05 Feb 1969
ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY Folk Club, who last week brought to the Union a number of top- class performers in different branches of folk music and, according to Treasurer Neil Cameron, may even have made a slight profit on them, are to continue the good work this term.
No tapes have been preserved.
This second show was broadcast Saturday 28th December 1968, 17:32 on BBC Radio 1 England. John probably played The Tumbler material.
Other musical guests were Pete Sayers, Nick Struff, Roger Knowles and Brian Brocklehurst.
Country Meets Folk was an old Light Programme show and first aired in July 1967. It was a replacement for the half hour A Cellar Full Of Folk.
Both programmes were produced by Ian Grant. Host was Wally Whyton, assisted by Jim Lloyd who presented the folk and country news.
No tapes have been preserved.
This first show was broadcast Saturday 9th November 1968, 17:32 on BBC Radio 1 England. John played The Tumbler material.
Other musical guests were Steve Benbow and Brian Brocklehurst.
Country Meets Folk was an old Light Programme show and first aired in July 1967. It was a replacement for the half hour A Cellar Full Of Folk.
Both programmes were produced by Ian Grant. Host was Wally Whyton, assisted by Jim Lloyd who presented the folk and country news.
On the first album, the Jansch-Incredible String Band influences were noticeable but this album is very much more John's own work.
A beautiful new sound in folk by John Martyn. This is a marked improvement on his last album -which was excellent- and is produced by Al Stewart.
09 Dec 1967
A rave is in store for Glasgow's folk and blues fans in the Woodside Halls tomorrow night. The star of the show, titled BLUES FOLK, is John Martyn, a young Glasgow singer-composer whose songs have made a big impact on the national folk scene. Many well-known performers including Julie Felix are considering John's songs as possible recording material.
