The Ballad of Jethro Tull

The Ballad of Jethro Tull
Author: Jethro Tull
Publisher: Rocket 88
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2019-11-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781910978429

The first official, illustrated, oral history of prog rock legends Jethro Tull. Illustrated throughout with previously unseen, personal and classic photographs and memorabilia, Jethro Tull's story is told by Ian Anderson, band members past and present and the people who helped Tull become one of the most successful bands in rock history.

Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play

Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play
Author: Tim Smolko
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2013-10-07
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0253010381

Since the 1960s, British progressive rock band Jethro Tull has pushed the technical and compositional boundaries of rock music by infusing its musical output with traditions drawn from classical, folk, jazz, and world music. The release of Thick as a Brick (1972) and A Passion Play (1973) won the group legions of new followers and topped the Billboard charts in the United States, among the most unusual albums ever to do so. Tim Smolko explores the large-scale form, expansive instrumentation, and complex arrangements that characterize these two albums, each composed of one continuous song. Featuring insights from Ian Anderson and in-depth musical analysis, Smolko discusses the band's influence on popular culture and why many consider Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play to be two of the greatest concept albums in rock history.

The Music of Jethro Tull

The Music of Jethro Tull
Author: Chris Wade
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2016-03-13
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781326592738

A guide to the albums of rock legends Jethro Tull, by writer and musician Chris Wade. Also includes interviews with Ian Anderson and Glenn Cornick.

Silent Singing

Silent Singing
Author: Ian Anderson
Publisher: Rocket 88
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-07-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781910978610

For the first time, Jethro Tull founder, singer, songwriter and photographer Ian Anderson has gathered together the complete lyrics from all of the Tull and solo albums in one volume. This hardback book is illustrated throughout with new, original and previously unpublished photographs taken by Ian to accompany certain lyrics. Ian has combed through everything from This Was in 1968 to unreleased 2021 songs, taking in all of his solo albums and tracks released only on box sets and compilations, to collate more than 300 song lyrics. After listening to original masters, checking notebooks and song sheets, Ian is confident that this book represents the complete, collected lyrics of his more than six decade-long career.

A Passion Play

A Passion Play
Author: Brian Rabey
Publisher: Soundcheck Books
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0957144245

An intimate, yet thorough, look at one of Britain’s biggest ever bands

Original Jethro Tull

Original Jethro Tull
Author: Gary Parker
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2018-09-07
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1476634653

Jethro Tull was one of the truly innovative rock bands to emerge from the late 1960s. At their peak the idiosyncratic group, fronted by multi-instrumentalist Ian Anderson, resembled a troupe of roving English minstrels. Crafting a signature progressive rock sound that resisted easy categorization, they were often derided by critics as too British, too eccentric, too theatrical. Over the span of a decade, Tull released a string of sublime albums featuring intricate compositions in a wide range of musical styles, with little regard for the showbiz maxim "give the public what it wants." Focusing on the years 1968-1980, this history includes insider accounts based on exclusive interviews with key members and rare photographs from Ian Anderson's personal collection.

Jethro Tull

Jethro Tull
Author: Scott Allen Nollen
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2001-11-21
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780786411016

Originally formed by singer-songwriter Ian Anderson in psychedelic 1968, the band Jethro Tull has been recording its own kind of rock and roll and touring the globe for more than three decades. This is a history of the band through the present, written by an acquaintance of several of its members. The book includes a chronology of all of the band's recordings and information on all accompanying tours, with the author's critiques as well as the band's own reminiscences and opinions of each album. Also included are previously unpublished interviews with founder Ian Anderson, long-time band member David Pegg, other band members Glenn Cornick, Andy Giddings and Doane Perry, and more.

Jethro Tull Guitar Anthology

Jethro Tull Guitar Anthology
Author: Jethro Tull (Musical group)
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-09
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780634079597

Rock music; for voice and guitar(s), with chord symbols and guitar chord diagrams.

Very Best of Jethro Tull

Very Best of Jethro Tull
Author: Jethro Tull
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780634079610

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). 16 essential classics from this progressive rock band featuring flautist Ian Anderson. Includes: Aqualung * Bouree * Bungle in the Jungle * Cross-Eyed Mary * Living in the Past * New Day Yesterday * Nothing Is Easy * Song for Jeffrey * Thick as a Brick * and more.

Jethro Tull's Aqualung

Jethro Tull's Aqualung
Author: Allan Moore
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2004-08-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1441174001

Formed in 1968, Jethro Tull are one of rock's most enduring bands. Their 1971 album Aqualung, with its provocative lyrical content and continuous music shifts, is Tull's most successful and most misunderstood record. Here, music professor and fan Allan Moore tackles the album on a track-by-track basis, looking at Ian Anderson's lyrics and studying the complex structures and arrangements of these classic songs.