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Has the whiff of Spinal Tap: Jethro Tull’s The Zealot Gene reviewed

Punk may have been a blind alley — but listen to this and understand precisely why it happened

issue 05 February 2022
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I bought the ‘seminal’ Jethro Tull double album Thick as a Brick from a secondhand shop when I was nearing my 13th birthday. I played it once and then wrote off the £1.85 of my pocket money with buyer’s grave remorse.

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