Love Story (Jethro Tull song)

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"Love Story"
Jethro-Tull-Love-Story.jpg
Picture sleeve (Fontana, Germany)
Single by Jethro Tull
B-side"Christmas Song"
Released29 November 1968[1][2]
Recorded30 October 1968[3]
StudioMorgan Studios, London, UK[3]
GenreBlues rock, hard rock
Length3:02
LabelIsland WIP 6048[4] Fontana
Reprise
Songwriter(s)Ian Anderson
Producer(s)Ian Anderson, Terry Ellis
Jethro Tull singles chronology
"A Song for Jeffrey"
(1968) 		"Love Story"
(1968) 		"Living in the Past"
(1969)

"Love Story" is the title of the third single by the British progressive rock group Jethro Tull. It was released in late November 1968.[4] It reached No. 29 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1969, spending eight weeks on that chart.[5]

The original UK single was released on 29 November 1968 with the B-side "Christmas Song".[2] In the U.S., "Love Story" was released on 12 February 1969,[6] with "A Song for Jeffrey" on the B-side.[4] "Love Story" and "Christmas Song" did not appear on an album until the 1972 compilation Living in the Past, but "A Song for Jeffrey" did appear on the band's first album, This Was (1968).

Personnel[]

Jethro Tull
Additional personnel

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References[]

  1. ^ "Love Story". 45cat.com. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Jethro Tull-Love Story". Discogs. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "This Was (50th Anniversary Book Edition)". leespeaksoutaboutmusic. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 504–506. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
  5. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 162. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. ^ "Jethro Tull-Love StoryUS". Discogs. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

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