I recently saw an item on eBay that stated "original press photo 1968 Jethro Tull".

I was inquisitive; the item description just stated "these are all photos once in The HEMEL Hempstead POST newspaper archive, majority on the rear have a press stamp".

I thought OK, must be the original Tull line up with Mick Abrahams but then looked at the photo and low and behold there is Tony Iommi on lead.

The thing was, yes it was at the Stones' Rock and Roll Circus "Gig" BUT I had never seen this photo before and it was obvious that it was taken at "rehearsal" before the actual film shoot, as Anderson is not in his dressing gown and Glenn Cornick, Clive Bunker and Iommi are in entirely different outfits to that seen in the film.  I went ahead and bid and won a bit of history...... 9 quid well spent ...well, I thought so anyway!

Here is the photo below as well as the back of the photo as well. I had a chuckle to myself with the writing on the back of the photo "JETHRO TULL" "pop" group   Dec\68 

Edited by BarryGlibb - March 29 2016 at 05:12

Yes, great photo!

Hmm....he didn't like pot smokers.........I saw that Wakeman interview with Ian and I don't recall that remark but he did say that Iommi just wasn't a good fit for the band and what Tull were wanting to do musically.

Edited by dr wu23 - March 29 2016 at 13:22

Ian Anderson spoke about Iommi in a recent interview in Prog magazine. It seems that the main problem was Iommi didn't turn up to rehearsals on time, and Anderson obviously doesn't like lateness.

I dig early Tull and most of their records up until Heavy Horses, but there's no doubt that a lot of the critical backlash against the band was brought on by Ian.  His pretentious BS pissed off critics from Lester Bangs to Robert Christgau......and his condescending attitude toward his fans makes me wonder why anyone would want to carry on as a fan after the music started going south.  That interview where he slams Genesis and Gentle Giant as prog dinosaurs.....I just hope he was being ironic (which I doubt) - something tells me this guy still thinks he's some sort of genius instead of a long-winded schmo who copped Roland Kirk's schtick and recruited some talented musicians to do his bidding.  Screw Ian Anderson.....but I still won't throw away my copy of This Was!