Jethro Tull S Thick As A Brick And A Passion Play

Author : Tim Smolko
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780253010384

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Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play by Tim Smolko Pdf

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.

Author : Brian Rabey
Publisher : Soundcheck Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780957144248

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A Passion Play by Brian Rabey Pdf

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

Author : Laura Shenton
Publisher : Wymer UK
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 191278257X

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Jethro Tull Thick As A Brick by Laura Shenton Pdf

The year 1972 saw the release of Jethro Tull's iconic album, Thick As A Brick. A song spanning two whole sides of the LP with no gaps in between, Thick As A Brick was unusual even by so-called progressive rock standards at the time. Ironically, even though band leader Ian Anderson joked that the album was intended as "a bit of a spoof", it has gone on to be remembered as a masterpiece of the genre nearly fifty years later. In this book, music author Laura Shenton MA LLCM DipRSL offers an in depth perspective on Thick As A Brick 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. As the author explains: "Basically, the book covers how the album was made, what was going on with the music in terms of the artist's intentions, how it did musically and commercially and what happened next." The narrative is essentially driven by contemporary interviews with the artists with small bits of music theory where relevant... in some cases they delve into the structure / key signatures / time signatures, based on the original sheet music without straying away from being an engaging read for non-musicians.

Author : Charles Snider
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 057818902X

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The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock by Charles Snider Pdf

New for 2017, the definitive record guide to the progressive era of rock music, Strawberry Bricks presents a standard discography of music from artists around the globe. Beginning in 1967 and continuing through 1982, a generation of musicians took rock music in directions unforeseen as they charted what would become known as progressive rock. This edition also includes exclusive interviews with a host of musicians of the era, providing proof that progressive rock was indeed the music of a generation. From art rock to krautrock, from England to Germany to Italy and all across Europe, Strawberry Bricks offers a candid reappraisal of rock's most cerebral genre. -The definitive record guide to the era of progressive rock -Reviews of 476 albums from 1967 - 1982 -Exclusive interviews with 16 artists from the era -Fully edited, proofread and fact-checked -632 pages

Author : Jordan Blum
Publisher : Sonicbond Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1789520169

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Jethro Tull by Jordan Blum Pdf

It's almost impossible to discuss the history of rock music without praising the monumental quality, impact, variety, and boldness of Britain's Jethro Tull. Named after an eighteenth-century agriculturalist - and not after their striking front-man Ian Anderson - the group almost immediately became one of the most ambitious, and significant acts in two subsections of the genre: progressive and folk rock. Officially formed in 1967, mastermind Anderson, guitarist Martin Barre and company initially forged a blues course before veering in a more diverse, and expansive direction. Their 1970s period - which is often considered their peak-took them close to progressive rock via iconic albums like Aqualung and Songs From The Wood plus lengthy narrative suites Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play, all hit albums on both sides of the Atlantic. Like numerous peers at the time (including ELP, Rush, Yes, and King Crimson), Tull then embraced the more commercially accessible demands of the 1980s - complete with a fair share of both synthesizers and hard rock. Album by album, this book examines the behind-the-scenes circumstances and motivations for each release via a track-by-track analysis to acutely observe why Jethro Tull were - and always will be - of invaluable 'benefit' to rock music.

Author : John Covach,Graeme M. Boone
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1997-11-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199880126

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Understanding Rock by John Covach,Graeme M. Boone Pdf

Amid the recent increase in scholarly attention to rock music, Understanding Rock stands out as one of the first books that subjects diverse aspects of the music itself to close and sophisticated analytical scrutiny. Written by some of the best young scholars in musicology and music theory, the essays in this volume use harmonic, melodic, rhythmic, formal, and textual approaches in order to show how and why rock music works as music. Topics of discussion include the adaptation of blues and other styles to rock; the craft of songwriting; techniques and strategies of improvisation; the reinterpretation of older songs; and the use of the recording studio as a compositional tool. A broad range of styles and groups is covered, including Yes, the Beach Boys, Cream, k.d. lang, Paul Simon, Jimi Hendrix, and the Grateful Dead.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004334069

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Word and Music Studies by Anonim Pdf

The eighteen interdisciplinary essays in this volume were presented in 2001 in Sydney, Australia, at the Third International Conference on Word and Music Studies, which was sponsored by The International Association for Word and Music Studies (WMA). The conference celebrated the sixty-fifth birthday of Steven Paul Scher, arguably the central figure in word and music studies during the last thirty-five years. The first section of this volume comprises ten articles that discuss, or are methodologically based upon, Scher’s many analyses of and critical commentaries on the field, particularly on interrelationships between words and music. The authors cover such topics as semiotics, intermediality, hermeneutics, the de-essentialization of the arts, and the works of a wide range of literary figures and composers that include Baudelaire, Mallarmé, Proust, T. S. Eliot, Goethe, Hölderlin, Mann, Britten, Schubert, Schumann, and Wagner.The second section consists of a second set of papers presented at the conference that are devoted to a different area of word and music studies: cultural identity and the musical stage. Eight scholars investigate – and often problematize – widespread assumptions regarding ‘national’ and ‘cultural’ music, language, plots, and production values in musical stage works. Topics include the National Socialists’ construction of German national identity; reception-based examinations of cultural identity and various “national” opera styles; and the means by which composers, librettists, and lyricists have attempted to establish national or cultural identity through their stage works.

Author : Tim Smolko,Joanna Smolko
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253056177

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Atomic Tunes by Tim Smolko,Joanna Smolko Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Random House
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781448140077

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The Old Grey Whistle Test Quiz Book by Anonim Pdf

Bob Dylan. Tom Waits. Blondie. The Ramones. REM. The Who. Fleetwood Mac. Led Zeppelin. The list goes on and on. The Old Grey Whistle Test has played host to some of the biggest names in music and has assumed its rightful place at the pinnacle of rock history - but how much of a fan are you? Do you know your Bowie backlist? Could your knowledge of Lennon long-players stand up to scrutiny? And can you tell your glam rock from your hair metal? This collection delves deep into the Whistle Test archives to pose over 2,500 quiz questions on your favourite artists, from global megastars to obscure one-time guests on the show. Play in teams or test your own knowledge on questions covering a whole range of musical puzzles, from lost albums and banned songs to classic solos, one-hit wonders and more.

Author : Gary Parker
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476634654

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Original Jethro Tull by Gary Parker Pdf

 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.

Author : Ian Anderson
Publisher : Rocket 88
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1910978612

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Silent Singing by Ian Anderson Pdf

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.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1370 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119498256

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Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : M. Barre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1447769414

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Jethro Tull by M. Barre Pdf

Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK during 1967. At first playing blues rock, the band then began including elements of hard and folk rock to create a progressive rock sound. Tull is led by vocalist/flautist/guitarist Ian Anderson, having had a revolving door of lineups over the years, significant members having been guitarists Mick Abrahams and Martin Barre, keyboardist John Evan, drummers Clive Bunker, Barriemore Barlow, and Doane Perry, along with bassists Glenn Cornick, Jeffrey Hammond, John Glascock, and Dave Pegg. The group first broke through in 1969, with the folk-tinged blues album Stand Up, which topped the UK charts then toured regularly there and in the US. Their musical style moved in the direction of progressive rock with the L.Ps Aqualung (1971), Thick as a Brick (1972) and A Passion Play (1973), before shifting again towards hard rock mixed with folk rock, with Songs from the Wood (1977) and Heavy Horses (1978). Jethro Tull have sold an estimated 60 million albums worldwide, with 11 gold and 5 platinum L.Ps. They've been described by Rolling Stone magazine as "one of the most commercially successful and eccentric progressive rock bands". The group's last new material was issued during in 2003, though they continued to tour until 2011. Anderson said Jethro Tull were finished during 2014 but in September 2017 he announced plans for a tour to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their first album This Was then record a new studio L.P. during 2018. The band's latest line-up includes musicians who've been members of Anderson's solo group since 2012, Jethro Tull having embarked on a world tour on 1st March 2018.

Author : Adam Budofsky,Michele Heusel,Michael Ray Dawson,Michael Parillo
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Music
ISBN : 1423405676

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The Drummer by Adam Budofsky,Michele Heusel,Michael Ray Dawson,Michael Parillo Pdf

A history of drumming over the past century looks at modern drumset masters from the founding fathers of jazz to the athletic performers of today, including coverage of the work of Buddy Rich, Keith Moon, and Max Roach.

Author : Joe S. Harrington
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Music
ISBN : 0634028618

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Sonic Cool by Joe S. Harrington Pdf

(Book). In the tradition of Nick Tosches, Tom Wolfe and Lester Bangs comes an epic and riveting history of rock and roll that reads like a novel. Sonic Cool presents the saga of rock and roll as the closest thing we have to genuine "myth" in the modern world, and it is the first book about rock to be written in the spirit of rock. Immense, fierce, opinionated and hilarious, Joe Harrington masterfully presents rock as a movement of near-religious proportions, against a backdrop of social factors and important events such as the invention of the guitar, the jukebox, LSD, the 12-inch phonograph record, the '70s recession, the Reagan Revolution, and the Internet. This is the history of rock as it's never been told, as the legend of a massive cultural movement, one that had meaning, but ultimately failed because it sold its soul. Radically egalitarian in its assessments towering figures such as Lennon, Dylan and Cobain stand along side lesser-known but equally influential artists like the MC5, the Misfits and Joy Division Sonic Cool is gripping reading for anyone who ever believed in the music. Includes a 16-page black-and-white photo insert. Joe S. Harrington began writing at the age of 10, an act that provoked a rejection slip from Mad magazine. He has written about music for the Boston Globe , Boston Phoenix , New York Press , Seattle Stranger , Lowell Sun , Wired , Reflex , Raygun , High Times , Seconds , Rollerderby and numerous fanzines. He is currently employed as an on-line jazz critic at Amazon, and lives in Portland, Maine. Softcover.