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The St. Cleve Chronicle Wednesday, 12 Jun 1996 Volume 7 : Issue 62
Today's Topics:
NEW CONCERT ! ! !
Quite worrying
(Fwd) Glenn Cornick/Stand Up
RUSH
Re: In defense of Under Wraps
Salmon!
We're Different--That's all
Nightcap musings
Re: NIGHTCAP
A Recommendation
Under Wraps and "the worst Tull"
Re: The St. Cleve Chronicle V7 #54
PHOTOS-IAN IN WHEELCHAIR
Ian's Early Flute Influence
Worst Albums
SCC V7 #54
STC v7 #54: Discussions
In Defense of Rock Island
Bursting Out Complete on Cassette!
Ramblings of an aging ex-hippie
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Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 19:16:31 +0200
From: Claude Calteux <claude....@infoboard.be>
Subject: NEW CONCERT ! ! !
Good news,
Concerts are going to resume. The group will be on scene, live, and Ian
will sing directly from its bed in the hopital, with a giant screen on
on the scene...
A lining will move on scene and will make movements with the flute..
Hey everybody, IT'S A JOKE !!!
No flame, please.!
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Claude | ~. _ .~ | Calteux
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Date: Thu, 30 May 96 11:53:05 +0300
From: Achim Bruegel <bru...@uni-tuebingen.de>
Subject: Quite worrying
Hello,
to be honest, I'm quite shocked at the moment. A German concert-newspaper
gives a well-informed short statement concerning Ians injury. I can only
hope that it is not true because they state that it is really serious and
there might be the possibility that Ian will never be able to walk again. I
say it again, I hope this is just one of these exaggerated over-the-top-news
but it sounds really good informed.
Let us all hope that it is not that serious after all.
All the best to Ian Anderson
There's no way to slow down...
Tull on,
Achim
[Yes, it sounds very blown out of proportion. He could be confined
to the wheelchair for a year but I haven't heard anything about
never being able to walk! Hopefully we'll get a report soon about
what the UK doctors had to say after Ian got back to England. -ds]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 14:42:15 GMT
Subject: (Fwd) Glenn Cornick/Stand Up
From: lord...@nyc.pipeline.com (michaeldamianjeter)
>----- Forwarded message (lord...@nyc.pipeline.com(michaeldamianjeter))-----<
Hello, folks. This is, I believe, my first post to the Chronicle. I am an
English teacher at a local community college here in Brooklyn, NY. I am and
amateur musician. I have played keyboards and Bass. I am currently
awaiting the delivery of a Chapman Stick(R). I am on Lists for King
Crimson, Yes, Level 42, UK, and the Chapman Stick, as well as academic
lists for the disciplines of American Studies and Composition. I enjoy the
exchanges that I see on this list.
I do not have all the Tull albums, and will readily admit that this
may be an opinion of ignorance, but my favorite Tull Album was/is my
first, Stand Up.
There are many reasons for this, but, at the top of my list is the
virtuoistic plaing of bassist Glenn Cornick. I first heard this album
when I was 11 or
12(I am now 28), and the bass blew me away. Sadly, Glenn is not often
mentioned as a major influence on Bass Players(incidentally, Billy Sheehan
lists him as an influence) I later heard Glenn's album with Bob Welch,
"Paris." It has been more than a few years since I heard the Paris album,
but I was very dissappointed. Two musicians whom I had come to consider
melodic release this very plodding, and to my memory, moronic, music. I am
curious: what are the opinions of Glenn as a member of Tull? As a bassist
in general? are there any projects outside of Tull/Stand Up where Glenn
shines as brightly? What is he doing now? I saw pix of him him at the
25th(?) aniversary party in the tour booklet. thanks
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michael damian jeter
I don't believe in destiny,
Or the guiding hand of fate.
I don't believe in forever
Or love as a mystical state.
I don't believe in the stars or the planets
Or angels watching from above.
But I believe there's a ghost of a chance
We can find someone to love -And make it last. -- Neil Peart
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 16:55:42 +0200
From: Claude Calteux <claude....@infoboard.be>
Subject: RUSH
Hello everybody !
In a precedent message, I have told that I was not proud not to know "Rush".
Since, I have rented "Counterparts" (listen to the 4 first tracks)
and "Roll the Bones". (listen to the 3 firts tracks)
Well ...
It=92s a bit =AB american =BB, no ? The drummer is excellent, nice voice for
the singer, but it's definitely not for me ! ! I=92m partial of course,
but this band seems... I don=92t know the word =AB anodin =BB in english...
(maybe "harmless"?) Something like =AB not bat but without real
interest... =BB
Sorry for the fans of Rush.
About the connection with Jethro Tull, I prefer not tell anything... !!!
Cheers
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Claude | ~. _ .~ | Calteux
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From: Kendal Stitzel <k...@hpfcma.fc.hp.com>
Subject: In defense of Under WrapsRe: In defense of Under Wraps
Date: Thu, 30 May 96 10:07:24 MDT
To the Residents of St. Cleve,
Emmett Hoops (eho...@cencom.net) wrote:
> 1984 was a bad year for a band that was having a sort of identity
> crisis, and Tull was not alone in this. Many bands simply folded,
> or became staples at summer festivals, without any more recording
> sessions in sight. Tull decided to take a stab at techno-rock,
> and I, for one, think they did an admirable job of it.
I have to second this notion. Tull was not the only old timer band or
artist dabbling in techno. Neil Young, who could certainly be accused
of being a rusty old dinosaur of a rocker, even did a techno album.
(It wasn't too bad, either.) As I recall, Under Wraps got high marks
from the critics (at least some critics)--though some criticized it for
lacking some of Tull's previous outrageousness. (Said criticisms seemed
to apply to Broadsword also.)
It's not my favorite Tull album, but I think it is REALLY SOLID musically.
I didn't like it at first because I wanted it all to sound like the
acoustic "Under Wraps" track. When I accepted the music on its own terms,
I found it quite interesting.
Sincerely forever,
Kendal
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Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 02:38:42 +1000
From: bjfa...@postoffice.newnham.utas.edu.au (Beau Fahnle)
Subject: Salmon!
Hi,
I am a huge Tull fan and I am also studing Aquaculture(fish
farming) in Tasmania, Australia.
What I wanted to know is what involvement does Ian Anderson have with fish
farming? From what I know he is into Salmon farming with his brother! If
you have any more info on this please let me know.
Also do you know if the bands cancelled tour will still tour at a later
date in Australia?
Thanks for your time - may aqualung live on forever!
Regards Beau...
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:03:45 -0500
From: Anthony James <jam...@hqamc.safb.af.mil>
Subject: We're Different--That's all
Re: V7 #54 Tom G's posting,
ENOUGH!! You don't like RtB, I get it. I can respect the fact that this
music doesn't appeal to you. I feel the same way about UW but, guess
what, allot of folks love that album. What I find hard to respect is the
way you've seemed to categorize those of us that love RtB as:
>... brainwashed into following the leader...
>Unlike most of you, I won't listen to RtB 1000 times before I "like" it.
I, for one, only had to listen to RtB once (not 1000 times) to know that I
would get many hours of enjoyment out of it. I like it, you don't. That
doesn't make me the best Tull fan or you the worst Tull fan, it just makes
us different.
>I think his next album will return to the style that most of his fans love.
How is it that you know what MOST of Tull's fans love? IMO Tull fans
are the most varied group of individuals you'll find. We all like something
different. After all isn't that why we listen to Tull to begin with?
I'm sorry if I've flamed on your parade, I didn't mean to. I honestly do
respect your opinion, as well as the others posted on this fine
news-group. Lets just make sure we are representing OUR opinions
and not trying to speak for all, or even most, of us.
Maybe Ian will return to a style you prefer, maybe he won't. I know for
sure that whatever he comes up with will be different (from what he's
done before and from what others have done). That's what's kept me
coming back to JT for over 20 years, and counting.
"Blues were my favorite color, till I looked around and found another
song that I felt like singing" IA
Till further on,
Tony
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From: Craig_...@hmco.com
Date: 30 May 96 15:05:55 EDT
Subject: Nightcap musings
I keep forgetting to bring another CD into work, so I've had 'Nightcap 2'
playing over the headphones on and off for about three weeks now.
Drive on the Young Side of Life: is that a woman harmonizing w/Ian, or
is it one of the other boys? If it's a woman, any idea who she is?
Maddy P?
Broadford Bazzar: one of their most beautiful songs. I know it's come
up before, but where is Broadford? How often is the bazzar? And why is
it "bazzar" and not "bazaar"?
Rosa on the Factory Floor: what's up with all the grunts and noises
coming from the background? Did Martin have a particularly vengeful
curry before they headed in to work on this one?
Sealion II: didn't particularly like the first one; don't really care
for this one, either.
Toodles,
- -Craig
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 16:42:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: hoover richard <rho...@gl.umbc.edu>
Subject: Re: NIGHTCAP
Hello To All:
I am envious of all the discussion concerning NIGHTCAP! Can anyone tell
me where I can purchase a copy? I've been looking for over a year and
cannot find a copy. Plese e-mail me with any info.
I saw Ian and the boys back in March in D.C. The show was great! I felt
very sorry for Ian and his leg. It was like watching a caged animal.
You could tell that Ian wanted to jump out of that wheel chair and set
the stage afire. Budapest was one of the most emotional songs I've ever
heard live! It's still fresh in my mind's eye. Looking forward to
seeing Ian bounce about the stage in August. Got tickets for
Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD.
To those who devalue the importance of Under Wraps, consider this
picture. When I bought Under Wraps, I really enjoyed the change of
musical style (remember, this is progressive rock). When Original
Masters came out, I wondered if something was wrong. Why would Tull
release ANOTHER best of collection? Long about 1986, I thought Tull was
finished. I had heard about Ian's throat problem from my cousin in
Northants, England. With no new album (remember, until 1981, Tull put
out an album every year [two years between BatB and UW] ) I really
thought UW was it. I listened to this album constantly. I thought I was
listening to the last Tull album ever to be made. I learned to
absolutely love this album. I now pull out UW and cannot listen to it
without thinking that it could have been their last. You really get to
appreciate something you're about to lose. Give UW another try.
- -Rick-
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Date: 30 May 96 20:17:14 EDT
From: "Richard J. Hutchinson" <10222...@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: A Recommendation
Hello fellow Tullians!
This isn't specifically about Tull, but I think it'll interest many of you,
especially those interested in the Celtic sides of Tull.
The band is called Wolfstone, and they really rock. I saw them live last
summer...imagine electric guitars double bass drums alongside fiddles, penny
whistles and bagpipes. They do original material as well as traditionals such
as Sleepy Toon and Hector the Hero.
The Web address is www.rootsworld.com/rw/howl/index.html During the show I
kept thinking how much they reminded of Tull in parts.
Rich
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From: Voo...@aol.com
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 20:34:42 -0400
Subject: Under Wraps and "the worst Tull"
This goes out to all people who don't like UnderWraps, and other albums (CR,
A). Listen, I was once like that; I used to detest Under Wraps . Then, for
no reason whatsoever, I put it back in the CD player. And guess what? I
LOVED IT!!! People, Under Wraps is fantastic. It is a very strong album.
If any of you don't like Under Wraps, do what I did. The songs that follow
Tull's traditional style are European Legacy and Under Wraps #2. So start
from there and ease your way into the rest of the album. Once you do, you
can appreciate the other songs like Saboteur, Tundra, and the rest. Lately,
I have gotten into the songs Automotive Engineering and General Crossing
(He's crossing). Basically, don't put this album at the back of your CD
racks until you give it an honest to God chance. Under Wraps makes you
appreciate how flexible and different Tull's style is.
As for other albums: Catfish and A, they're good too. IMHO, there is no bad
Tull album.
I am trying to trade Tull Bootlegs. I have started a small collection.
E-mail me at Voo...@aol.com if you want to trade. If you really want to
get serious about bootlegs, e-mail ebu...@mindspring.com and ask him for his
complete Tull bootleg list. It is huge.
Does anyone else think that Rock Island is a superb album? Personally, Ears
of Tin is one of their best songs.
We're all running on a tightrope wearing slippers in the snow; we're all dogs
in the midwinter.
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From: Mm...@aol.com
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 21:20:04 -0400
Subject: Re: The St. Cleve Chronicle V7 #54
In response to Rick DeLorenzo's post with regard to Divinities:
"Regarding Divinities: great flute stylings, but I think Ian was showing off
a little. I'd categorize that one : For Die-Hard Tull Fans Only. It was
"interesting" but that wasn't enough for me. Tull should rock, not lull."
Let's not forget something.....Divinities is NOT a Tull release. It is an
Ian Anderson solo effort, and therefore he is allowed to "show off" and
create whatever sound he wants. I would also not classify it as "For Die-Hard
Tull Fans Only," as I know of several non-Tull fans who were extremely
impressed by Divinities.
This is by no means a flame....just a differing opinion. That's one of the
things I like about the SCC - the ability to see diverse points of view
regarding my favorite band.
I do agree with one thing....with the advent of CD, performers (Tull
included) will tend to keep certain songs or parts of songs on a release,
where in the days of vinyl time limitation they would have otherwise been
cut. I fear that the musical quality may become diluted due to virtual
unlimited time.
As for "the ridiculous Passion Play" comment......with the great emotion some
people on this mailing list attach to A Passion Play, smiley face or not, I
hope you are wearing asbestos underwear!! :-) (just kidding!)
Mike
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From: rhod...@mailhost.dpie.gov.au
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 12:21:55 +1000
Subject: PHOTOS-IAN IN WHEELCHAIR
Claudio Salvo Wrote:
>This Is my first post to the St.C.C. I wonder of anybody out there has any
>video of the current tour, specially the Southamerican leg. I saw them in
>Bs.As., in march and since them it seems a lot of time had passed by.
Well, how current do you want to get? I have access to the only photographs
in existence of Ian Anderson performing in a wheelchair, taken in Canberra
on the first night of his un-finished Australian Tour. Not quite a video,
but perhaps of interest?
Robyn
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Date: Fri, 31 May 96 05:13:00 UT
From: "Bruce Walters" <Wal...@msn.com>
Subject: Ian's Early Flute Influence
Been reading SCC for a month or two now.
But I thought I'd share a bit of JT trivia (may be already well
known, but I'll repeat it anyway).
While in high school (mid '70's) I read somewhere that Ian's
early influences for his flute techniques came in part from a
bebop jazz horn player named Roland Kirk. My classical flute
playing friend and I checked it out. Kirk (later named Rassahn
Roland Kirk with conversion to Islam) was a blind, black American
musician that used his horn playing in a very unpretentious way. He'd
routinely play two or three saxes at the same time using circular
breathing to keep the tone. He has several 'custom' horns of wild shapes
made from various pieces mixed together. And he'd play the flute by singing
and playing at the same time. This 'dirty' sound fit into his improvisational
style of play. Sometimes he'd be talking whole sentences into the flute
while playing.(conversing with the instrument) He wasn't very refined but his
roughness led to his charm.
Anyway, next chance you get, check out a Rassahn Roland Kirk CD for
kicks. (Note: Serenade to a Cookoo (sp?) is sometimes played live by
JT and is a Kirk original)
Again, didn't know if all SCC readers knew this bit of early history.
Keep up the good work on SCC!
"Come join with us please-Valkyrie maidens cry
above the Cold Wind to Valhalla."
Bruce Walters
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Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 01:14:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: bbla...@ash-uky.campus.mci.net (Beth Blanton and Jim Morman)
Subject: Worst Albums
I've been reading message after message about worst album, best album,
unlistenable albums, etc. The most intriguing aspect of this continuing
dialogue is the statement 'I hate the album <fill in the blank>'. I've seen
UW, Stormwatch, A, CR and others mentioned in this way. I do admit I've
dislike albums by various groups and rarely listen to them again. But
Anderson never seems to be putting together an album just for the hell of
it, something to do, let's make a buck. Though some albums are not to my
liking, there's usually one or two songs that intrigue me, for its
instrumentation, lyrics or some other reason. I'm tired of this constant
<fill in the blanks> is bad or terrible or utterly unworthy of existing.
Few of us can truly make comments like that and be believed. I dislike 'A
Passion Play' intensely, have tried to get into it for years, but I would
never dismiss it as crap or trash or bad music. They're playing is fine,
some of the music fun, but overall it's an album I ignore now and will
probably never listen to again. But I'll spin 'Stormwatch' till the day I
die. Let's get off this worst song kick. There is no worst song, only
songs we don't care for. Thanks, Jim Morman
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Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 01:10:39 -0500
From: "Douglas E. Johnson" <dej...@odin.cmp.ilstu.edu>
Subject: SCC V7 #54
Peeter V. wrote...
>What do You guys think about Gentle Giant...?
My first post...
I am a "Songs from the Wood"/"Passion Play"/"A" fan...I will never
forget the day my little brother purchased SftW on a whim and didn't
like it. I tried to buy it from him, but he would not sell it
either...after MANY listenings, he grew to like most of it! PP was my
second encounter with TULL and a very personal one...then Eddie Jobson
joined the band (I was into UK's stuff in a big way...) and I caught
the "A" tour here in Illinois. It was, by far, one of the best
concerts I've ever attended!! (I heard somewhere that Ian hates the
LP??)
Anyway...in response to your Q, Peeter, I am TOTALLY into almost
everything Gentle Giant released...I would recommend ANY album except
"Giant for a Day." For first time GG exposure---may I suggest "Free
Hand" or "The Power and the Glory." These (for me) were/are two of
the most "representative" (for lack of a better term...
"This is a dangerous place..."
Douglas E. Johnson dej...@odin.cmp.ilstu.edu
R 13 Box 66B "There is paper and ink
Bloomington, IL and there is sound
61704-9813 separate from individuals;
there is not music."
--- Benjamin Boretz 1992
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Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 08:33:04 -0700
From: Margitta Schega <m...@cubenet.de>
Subject: STC v7 #54: Discussions
Hi everybody...
Don't know if my last mail to St. Cleves got somewher because I lost my
modem short after that working with lent replacement the shop-owner gave
me.
With 31 I'm a younger Tull-fan and also as you see I'm ham and I was active
in digital amateurradio some months ago. To use a word from the amateurpacket-
scene, they call such things a summerholediscussion. I mean the mails if a
Tull-album is good or not, which album is how good and which one you don't
like....etc. It might be fun but aswell as o packet a summerholediscussion
starts to get boring very fast and it is useless at all. It never comes to
a point.
That's just like you would write about the reason for the hole in the middle
of the CD, why it is there and if Ian has to mail you the plastic to complete
the CD you bought...
Listening to music, it is each ones own thing if he likes what he is
listening to and personally I like most of them I've heard. There are
changing favourites depending on how I feel in a certain moment of my
live but I did never feel sick about buying one of the albums I got
already.
I agree with Ian's interest in religion. My youths experience with the
church made me changing to New age 20 years ago and that's where I
feel home today, but it is worth to say that the revenge of autorities
did cut 10 years out of my live and made me 10 years missing to become
a Tull-fan after listening to "A passion play" first time. Today I can
follow Ians lyrics and music in a very own way you might not be able
to go. I can share what my neighbor Sigi mentioned that the album
"This was" misses some of the quality later albums have and he
mentioned that "Benefit", one of about 6 or 7 I still miss, is even
worse, but the others are great and..now you may shoot me...I really
enjoy Ian's solo- projects..both of them !
Maggy
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Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 12:12:30 -0400
From: michael dotson <dots...@conrad.appstate.edu>
Subject: In Defense of Rock Island
Organization: Appalachian State University
This is my first posting, though I have been reading for the past few
months. I have been a JT fan since the beginning, having purchased
This Was sometime in the late 60's. As with many of you, I like some
Tull albums better than others, but I can truthfully say there is a bit
of each album that makes it worth having. Now , as to Rock Island,
I personally think that it is one of the best albums in Tull's more
recent work. For ex, the title track is very good and "Another
Christmas Song" is one of the best songs that IA has written. And I
didn't have to listen to the album 1000 times to develop that opinion.
I find that RI is one of the cd's that I am frequently loading into my
changer.
On a different subject, do any of you listen to Marillion? They have a
new live double cd titled "Made Again" which I think is very good
I have very much enjoyed the SCC and llok forward to forthcoming issues.
Mike Dotson
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From: Rick_De...@prenhall.com
Date: Fri, 31 May 96 12:13:26 EST
Subject: Bursting Out Complete on Cassette!
A word or two about the missing tracks on "Bursting Out".
I know that "Quatrain" and "Conundrum" were deleted from the Amercian
CD, but do appear on the 2-CD set from the UK.
For those of you (in the U.S.) who don't want to spend the money on the 2-CD
import just for 2 extra songs, there are 2 options:
Go to a used record store and buy the vinyl
OR
Buy the cassette.
Both of those deleted songs appear on vinyl and cassette.
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Date: Sat, 1 Jun 1996 01:03:35 +0100
From: Bill Hargreaves <bhargreav...@gtnet.gov.uk>
Subject: Ramblings of an aging ex-hippie
As a recent subscriber to the Chronicle I have to say I'm quite amazed by
the passion with which contributors attack or defend particular albums.
A friend first introduced me to Tull in my early teens, just after Benefit
was released, at a time when I was beginning to develop a taste for
"progressive rock." I was indifferent to Benefit at first but he insisted
on playing it again and again, along with lots and lots of other very varied
stuff (Frank Zappa, CSN&Y, Crazy Horse, Taste, Procul Harum, Pink Floyd,
Gentle Giant, Santana, ELP, King Crimson, Family, etc,etc). I began to
appreciate the seamless production and the overall balance of Benefit. It
all fitted together just right. It became one of my all time favourites, and
Tull one of my favourite bands. Nowadays Benefit brings back memories of the
days when I was young, free and single. I can remember exactly where I was
and what I was doing when I first heard that echoing flute on the intro to
To Cry You A Song and the rest of the album with that fabulous mix of Ian's
unique vocal sound and Martin's truly amazing (often twin tracked) lead
guitar. I had very few responsibilities, innovative music was being produced
at a prodigious rate and I still thought I could change the world. It
wasn't all roses. I was a typical mixed up teenager, with plenty of
seemingly insurmountable problems ahead of me (exams, further education or
get out and find a job, why ain't I got a girlfriend, etc, etc.) but the
music was a great distraction.
Being at school in the late 60s/early 70s I had to be very selective about
what records I bought as money was tight, but I began to build up my record
collection, and enthusiastically awaited new releases of my favourite bands.
I backtracked, bought Stand Up and loved it. I rushed out to buy Aqualung
..... and hated it. I persevered but I never really liked side 2. Then I
became friends with a guy who worked for Island records and used to get
freebies of anything interesting on Island, Chrysalis, or any of the many
other labels that Island handled the distribution for at that time.
It took a while to appreciate Thick As A Brick, but eventually I did and I
really dug the cover. (I mourn the demise of the record cover as an art
form. CDs may be convenient, but they'll never appeal as much as the old LP
covers did). A Passion Play also took some getting used to, but I was really
into Living in The Past. When I bought War Child I abandoned Tull as a lost
cause. All the skills and musical ability were there, but the music just
didn't do it for me. I did get hold of a few other albums over the years
(Heavy Horses. 'A,' Crest Of A Knave). Some of it I thought was brilliant,
some didn't appeal. C'est la vie.
Another of my friends remained a staunch fan and would insist that I borrow
records off him. I found that some of the later releases appealed to me. He
recently lent me the 20 Year Anniversary Boxed Set on vinyl (is it available
in other formats??) and I found that I'd been missing a lot. I think I've
nearly worn the grooves off Jack-A-Lynn and Motoreyes.
I'm going to have to start backtracking some more to see what else
I've missed.
To those of you who criticize some albums, and Ian's meanderings through a
variety of styles, take comfort in the knowledge that few of the bands
making it today will anything but a memory in 20 years. An appreciation of
music, like all art, is subjective. We know what we like and we can
appreciate the artistry, even if it doesn't always appeal to us.
For me, one of the great joys is to listen to the true virtuosity of
Martin's lead break in We Used To Know. A truly classic track. He must have
been on a real high on the day he recorded that. I could die a happy man if
I could ever play one tenth as well.
If you're still awake after all that, thanks for listening...............
Bill Hargreaves
I.T. Administrator
Government Office for the North West (UK)
mail to bhargreav...@gtnet.gov.uk
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For administrative matters (additions, deletions, changes, etc.),
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Back issues of The St. Cleve Chronicle are available via anonymous ftp
on jtull.rutgers.edu (128.6.13.3) in the subdir /pub/JethroTull. The
issues are listed in the form vXnY.MM-DD-YY (eg. v1n75.11-20-90).
Lyrics to many of the Tull albums are now also available at this site,
in the /pub/JethroTull/Lyrics subdirectory. For those without ftp
access, these can be obtained through mail by the St.C.C. Mail Archive
Server:
Send the word "help" in a message by itself for information on how to
use the archive server. To get a list of what's available use the
command "send 00Index". Commands should always go into the body of
the message since the Subject: line is ignored. Problems or questions
about the archive server should be sent to
jtull-arc...@jtull.rutgers.edu.
The Jethro Tull WWW Server at URL http://jtull.rutgers.edu/JethroTull/
contains the discography, song lyrics, a FAQ, subscription info,
pointers to other Progressive servers and more.
The contents of the The St. Cleve Chronicle are solely the opinions and
comments of the individual authors, and do not necessarily reflect the
opinions of the authors' organizations or the digest moderator.
Copyright 1996 The Jethro Tull mailing list.
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