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Tull on top: Ian Anderson Speaks His Mind

Judith Sims, Rolling Stone, 27 March 1975

LOS ANGELES — Ian Anderson, leader of Jethro Tull, did not seem pleased, even though his group had just broken all attendance records at the Forum by playing to 93,000 people over five nights. "Everyone has decided Jethro Tull is back in favor only because of a hit single or five nights at the Forum. We're playing only bits of A Passion Play and Thick as a Brick instead of taking up people's time with something they don't understand.

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