The Ballad of Jethro Tull
The first official, illustrated, oral history of prog rock legends 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 them to become one of the most successful bands in rock history.
Each copy comes with a download of ‘The Ballad of Jethro Tull’, a specially-written spoken word telling of the Tull story performed by Ian over classic Tull track backing, plus a recording of Ian reading ‘Marmion’ with specially created musical backing. The recordings are only available with this book.
Reviews
Lavishly tooled oral history… deftly corralled…a rollicking and ridiculous immersion.
A sumptuously presented volume packed with striking, often unseen photography.
Silent Singing
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 This hardback book is illustrated throughout with new, original and previously unpublished photographs taken by Ian to accompany certain lyrics, scans of original hand-written lyrics, and every Tull and solo album cover.
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.
