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MB = Martin Barre interview
GC = Glenn Cornick interview
TE = Terry Ellis interview


1969

Jan 1969   Beat Instrumental   A year of Jethro Tull — and now ...? IA, TE
4 Jan 69   Melody Maker   Martin joins Tull
11 Jan 69   NME   Tull wrote own hit
18 Jan 69   Record Mirror   "Stones are poor musicians and Brian Jones just can't play" IA

1 Feb 69   Disc & Music Echo   "TV didn't want a 'dirty band' until they heard us" IA
1 Feb 69   NME   Jethro — the new breed IA

10 May 69   Melody Maker   Now Jethro Tull aim for the pop thirty
17 May 69   NME   Nick Logan talks to the incredible Anderson IA
24 May 69   Record Mirror   "The underground seems to have got a little out of hand" IA

14 Jun 69   Disc & Music Echo   Why it's wrong to judge Jethro Tull by looks IA
14 Jun 69   NME   "Jethro Tull? He's really fantastic," says Cliff IA
28 Jun 69   NME   Success has come honestly — we're not a bit ashamed IA

12 Jul 69   Melody Maker   Meet Jethro Tull IA
12 Jul 69   NME   Tull: track by track [Stand Up review]
12 Jul 69   Top Pops   Could hit affect Jethro Tull's 'underground' status IA

Aug 1969   Beat Instrumental   "Let us put down this group now" IA, TE
2 Aug 69   Melody Maker   Jethro stand up and say something [Stand Up review]
2 Aug 69   Disc & Music Echo   Don't judge Jethro by the cover
30 Aug 69   Disc & Music Echo   Jethro Tull's Ian: "I am a conformist!" IA
30 Aug 69   Record Mirror   "They all think I take drugs ..." IA

6 Sep 69   NME   Ian Anderson wrote music for next Tull album on US tour IA
27 Sep 69   Melody Maker   Success, but no musical sell-out IA
27 Sep 69   NME   Dispute with Island Records sparks Jethro label switch TE

Oct 1969   Hit Parader   [No title: interview date March 1969]
4 Oct 69   NME   Jethro Tullverised 'em IA
4 Oct 69   Melody Maker   Jethro tour starts with a bang
11 Oct 69   NME   The Pied Piper of a new era in pop IA
11 Oct 69   Disc & Music Echo   Flamboyant Ian Anderson — a tonic to the tour scene
11 Oct 69   Disc & Music Echo   Tull change fans but they are still entertaining
18 Oct 69   NME   Jethro do it again ['Sweet Dream' review]
18 Oct 69   Melody Maker   Ian Anderson reviews the latest sounds in Blind Date

Nov 1969   Rave   The Rave interview IA
1 Nov 69   NME   Would you take this man home to meet mum? IA
8 Nov 69   Disc & Music Echo   "The only thing we have in common is our music" IA, MB
22 Nov 69   NME   Jethro no one-man band MB, GC
29 Nov 69   Disc & Music Echo   Listen-in: Ian Anderson IA
29 Nov 69   Disc & Music Echo   Don't knock Jethro Tull — remember Jesus

Dec 1969   Beat Instrumental   We need you too, Jethro Tull MB
Dec 1969   Zig Zag   Ian Anderson IA
Dec 1969   Circus   Jethro Tull rising IA
6 Dec 69   NME   Ian's suspicious IA
13 Dec 69   Music Now   Jethro Tull tour: a 'stark' raving success
20 Dec 69   Melody Maker   Jethro take over America IA
20 Dec 69   NME   New York stands up for Jethro IA
27 Dec 69   NME   The tough road taking Jethro to top in US IA
27 Dec 69   Disc & Music Echo   That's no Santa Claus, that's Ian Anderson making merry! IA



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1: advert from Melody Maker, 19 April 1969 New
2: advert from Melody Maker, 3 May 1969 New
3, 4: BBC Lime Grove studios, 5 June 1969, for 'Living in the Past' recording
10: advert from Melody Maker, 26 July 1969 New
11, 12: early August 1969, California, second US tour
13-18: early September 1969, Germany or Holland
19: advert from NME, 6 September 1969
20: advert from Melody Maker, 20 September 1969 [MM poll results issue] New
21: courtesy of Glenn Cornick
22-25: Paris, 30 September 1969. Photos by Claude Delorme-Philips
26-31: from the Royal Albert Hall, 1 October 1969
34: advert from NME, 18 October 1969
35, 36: BBC Lime Grove studios, possibly 30 October 1969. Photos by Barry Plummer
37: from 'Bravo' magazine, 11 May 1970 (band photos from November 1969)

5 published in Musiek Expres (Holland), 1969
6 published in Pop magazine, 1969
11 published in Mirabelle magazine, 1969
12 published in Top Pops and Music Now, September 1969
13, 14, 15 published in Musiek Expres (Holland), November 1969
16 published in Pep magazine (Holland), 5 December 1970
17 published in Popfoto magazine (Holland), 1970
23 published in Popfoto magazine (Holland), 1969
38 published in Popfoto magazine, 1969
all courtesy of Glenn Cornick