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

by Tim Smolko
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
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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.

A Passion Play

by Brian Rabey
A Passion Play
Author: Brian Rabey
Publisher: Soundcheck Books
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0957144245
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An intimate, yet thorough, look at one of Britain’s biggest ever bands

Original Jethro Tull

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

by Jethro Tull (Musical group)
Jethro Tull Guitar Anthology
Author: Jethro Tull (Musical group)
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-09
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780634079597
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Rock music; for voice and guitar(s), with chord symbols and guitar chord diagrams.

Atomic Tunes

by Tim Smolko
Atomic Tunes
Author: Tim Smolko
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2021-05-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0253056187
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What is the soundtrack for a nuclear war? During the Cold War, over 500 songs were written about nuclear weapons, fear of the Soviet Union, civil defense, bomb shelters, McCarthyism, uranium mining, the space race, espionage, the Berlin Wall, and glasnost. This music uncovers aspects of these world-changing events that documentaries and history books cannot. In Atomic Tunes, Tim and Joanna Smolko explore everything from the serious to the comical, the morbid to the crude, showing the widespread concern among musicians coping with the effect of communism on American society and the threat of a nuclear conflict of global proportions. Atomic Tunes presents a musical history of the Cold War, analyzing the songs that capture the fear of those who lived under the shadow of Stalin, Sputnik, mushroom clouds, and missiles.

The Ballad of Jethro Tull

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

by Laura Shenton
Jethro Tull Minstrel In The Gallery
Author: Laura Shenton
Publisher: Wymer UK
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2021-09-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781912782819
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For Jethro Tull, 1975 would prove to be a fascinating year. With Aqualung and Thick As A Brick behind them, and with A Passion Play and War Child having been met with a mixed critical reception, their next album, Minstrel In The Gallery is the product of a band who kept on going and who weren't afraid to explore. Minstrel In The Gallery is abundant in innovative musical ideas and insightful lyrics. Recorded in sunny Monte Carlo and described by Sounds as "a pleasant surprise", the album is a fascinating combination of acoustic and heavy rock teamed with a strings section, and of course, flute. In this book, author Laura Shenton MA LLCM DipRSL offers an in depth perspective on Minstrel In The Gallery from a range of angles including how the album came to be, how it was presented and received at the time (live as well as on record), and what it means in terms of Jethro Tull's legacy today.

Please Kill Me

by Legs McNeil
Please Kill Me
Author: Legs McNeil
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2006
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780802142641
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Now in paperback, this first oral history of the most nihilistic of all pop movements brings the sound of the punk generation chillingly to life with 50 new pages of depraved testimony. "Please Kill Me" reads like a fast-paced novel, but the tragedies it contains are all too human and all too real. photos.

Silent Singing

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