Jethro Tull: Ian Anderson Is No Rock Hitler
Keith Altham, Record Mirror, 18 September 1971
THAT BEARDED prankster Ian Anderson is amongst us once more with his reshuffled ensemble now featuring Barrie-More Barlow on percussion in place of Clive Bunker (now co-operating with ex-Procol guitarist Robin Trower in a new group) on a maxi single entitled aptly enough 'Life Is A Long Song' which he says, 'will probably bomb out and no one will like it as it does not have the familiar raving flute on it!"
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