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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 16, 2020 15:25:46 GMT
Jethro Tull The Ballad Of Jethro Tull (paperback book pre-order) The first official history of the legendary Jethro Tull, The Ballad of Jethro Tull is illustrated throughout with previously unseen, personal and classic photographs and memorabilia. Tull's story is told by Ian Anderson, band members past and present and the people who helped the band to become one of the most successful in rock history. ‘A sumptuously presented volume packed with striking, often unseen photography…’ - PROG Pre-order for 23rd October shipping.link
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Post by newdayyesterday on Nov 12, 2020 10:08:58 GMT
FIRST LOOK - The Ballad of Jethro Tull Book 441 views•Nov 16, 2019 Darren Lock's Prog Review Very nice... BOOK indeed Indeed ....love the early pic of Tull up here
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Post by newdayyesterday on Nov 12, 2020 10:15:06 GMT
This baby is on my wishlist.......part of the next paycheque coming in will be dedicated to this ripper
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Post by JTull 007 on Nov 13, 2020 1:29:29 GMT
The paperback edition of The Ballad of Jethro Tull is illustrated throughout with personal, classic and early photographs like this one of the pre-Tull John Evan Band in 1966. LINK
(l–r) Ian Anderson (vocals), Chris Riley (guitar), Barrie Barlow (drums), Jeffrey Hammond (bass), Harry Hartley (trumpet), Martin Skyrme (tenor saxophone), John Evan (Farfisa organ). Order your copy now at jethrotullbook.com (Photo: Ian Anderson Collection )
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Post by JTull 007 on Feb 4, 2021 11:50:35 GMT
Ian Anderson announces Silent Singing–the illustrated complete lyric book
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Post by jordevi on Feb 4, 2021 18:00:59 GMT
Ian Anderson announces Silent Singing–the illustrated complete lyric book What bothers me a little bit about the concept of this book is the fact that his career is not over yet (or, at least, I hope he releases at least one more solo album), and that there will hopefully be some newly discovered outtakes from previous albums, which will then not be included in this "complete" lyric-book. Still, it looks nice enough that I'll place my pre-order as soon as that is available.
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Post by theothertull on Feb 5, 2021 21:22:53 GMT
Ian Anderson announces Silent Singing–the illustrated complete lyric book What bothers me a little bit about the concept of this book is the fact that his career is not over yet (or, at least, I hope he releases at least one more solo album), and that there will hopefully be some newly discovered outtakes from previous albums, which will then not be included in this "complete" lyric-book. Still, it looks nice enough that I'll place my pre-order as soon as that is available. I think it is clear that what we knew as Tull is done. If this is the best Ian can come up with in a year where he had little else to do, it is over. You would think he would do something, even a little thing musically. Others weren't held back. Tull is now just talk. I saw a video the other day where Martin introduced a Tull by saying that either Tull had not ever played live, or when they did it was "$h1tty". Ian has been teasing new material since before the 50th tour, but clearly he has lost interest in new things, and Martin is incapable without his handler, who again has given up on music. Sad, but what other argument can be made. Was great while it lasted.
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Post by jackinthegreen on Feb 6, 2021 1:19:45 GMT
Ian Anderson announces Silent Singing–the illustrated complete lyric book Oh my God.......pardon the pun.....he's come up with another way to get our cash!! lol, I'll be havin' it anyhow.....hahaha.
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Post by JTull 007 on Feb 6, 2021 1:27:42 GMT
Ian has been teasing new material since before the 50th tour, but clearly he has lost interest in new things, and Martin is incapable without his handler, who again has given up on music. Sad, but what other argument can be made. Was great while it lasted. With TULL there is HOPE Over the years since TULL began many have predicted THE END.... I respect those who are being practical during a PANDEMIC which must be the main reason. Ian has so much energy that I would never count him out of any future endeavors. On a positive side of this situation Ian has been resting a voice which has been through alot. Normally a band will tour with every new album including Anniversary releases and new songs. The promoters are in the same position with what is doable during uncertain times. Until LIVE performances are safe for the public to attend he makes REMIXES and BOOKS. I still expect at least 1 or 2 more new albums in the future with FRESH TULL !!!! FRESH TULL FOREVER
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Post by Catqualung on Feb 9, 2021 8:14:38 GMT
I want to be positive and imagine that those strange pics of Ian dressed like a monk are jethro-leaks of the concept of the forthcoming album. Let us pray... Ehm... Yes, and give (to Ian, wehatever he does) till it hurts
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Post by schubertmachiavelli on Feb 9, 2021 13:00:07 GMT
What bothers me a little bit about the concept of this book is the fact that his career is not over yet (or, at least, I hope he releases at least one more solo album), and that there will hopefully be some newly discovered outtakes from previous albums, which will then not be included in this "complete" lyric-book. Still, it looks nice enough that I'll place my pre-order as soon as that is available. I think it is clear that what we knew as Tull is done. If this is the best Ian can come up with in a year where he had little else to do, it is over. You would think he would do something, even a little thing musically. Others weren't held back. Tull is now just talk. I saw a video the other day where Martin introduced a Tull by saying that either Tull had not ever played live, or when they did it was "$h1tty". Ian has been teasing new material since before the 50th tour, but clearly he has lost interest in new things, and Martin is incapable without his handler, who again has given up on music. Sad, but what other argument can be made. Was great while it lasted. Several things to point out here. Firstly, there's nothing to presuppose that a lyric book is drawing a line under everything. Did everyone worry the last time a Jethro Tull lyric book was published that somehow that was the end of the line — more than a quarter-century ago? If they did, they were wrong, evidently. I should also point out, to anyone who might balk at the very thought of buying yet another Tull lyric book (and I see dozens of people on numerous Facebook groups that do) that the previous one was an aforementioned quarter of a century ago, so maybe it's high time to stop mithering and take the wallet-moths on a wee holiday. In any event, I know it's part of the condition of fandom to be sceptical of the Party Line on anything (especially when it comes from someone who is as assiduous in protecting an image and identity as Mr Anderson. Like that's a bad thing) but I'm perfectly willing to take IA's word in the video for it — that if there's one thing that most of us can agree on, is that lockdown *has* afforded IA with the time and opportunity to curate his lyric documents, an undertaking I suspect he'd be unlikely to have had time or inclination for had there been more pressing matters such as tours to tour and albums to record under non-Covid circumstances. Sure, other bands have done recordings under lockdown, but what's that got to do with anything? He's done what he's chosen to do; it's his time to do with as he will (and who's to say IA has not recorded anything? If he has, it'll become knowledge when he deems it so, and not before — who's going to leak that sort of info at his home, exactly?). As for the completeness of a lyric book, well, it has to be called something. Let's face it, the only way a lyric book will ever be said to be truly complete is posthumously, and I don't think IA is ready to relinquish that sort of control on his empire. Quite right too. There's no contractual obligation for a band to append '…So Far' on their Greatest Hits LP and most bands don't… but what if their Greatest Ever Hit is yet to happen? I don't think I could handle the lies on that old album cover?!
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Post by jackinthegreen on Feb 9, 2021 14:41:02 GMT
I have the 1st lyric book and look forward to this one, funny they don't say the price of it though....... Ian's songwriting is so good, I think it's poetry, although he says it's not, he is just being modest in my opinion, wonderful writer
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Post by schubertmachiavelli on Feb 9, 2021 14:51:50 GMT
I have the 1st lyric book and look forward to this one, funny they don't say the price of it though....... Ian's songwriting is so good, I think it's poetry, although he says it's not, he is just being modest in my opinion, wonderful writer Like the best art, I find Ian Anderson's lyrics keep on unfolding and revealing new meanings and imagery as time wears on. When people study his lyrics for generations to come, it is to be hoped they have a book such as this to work from, a primary text. This stuff will matter; maybe not in our lifetimes, but for the ages. As for price, I'm prepared to be corrected on this — but I suspect there will be two versions, just as Rocket 88 have done for The Ballad Of Jethro Tull (and in fact most other books available on their site): one that will be stupidly expensive, but highly collectable, probably signed etc for the kind of fans that love that sort of thing, don't say you weren't warned etc… …and then a perfectly reasonably-priced one for everyone else. The cheap one will cost the same as a couple of rounds in the pub. Who's been to the pub lately, anyone?
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Post by theothertull on Feb 9, 2021 18:16:44 GMT
I think it is clear that what we knew as Tull is done. If this is the best Ian can come up with in a year where he had little else to do, it is over. You would think he would do something, even a little thing musically. Others weren't held back. Tull is now just talk. I saw a video the other day where Martin introduced a Tull by saying that either Tull had not ever played live, or when they did it was "$h1tty". Ian has been teasing new material since before the 50th tour, but clearly he has lost interest in new things, and Martin is incapable without his handler, who again has given up on music. Sad, but what other argument can be made. Was great while it lasted. Several things to point out here. Firstly, there's nothing to presuppose that a lyric book is drawing a line under everything. Did everyone worry the last time a Jethro Tull lyric book was published that somehow that was the end of the line — more than a quarter-century ago? If they did, they were wrong, evidently. I should also point out, to anyone who might balk at the very thought of buying yet another Tull lyric book (and I see dozens of people on numerous Facebook groups that do) that the previous one was an aforementioned quarter of a century ago, so maybe it's high time to stop mithering and take the wallet-moths on a wee holiday. In any event, I know it's part of the condition of fandom to be sceptical of the Party Line on anything (especially when it comes from someone who is as assiduous in protecting an image and identity as Mr Anderson. Like that's a bad thing) but I'm perfectly willing to take IA's word in the video for it — that if there's one thing that most of us can agree on, is that lockdown *has* afforded IA with the time and opportunity to curate his lyric documents, an undertaking I suspect he'd be unlikely to have had time or inclination for had there been more pressing matters such as tours to tour and albums to record under non-Covid circumstances. Sure, other bands have done recordings under lockdown, but what's that got to do with anything? He's done what he's chosen to do; it's his time to do with as he will (and who's to say IA has not recorded anything? If he has, it'll become knowledge when he deems it so, and not before — who's going to leak that sort of info at his home, exactly?). As for the completeness of a lyric book, well, it has to be called something. Let's face it, the only way a lyric book will ever be said to be truly complete is posthumously, and I don't think IA is ready to relinquish that sort of control on his empire. Quite right too. There's no contractual obligation for a band to append '…So Far' on their Greatest Hits LP and most bands don't… but what if their Greatest Ever Hit is yet to happen? I don't think I could handle the lies on that old album cover?! With all due respect man, you sound Like Trump speaking about Putin. There is a lot of What If's in your comments, but there will be no TAAB 3 next year.
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Post by schubertmachiavelli on Feb 9, 2021 18:30:44 GMT
Several things to point out here. Firstly, there's nothing to presuppose that a lyric book is drawing a line under everything. Did everyone worry the last time a Jethro Tull lyric book was published that somehow that was the end of the line — more than a quarter-century ago? If they did, they were wrong, evidently. I should also point out, to anyone who might balk at the very thought of buying yet another Tull lyric book (and I see dozens of people on numerous Facebook groups that do) that the previous one was an aforementioned quarter of a century ago, so maybe it's high time to stop mithering and take the wallet-moths on a wee holiday. In any event, I know it's part of the condition of fandom to be sceptical of the Party Line on anything (especially when it comes from someone who is as assiduous in protecting an image and identity as Mr Anderson. Like that's a bad thing) but I'm perfectly willing to take IA's word in the video for it — that if there's one thing that most of us can agree on, is that lockdown *has* afforded IA with the time and opportunity to curate his lyric documents, an undertaking I suspect he'd be unlikely to have had time or inclination for had there been more pressing matters such as tours to tour and albums to record under non-Covid circumstances. Sure, other bands have done recordings under lockdown, but what's that got to do with anything? He's done what he's chosen to do; it's his time to do with as he will (and who's to say IA has not recorded anything? If he has, it'll become knowledge when he deems it so, and not before — who's going to leak that sort of info at his home, exactly?). As for the completeness of a lyric book, well, it has to be called something. Let's face it, the only way a lyric book will ever be said to be truly complete is posthumously, and I don't think IA is ready to relinquish that sort of control on his empire. Quite right too. There's no contractual obligation for a band to append '…So Far' on their Greatest Hits LP and most bands don't… but what if their Greatest Ever Hit is yet to happen? I don't think I could handle the lies on that old album cover?! With all due respect man, you sound Like Trump speaking about Putin. There is a lot of What If's in your comments, but there will be no TAAB 3 next year. Well, that escalated fast, komrades.
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Post by theothertull on Feb 10, 2021 0:10:14 GMT
With all due respect man, you sound Like Trump speaking about Putin. There is a lot of What If's in your comments, but there will be no TAAB 3 next year. Well, that escalated fast, komrades. Escalation would involve expelling diplomats, and all that nonsense, just opinions during a pandemic. Cheers
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Post by jackinthegreen on Feb 10, 2021 1:13:08 GMT
Well, that escalated fast, komrades. Escalation would involve expelling diplomats, and all that nonsense, just opinions during a pandemic. Cheers Great new book I think we all agree, lets leave American politics out of it..... Trump....................
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Post by JTull 007 on Feb 10, 2021 1:44:22 GMT
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Post by Catqualung on Feb 10, 2021 5:58:49 GMT
Hey, he said: to the present day, not to 2014... what about if the book comes out and we find out there are a dozen of never heard songs... and then the new record comes out? It would be a nice sirprise, yes?
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Post by Jack -A- Lynn on Feb 12, 2021 7:13:19 GMT
I have the 1st lyric book and look forward to this one, funny they don't say the price of it though....... Ian's songwriting is so good, I think it's poetry, although he says it's not, he is just being modest in my opinion, wonderful writer The reason i find this book a wonderful idea, is exactly because i consider too that in Ian's writing exists to a great degree the poetical element. So of course i want to own it. For now i am waiting for the Ballad 😁😁
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Post by jackinthegreen on Feb 16, 2021 1:44:07 GMT
I have the 1st lyric book and look forward to this one, funny they don't say the price of it though....... Ian's songwriting is so good, I think it's poetry, although he says it's not, he is just being modest in my opinion, wonderful writer The reason i find this book a wonderful idea, is exactly because i consider too that in Ian's writing exists to a great degree the poetical element. So of course i want to own it. For now i am waiting for the Ballad 😁😁 You put it perfectly.......we now have to wait
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Post by Catqualung on Mar 18, 2021 20:33:52 GMT
I want to be positive and imagine that those strange pics of Ian dressed like a monk are jethro-leaks of the concept of the forthcoming album. Let us pray... Ehm... Yes, and give (to Ian, wehatever he does) till it hurts The zealot gene must be of religious theme! I was good as a prophet, yes?
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Post by Catqualung on Mar 18, 2021 20:34:33 GMT
Hey, he said: to the present day, not to 2014... what about if the book comes out and we find out there are a dozen of never heard songs... and then the new record comes out? It would be a nice sirprise, yes? And here too I was a good prophet it seems!
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 15, 2021 6:12:48 GMT
www.hollywoodsoapbox.com/interview-relive-the-memories-of-jethro-tull-in-book-form/INTERVIEW: Relive the memories of Jethro Tull, in book formDecember 24, 2019 John Soltes The legendary rock ‘n’ roll band Jethro Tull have been redefining music for the past 50 years, and in celebration of their coveted anniversary — an anniversary rarely arrived at by rock bands — Ian Anderson and Rocket 88 Books have recently released The Ballad of Jethro Tull. The coffee-table tome, which is meant to be read and experienced rather than gawked at, tells the unique story of the rock band in more than 200 pages. Included in the classic edition of the book, according to its official website, are illustrations, more than 200 photographs and an MP4 download of Anderson’s poetic recitation of “The Ballad of Jethro Tull” and “Marmion,” the latter by Sir Walter Scott. Those who purchase the signature edition of the book, which is limited to 500 copies, will also have an original art print by Peter Klucik, a 7-inch vinyl record of the two poem recitations by Anderson, a hand-made clamshell box and an autograph by Anderson. As of press time, the signature edition was sold out. Recently Hollywood Soapbox profiled Anderson on the occasion of a 50th anniversary tour celebrating Jethro Tull’s contributions to music. Anderson jumped on the phone again to talk about the new book project and whether he’s nostalgic for the early years of his career — when picking up the flute was a revolutionary music act for a rock musician. Here’s what he had to say … On the impetus for creating The Ballad of Jethro Tull book … “It was the commercial inspiration of the publishers who had recently done a book about Foreigner and a few other ones before that, and they thought, well, Jethro Tull, 50th anniversary, we’ll capitalize on that. So from my perspective somebody else was going to do the bulk of the work. All I had to do was provide my portion of all the interviewing and the final editing and proof-reading. “So it took many hours of my time, but it wasn’t as if I had to do it all by myself from start to finish. Indeed the services of Mark Blake were sought and contracted to do the actual interviews with me and the other band members and associates who provided their take on the early years of Jethro Tull. So Mark Blake is the writer, not me. He has a long track record as being a U.K. music business journalist writing for many different well-known periodicals and music papers. He comes with quite a good track record of paying attention to detail and making sure he researches all the facts, so at the end of it all, it’s all pretty accurate. But there’s no scandal, no drugs and a sprinkling of rock ‘n’ roll because we’re not that kind of a band.” On whether the band was influenced by drugs in the early years … “I don’t think you can put down the longevity of Jethro Tull to having skewed the use of drugs or embraced them. It’s just a work ethic and common-sense attitude to being on the road, to getting an early bed, to rising with the sun and jumping on an airplane or into a bus and heading off to the next place. It’s all pragmatic. It’s just about common sense, rules of survival, and it doesn’t help if you get locked into that rather self-destructive lifestyle, from which a lot of people temporarily recover in older age, but still seem to die or suffer from ill health pretty early on in their lives, and that’s rather sad to see. Whereas such old people like me and Martin Barre, our guitar player for most of the time of Jethro Tull, we’re still active today because I guess we were naturally cautious about lifestyle and things that could perhaps come to haunt us in later life. Into our 70s we’re still pretty active without too much medical care and attention. Paramedics are not on the technical rider.” On the selection of ‘Marmion’ by Sir Walter Scott … “The piece by Sir Walter Scott, ‘Marmion,’ is a piece that I’ve been reading at Christmas concerts for a number of years. It’s of that era I suppose when British, or Scottish in this case, literature was evolving into something that was embracing a lot of elements of traditional culture, but presenting them again for a new generation, as indeed Sir Walter Scott did in the years that he was alive. I think in a way I try to echo the sentiments of his very epic poem, ‘Marmion,’ from which it is just a tiny extract that I recorded with a piece that I wrote especially for the book called ‘The Ballad of Jethro Tull,’ which attempts to put together with a musical backdrop of the relevant pieces of music over our careers. It attempts to put it all together with a slightly Sir Walter Scott-esque rendition and cramming 50 years into three minutes or less.” On whether he’s nostalgic for Jethro Tull’s past … “I’ve always had a sympathy for those people who do have nostalgia. It’s nice to have in small measure, but if it rules your life, if you keep looking back into times gone by resolutely and you don’t want to embrace change, I think that ultimately is a pretty negative state to be in, which I wrote about back in 1976 on the song ‘Too Old to Rock ‘N’ Roll, Too Young to Die.’ That’s what predicated that song lyric. “It was about someone who refuses to embrace change and is locked into a comfortable safety blanket of his own past and doesn’t really want to embrace the modern world. Back then, of course, I was talking more about fashion and culture. Today I’d be talking about the kind of person who doesn’t do email or doesn’t know how to check online if they’re booking a flight, so times change. But the same need that some people have to refuse change and to keep stuck in the past, that’s not a good thing. “I have a healthy respect for nostalgia. ‘Remember the time when,’ which often is the subject of some post-concert trip back to a hotel in a van when the band and crew talk after a beer, tend to talk about, oh, remember we did this or we saw that. It’s nice to have, but it just occupies a teeny little part of my life. And I’m not really naturally a nostalgic person, but I think I enjoy nostalgia when it’s on a personal level and I’m in that kind of a mood, a reflective mood. But it doesn’t happen everyday, and if it does occur on a day, it’s usually a few minutes of nostalgia. And then I move on because I remember I have another U.S. phoner in the next 20 minutes, and that shakes me out of my reverie.” On his decision to incorporate flute playing into his rock music … “It was just something different. It was something that wasn’t being replicated elsewhere. There were other flute players at the time, but in the world of jazz and classical music, but certainly not in blues and certainly not in rock music. It felt, whilst not being revolutionary, at least it was different. And I wanted to put my stamp on the musical world in 1968 in London by not doing what everybody else did, and there were a lot of great guitar players back then. Of course, there were wonderful guitar players like Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and, of course, Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac, who was very much a contemporary of ours, but to be another small fish in a big pool didn’t really appeal to me.” On how he started the songwriting process for each song … “I like to start from a different point every time. I think the worst thing is if you have a process; it becomes a bit like a factory production line. Then it will become repetitive, so I’ve always rather liked the idea that you go to work from a different direction every morning, a bit like a dilettante office worker. You spend the night somewhere else, and you arrive having taken a different route. That’s something that’s still with me today. “I try not to have a modus operandi in terms of writing music. It’s good if you start the process by doing something different. Straightaway you can divide it down the middle. Do you start with the music, or do you start with the words? Or do you and try to conjure them both up more or less simultaneously, and if you’re going to play the music, do you use a guitar or a monophonic instrument like a flute. Or, do you try and hack something out on a keyboard as a starting point? It’s good to not do it the same way every time.” By John Soltes / Publisher / John@HollywoodSoapbox.com
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Post by Budding Stately Hero on Jun 17, 2021 21:21:00 GMT
I saw the book is out now in paperback and, though still at an unreasonable price of $60.00, I was wondering if anyone has the paperback and what he / she thinks of it.
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Post by JTull 007 on Jun 18, 2021 0:21:40 GMT
I saw the book is out now in paperback and, though still at an unreasonable price of $60.00, I was wondering if anyone has the paperback and what he / she thinks of it. I understand how expensive things can be. Initially I wanted it but decided to wait. Now I'm waiting for the other book instead... SILENTLY SINGING
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Post by Budding Stately Hero on Jun 18, 2021 12:57:57 GMT
I saw the book is out now in paperback and, though still at an unreasonable price of $60.00, I was wondering if anyone has the paperback and what he / she thinks of it. I understand how expensive things can be. Initially I wanted it but decided to wait. Now I'm waiting for the other book instead... SILENTLY SINGING What is the consensus on the biography? I read the Scott Nollen biography years ago and loved it. That's the only one of them I ever read. I would love to get this Ballad of Jethro Tull, but am wondering if it was done well (and if Ian was fair and truthful in it). You know, by mentioning the real reason by Barrie left the group after John's death and not the reason that Ian gives in the Stormwatch liner notes. That sorta thing. Or if the bio is just the album, tour, album, tour sorta thing. I want it to be juicy!
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Post by Budding Stately Hero on Jun 18, 2021 13:40:40 GMT
I just saw that The Ballad of J.T. makes no mention of Doane Perry, Andrew Giddings, Jonathan Noyce and David Pegg anywhere in the book.
Wha???
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 18, 2021 15:24:24 GMT
I just saw that The Ballad of J.T. makes no mention of Doane Perry, Andrew Giddings, Jonathan Noyce and David Pegg anywhere in the book. Wha??? The later years are a bit glossed over and I can't understand the reasoning behind it. I bet Dave Rees knows why
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Post by Budding Stately Hero on Jun 18, 2021 15:48:41 GMT
I just saw that The Ballad of J.T. makes no mention of Doane Perry, Andrew Giddings, Jonathan Noyce and David Pegg anywhere in the book. Wha??? The later years are a bit glossed over and I can't understand the reasoning behind it. I bet Dave Rees knows why I miss "A New Day". Probably one of the best fanzines I remember.
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