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[Whart]

A year. It can be a short period of time (if you are in love). Or forever (if you are in prison). For TheVinylPress, it has been productive, fascinating, a learning experience and hugely gratifying. Here's a re-cap. One Year of TheVinylPress - The Vinyl Press

[John49]

Originally Posted by Whart

A year. It can be a short period of time (if you are in love). Or forever (if you are in prison). For TheVinylPress, it has been productive, fascinating, a learning experience and hugely gratifying. Here's a re-cap. One Year of TheVinylPress - The Vinyl Press

Thank you Bill, enjoyed the year very much.

[Whart]

Originally Posted by John49

Thank you Bill, enjoyed the year very much.

Quite welcome, and thanks for the nice note, John. (Anybody with a Monks is obviously OK in my book- )
I'd love to talk about what it's like to buy records 'in the wild' in London and environs these days. I used to travel to London quite a bit back in the day, was mainly buying classical stuff then. Today, it seems like most dealers know that Ebay, Discogs and a few other sites are where all the $ is, but there must still be some good stores for vinyl, no? (You don't have to give away any state secrets here, just more an 'impression'). I should get over to London at some point this year, my trip this summer--largely for business-- was cancelled, and I had planned to catch up with some older music biz folks I know or have corresponded with over the years. Oh, yeah, there's motorcars too! (Aside from the good food in London, i've been more entranced with London in the last few years than NYC, but maybe it's just a greener grass thing). Fact is, I do buy quite a bit of older UK vinyl, but now its rock, folk, prog and other stuff.
be well.

[Whart]

Ian Anderson Interview- Early Tull on Vinyl

I recently had the privilege of interviewing Ian Anderson about the formative years of Jethro Tull, when the band, which started as a blues band, was transformed into something that combined folk, minstrel style medieval ballads and other influences with hard driving rock. Here is the interview: Ageless Troubadour- A Chat with Ian Anderson
There is also a companion piece about some of the early recordings and various pressings: Early Tull on Vinyl
Enjoy.

[scirica]

Originally Posted by Whart

Ian Anderson Interview- Early Tull on Vinyl I recently had the privilege of interviewing Ian Anderson about the formative years of Jethro Tull, when the band, which started as a blues band, was transformed into something that combined folk, minstrel style medieval ballads and other influences with hard driving rock. Here is the interview: Ageless Troubadour- A Chat with Ian Anderson There is also a companion piece about some of the early recordings and various pressings: Early Tull on Vinyl Enjoy.

Bill:

Thanks for sharing this, and of course for writing it. I'm a huge Tull fan and also respect (as Ian obviously does) the work of Steven Wilson. I love that he was so complimentary and respectful of what Steve does with these early recordings. Nothing like when one hero of mine mentions another like that. Thanks for asking that questions.

SC