From odin.community.net!uunet!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news2.near.net!das-news2.harvard.edu!casaba.srv.cs.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!gh2e+ Tue Nov 22 11:06:44 1994 Path: odin.community.net!uunet!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news2.near.net!das-news2.harvard.edu!casaba.srv.cs.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!gh2e+ From: Gerry S Hayes Newsgroups: alt.music.jethro-tull Subject: FAQ for alt.music.jethro-tull (was Re: Stupid Question) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 15:06:32 -0500 Organization: Sophomore, Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 673 Message-ID: References: <3a99ge$ei0@cnct.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: po4.andrew.cmu.edu In-Reply-To: <3a99ge$ei0@cnct.com> Changes in this edition: Send questions, comments, gripes, or accolades to Sumner Hayes, sumner+@cmu.edu. ALT.MUSIC.JETHRO-TULL - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Maintained for alt.music.jethro-tull by Sumner Hayes (sumner+@cmu.edu) A Jethro Tull FAQ was originally created by Dan Duvall (aa595@freenet.cleveland.edu); this FAQ subsumes his and attempts to add some additional information from other sources. Special thanks to Dan for creating the FAQ. Other contributions (written or suggested) courtesy of (Reverse alphabetical order for no reason at all): Stefan Zielinski (zielinsk@husc.harvard.edu) Dave Steiner (steiner@remus.rutgers.edu) D. A. Scocca (scocca@gibbs.oit.unc.edu) Joachim Euchner (zxmeu01@student.uni-tuebingen.de) Reinder Dijkhuis (s0499528@let.rug.nl) Betsy Baum (bbaum@bu.edu) KG Anderson (kga@uncmvs.oit.unc.edu) alt.music.jethro-tull threads Dan: " Wherever possible, I've included direct quotations from the band members to answer questions. Sources for the quotations are listed at the end of this document. The number in brackets after a quotation is the number of the source in the reference list." Topics Covered in the FAQ: 1. WHO OR WHAT IS JETHRO TULL? 2. HOW DID THE BAND GET ITS NAME? 3. DOES THE BAND STILL EXIST? 4. WHAT ARE GOOD SOURCES OF INFO ABOUT THE BAND? 5. WHAT IS FAIRPORT CONVENTION? 6. WHAT IS BLODWYN PIG? 7. WHO IS JENNIE ANDERSON, THE PERSON CREDITED ON THE _AQUALUNG_ ALBUM AS THE AUTHOR OF THE TITLE TRACK? 8. WHO IS GERALD BOSTOCK, LISTED AS CO-AUTHOR OF "THICK AS A BRICK?" 9. WHAT ARE THE TITLES OF ALL THE TULL ALBUMS? 10. IS THE "LIVE AT HAMMERSMITH '84" ALBUM A BOOTLEG? 11. IS TULL SHEET MUSIC AVAILABLE? 12. WHERE CAN I GET INFO ABOUT TULL BOOTLEGS? 13. WHAT TULL VIDEOS ARE AVAILABLE IN STORES? 14. WHAT TULL BOOTLEG VIDEOS ARE AVAILABLE? 15. WHY CAN'T I FIND THE "20 YEARS OF JETHRO TULL" BOX SET? 16. WHO IS "JEFFREY," MENTIONED IN SEVERAL TULL SONG TITLES SUCH AS "A SONG FOR JEFFREY?" 17. ISN'T HIS NAME JEFFREY HAMMOND-HAMMOND? 18. DID TONY IOMMI EVER PLAY GUITAR WITH TULL? 19. DID PHIL COLLINS EVER PLAY DRUMS WITH TULL? 20. WHAT DOES "M.U." STAND FOR IN THE ALBUM TITLE "M.U. - THE BEST OF JETHRO TULL?" 21. WHAT IS "A CLASSIC CASE?" IS IT OUT ON CD? 22. WHAT IS "NIGHTCAP?" CAN I FIND IT? 23. WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH ALL THE "25TH ANNIVERSARY" STUFF THAT WAS RELEASED IN 1993? 24. DOES MARTIN BARRE HAVE A SOLO ALBUM? WHAT IS "A SUMMER BAND?" 25. DOES DAVE PEGG HAVE A SOLO ALBUM? 26. WHAT DO THE RUNES ON THE COVER OF THE "BROADSWORD" ALBUM SPELL? 27. WILL THERE BE ANOTHER TULL STUDIO ALBUM? HOW LONG WILL THE BAND EXIST? 28. WHICH BOUREE IS PLAYED BY TULL? 1. WHO OR WHAT IS JETHRO TULL? Jethro Tull is a band, not a person. The current core members are Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, and Dave Pegg. The band hires drummers and keyboard players as needed for studio and live work: when he was a keyboard player with Tull, Martin Allcock explained, "there are only three actual members, and I am in the same boat as [drummer Doane Perry], a hired hand." [1] The members of the band have changed over the years; for full details, see the history of the band stored at the Tull FTP site (see question 4 below). Here is a brief synopsis, though others performed with the band at various times and those listed often played during other time periods on certain songs/albums: 1963 - Band: The Blades Ian Anderson(Guitar), Michael Stephens(Guitar), Jeffrey Hammond(Bass), John Evans(Drums), Glenn Cornick (Bass), Barrie Barlow (Drums) 1966 - Band: The John Evan Band Same, with John Evans on keyboards 1967 - Band: Name changed many times Ian Anderson (Vocals), Glenn Cornick (Bass), Clive Bunker (Drums), Mick Abrahams (Guitar) 1968 - Jethro Tull! Ian Anderson (Vocals), Glenn Cornick (Bass), Clive Bunker (Drums), Mick Abrahams (Guitar), Dave Palmer did some arranging 1969 - Ian Anderson (vocals, flute, etc.) Martin Barre (guitar, flute) Glenn Cornick (bass) Clive Bunker (drums) 1971 - Ian Anderson (Vocals, Flute, Acoustic Guitar), Martin Barre (Electric Guitar, Recorder), John Evan (Piano, Organ, Mellotron), Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (Bass, Alto Recorder, Vocals), Clive Bunker (Percussion) 1972 - Ian Anderson, (Vocals, Flute, Guitar), Martin Barre (Electric Guitar), John Evan (Piano, Organ, Harpsichord), Jeffrey Hammond- Hammond (Bass, Vocals), Barriemore Barlow (Percussion) David Palmer did some orchestral arrangements with the band. 1976 - John Glascock (Bass, Vocals) replaces Hammond-Hammond Palmer joins the band. 1980 - Ian Anderson (Vocals, Flute, Guitar), Martin Barre (Electric Guitar), Dave Pegg (Bass), Mark Craney (Drums), Eddie Jobson (Keyboards, Electric Violin) 1982 - Ian Anderson (Vocals, Flute, Guitar), Martin Barre (Guitar), Dave Pegg (Bass, Mandolin, Vocals), Peter Vettese (Piano, Synthesizers, Vocals), Gerry Conway (Percussion) 1984 - Ian Anderson (Vocals, Flute, Guitar), Martin Barre (Guitar), Dave Pegg (Bass), Peter Vettese (Piano, Synthesizers, Vocals) 1987 - Ian Anderson (Vocals, Flute, Guitar), Martin Barre (Guitar), Dave Pegg (Bass) become the core band; others are often invited to perform with them. Doane Perry often the drummer for Tull; there has been some debate as to whether or not he is a full member. 2. HOW DID THE BAND GET ITS NAME? Ian explains: "I was not the author of the Jethro Tull name. The original Jethro Tull was an 18th century agriculturalist... he was also something of an inventor. He invented the seed drill. He built his first prototype seed drill from the foot pedals of his local church organ... when it was suggested as one of our weekly names for our band in its early days by our agent we said 'ok, we'll be Jethro Tull this week.' The reason for all that was that we were not a terribly good group when we first started, and the only way we could get re-booked into the clubs we played at was to pretend to be somebody different every week... often we didn't know who we were-- the agent forgot to tell us-- so we would arrive at some club, and we'd look down the list of bands playing... whichever one we'd never heard of before, we knew that must be us. The time we got asked back to the Marquee club we had to stick with the name we had that week, which happened to be Jethro Tull. It's not a name I feel particularly wonderful about. I feel faintly embarrassed about it because it's not an original name. It's somebody else's name." [2] 3. DOES THE BAND STILL EXIST? Yes. Jethro Tull has existed since 1968, and the band still records new albums and tours fairly frequently. 4. WHAT ARE GOOD SOURCES OF INFO ABOUT THE BAND? a) On the InterNet, you can receive a digest called The St. Cleve Chronicle thru e-mail. The Cleve is a forum for you and other Tull fans to discuss news, opinions, and anything at all having to do with Tull. To subscribe, send e-mail to: JTull-request@remus.rutgers.edu An InterNet FTP site exists with back issues of the Cleve, lyrics to Tull albums, reviews of some bootlegs, GIFS, and other goodies. It can be reached via anonymous FTP on remus.rutgers.edu (128.6.13.3) in the subdir JethroTull. If you don't have FTP access, the files can be sent to you thru e-mail. For instructions, send e-mail to: JTull-archive@remus.rutgers.edu ...and include the word HELP in the body of your letter. b) On Usenet, there is a group (alt.music.jethro-tull) dedicated to discussions of Tull. In addition to getting useful information, there is a lot of discussion over favorite songs/records, the meanings of lyrics, average age of Tull fans, and other such Tull gossip. Unlike the above sources, this is a good place to go for discussion/debate in addition to questions about real information. c) There are several other general music sources which have some Tull information. Two lyrics archives are dewey.lib.ncsu.edu and ftp.uwp.edu. Both are open to anonymous FTP; ftp.uwp.edu also contains other musical resources. Guitar tabulatures are available via anonymous FTP to ftp.nevada.edu, in the /pub/guitar/j directory. This board is mirrored at ftp.diku.dk if you cannot get on nevada. Two bboards (rec.music.makers.guitars.tab and alt.guitar.tab) exist for the discussion of guitar tabs; only if you cannot find what you want via FTP or have questions about the tabs themselves should you go to these boards. The alt.guitar.tabs board is being phased out with the creation of the rec.* board, so use the rec board if at all possible. There is also a bass tab collection at nevada, but as of yet there is no J directory, let alone a Jethro Tull directory - this may change in the future, though. If you have access to the World Wide Web, I maintain a page of music sites, including this document in HTML format and access to the servers mentioned above. The URL is: http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/ usr17/gh2e/www/msource.html. d) An excellent source of current Tull information is "A New Day" magazine, published by a fan named David Rees. David is frequently in direct contact with the band, so the magazine often contains interviews and news about upcoming tours, albums, and other projects. It also contains exclusive color photos & news about related bands such as Blodwyn Pig and Fairport Convention (see questions #05 and 06 below). To subscribe, write to: David Rees - A.N.D. 75 Wren Way Farnborough, Hants GU14 8TA England Subscription rates as of December 1993 are: In the UK: 7 pounds for 5 issues, payable to "A New Day" In Europe: 10 pounds for 6 issues, payable to "A New Day" UNLESS drawn on a Eurocheck or postal order, in which case make it payable to D. Rees. Elsewhere: 10 pounds for 6 issues, payable to "A New Day" UNLESS drawn on a postal order, in which case make it payable to D. Rees. Readers in the U.S.A. may, if preferred, send $20 cash for 5 issues: registered post is advised. Cheques must be in #sterling and drawable on a UK bank. No U.S. checks are acceptable. Cheques must be in #sterling and drawable on a UK bank. No U.S. checks are acceptable. e) Another Tull magazine called "Living in the Past" is available. The following is from issue #10, December 1993, page 2: LITP P.O. Box 1127 New Hyde Park, New York 11040 USA Publisher Aeternus, Inc. Editor: Dennis Landau Production Editor: Natalie Johnson New England Correspondent: Lee Berard P.O. Box 1268 Newport, RI 02840 USA United Kingdom Correspondent: Laura Grisi Acres Wild Broadford, Skye Scotland IV49 9AE LITP Artist: Dagmar Klein SUBSCRIPION RATES: USA & Canada - $15.00/5 issues; Outside US - $17.00 IMO BACK ISSUES: Issues #1 through #7; USA & Canada - $3.00 per issue; UK & Europe - L1.50 per issue. Order back issues from Lee Berard Write for quote on subscripion prices outside USA, Canada, UK&Europe. Payments from outside USA must be International Money Order. United States cash sent via mail at your own risk. All inquiries must be accompanied by a SASE or IRC for reply. LITP reserves the right to edit or refuse any material received for publication. f) A Tull bootlegs newsletter is published by Bert Maessen. For details, send an International Reply Coupon (available at the post office) to Bert at: Rijksweg Noord 270 Sittard 6136AG Netherlands 5. WHAT IS FAIRPORT CONVENTION? Fairport Convention is a british folk-rock band founded in 1967. It's gone thru numerous changes in members over the years, and even broke up for awhile, but the current line-up has been together since 1985. The members of Tull and Fairport overlap: Dave Pegg plays in both bands, and former Tull keyboardist Martin Allcock is also a core Fairport member. Fairport's longtime drummer Dave Mattacks played with Tull for the 1992 live gigs, and he appears on the live Tull album _A Little Light Music_. Fairport's violinist Ric Sanders guested on 2 tracks on Tull's _Crest of a Knave_. At most 1987 Tull gigs, all the members of Fairport came onstage to play "Skating Away" with Tull. Fairport was also Tull's opening act in 1987 & 1988. 6. WHAT IS BLODWYN PIG? Blodwyn Pig is a band founded by Mick Abrahams, who played guitar with Tull for a few months until just before Martin Barre joined. Mick co-founded Tull with Anderson, and he appears on Tull's first album (_This_Was). Blodwyn Pig broke up in the early 70's, but reformed recently. Abrahams did release a new solo album (called "All Said and Done") in 1991. The album features Tull's original drummer Clive Bunker, and one of the tracks is a 12-minute version of the Tull song "Cats Squirrel." The album is on the Elite record label; the CD catalog number is ELITE007CD. A new album is purportedly available through A New Day Records, possibly by the name of Lies. It is a limited edition. 7. WHO IS JENNIE ANDERSON, THE PERSON CREDITED ON THE _AQUALUNG_ ALBUM AS THE AUTHOR OF THE TITLE TRACK? Ian Anderson, discussing the song "Aqualung," explains: "It's credited on the album actually to my first wife, who in fact was responsible for what became some of the lyrics in the first couple of verses of it, because she'd been out taking some photographs. She was studying photography at the time at some college or something, and she was doing some assignment where she had to go and take photos of people in London, and she'd come back with a whole series of photos on this sort of general subject on individuals. I suppose in total probably about half of the lyrics were words or word associations that she had come up with." [3] The photos were of homeless men, and the images inspired the character of Aqualung. 8. WHO IS GERALD BOSTOCK, LISTED AS CO-AUTHOR OF "THICK AS A BRICK?" There is no real Gerald Bostock. Ian explains, "there was this kind of humorous side to [Thick as a Brick] that made it possible to do this send-up lyric which was deliberately complex and a bit crazy, and to suggest, however unlikely it might have been, that the whole thing had been written by a precocious 11 or 12 year-old or whatever the Gerald Bostock figure was supposed to have been.... which is, I suppose, me trying to cop out from being the author of it myself." [4] 9. WHAT ARE THE TITLES OF ALL THE TULL ALBUMS? The following includes only albums and promos; there are literally scores, perhaps hundreds, of singles. Many thanks go to David K. Steiner (steiner@remus.rutgers.edu) for compiling the discography from which much of this information was taken; Steiner's discorgraphy is available via anonymous FTP to remus.rutgers.edu and includes singles, bootlegs, and other more obscure releases. It also includes song lists for each disc and play times. This Was (October 1968) Stand Up (1969) Benefit (1970) Benefit (1970 UK) [different song list between US and UK] Aqualung (1971) Thick as a Brick (1972) Living in the Past (1972) Living in the Past (1972 UK) [different song list between US and UK] Sunday Best (1972 Australia)* A Passion Play (1973) Warchild (1974) Minstrel in the Gallery (1975) M.U. --- Best of Jethro Tull (1976)* [one unreleased song] Too Old to Rock'n' Roll, Too Young to Die (1976) Songs From the Wood (1977) Repeat --- Best of J.T. Volume II (1977)* [one unreleased song] The Jethro Tull Story (Promo, 1977)??? Heavy Horses (1978) Live --- Bursting Out (Live, 1978) Stormwatch (1979) Stormwatch/Heavy Horses (Double Album, 19??) [just a repackaging] A (1980) Broadsword and the Beast (1982) Walk Into Light (Ian Solo, 1983) M.U./Repeat (Double Album, 1984) [just a repackaging] Under Wraps (1984) Original Masters (1985)* A Classic Case (1985)** Crest of a Knave (1987) 20 Years of Jethro Tull (Boxed Set, 1988)* [has lots of new material] 20 Years of Jethro Tull (Sampler Album, 1988) [single CD version of above] Rock Island (1989) Kissing Willie (Promo Single, 1989) The Rattlesnake Trail (Promo Single, 1989) Live At Hammersmith '84 (1990) Catfish Rising (1991) Doctor to My Disease (Promo Single, 1991) The Best of King Biscuit Live, Volume 1 (1991)*** The Best of King Biscuit Live, Volume 4 (1991)**** A Little Light Music (Live, 1992) A Chrismas Song (Promo, 1992) Someday the Sun Won't Shine For You (UK Promo, 19??) 25th Anniversary Boxed Set (Boxed Set, 1993)* [has lots of new versions] Best of Jethro Tull: The Anniversary Collection (1993)* NightCap (1993)* [has lots of new material] *Compilation/Best of **Played by the London Symphony Orchestra, directed by David Palmer *** Various artists. Has the song "Locomotive Breath" with TaaB Reprise. **** Various artists. Has Aqualung. 10. IS THE "LIVE AT HAMMERSMITH '84" ALBUM A BOOTLEG? No. It is an official release. Chrysalis Records gave permission to Raw Fruit Records to release these live tracks, which were originally recorded for radio broadcast. It was only released in the UK, but it can be purchased elsewhere as an import. 11. IS TULL SHEET MUSIC AVAILABLE? Yes, for some songs. Cherry Lane Music currently has several books of Tull sheet music in print: "Crest of a Knave," "Rock Island," "Flute Solos Created by Ian Anderson," "20 Years of Jethro Tull," "Greatest Hits for Guitar," and "Best of Jethro Tull." Most music stores can order these books for you. Several books are out of print and quite rare, including "Songs from the Wood," "Heavy Horses," "Living in the Past," "Warchild," "Bursting Out," "Minstrel in the Gallery," "Jethro Tull Anthology" (including the first 4 albums, more or less), and a different compilation including _Stand Up_, _Benefit_, and _Aqualung_. I've searched off and on for three years for these out- of-print books, and I've found only the last one mentioned. I'm either looking in the wrong places, or they're extraordinarily rare. I've actually seen most of them in a friend's collection, though: he stumbled upon someone selling a nearly complete collection. Guitar Tabulatures & Lyrics: See the above notes in section 4 for information on Internet sites for this information. 12. WHERE CAN I GET INFO ABOUT TULL BOOTLEGS? You can subscribe to Bert Maessen's newsletter (see question 4 above). Also, Dan Duvall has compiled two guides to Tull bootlegs: a quick-reference guide and a detailed review guide. Both are available at the remus.rutgers.edu FTP site. 13. WHAT TULL VIDEOS ARE AVAILABLE IN STORES? There's a video called "SLIPSTREAM" available on laserdisc and videotape. It includes some concert footage from the 1980 "A" tour, and it also includes some studio videos. Ian Anderson appears throughout the video as different characters such as Aqualung and Dracula. New copies are apparently no longer being produced, so this video may become hard to find. There's also a video called "20 Years of Jethro Tull." It includes some 1978 concert footage, some studio videos, and short interview clips with Ian, Terry Ellis (former manager), and others. This video is only available on tape, not laserdisc. A new video collection was compiled for the 25th anniversary of Tull in 1993, and it includes recent interviews with current and ex-band members as well as rehearsal footage, studio videos, and live concert footage. At the time of this writing, a release date still has not been announced, but it is expected to hit the market any month now. 14. WHAT TULL BOOTLEG VIDEOS ARE AVAILABLE? There's a wealth of footage circulating among fans, including concert broadcasts from TV in various countries, old silent home movie footage, and more recent concerts captured on camcorders by sneaky audience members. Quality varies greatly, of course. 15. WHY CAN'T I FIND THE "20 YEARS OF JETHRO TULL" BOX SET? This set was temporarily out of print worldwide for about two years. It's recently been re-issued in the UK, and hopefully it'll be re-issued elsewhere as well. The set is in high demand among fans, as most of the 65 tracks are previously unreleased (studio cuts or live recordings). It also includes rare B-sides from early singles. The Columbia House CD club has some copies in stock as of this writing: the stock number is 371-237. Columbia House may be phoned at 1-800-457-0500. 16. WHO IS "JEFFREY," MENTIONED IN SEVERAL TULL SONG TITLES SUCH AS "A SONG FOR JEFFREY?" It may well be Jeffrey Hammond, an old friend of Ian's who played bass with Tull from 1971-1975. Jeffrey himself is unsure: when asked how it felt having songs written for him, he replied, "I'm not sure whether those songs were for me as it were; it was probably just a name, you know." [6] 17. ISN'T HIS NAME JEFFREY HAMMOND-HAMMOND? No. Jeffrey says, "my real name is Jeffrey Hammond. When I joined Jethro Tull, Ian suggested Hammond-Hammond, and I must admit I liked the idea. It is actually not too much of an affectation because my mother was called Hammond before she married my father. People had the habit, especially Americans, of calling me Hammond-Hammond rather than Jeffrey, which I rather liked. Of course, I gave it up when I left Tull and reverted to a singular Hammond." [7] 18. DID TONY IOMMI EVER PLAY GUITAR WITH TULL? Sort of. During the brief time in 1968 after Mick Abrahams left but before Martin Barre joined, Tull appeared on TV in a film called "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus." They performed "A Song for Jeffrey," though only Ian was actually live; the others mimed to a backing tape. Tony Iommi was the guitarist seen in this film clip with Tull, and apparently he nearly joined the band. Mick Abrahams recalls, "Tony only did the Rock & Roll circus thing. He phoned me up afterwards and told me he couldn't stand it - he quit straight after that." [5] 19. DID PHIL COLLINS EVER PLAY DRUMS WITH TULL? Only at one gig: the Prince's Trust Gala on July 7, 1982 at London's Dominion Theatre. He played drums with Tull for three songs. Two of them ("Jack in the Green" and "Pussy Willow") are on an official video release of the Prince's Trust Gala, though I'm not sure what countries the video was released in. 20. WHAT DOES "M.U." STAND FOR IN THE ALBUM TITLE "M.U. - THE BEST OF JETHRO TULL?" Musician's Union. (A quotation from Ian to confirm this will appear in future editions of the FAQ list... I have to dig out the interview tape I have in which he mentions it.) 21. WHAT IS "A CLASSIC CASE?" IS IT OUT ON CD? It's a 1985 album featuring the members of Tull playing ten Tull songs with the London Symphony Orchestra, as arranged and conducted by ex-Tull keyboardist David Palmer. The original came out on the RCA label, and it is out of print: it's very difficult to find, especially on CD. CD copies are highly prized collectors items among Tull fans. The CD catalog number is RCD1-7067. The album was recently re-released as "Classic Jethro Tull" (same stuff, different title), however, and the re-release is easier to find. It has even more recently been re-re-released as Classic Case (RCA 62510) with the original cover (this is a U.S. release). 22. WHAT IS "NIGHTCAP?" CAN I FIND IT? Originally Tull and Chrysalis planned to release a second boxed set in 1993 after the 25 Years boxed set; this set would have included several new live cuts. While rumors persist that Nightcap is this boxed set, in actuality: "'Nightcap' is the *replacement* for that other box. Tull and Chrysalis decided to leave out the live cuts and just release the studio material on a budget-priced double CD. It's great, but if you are in the US you may have difficulty finding it, because it was only released in Europe and the UK." -Reinder 23- WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH ALL THE "25TH ANNIVERSARY" STUFF THAT WAS RELEASED IN 1993? As Ian stated on April 26th 1993 in a radio broadcast from New York, "We're not celebrating anything at all....EMI and Chrysalis records, on the other hand, will celebrate anything they can sell." And indeed, a large number of "25th Anniversary" products exist... so many, in fact, that the casual fan might be confused without a handy guide like this one: BOX SET (the one that looks like a cigar box) CD 1: re-mixes of classic Tull songs CD 2: live in New York 1970 CD 3: new studio recordings by the current band of old songs CD 4: live tracks from various years NIGHTCAP (2-CDs) CD 1: The Chateau D'Isaster Tapes (an unreleased 1972 album that includes a handful of prototypes for bits of "A Passion Play") CD 2: Rare and unreleased tracks THE BEST OF JETHRO TULL: THE ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION (2-CD) This is a collection of remasters of the original mixes of "classic" Tull songs from thru the years. The sound quality is quite excellent. This is NOT a collection of highlights from the box set as the title might imply. 24- DOES MARTIN BARRE HAVE A SOLO ALBUM? WHAT IS "A SUMMER BAND?" Martin has recorded a studio solo album, featuring Matt Pegg on bass and Andy Giddings on keyboards. The album is called "A Trick of Memory." It will be released worldwide in April on ZYX Records. He also has a contract to record 3 more albums for them. Much confusion resulted when "A New Day" magazine persuaded Martin to release a limited edition live album, called "A Summer Band." This album was limited to roughly 1000 copies total on CD and tape, and it was sold to "A.N.D." subscribers. The album contains live performances by The Summer Band, a group Martin formed to play charity gigs near his home. This is NOT Martin's solo album; his real studio solo album, when it is released, will be sold thru real record stores, and unlike "A Summer Band," it will contain all original material. Martin even sings on the studio album. (!!) 25- DOES DAVE PEGG HAVE A SOLO ALBUM? Yes. It's called "The Cocktail Cowboy Goes it Alone," and it was recorded in 1983. It was issued on Woodworm Records. A CD version was released around 1991 or 1992, but it may be out of print by now. 26- WHAT DO THE RUNES ON THE COVER OF THE "BROADSWORD" ALBUM SPELL? They are the opening lyrics to the song "Broadsword." Many thanks to everyone who e-mailed the details to me... you will be credited in the next version of the FAQ, as soon as I get organized. 27- WILL THERE BE ANOTHER TULL STUDIO ALBUM? HOW LONG WILL THE BAND EXIST? Ian and the band have very tentative plans to record a new album, but at the time of this writing they're too busy touring to write and record new material. As for the future of the band, Ian says "2001 might be a good time for Jethro Tull to play its last concert... You've got every chance of playing until you're as old as Muddy Waters was. It's just those of us who, perhaps unwisely, chose a more athletic way of performing music who are really in for a rough final few years." [8] 28. WHICH BOUREE IS PLAYED BY TULL? [NOTE: Bouree and bourree are both proper spellings] I've been asked to look up the Bourree source, and here it is: Bourree in E major from Suite No. 1 in E Minor for Lute, BWV 996, by J.S. Bach. It's very commonly performed on classical guitar, so you should have no trouble tracking it down. The original piece is quite different than the way Ian Anderson arranged it--it's a very fast and stately piece, and even though the two sections are both repeated, it only lasts about a minute and a half. Ian's is much jazzier and looser. - KG Anderson, kga@uncmvs.oit.unc.edu ----- Sources A.N.D. = "A New Day" magazine [1] A.N.D. #18 p. 27 [2] "Up Close" radio interview, 1989 [3] "In the Studio: Aqualung" radio interview, 1990 [4] "In the Studio: Thick as a Brick" radio interview, 1991 [5] A.N.D. #10 p. 14 [6] A.N.D. #28 p. 17 [7] A.N.D. #28 p. 8 [8] Rolling Stone magazine #668 (October 28, 1993) ---- Original author: Dan Duvall (aa595@freenet.cleveland.edu) Additions and corrections are, of course, quite welcome. Please send to: Current Maintainer & Editor: Sumner Hayes (sumner+@cmu.edu)