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3/10/1972 Thick As A Brick released

 

 

Jethro Tull's 5th album got its US release on this date in 1972. Thick As A Brick was conceived as a spoof concept album by Ian Anderson in reaction to critics that believed the group's previous album, Aqualung, had been one. Anderson's writing credits for songs on Thick As A Brick were listed as Gerald Bostock, a made-up 12 year-old character that supposedly wrote a long poem included in the multiple page faux newspaper that folded out of the album's cover.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on March 10 include...

 

1947 Boston’s Tom Scholz is born.

1963 Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament is born.

1963 Producer Rick Rubin is born.

1964 Simon & Garfunkel record The Sounds of Silence. Their record company adds bass, drums and electric guitar without seeking permission before its release.

1974 David Bowie records a Philadelphia concert for the 1974 release David Live

1977 Sex Pistols stage an event outside Buckingham Palace to announce they had signed a contract with A&M Records.  The chaos that ensues at the after party at label headquarters results in the contract getting voided within a week.

1980 Billy Joel releases Glass Houses.

1981 Jimmy Page does his first post Led Zeppelin appearance at a Jeff Beck concert in London.

1981 Joe Walsh releases There Goes The Neighborhood.

1984 Ian Gillan leaves Black Sabbath to join re-formed Deep Purple.

1998 Eric Clapton releases Pilgrim.

2003 AC/DC, the Clash, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, the Police and Righteous Brothers inducted into the Rock Hall Of Fame.

2005 Danny Joe Brown (vocalist) with Molly Hatchet dies of  Renal failure.

2010 Pink Floyd granted the legal right to prevent EMI from selling their songs individually instead on albums.

2023 Van Morrison releases Moving On Skiffle...