To all the friends and fans who have been asking about me. I had a serious heart attack followed by a mid brain stroke back in November last year. I am still in recovery and am not able to coordinate both hands to play guitar . Before I make any further moves about my future I have to get better and that will take some time. I also have a balance problem with a thing called menieres disease which between that and the after effects of the stroke has left me just about knackered ! I know that I have to be patient and get well first so Ill keep hoping toward that aim, at least I can still annoy Clive by speaking !! Please forgive him writing things about me but he has only just learned joined up writing, and the novelty hasn't worn off yet. Ya gotta love him don't ya
Love to you all and thanks for your good wishes and thoughts .
Mick Abrahams
June 2010
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Re: Jethro Tull
These are the labels from the original mono issued of This Was which was deleted after two weeks when the album was released.
And from 1993, a 12" disc with different mixes of Living In The Past
Track 1. Living In The Past Club Mix
Track 2. Living In The Past 7" mix
Track 3. Living In The Past Dub Ravey Master
Track 4. Living In The Past N.Y. Mix
Definitely never seen any of those before Jeffrey, don't think I would collect mono versions though, I much prefer Stereo sound. I was kind of surprised that England lagged behind the US and ourselves when it came to embracing Stereophonic sound...considering the sheer amount of good bands recording across the pond I would have bet you lot made the change first.
I did visit the Tull site you posted, it looks really good, but I don't have time to go into depth and read all the good stuff right now. I have bookmarked it though and you might see my name pop up one of these days, time permitting.
I'll just squish this track in before the next album cos it's a corker.
Despite the opinions of critics I think Stormwatch is an album packed with good tunes and a copy be it vinyl or disc is always within easy reach in my home.
So the end of my favorite 3 album set has come, after "Stormwatch" and all the personnel changes comes the next offering, "A" released in 1980. According to what I've read this was supposed to be an Ian Anderson solo record, but upon reflection a business decision was made to keep it in the Tull family to give it a better commercial appeal. Losing his longtime bandmates definitely affected this record, Dave Pegg, and Eddie Jobson both were involved in the project, both very talented musicians so "A" was a big change in direction for Tull. Took me a few listens to get into this one years ago, but eventually I "Got It". I think the combination of changes in the band and the state of the music landscape had a major impact on Anderson, as a result this album has more of an art rock feel to it than anything he had released to date. Still it probably helped him to stay relevant with the newer fans, or at least not become completely outdated by the avalanche of Punk/New Wave artists that were taking over the rock world back in those days.
Yeah and then the Next album definitely heralded a new era of the band. Who says an "Old dog can't learn new tricks"?....in this case Tull proves anything is possible.
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Re: Jethro Tull
Pre Jethro Tull, Martin Barre was a member of two or three groups one of which, The Penny Peeps, recorded some songs which were issued here in the UK.
Now on ebay at the moment, there are some "repro" singles being sold all of which have the large centre hole which was not common in the UK. To be fair the seller has them listed as "repro" singles and is not trying to pass them off as the original item but still, for those who may have never seen a Penny Peeps single, here is the real thing (sadly not mine )
And the "repro" one looks like this:
A Penny Peeps publicity photo, Martin Barre is centre front
That is a rather amusing name for a band Jeffrey, but I'll try to catch up with the articles you posted later.
Martin Barre' is on my all time top 10 guitarists list, he can play anything and with bravado, he is also the perfect foil for Ian Anderson's rambunctiousness and flair, truly one of the greatest pairings of guitarist/frontmen in rock music history.
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