relying on a "Home made" magazine for info?). In the early days I swapped tapes with Dave Rees and more so Martin Webb and found them to be enthusiastic fans doing a good job unpaid just for the Love of it. What I found most irritating though was around the time Ian finally recognised their efforts, there emerged a sort of "you and us" approach that most of us were excluded from. The magazine would tell of invited audience to trhe filming of a DVD or suchlike,from which most of us were unaware or there would be long rambling articles about how a few of them followed Tull throughout Europe, then in the last few years the name dropping "Ian bought us a curry" or "i was invited to take photos" which is all fine apart from the theme of the mag changed . It became a club for close friends and the rest of us could just read about it. (Dont get me wrong I think Dave Rees deserved some payback for his hard work but it stopped being inclusive.) Worst of all I think Ian used them . Initially around the time of "Crest" and then again in more recent Years. In between time when it suited Ian to ignore A.N.D the magazine was all the better for it, the tales of backstage passes had dried up. I reluctantly gave up on the mag about five years ago when ian once again issued photo /backstage passes and once again it was "The further adventures of Dave and Friends"The last interview I read was more about the meal they had with Ian than "Why no new album"? or "why are you murdering songs that you just cant sing anymore?" I felt once upon a time Dave would have persevered to put fans concerns across but it became more important to preserve the backstage pass (This may be the ramblings of a bitter old fan who felt left out of course so do feel free to disagree)
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Post by tim on Mar 24, 2011 13:14:44 GMT
Its funny I developed a different view of A.N.D. At its best it was indeed a valuable source of much needed info on Tull when there was none (Can there ever have been fans of a band with such a huge following relying on a "Home made" magazine for info?). In the early days I swapped tapes with Dave Rees and more so Martin Webb and found them to be enthusiastic fans doing a good job unpaid just for the Love of it. What I found most irritating though was around the time Ian finally recognised their efforts, there emerged a sort of "you and us" approach that most of us were excluded from. The magazine would tell of invited audience to trhe filming of a DVD or suchlike,from which most of us were unaware or there would be long rambling articles about how a few of them followed Tull throughout Europe, then in the last few years the name dropping "Ian bought us a curry" or "i was invited to take photos" which is all fine apart from the theme of the mag changed . It became a club for close friends and the rest of us could just read about it. (Dont get me wrong I think Dave Rees deserved some payback for his hard work but it stopped being inclusive.) Worst of all I think Ian used them . Initially around the time of "Crest" and then again in more recent Years. In between time when it suited Ian to ignore A.N.D the magazine was all the better for it, the tales of backstage passes had dried up. I reluctantly gave up on the mag about five years ago when ian once again issued photo /backstage passes and once again it was "The further adventures of Dave and Friends"The last interview I read was more about the meal they had with Ian than "Why no new album"? or "why are you murdering songs that you just cant sing anymore?" I felt once upon a time Dave would have persevered to put fans concerns across but it became more important to preserve the backstage pass (This may be the ramblings of a bitter old fan who felt left out of course so do feel free to disagree)
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 24, 2011 13:39:24 GMT
That's interesting to read Tim and welcome from me to the Forum I didn't know anything about AND until a couple of years ago so I can't comment on your points however may I pick up on the accessibility and inclusion points and say that I think things may have changed certainly in this age of instant intrusive news - even for "celebs" like old Ian not only because of Twitter and FB telling us about what you had for lunch and when you got rid of it but mainly because we want instant and full coverage about anything we care to type. As people have said here thank goodness for the internet and bringing together people to talk Tull I personally hate any "old club" attitudes and can remember when I joined the Tull Live Chat thinking sometimes that it was like a College course "$h1t what if I forget what song was on what album" Will I get expelled? It doesn't happen here - We won't let it ;D ;D Ps I think it's amazing that we can link up/talk with fellow fans/listen to a song and find out how often it was played live all at the same time.
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Post by carollover on Mar 30, 2011 17:04:29 GMT
I'm upset with Mr. Rees right now. I've been a AND subscriber since 1995 and renewed last March for another 5 issues. I haven't received issue 100 yet (I know it's out) and have emailed (several times) and snail mailed Rees to ask what's up. No reply. Hope you're all enjoying issue 100, maybe someday I'll get mine...or not.
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 30, 2011 17:41:16 GMT
I'm upset with Mr. Rees right now. I've been a AND subscriber since 1995 and renewed last March for another 5 issues. I haven't received issue 100 yet (I know it's out) and have emailed (several times) and snail mailed Rees to ask what's up. No reply. Hope you're all enjoying issue 100, maybe someday I'll get mine...or not. Hi Carollover and welcome to the JT Forum. I heard some mutterings of discontent from AND subscribers, mainly those from outside the UK, about not receiving issue #100 and not getting any replies to emails that have been sent. One reason, so I've been told, is that DR wanted to post issue #100 together with #101 but as that one has, as far as I know, not been published yet those plans have come to nothing. If we hear anything here at the Forum we'll publish an update. Maddog
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Post by carollover on Mar 30, 2011 17:48:35 GMT
Thanks for the welcome and update Maddog, just seems a little rude to not reply, how hard is it to send a short reply to an email that says "issues 100 and 101 coming togther soon" if that's the case? I'll keep checking in and will let u know if it does eventually arrive. Thanks again.
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