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John Evan, vocals?[edit]

When does he sing on A Passion Play? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.84.31.82 (talk) 23:41, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

On the vinyl LP's label, Evan's credits are listed as "piano organ synthesizer speech" (visit http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=654177 for image). So for a long time, I thought he was the narrator of "The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles." However, in the short film of "The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles," John Evan announces the story ("This is the Story...") before Jeffrey Hammond begins to recite it. (Of course, both of them are just lip-synching for the film.) So I'm not really sure which of them is the actual narrator on the recording. Hammond's credits on the LP label are listed as "bass guitar vocal" -- it does not say "speech." Perhaps the article should be amended to more accurately reflect what is on the record's label. RhCordoba (talk) 05:33, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's Hammond-Hammond doing the story, he talks about it in an interview, for those who aren't familiar with Tull's history or weren't there in the early 70's to see the show. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.111.42.136 (talk) 10:30, 21 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Parody[edit]

I'm sure I read an interview with Ian Anderson somewhere in which he claimed that APP was a deliberate parody of the pretentious concept albums then in fashion, something which all the contemporary reviewers had missed. I've no idea if he was being serious, and I can't find a reference, but if somebody can track it down it would make an interesting addition to the article. --Ef80 (talk) 19:10, 9 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Anderson has made this claim about "Thick As A Brick" - it's in the interview included in the anniversary reissue. Don't know if he's ever said the same about APP. Halmyre (talk) 10:00, 30 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]