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Post by zobstick on Nov 20, 2019 17:19:24 GMT
As did mine Maddog!
A quick flick through so far and it looks pretty comprehensive. Looking forward to many hours of study in the coming days
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Post by stevep on Nov 20, 2019 20:27:13 GMT
Received my copy on Monday morning and have now had a good look through the book. I have found it both very good and very interesting. Initially I wondered whether we would hear many stories and snippets that we have heard before in interviews, AND, in the box sets, etc. There is however lots of info that I, and I suspect many others, had not heard before and the photos are excellent. Well worth a good look if you get the chance...
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 21, 2019 7:45:08 GMT
Received my copy on Monday morning and have now had a good look through the book. I have found it both very good and very interesting. Initially I wondered whether we would hear many stories and snippets that we have heard before in interviews, AND, in the box sets, etc. There is however lots of info that I, and I suspect many others, had not heard before and the photos are excellent. Well worth a good look if you get the chance... As did mine Maddog! A quick flick through so far and it looks pretty comprehensive. Looking forward to many hours of study in the coming days Interesting how Ian's Father looked so much like IA in his later years. The resemblance in the photo with the pigeons is remarkable. The headmaster will be setting an exam in a few weeks time
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 21, 2019 17:21:51 GMT
Received my copy on Monday morning and have now had a good look through the book. I have found it both very good and very interesting. Initially I wondered whether we would hear many stories and snippets that we have heard before in interviews, AND, in the box sets, etc. There is however lots of info that I, and I suspect many others, had not heard before and the photos are excellent. Well worth a good look if you get the chance... As did mine Maddog! A quick flick through so far and it looks pretty comprehensive. Looking forward to many hours of study in the coming days Interesting how Ian's Father looked so much like IA in his later years. The resemblance in the photo with the pigeons is remarkable. The headmaster will be setting an exam in a few weeks time It's uncanny how much Ian looks like his father.
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Post by steelmonkey on Dec 6, 2019 0:13:53 GMT
Graded against expectations, admittedly low considering how often I have read the same old, same old from the likes of Prog, Mojo and New Day, I would give Ballad a solid A+....well written, well organized, full of surprises, new angles and Ian being open and frank. I enjoyed the book from cover to cover and am happy to own it for future revisits.
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Post by steelmonkey on Dec 6, 2019 0:21:12 GMT
Now complaints: not a single word about: Homo Erraticus, The Jethro Tull opera, J.Noyce (longest tenure at Bass?),Gerd ( tour manager and Ian compadre after DP), Anouska Shankar and many lesser blank spots for musicians, projects and eras.I think Noyce pissed him off.
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Post by steelmonkey on Dec 6, 2019 0:25:51 GMT
And having lumped A New Day in with other publications that ran out of new newslong ago, they deserve much more credit and acknowledment for stoking the embers of Tull during lulls.Rees and Webb are part of the story, for sure.Even the same old, same old was bright and shiny and amazing when it WAS news. ( john evans band music and history)
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Post by steelmonkey on Dec 6, 2019 0:30:32 GMT
And if he says that APP fanatics are nerds....fine, Ian, I've been called worse.Sad that DP isn't much of a play afficianado
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 6, 2019 7:42:56 GMT
Now complaints: not a single word about: Homo Erraticus, The Jethro Tull opera, J.Noyce (longest tenure at Bass?),Gerd ( tour manager and Ian compadre after DP), Anouska Shankar and many lesser blank spots for musicians, projects and eras.I think Noyce pissed him off. The JT Opera seems to have disappeared without a trace - either the concert recordings, both audio and/or video, weren't good enough or TullCentral has lost interest. Glad I downloaded one or two decent audio boots of the extravaganza The omission of J.Noyce is strange as is the scant detail of the later years - Ballad vol 2 perhaps ?
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 11, 2019 7:34:32 GMT
Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) Marmion855 views•Dec 7, 2015 StormwatchDruid 504 subscribers Ian Anderson performs a reading of an excerpt the Walter Scott poem, originally from a Christmas Jethro Tull show at St Brides London.
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 11, 2019 15:42:03 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 12, 2019 8:06:55 GMT
www.backseatmafia.com/book-review-the-ballad-of-jethro-tull/BOOK REVIEW: THE BALLAD OF JETHRO TULLJON BRYAN — NOVEMBER 12, 2019 Despite being one of the biggest acts of the 70s, Jethro Tull are not a band that have ever enjoyed career reassessment and rehabilitation by subsequent generations. Sure, they have enjoyed steady sales to this day, and there has even been a string of hefty box set reissues which have seen their classic albums remastered by Steven Wilson and supplemented by all manner of bonus material on both CD and audio DVD. These reissues have evidently been a profitable exercise, as they have now released much expanded editions of all their albums up to 1979’s Stormwatch, with the fan base having deep enough pockets to spend upwards of £40 on albums they already own. Of course, Jethro Tull are not unique in having a fan base willing to invest their disposable income on much-expanded box sets of their classic albums, as it’s been a healthy source of income for a lot of classic rock acts down the years. However, unlike the biggest bands of their generation, there haven’t been that many books about Jethro Tull down the years when compared to their peers. Indeed for years David Rees’ late 90s offering, Minstrels in the Gallery, was just but the only book on Tull, with only a handful more being released since then. It was perhaps the success of the recent series of expanded Jethro Tull reissues that confirmed that there would be a market for The Ballad of Jethro Tull, a hefty coffee table book bulging with thick pages displaying photos of the band down the decade, press clippings, as well as recollections by band members past and present, as well as other key players in Tull’s history of how the band’s career panned out. Of course, front and centre of the Jethro Tull story is band founder and front man, Ian Anderson, whose love of photography is evident throughout, and who inevitably the book centres around. That said, all other surviving band members also contribute, and for committed Jethro Tull fans (which to be fair, is the majority of Jethro Tull fans) this visually sumptuous history of the band is something to lose themselves in. As both a pictorial and anecdotal history of Jethro Tull, The Ballad of Jethro Tull, is about as definitive as fans could hope for. Of course, with the publication of The Ballad of Jethro Tull being an Ian Anderson project, there are inevitably a jolly “we’re all in it together” affair, with a few things quietly glossed over, but not so much as to entirely obscure the gently bubbling tension from some key former band members. That said, the clumsy dismissal of half the band in 1980 is recounted with an admirably straight bat, as is the departure of bass player Dave Pegg in the mid 90s (Pegg himself admitting to not being a particularly nice person at the time). Elsewhere, veteran Tull guitar player Martin Barre being dismissed is treat as no more a key departure as any other band member, which is something that much of the band’s fan base would be surprised by, given he had appeared on all of Jethro Tull’s studio albums except their debut. If you’re a fan of the band, then The Ballad of Jethro Tull is the definitive authorised history of the band, and a book that you will want to check out. Those with even deeper pockets will want to check out the Signature Edition of The Ballad of Jethro Tull, resplendent in its hand made box, complete with two art prints and 7 inch single of Anderson reciting a narrative poem called “The Ballad of Jethro Tull”, and Walter Scott’s “Marmion” on the b-side. Even in the book’s “classic” format, The Ballad of Jethro Tull is a beautifully presented, laid out and stunning photographic history of one of the most visually interesting bands in rock history.
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 14, 2019 7:50:17 GMT
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Post by Catqualung on Dec 18, 2019 7:43:01 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 19, 2019 7:46:09 GMT
There will be no next book for the British prog rock act Jethro Tull, whose long life story unfolds throughout The ballad by Jethro Tull, by Ian Anderson (Rocket88 Books, £ 40). It is an official narrative of the band’s history, somewhat distorted by the (always) commanding hands of the founder / leader Anderson. Abundantly illustrated – hence the high price – it changes from the confessional to the bizarre. The former contains honest in-group stories about Anderson’s sometimes stubborn attitude towards musicians (his “revolving door” policy meant that 36 musicians were members of the band at different times), the latter about yellowing press clippings that Anderson’s mother had collected and a collection that Anderson was the first to collect became known after her death. However, woven throughout is a finely crafted oral story, from the early days in the late 1960s as unusual jazz / blues hopefuls to prog rock fame throughout most of the following decade. A lavish book that may only be for the fans, but it’s also a kind of history lesson for rock music in the UK for those who are less invested.Link
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Post by maddogfagin on Jan 1, 2020 7:37:13 GMT
Screenshot from American ebay !
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Post by jackinthegreen on Jan 2, 2020 0:53:00 GMT
Screenshot from American ebay ! The kind of thing you see on ebay all the time, someone hoping to make a big buck from the gullible, most real Tull fans would've got the book already, I've seen the same thing with the 25th box set for $500 etc......wait for the genuine sellers and you will get it for a lot less.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jan 2, 2020 7:21:04 GMT
Screenshot from American ebay ! The kind of thing you see on ebay all the time, someone hoping to make a big buck from the gullible, most real Tull fans would've got the book already, I've seen the same thing with the 25th box set for $500 etc......wait for the genuine sellers and you will get it for a lot less. Yes I agree and the "signature" edition with the extras will probably drop to around $400 or so by the end of the year. It's also remarkable how some of the earlier deluxe album sets (TAAB & Aqualung for example) have maintained quite a high re-sale value on ebay, again it would be interesting to know if folks are buying them at these prices.
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Post by maddogfagin on Feb 17, 2020 7:10:06 GMT
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Post by jgiag on Mar 3, 2020 16:41:18 GMT
Love those CDs design!! I'm from Argentina, where the book can't be shipped to due to import locks which we unfortunately must suffer... Does anybody know how can I listen the pieces made for this book?
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Post by steelmonkey on Mar 3, 2020 20:46:03 GMT
I will be happy to deliver a copy, to your home, when I retire. Don't laugh, in 1986 I hitchhiked from San Francisco to Buenos Aires for my honeymoon. Small room for a few days and maybe a subway pass, too?
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 5, 2020 6:46:30 GMT
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Post by guthers on Apr 21, 2020 19:06:50 GMT
So you are talking £275.00 for a book... Oh yes and if I didn't buy it I'd only regret it a year or so down the line. After all I've been following the band for 51 years and at the age of 71 it's time to splash out on possibly one last item of merch which will only increase in value in the future.But that's only relevant if you ever want to sell it, it which case you won't have it any more. So you need two. I bought the cheap version, and still found my name in the back.
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Post by guthers on Apr 21, 2020 19:13:37 GMT
Now complaints: not a single word about: Homo Erraticus, The Jethro Tull opera, J.Noyce (longest tenure at Bass?),Gerd ( tour manager and Ian compadre after DP), Anouska Shankar and many lesser blank spots for musicians, projects and eras.I think Noyce pissed him off. Was missing from the complete history DVD too iirc. Dave Pegg served longer, but a full decade for Jon. There is something going on there. I did see him playing with Barre's band about 9 years ago.
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Post by guthers on Apr 21, 2020 19:14:40 GMT
It's uncanny how much Ian looks like his father. Reassuring rather than uncanny?
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Post by bunkerfan on Apr 22, 2020 7:04:38 GMT
Oh yes and if I didn't buy it I'd only regret it a year or so down the line. After all I've been following the band for 51 years and at the age of 71 it's time to splash out on possibly one last item of merch which will only increase in value in the future.But that's only relevant if you ever want to sell it, it which case you won't have it any more. So you need two. I bought the cheap version, and still found my name in the back. Hi guthers. Welcome to The Jethro Tull Forum.
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 22, 2020 22:14:45 GMT
It's uncanny how much Ian looks like his father. Reassuring rather than uncanny? That's true.
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Post by JTull 007 on Jul 31, 2020 22:29:03 GMT
GREAT NEWS for American & ALL TULL Fans... Read between the EYES
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Post by JTull 007 on Aug 14, 2020 1:10:43 GMT
Back in stock jethrotullbook.com
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Post by bunkerfan on Sept 8, 2020 12:56:38 GMT
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