Friday 13th April 2012

No. 10003

Price 1 Weekly

Ian Anderson performs Thick As A Brick in its entirety for the first time since 1972, landing in the USA for two tours spanning September, October and early November. In 1972, Ian wrote the music (and the lyrics which were credited at the time to the fictitious character, 8 year-old Gerald Bostock, whose parents lied about his age) and recorded with Jethro Tull, Thick As A Brick. The record became a number one Billboard album and enjoyed huge commercial success in most countries of the world. The album featured only one song, lasting nearly 45 minutes. To accommodate the album on LP vinyl and cassette, the seamless track was split on both sides of the record. It reached number one on the US Billboard Pop Albums chart.

Gerald Bostock, the imaginary character behind Jethro Tulls concept album, receives a check for his poem (archive photo) prior to being disqualified by the Society for Literary Advancement and Gestation (SLAG). On a better note, Mr. Anderson has already writen and recorded a follow up to JethroTulls famous concept album.
ST.CLEVE FILE PHOTO

Ian Anderson, known throughout the world of rock music as the flute and voice behind the legendary Jethro Tull, celebrates his 44th year as an international recording and performing musician in 2012. David Goodier. Since 2002 he has been touring worldwide and recording with Ian Anderson on various solo 'acoustic' and orchestral projects, and also as a member of Jethro Tull. During breaks between touring, he still manages to fit in work with other jazz and folk artists in the UK and Ireland. Scott Hammond studied the drums with Dave Hassell on a three-year jazz degree course at Leeds College of music. It was here that he met his wife, Ruth, who plays saxophones, keyboards, piano, Hammond organ and sings. They are now based in Bristol and regularly gig all over the UK with The Scott Hammond Quartet. John O'Hara writes and arranges for various projects in the opera and classical music world when not touring and recording with Ian Anderson. In collaboration with The Who's Pete Townsend, he adapted the rock opera Quadrophenia for the 2009 stage musical version. Florian Ophale has toured throughout Europe, USA and Latin America with Ian Anderson, in his solo band and orchestral projects. He produces and writes music in Germany for a number of artists and still guests on various projects as a session guitarist. He has his own flamenco-rock band and a blues band too!

TAAB2 - Whatever HappenedTo Gerald Bostock? - is a full length Progressive Rock "concept" album worthy of its predecessor. Boy to man and beyond, it looks at what might have befallen the child poet Gerald Bostock in later life. Or, perhaps, any of us. Available in two formats: the simple jewel case CD with 8-page booklet and the Special Edition with CD, audio-visual DVD and 16-page booklet. The DVD contains 5.1 surround mixes, 24-bit stereo mix, videos covering the making of the album, interviews with the musicians and the lyric reading where Ian Anderson reads the lyrics in various settings. Also on the DVD are the pages of StCleve.com, the online update of the St Cleve Chronicle, fabled newspaper of the original album, and the multilingual lyric translations in Italian, German, Spanish, Czech, Polish and Russian.