Bless The Weather - Island ILPS 9167
John Martyn's albums never cease to amaze me.
John Martyn's albums never cease to amaze me.
A far more ambitious work from John and Beverley but one which matches Stormbringer for quality
Onder het label Island hebben John en Beverley Martyn hun elpee Stormbringer! uitgebracht. Beverley Martyn, uit de naam blijkt dat zij de echtgenote is van John, componeerde vier van de tien nummers die op Stormbringer! staan, en met begeleiding van een orkestje en haar akoestische gitaar voert ze ze zelf nog uit ook.
STORMBRINGER has not been conceived in the folk idiom nor does it bear much resemblance to anything John has done in the past.
Some time ago we were mightily impressed with an album called The Tumbler by a Glasgow-born folksinger/ guitarist named JOHN MARTYN. John, a quiet sensitive boy, wrote gentle songs of love and birds, flowers and trees, and he sang them to his guitar as he travelled the country. Then he met Beverley who came from Coventry and who also sang pretty songs. They fell in love, married, and now they're making music together. All of which brings us to this new album Stormbringer on Island ILPS 9113. It's by John and Beverley and it's an attention-grabber from beginning to end.
The first L.P. from John and Beverley Martyn together is called Stormbringer! and is released on Island this month.
JOHN MARTYN is really Iain McGeachy, from Langside, Glasgow.
"The Best Of Island" is een uiterst schappelijk geprijsde, handige overzichtselpee van het huidige Island-repertoire: nummers van Jethro Tull, Spooky Tooth, Free, Art, Tramline, Traffic, Fairport Convention, Nirvana, John Martyn, Clouds, Spencer Davis Group en Wynder K. Frog.
Ook al weer in de lage prijsklasse verscheen een verzamelplaat met werk van 12 verschillende groepen die thuishoren bij het Britse Island label.
On the first album, the Jansch-Incredible String Band influences were noticeable but this album is very much more John's own work.