Books

About John or containing information about him.

Grace & Danger

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Lee Barry
lulu.com, ISBN 978-1-84728-988-9

220 page biography; first in its kind and long in the making.

Heavy Load

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David Clayton, Todd K. Smith
Moonshine Publishing, Bilborough, Nottingham 2001; ISBN 978-0954216900

Chapter 22 of the 300 page Free biography tells some nice things about John in relation to the late Paul Kossoff.

Excerpt from chapter 22:

You Don't Have To Be In Harlem

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Russell Leadbetter
Edinburgh, Mainstream Publishing 1995, ISBN 1851587462

"The Story Of The Most Celebrated Rock Venue In Britain"

This was the Glasgow Apollo Theatre. John made a tiny contribution among many others.

John Martyn For Guitar Tab

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Richard Carman, Peter Evans, Arthur Dick
Wise Publications 1995, ISBN 0-7119-3753-2

"Ten great songs in easy-to-read guitar tablature & standard notation, including chord symbols, melody line & lyrics "

The book contains Angeline, Bless The Weather, Couldn't Love You More, Just Now, May You Never, One World, Over The Hill, Send Me One Line, Solid Air, Sweet Little Mystery. Credits: compiled by Peter Evans, music arranged by Arthur Dick.

Love Is The Drug

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John Aizlewood (ed), Mark Cooper
London, Penguin, 1994; ISBN 014024199x

Final chapter by Mark Cooper is about early John Martyn.

Cod Liver Oil And The Orange Juice

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Hamish Imlach, Ewan McVicar
Mainstream Publishing, ISBN 978-1851585120

Reminiscences of a Fat Folk Singer

Anecdote about a spontaneous jam with John Martyn and Eric Clapton.

Excerpt from the 192 pages Hamish Imlach autobiography, originally published in Well Kept Secret #2 (July 1997)

Open Window: the John Martyn Songbook

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Anonymous
International Music Publications

"Published by Intersong Music Limited. Order reference 7688. Distributed by International Music Publications."
The 32 page booklet contains 13 songs, a biography by Steve Sutherland and several pictures from the Well Kept Secret period.
The biography is almost identical to the Well Kept Secret tour program by the same author; only the last paragraphs differ.

The Complete Guitar Player Songbook #2

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Russ Shipton
Wise Publications

Contains May You Never and 49 songs by other artists.

The songs are in standard notation with chord boxes and full lyrics.

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