1 Jan 1982
The Bottom Line:
Excellent but unavailable collection of vintage Martyn; good overview up to Grace and danger. Also useful for comparing suits.
Original BBC price was £ 37.95; by 1986 the price had dropped to £ 19.99 (Fusion Merchandising). In the new millennium people paid up to eighty pounds for a second hand copy.
Track #1, Rather Be The Devil, was selected by Bob Harris for rebroadcasting in The Whistle Test Years/ 1973, Thirty Years Later on Thursday 20 February 2003, BBC2 (23:50 hrs). Three hours later my site went down due to bandwith restrictions.
Tracklisting and provenance
| nr | track | time | from | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | I'd Rather Be The Devil | 7:05 | 13 03 1973, Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC London; studio recording | Solo acoustic with echoplex |
| 02 | May You Never | 3:29 | Solo acoustic. Also released on first Old Grey Whistle Test DVD (2001) | |
| 03 | Make No Mistake | 3:01 | 16 10 1973, Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC London; studio recording (incomplete) | Acoustic, with Danny Thompson (bass) |
| 04 | One Day Without You | 3:26 | 17 01 1975, Old grey whistle test, BBC London; studio recording (incomplete) | Solo acoustic |
| 05 | Couldn't Love You More | 2:28 | 01 03 1977, Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC London; studio recording with 'wing commander' Danny 'The Snake' Thompson (bass) and Gaspar Lawal (percussion). | Acoustic guitar. Also released on third Old Grey Whistle Test DVD (2004) |
| 06 | One World | 4:34 | Electric guitar, rather rough version also with drum machine | |
| 07 | Spencer The Rover | 3:50 | 15 10 1977, Sight And Sound In Concert, Hippodrome Golders Green; with audience (incomplete) | Solo acoustic |
| 08 | Dealer | 4:58 | Solo acoustic echoplex | |
| 09 | Small Hours | 6:31 | 10 01 1978, Old Grey Whistle Test, Collegiate Theatre London; with audience (incomplete) | Solo acoustic echoplex with drum machine. Some scat singing in the middle |
| 10 | Bless The Weather | 5:06 | Solo acoustic, good stuff | |
| 11 | Certain Surprise | 3:27 | 20 10 1978, Rock Goes To College, Reading University; with audience | Solo acoustic |
| 12 | Sweet Little Mystery | 4:52 | 10 01 1981, Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC London; studio recording (incomplete) | Electric with Alan Thomson, bass; Phil Collins, drums/ backing vocals; Danny Cummings, percussion and a keyboard player |
| 13 | Some People Are Crazy | 4:08 | 02 02 1981, Rock Goes To College, Chelsea College; with audience. Band Tommy Eyre, keyboards; Alan Thomson, bass; Jeffrey Allen, drums; Danny Cummings, percussion | 'Dedicated to Margaret Thatcher' |
| 14 | Grace & Danger | 4:17 | ||
| 15 | Save Some | 3:22 | Speedy version | |
| 16 | Eibhli Ghail Chiuin ni Chearbhaill | 4:05 | ||
| 17 | Couldn't Love You More | 5:45 | Glorious Fool style | |
| 18 | Johnny Too Bad | 3:49 | 12 08 1981, A Little Night Music, BBC Bristol; studio recording. Band Foster Paterson, keyboards; Alan Thomson, bass; Jeffrey Allen, drums; Danny Cummings, percussion | Electric; rather rocky version |
| 19 | Inside Out (Outside In) | 10:31 | Acoustic with echoplex and band, great stuff | |
| 20 | Hurt In Your Heart | 6:39 | Electric |
Credits:
Production: Michael Appleton, Jeff Griffin, Barrie Gavin
Video: Andy Finney
Directors: Tom Corcoran, Steve Poole, Colin Strong
Lyrics:
Sleevenotes:
Carriers:
VHS: BBCV 3013 (100 minutes)
V2000: BBCV 3013 (100 minutes)