At a time when the individualistic and introverted maverick solo performer has become the basis for a whole new set of cliches, John Martyn's originality and impact are all the more startling.
18 Nov 1973
Presuming you don't know JOHN MARTYN, whose album Solid Air came out in February, we'd like to reintroduce him via his newest (and seventh) LP...
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Inside Out (Island) is another of John Martyn's oddly beautiful excursions. He mumbles and the music is full of electronic whoops, but it all works. Musicians like Steve Winwood and Danny Thompson work on this album. The old standard The Glory Of Love never sounded so weird - or so good.
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US promo sampler with original cover.
'Not for sale'.
Cash Box was a US based weekly magazine for the music industry trade publishing record charts. This two page advert preluded to John touring the US during the winter. The same material was re-used in black and white, as inner sleeve of the Jook Joint sampler.
The text says
ISLAND PEOPLE are a unique group of artists, whose records are not 'product' but works of art - all appreciated for what they bring to the world of music.
The ISLAND PEOPLE are distributed by the Capitol People, who have a complete support program for these artists.
06 Oct 1973
Killeen has also put together an 'Island People' sampler LP, featuring cuts from all seven albums and designed for in-store play.
A distinct disappointment.
Co-billed with Roberts was John Martyn, a native of Glasgow and a fixture on the English folk circuit for some years who enjoyed some exposure here as a duo with wife Beverley.
Second-billed John Martyn's lyrics are painlessly buried beneath his murmuring voice as his face is under a mop of hair..
John Martyn opened the evening with a set of acoustical blues, the most interesting being The Weather,
