Compilations

Collections of John Martyn tracks, officially released.

I'd Rather Be The Devil (Special Edition)

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23 Nov 2009
The Bottom Line:

Permanent put together a lot of material. What's new? The box.

Carriers: 
Fullfill ARTFULCD69

May You Never | The Very Best Of John Martyn

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23 Mar 2009
The Bottom Line:

Cashing in on John's death.

Carriers: 
CD: Universal Island 270 155-6

Ain't No Saint

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1 Sep 2008
The Bottom Line:

40 years of John Martyn.

Carriers: 
4CD: Universal Island 530 798-7

Sixty Minutes With...

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16 Apr 2007
The Bottom Line:

Voiceprint produces another useless compilation.

Couldn't Love You More, No Little Boy, Live At Leeds, Kendal 1986.

Carriers: 
CD: Voiceprint VP6002CD

The One World Sampler

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6 Nov 2006
The Bottom Line:

Voiceprint throws in an unreleased bonus track: Amsterdam.

"Over 70 minutes of John Martyn from the One World catalogue"

Carriers: 
CD: One World OW125CD

The John Martyn Story (aka 'Gold')

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29 May 2006
The Bottom Line:

Improved and more complete version of Sweet Little Mysteries from 1994, including good non-Island stuff from the nineties.

Carriers: 
2CD: Universal 9833217

Live At Leeds And More

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30 Jan 2006
The Bottom Line:

Useless compilation of Voiceprint stuff

Carriers: 
2CD: Recall SMDCD559

Anthology

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27 Sep 2004
The Bottom Line:

Umptieth useless rehash of Voiceprint and Artful material.

Carriers: 
2CD: Retro R2CD 42-95
2CD: Primo PRMCD2009 (2007)

Mad Dog Days (2CD + DVD)

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7 Jun 2004
The Bottom Line:

The main interest of this cardboard box is the interview DVD recorded in an Irish pub.

Carriers: 
2CD + DVD: Shakedown Records SHAKEBX125

Late Night John

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24 May 2004
The Bottom Line:

Island material sampler with good stuff but rather superfluous. Most unusual thing is the inclusion of early material (tracks #1-4); the echoplex is strikingly absent.

Carriers: 
CD: Spectrum 9813651 (Universal)

Old Grey Whistle Test - vol 3

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16 Feb 2004
The Bottom Line:

Over 30 rarely seen archive performances, one of which by John and Danny.

Carriers: 
DVD: BBCDVD 1280
DVD: BBCDVD 1926 (Japan)

Live at Leeds | The Brewery Arts Centre Kendal 1986

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21 Oct 2003
The Bottom Line:

Voiceprint getting rid of old stock

 

 

Carriers: 
2CD: Voiceprint VP241013CD

Solid Air: Classics Re-visited

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23 Sep 2002
The Bottom Line:

Nothing to do with Solid Air but everything with Artful. Say no more.

Carriers: 
2CD: Recall SMDCD441

Old Grey Whistle Test - vol 1

Various Artists
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17 Sep 2001
The Bottom Line:

Over four hours of DVD to celebrate the thirty year anniversary of the BBC program.

The intros and the outros are not talked over and the commentary is different from the TV shows.

Carriers: 
DVD: BBCDVD1073 (2DVD)
VHS: The Best Of, two tapes

Patterns In The Rain

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19 Mar 2001
The Bottom Line:

Affordable compilation of Permanent/ Voiceprint era, primarily useful for people desperately wanting to buy a sampler complementary to the Island samplers.

Carriers: 
2CD: Mooncrest CRESTCD 065 Z (UK)
2CD: Mooncrest CRESTCD 065 (export)

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