Big MuffRecent Site Changes
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- March 10 2010: Media player upgrade 5.1.
- March 06 2010: Engine upgrade Drupal 6.16.
- February 28 2010: Gallery upgrade to 1.2.9.
- February 21 2010: Online obituary from Arts Desk.
- February 18 2010: Serious update for Giglist (deleted content type).
- February 10 2010: April 2004 interview on On The Cobbles release.
- February 09 2010: More info on upcoming tribute album.
- February 06 2010: Dug up a performance that had escaped me before: 10 August 2008, Kilkenny.
- February 05 2010: Found April 2005 Q&A by Paddy Kehoe.
- February 04 2010: August 1969 Plymouth gigdate dug up by David Hardie. Amazing...
- February 03 2010: Another OK Obituary from 2009 found on NPR website.
- February 01 2010: Added radio interview from 1 November 2008.
- January 30 2010: Danny Thompson concert at Celtic Connections reviewed in The Herald Scotland.
- January 27 2010: Herald Scotland story remembering John and announcing Danny Thompson gig: Saint or Sinner by Russell Leadbetter.
- January 25 2010: Found an online obituary by Will Hodgkinson.
- January 23 2010: List items were not properly displayed in Logfiles using Google Chrome.
- January 21 2010: New gigdate found on edinburghgigarchive.com: 9 November 1980, Odeon.
- January 20 2010: Willie Milne's Guitar Freak Forum has turned 2.0. Check out the Links page.
- January 19 2010: New gigdate dug up at John Hillarby's: 13 April 1991, Paris, New Morning Club.
- January 18 2010: Beth Orton recorded Go Down Easy for a John Martyn tribute album. Thank you Elizabeth Hahn.
Site Credits
The following people (in alphabetical order) have contributed in one way or another to gathering this massive amount of information.
Site History 2009
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- December 30 2009 John Martyn third in who got most messages on Lasting Tribute celebrity tribute site in 2009.
- December 29 2009 Captcha 2.1.
- December 19 2009 Engine upgraded to 6.15.
Site History 2008
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- December 31 2008: We just completed ten years of Big Muff.
- December 29 2008: Had a go at the Sergeant, Sergeant lyrics.
- December 23 2008: Ain't No Saint review from The Independent.
Site History 2007
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- December 28 2007: Security update for photo gallery.
- December 24 2007: Found a July 2007 charity gig on YouTube.
- December 20 2007: 1969 giglist also got boosted.
Site History 2006
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- December 29 2006: Got rid of "Click to activate and use this control" message on the media player.
- December 12 2006: New clip, Scott Matthews with a live version of Dream Song.
- November 28 2006: First Israel tour date (1986).
Site History 2005
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- December 28 2005: New muffclip, Book Faded Brown by Jim Tullio.
- December 18 2005: Broke the year record of 30.713 visitors.
- December 15 2005: Uncut story (January 2006 issue) kindly brought to my attention by Martin Cowan.
Site History 2004
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- December 28 2004: Small stuff on giglist.
- December 20 2004: Later repeated on December 23rd on BBC2.
- December 15 2004: Tim Harrison cleared up baked tape mystery (Homepage).
Site History 2003
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- December 28 2003: 1986 Rolling Stone review reference. Same for 1977 Record Mirror.
- December 27 2003: 1998 Q review reference thanx to Gary Tutin.
- December 24 2003: 1974 Dutch newsclip kindly mailed by Marc Mertens (Print).
Site History 2002
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- December 31 2002: Cooltide interview from International Musician 1991 added.
- December 25 2002: Best wishes after a bad year.
- December 24 2002: Small stuff on the guestbook.
Site History 2001
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- December 24 2001: New muffclip (Fly High by Bridget St. John).
- December 15 2001: Neil Young link added to Links page.
- December 13 2001: Clarified James Macpherson's entry in the guestbook.
Site History 2000
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- December 29 2000: Details New York Session added (Collectors).
- December 26 2000: New muffclip (Sunshine's Better live from 1996 Andy Kershaw radio show).
- December 21 2000: Solid Air record updated; added some great liner notes by John Wood. Typo corrected in Angeline CD single liner notes, good reading Jan Calon.
Site History 1999
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- December 29 1999: Some fireworks on homepage.
- December 27 1999: Pink Floyd gig added, thanks Jon. Mike Volpe kindly identified two mystery artists in the Piece by piece promo set.
- December 26 1999: New weeklip (Solid Air live at Belfast). Five old gigs found (supporting Yes and Steve Winwood).