[x] Toe-tully Jethro

Jethro Tull recorded their debut single. When it was released the band name on the 45 proclaimed 'Jethro Toe'. Some sources suggest a mis-print but others (including an interview with bassist Glenn Cornick) say producer Derek Lawrence disliked the name 'Jethro Tull' and had the band renamed in absentia for the release of the 45. Views on how to represent this? (A later supposed 'correctd' release on MGM is apparently a counterfeit btw - this 45 only legitimately appears under the 'Jethro Toe' name)

According to Pete Frame's "Rock Family Trees":
"During the first bleak days, Jethro Tull gigged sporadically under different names. Their first single, produced by Derek Lawrence on MGM, was credited to Jethro Toe .... but by Summer 68, a marquee residency and hit-of-the-show appearance at the Sunbury Blues Festival had elevated them considerably ..."

Suggests to me that as they perhaps hadn't settled into being "Jethro Tull" then that single should be credited to Jethro Toe. Like Thin Lizzy's first single is credited to Thin Lizzie.

I'm not sure - I can go with any decision on this one - I just have a problem with all the members being members of a band they didn't know existed!

I think that it is reasonable to recognize, using the band alias feature, that band names sometimes accidentally appear incorrectly. In such situations, we should take the approach that we do with musicians--find the "real" name and alias the fake one.

I see this as different from the situation in which a band intentionally changes the spelling and therefore the name (e.g., Thin Lizzie vs. Thin Lizzy).

See also [bandtoband.com] http://bandtoband.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6416