Redundancy claim by Horse fan

Rip It Up, Issue 19, 1 February 1979, Page 19

Redundancy claim by Horse fan

A letter to a Young Horse Named George. Hats off to George Kay for an excellent review of the new double live album by those “anachronistic old warhorses", Jethro Tull in Rip It Up No. 18.

He made some excellent points, very perceptive of Mr Kay, for instance, to notice that after Frampton Comes Alive "the double live album became the commercially accepted means of conveying a live concert.” One would hardly credit that nearly four years after its release the commercial success of the album is still inspiring groups to attempt to emulate its success. It would be very interested to hear George’s views on what sparked off the speight of double live albums in 1974 (preFCA) including Roxy & Elsewhere, David Live, Miles of Aisles, Too Late To Stop Now not to mention the triple ELP effort.

I must also agree with George that Bursting Out "accentuates the redundancy of Jethro Tull in the current rock scenario”. Any group or artist which releases a double album of old favourites obviously aimed at fans of the group only is definitely redundant. Furthermore congratulations must go to Mr Kay for the original ending to his review, cleverly using one of Jethro’s old album titles to sum up retire, never” very witty (ha ha). Max Quad President of George Kay Fan Club (Auckland Branch)