Site History 2005

  • 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.
  • December 08 2005: Full page story in Dutch Volkskrant newspaper, following the reissues. August concert date found in Scottish Music Centre (giglist).
  • December 01 2005: David Spence was very impressed at the Bein Inn and luckily shot a photo.
  • November 28 2005: April 1983 Paris gigdate.
  • November 26 2005: John Beare corrects concert date for Live In Dublin DVD.
  • November 24 2005: First autumn gig report by Liam Stewart.
  • November 15 2005: Solid Heir story from 1982 added to Print page.
  • November 13 2005: Island Remasters sound great. Recommended for the bonus tracks alone.
  • November 12 2005: 1996 twelve inch white label promo of Sunshine's Better discovered, thanx Richard Olsen.
  • November 11 2005: Massive housekeeping on Record and Collectors page, new 'Avoidables' section.
  • November 09 2005: Details of Stormbringer and The Road To Ruin updated (remastered releases).
  • November 07 2005: More November gigdates in Ireland!
  • November 05 2005: Mark Cooper wrote and excellent chapter on the Les Cousins period (Books).
  • November 03 2005: Joe Boyd did not like John's music very much, he says in French interview from 1986.
  • November 01 2005: Credits The Gardeners corrected, thanx Ewan McVicar.
  • October 30 2005: Stormbringer and Road To Ruin remasters review added.
  • October 28 2005: 2004 story from The Word added to Print page.
  • October 24 2005: Reference to 2004 and 2005 stuff from Word magazine (Print, Reviews).
  • October 20 2005: Uncut story from 2004 added (Print).
  • October 19 2005: Reference to Talking Loud 1993 Scottish tv appearance (Recordings).
  • October 18 2005: Cool 1991 newspaper story from Sunday Times, thanx Tim Deeks (Print). Bridget St John added to Links page.
  • October 17 2005: 1983 story from Music UK about the switch from acoustic to electric (Print).
  • October 16 2005: Finally able to add a 1986 French career description from Nineteen magazine. Thanx Michel Warenghem.
  • October 14 2005: Added 2004 Dutch discography/ biography story from Heaven (Print).
  • October 13 2005: Housekeeping (Review pages).
  • October 12 2005: John Wayne promo single from Canada. 12 inches coming to measure you..
  • October 10 2005: New muffclip: Don't You Go by Everything But The Girl (1984), kindly provided by Jean-Paul Minjolle.
  • October 09 2005: And cover inspired painting, thanx David Hannah.
  • October 08 2005: Alternative covers for Live From London, Sweet Little Mystery single and Classics compilation.
  • October 07 2005: Recollections from June 1996 The Band cameo appearance (Giglist).
  • October 06 2005: Housekeeping on Links page. Mold numbers for Grace & Danger thanx to my friend Har Dirkx.
  • October 04 2005: Solid Air biography by Chris Nickson about six months delayed.
  • October 03 2005: Anthology liner notes. One World mold numbers sorted out.
  • October 02 2005: New Zealand broadcast of Later with Jools show.
  • October 01 2005: Two Scottish reviews from 2004.
  • September 30 2005: Housekeeping (Shopping paged cleaned up, Liner notes).
  • September 29 2005: Got my scanner working again, at last. Live In Nottingham details and liner notes.
  • September 28 2005: Site moved house to my Home account. More space and easier access. But 159.000 hits missing :o(
  • September 24 2005: Housekeeping.. (Print section).
  • September 21 2005: Metro review of Church With One Bell, thanx Martin Claridge (Reviews).
  • September 19 2005: Extra November gig added as the other four are sold out already.
  • September 18 2005: Massive housekeeping in the stylesheets.
  • September 17 2005: Irish radio show coming up (Sept 20).
  • September 15 2005: 1986 story from Guitar World (Print).
  • September 10 2005: And review and mini-interview from Mojo added to both Magazine and Review section.
  • August 21 2005: Interesting mold numbers for Glorious Fool.
  • August 19 2005: Sign of live by Peter Corrigan (Galway gig impression). One World vinyl reissue footnote (correct number, wrong text on labels).
  • August 13 2005: Paul Flynn produced several new Irish gigdates including the only one in 2002.
  • August 11 2005: 1979 Halfmoon Putney gig got Phil Collins as a drummer thanx to Mark Foxwell's memory.
  • August 10 2005: 1977 tape reference in guestbook leads to new gigdate (Feb 19 1977).
  • August 08 2005: German catalogue number for Bless The Weather.
  • August 05 2005: Bibliography and Reviews updated with some Hot Press references and Irish On The Cobbles review.
  • August 03 2005: Photographic link provided by Kenny Mathieson (Links).
  • August 01 2005: November gigs reported by David Spence. New Tim Dickeson pic on frontpage.
  • July 29 2005: Ernie Jackson put Dublin in the right country (giglist).
  • July 26 2005: Second ever Shetland gig added, October 15 1994, thanx to James Carlyle.
  • July 19 2005: Update 2002 bibliography, two references to technical articles.
  • July 09 2005: Recent giglist.
  • July 07 2005: Irish summer tourdates.
  • July 03 2005: Split up the giglist.
  • June 30 2005: Updated giglist for 2005.
  • June 03 2005: 1973 summer gig kindly remembered by David Peatey (Giglist).
  • June 02 2005: Recent interview added to Print page.
  • June 01 2005: Finally a correct date for the 1980 Shetland gig. Nice concert, too (www.dimeadozen.org).
  • May 29 2005: Live In Dublin DVD added to Collectors section.
  • May 27 2005: Huffamoose manager Dean Sciarra remembers how it came to be.
  • May 25 2005: Huffamoose collaboration brought to my attention by Jean-Paul Minjolle (Odds).
  • May 23 2005: Collectors page up to date again.
  • May 20 2005: One World Deluxe added to Collectors page.
  • May 18 2005: Live At Leeds split up over Albums and Collectors sections.
  • May 15 2005: Classics Live ghost release identified as Live rerelease.
  • May 14 2005: Links page got extra link.
  • May 10 2005: Hyperlinks layout adapted for better accessibility.
  • May 08 2005: Details about the Glasgow Apollo book added (Print page). Expensive paragraph...
  • May 02 2005: FUQ page updated with some Jelly Roll info.
  • April 24 2005: Visitors record broken for no apparent reason: 366 in one day!
  • April 20 2005: Correct date for 1971 gig at Worcester Gaumont thanx to Jim Capaldi timeline.
  • April 15 2005: Someone kindly sent me a 2000 concert review (Glasgow, the Ferry).
  • March 21 2005: 1968 and 1970 Les Cousins gigs added thanx to Anders Folke from Sweden.
  • March 18 2005: Live In Nottingham '76 announcement.
  • March 10 2005: Four German TV appearances from the eighties kindly offered by Rolf Spengler.
  • March 08 2005: Shetland 1980 gig got correct month and venue, thanx Robert van Wely.
  • March 06 2005: Solid Air biography announcement.
  • March 03 2005: Landmark added to page.
  • March 02 2005: Tourdates for May!
  • February 22 2005: Classics Live cover added to Live page.
  • February 18 2005: Details of original Snooo cd-single added.
  • February 14 2005: Dug up a 1999 concert review in my mailbox (The Garage, Glasgow).
  • February 10 2005: Vinyl details for Couldn't Love You More.
  • February 04 2005: Two June 1990 German gigdates added.
  • January 08 2005: Rare French 1983 review of The Electric John Martyn, merci beaucoup Michel Warenghem.
  • January 06 2005: Two gig review references from Glasgow Herald.
  • January 04 2005: Small stuff, small quotes.
  • January 02 2005: Old interview on Nick Drake will be broadcast on BBC2.
  • January 01 2005: Happy New Year, Big Muff's seventh. Reset the log file.
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