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Why I’m still annoyed about sharing a name with Jethro Tull’s flute-botherer | Letters

Readers respond to letters from the Guardian writers Stephen Moss and Stephen Moss about being confused with each other The two Stephen Mosses who both write for the Guardian (Letters, 14 August) and seem to have an amicable enough relationship have no idea what it was like being one of two Ian Andersons signed to Island Records in early 1969. Let’s just say it didn’t end well. I found having an extra initial to be t

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Readers respond to letters from the Guardian writers Stephen Moss and Stephen Moss about being confused with each other The two Stephen Mosses who both write for the Guardian (Letters, 14 August) and seem to have an amicable enough relationship have no idea what it was like being one of two Ian Andersons signed to Island Records in early 1969. Let’s just say it didn’t end well. I found having an extra initial to be t
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    Why I’m still annoyed about sharing a name with Jethro Tull’s flute-botherer | Letters

    Readers respond to letters from the Guardian writers Stephen Moss and Stephen Moss about being confused with each other The two Stephen Mosses who both write for the Guardian (Letters, 14 August) and seem to have an amicable enough relationship have no idea what it was like being one of two Ian Andersons signed to Island Records in early 1969. Let’s just say it didn’t end well. I found having an extra initial to be t

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