Terry Ellis

Terry Ellis is a English record producer and manager best known for his early work with Jethro Tull, and as co-founder of Chrysalis Music in 1969. Ellis was born in Hertfordshire, England in 1944. He graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne with an honours degree in mathematics and metallurgy. He began booking concerts at colleges on a part time basis in 1967 and later that year he got into business with Chris Wright forming the Ellis... more

Terry Ellis is a English record producer and manager best known for his early work with Jethro Tull, and as co-founder of Chrysalis Music in 1969. Ellis was born in Hertfordshire, England in 1944. He graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne with an honours degree in mathematics and metallurgy. He began booking concerts at colleges on a part time basis in 1967 and later that year he got into business with Chris Wright forming the Ellis-Wright Agency. In 1968 they expanded their activities to include artist management with Ellis managing Clouds and Jethro Tull, and Chris managing Ten Years After and Procol Harum. He produced several Jethro Tull records: This Was, Aqualung and Stand Up. After buying out Ellis in 1985, Wright sold the Chrysalis Records label to EMI in 1991. Ellis took a science degree at university, but while there he began writing music journalism for a college paper. In 1965, his attempt at interviewing Bob Dylan was filmed for D.A. Pennebaker's film Dont... less