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John Martyn, Superstar!

01 Dec 1977

John Walker

Trouser Press

John Martyn, Superstar!

I once saw a girl absolutely cream some poor bastard with a John Martyn record. He'd whispered some lewd suggestion in her ear and she just whipped around and gave him a tremendous shot in the temple with a copy of So Far So Good.

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The Church With One Bell - Independiente ISOM 3CD

FOR decades, John Martyn has kept a core of die-hard fans with his version of the British blues which, by drawing on folk and jazz stylings..

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Chris Blackwell en Island: het beste van twee werelden

HAARLEM — Op een prille lentedag in 1963 landde een vijftienjarig Jamaicaans zangeresje op de Londense luchthaven Heathrow. Een jaar later was Millie wereldberoemd.

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John Martyn: Het Scherp van de Snede

John Martyn komt niet meer bij van het lachen. Hij slaat zich op de knieën van de pret. Hij is zojuist gekonfronteerd met een uitspraak van zichzelf twee jaar geleden. 'I call my works rather materialized actions of passing by and coincidental meetings in time', deelde hij zijn gesprekspartner van toen onomwonden mee.
"Phew! Heb IK dat gezegd? Ha!"

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Grace & Danger Deluxe Edition

PRETTY IN AN UGLY SORT OF WAY

GRACE & DANGER BY JOHN MARTYN

"Grace & Danger was very cathartic, and really hurt, I was really in love with that woman."
John Martyn

"There was no point in to go and make a jolly, fairground album."
Martin Levan

THE currency of popular music is frequently that of love and despair. However, these emotions are often in the abstract and, although prurience may dictate otherwise, the listener is frequently reminded to keep the public utterances of an artist and their private lives strictly compartmentalised. With John Martyn's Grace And Danger, this it is absolutely impossible.

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Over The Rainbow – Chrysalis CHR 1079

Recording of the closing show at London's Rainbow theatre which sadly closed down in March last year after a short but distinctive history as a major rock venue.

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Sound Scene

John Martyn makes one of his rare solo concert appearances at the Castle, Salthill, on Saturday 15th, at 9 p.m. His last appearance here was at the ill fated Lisdoonvarna Festival.

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Electric Folk/ John Martyn

career description
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Guitar Folk

Probably the most decisive influence on developing acoustic guitarists on the folk scene these days is a young Glaswegian who hasn't played the folk circuit himself for many months. But although John Martyn is now established quite firmly as an electric rock player, his style and his unique approach to the acoustic guitar have spawned a whole generation of imitators. It is virtually impossible to spend an evening in any but the most traditionally-oriented clubs without seeing at least one guitarist trying to achieve the rhythmic pungency and explosive dynamics which are the Martyn trademarks. And though John's career has led him away from the clubs, his spirit is as dominant now as that of, say, Bert Jansch or Davy Graham in the late sixties.

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Kontrastprogramm/ John Martyn

Er sieht aus wie Mr. Normal, singt wie ein alter Blues-Barde und ist einer der Song-Titanen der britischen Insel. John Martyn (37), in Glasgow geboren, aktiv seit 1968, 17 meisterliche Alben, 18 Jahre Erfahrung vor und hinter der Bühne, liebt Gegensätze. Seine ebenso exotischen wie feinfühligen Genre-Fusionen brachten Kritiker und Kollegen zum Schwelgen. Das Massenpublikum jedoch wollte die stilistische Weltreise zwischen Jazz, Folk, Blues, Rock und Reggae nicht mitmachen. Aber den temperamentvollen Schotten juckt das wenig. Solange er sein Bier bezahlen kann und die Clubs füllt, ist er zufrieden. Nur in einem Punkt entwickelt er Ehrgeiz: Musik!

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Stormbringer! (remastered & expanded)

Of all the musicians to emerge in the British folk boom of the mid-1960's, John Martyn is surely the most progressive and one of the most influential.

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One World – Island ILPS 9492

John Martyn

Dat het in hetzelfde genre beslist ook anders kan bewijst de elpee One World (Island ILPS 9492) van de Brit John Martyn.

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Cropredy 2006 - 3

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Willing To Work

Recent Site Changes

February 24 2020 Third and final BBC Transcription Service record, 21st Cambridge Folk Festival from 1986. Cetera desunt.
February 22 2020 Recontructed sleevenotes and cue sheet of Glastonbury 1986 BBC Transcription Service record.
February 20 2020 New gigdate: Hull 26 May 1985, with ticket stub and concert details.
February 18 2020 Dug up another BBC Transcription Service record from 1981. Even more extremely rare.
February 16 2020 Hiss On The Tape single got miserable review in Record Mirror 25 Sep 1982.
February 07 2020 Sleevenotes and cue sheet added for Glastonbury 1986 BBC Transcription Service.

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Piece By Piece..

PRETTY IN AN UGLY SORT OF WAY

GRACE & DANGER BY JOHN MARTYN

Introduction

John Martyn

Serendipity

Willing To Work