Heavy Load
01 Mar 2001
Moonshine Publishing, Bilborough, Nottingham 2001; ISBN 978-0954216900
Chapter 22 of the 300 page Free biography tells some nice things about John in relation to the late Paul Kossoff.
Excerpt from chapter 22:
Books
You don't have to be in Harlem
01 Jan 1995
Edinburgh, Mainstream Publishing 1995, ISBN 1851587462
"The Story Of The Most Celebrated Rock Venue In Britain"
This was the Glasgow Apollo Theatre. John made a tiny contribution among many others.
John Martyn For Guitar Tab
01 Jan 1995
Wise Publications 1995, ISBN 0-7119-3753-2
"Ten great songs in easy-to-read guitar tablature & standard notation, including chord symbols, melody line & lyrics "
The book contains Angeline, Bless The Weather, Couldn't Love You More, Just Now, May You Never, One World, Over The Hill, Send Me One Line, Solid Air, Sweet Little Mystery. Credits: compiled by Peter Evans, music arranged by Arthur Dick.
Love Is The Drug
01 Jan 1994
London, Penguin, 1994; ISBN 014024199x
Final chapter by Mark Cooper is about early John Martyn.
Cod Liver Oil And The Orange Juice
01 Aug 1992
Mainstream Publishing, ISBN 978-1851585120
Reminiscences of a Fat Folk Singer
Mainstream Publishing, 1992 | ISBN 978-1851585120 (192 pages)
Gallus Publishing, 2010 | ISBN 978-0-9565990-1-8 (238 pages)
Cod Liver Oil & The Orange Juice was first published by Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, in 1992. It got a reprint in 2010 by Gallus Publishing. Three fragments in the biography have a direct connection to John Martyn. The third anecdote about a spontaneous jam with John Martyn and Eric Clapton was first unearthed by Lee Barry in his fanzine Well Kept Secret #2 (July 1997)
Open Window: the John Martyn Songbook
01 Aug 1982
International Music Publications
"Published by Intersong Music Limited. Order reference 7688. Distributed by International Music Publications."
The 32 page booklet contains 13 songs, a biography by Steve Sutherland and several pictures from the Well Kept Secret period.
The biography is almost identical to the Well Kept Secret tour program by the same author; only the last paragraphs differ.
The Complete Guitar Player Songbook #2
01 Jan 1982
Wise Publications
Contains May You Never and 49 songs by other artists.
The songs are in standard notation with chord boxes and full lyrics.
The NME Book of Rock 2
17 Feb 1977
W.H. Allen & Co, London 1977, ISBN 0 352 39715 2
Glasgow-born, Martyn spent later 1960s building reputation on folk-circuit with albums like (1) and (2), before (3), recorded in the U.S. A. with members of The Band, brought him to wider attention.
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