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Summary: 30years of stories and history
Review: this is only the second volume dealing with JT but unlike its competitor this covers the subject in superb depth with masses of photos of sleeves and band members from all over the world. To the many followers of the band who thought they knew their subject well, this volume will serve to remind them of the mass of data and memories that they are about to learn. the only negative was the low number of colour images and the lack of a hard cover. That said worth every cent or pence .
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Summary: Far from the best
Review: This might interest those unfamiliar with Tull, but for those who already know a bit, it's a disappointment.Much of the information has previously appeared elsewhere or is simply well-known by fans, so readers gain little further insight about the band from this not particularly well-written repackaging. Unlike other books on the market, there is little direct input from Anderson & Co. The one potential strength of the book is the mass of raw facts in the reference section. It is only fair to warn that its readability is similar to that of a telephone directory, but that's the nature of the material, not the author's fault. If readers really want all these dates, etc., they'll accept the format. What is the author's fault is that this reference information is simply wrong, far too often. Prior information seems to have been unquestioningly reproduced, errors and all, so that even after readers pick away the obvious errors, the rest can't be relied on. Newspaper ads for concerts that were later cancelled, or memories that ex-members have later admitted were mis-remembered, have gone in apparently without checking. If you don't need to know the minutiae, the other Tull biographies are more suited to you than this one. If you do want to know every tiny detail, go for something better researched.
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Summary: Buy the music, not this book
Review: While it may contain every factoid known about Ian and the boys, this book is so difficult to actually read as to be virtually worthless. Sentences are often incomplete, not to mention thoughts or paragraphs, and there is a complete lack of cohesion. If completely rewritten and given a decent editing it might be worthwhile, but that hasn't happened so do yourself a favor and get the remastered version of Stand Up instead.
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