when i got to talking to michael chapman last year he mentioned in passing that john martyn was the only person he'd ever kicked out of his house.i would like to hear the rest of that story someday.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 7 May 2012 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
I'd be interested to hear Nick McCabe on John Martyn's new record too; pretty like minded people I figure.
― Keith Watson (kmw), Monday, May 10, 2004 10:05 PM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I always heard echoes of Richard Thompson in the guitar on the early Verve records. But I guess it was Nick drake not John Martyn that had his accompaniment, RT's that is.
― Stevolende, Monday, 7 May 2012 12:00 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, verlaine's gtr sound = 50% jerry garcia, 50% richard thompson - the version of 'Sloth' on the Fairport Convention live at the LA Troubadour set is especially Television-like, tho' Sailor's LIFE always sounds to me more like FT trying to be the Velvet Underground
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:12 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I was really reminded of Verlaine at least by the guitar you can now hear under bits of North Star Grassman & The ravens the Sandy Denny lp.
― Stevolende, Monday, 7 May 2012 12:04 (twelve years ago) link
the guitar on dancing is just so ~sparkly~.
― tubular, mondo, gnabry (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 1 September 2012 02:23 (eleven years ago) link
durutti-esque even
― blank, Saturday, 1 September 2012 02:37 (eleven years ago) link
god that ogwt 'one world' upthread is gorgeous
― bear, bear, bear, Saturday, 1 September 2012 10:13 (eleven years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 2 September 2012 04:52 (eleven years ago) link
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, May 7, 2012 1:55 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 3 September 2012 05:32 (eleven years ago) link
never heard this guy before! he's amazing...
listening to Inside Out
not sure what kinda music this is...only thing that kinda pings are the weirder Tim Buckley albums...
― captain angeroo (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
get One World, Solid Air, and Bless the Weather right now!
― Number None, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, those and live at leeds. the ones with his wife are solid too, though more on the straight-up folk tip.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
Stormbringer
― ryan, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00FNSAHUM/ref=dm_ty_trk
Amazon selling the 17 disc as mp3download, £7.49 (at time of this message)
― Mark G, Monday, 7 October 2013 09:38 (ten years ago) link
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/John_Martyn_The_Island_Years?id=Bqmgjpwbxsxje7d2hhlei6jigkq
or even £1.29
― Mark G, Monday, 7 October 2013 11:22 (ten years ago) link
yow, good deal, gotta be a mistake, right? doesn't seem to be available in the usa :(listened to sunday's child last week -- great record, if a bit all over the place. found myself wondering: "who the hell does this guy think he is?!"
― tylerw, Monday, 7 October 2013 15:00 (ten years ago) link
The only thing about this is that there's no 'ebook' or suchlike, and all the MP3s seem to have the same Album Title for the idb tags.
Still, that's sort-outable..
― Mark G, Monday, 7 October 2013 15:09 (ten years ago) link
Weirdly, 'Couldn't Love You More' has been popping up on various m8s fb/twitter feeds, incredible song...just took a punt on the Glorious Fool LP (£3 from a fruit/veg/record shop in New Cross)...might take a bit of getting into this...
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Monday, 7 October 2013 17:47 (ten years ago) link
yow, good deal, gotta be a mistake, right? doesn't seem to be available in the usa :(listened to sunday's child last week -- great record, if a bit all over the place. found myself wondering: "who the hell does this guy think he is?!"― tylerw, Monday, October 7, 2013 4:00 PM (2 days ago)
― tylerw, Monday, October 7, 2013 4:00 PM (2 days ago)
Both links now dead so must have been a mistake.
I bought the Amazon one as it automatically added to my Cloud Player on Monday and told some friends about it but both Google Play and Amazon are no longer selling the MP3s.
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 06:52 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVjEERe1UqU
^ crazy scenes on Hastings beach with Big John
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 16:53 (ten years ago) link
middle of the day and the whole town looks pissed
listening to 1987's piece by piece for the first time, thought i was in for an ugly horror show after the first track but some of it is very nice. even if at points it does sound like john has wandered in on some bloke playing around with a dx7 and decided to sing along.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A903GGnzgyw
― Merdeyeux, Monday, 12 May 2014 17:59 (ten years ago) link
I still haven't warmed to this guy at all. Glorious Fool still sounds wispy.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 June 2017 19:35 (six years ago) link
his best work is with phil collins tbh
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 9 June 2017 19:37 (six years ago) link
Echoplex-era FTW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wJevkA7_O4
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Friday, 9 June 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link
one or two songs on the new Slowdive really sound like him
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 12 June 2017 09:16 (six years ago) link
You need to listen to "One World", Alfred
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Monday, 12 June 2017 09:36 (six years ago) link
omg what alfred
― Tim F, Monday, 12 June 2017 13:40 (six years ago) link
not even "small hours"?
One World is revelatory
― ciderpress, Monday, 12 June 2017 13:52 (six years ago) link
Gonna give this revelatory album a spin in a few minutes. Stay tuned!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 June 2017 14:30 (six years ago) link
his 70s solo albums are really where it's at -- Bless the Weather - Solid Air - Inside Out - Sunday's Child - One World. If those don't do it for ya, he's probably not for you.
― tylerw, Monday, 12 June 2017 14:35 (six years ago) link
Solid Air and One World are holy. Can't imagine anyone not falling for the former in particular."Small Hours" is one his most gorgeous moments but may I dare saying that Robert Smith's cover of a few years back might even top it.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 12 June 2017 15:32 (six years ago) link
The small bit of vocals in small hours is the best thing ever
― Heez, Monday, 12 June 2017 15:34 (six years ago) link
he is really great
― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 12 June 2017 15:37 (six years ago) link
bless the weather has the field beat for worst cover/best albummaybe some manuel gottsching/ashra competition but it's a contender at least
although i do not like sugar lump
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 12 June 2017 16:19 (six years ago) link
there is probably a thread for that
thread for not liking sugar lump
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Monday, 12 June 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
i learned last night that my friend's dad, an older musician, knew martyn, anne briggs and bert jansch o_O
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Monday, 12 June 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
Glorious Fool still sounds wispy.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 June 2017
Is this the first John Martyn album you've tried? Its an odd choice.
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Monday, 12 June 2017 19:05 (six years ago) link
I mostly love 'Bless the Weather', it was the first JM album that clicked with me but, yeah, "Sugar Lump" and the artwork are not so great.
― michaellambert, Monday, 12 June 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link
I sympathise with Alfred. On paper, Martyn is exactly my sort of thing, but he just hasn't clicked with me. I own Solid Air and Stormbringer
― Duke, Monday, 12 June 2017 19:21 (six years ago) link
xxpost Jon, please grill your friend's father (for info, not for lunch)! Haven't really followed him, but agree that Solid Air and One World should convert the infidels if anything will. Also maybe Road To Ruin, with aforementioned wife Beverly---who also sounds good on John Renbourn's early 60s gypsy stash, Attic Tapes, finally out a couple years ago, and I carried on about it on the post-Fahey thread---ditto about the very recent album Renbourn's ancient colleague Wizz Jones did with fellow vet Pete Berryman and son Simeon Jones. The most specific Martyn connection I'm aware of on that 'un is a song inspired by the (or a) night Jones and and JM found themselves in deep freezing water.
― dow, Monday, 12 June 2017 19:38 (six years ago) link
the tune "give us a ring" is my favorite john & bev track. the rest are kind of dull imo! i love that song though.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 12 June 2017 20:11 (six years ago) link
i'm a pretty big fan of "John the Baptist" off of Stormbringer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE_nbrW5cMU
― tylerw, Monday, 12 June 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B)
I own Inside Out and Well Kept Secret.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 June 2017 21:47 (six years ago) link
It's a sweet little mystery
― Heez, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 02:56 (six years ago) link
hello! where exactly should one begin with john martyn?
― joshywinty (josh), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 03:02 (six years ago) link
I started with "Road To Ruin" then went to "One World" and then I was hooked forever. Love him.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 04:08 (six years ago) link
I like Bless the Weather, Solid Air, Inside Out, Live At Leeds, One World and the solo with Echoplex Battle of Medway. That was recorded in 73 I think and put out about 10 years back.
Don't like his treatment of Beverly.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 06:53 (six years ago) link
"Musically it was just dreadful. It was appalling at that point. It was dominated by real second-ratedness. All the great Sixties heroes had disintegrated into drugs or to nothing. I stopped listening to English music, except for John Martyn who would bring out a good album every year in that period." - Tony Wilson on the years before punk, quoted in John Robb's Punk Rock: An Oral History.
― Bernie Lugg (Ward Fowler), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 08:02 (six years ago) link