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- Date Released: January 1, 1976
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Rock, Folk Singer-Songwriter
- Label: One World Records / Voiceprint
The sound of a Scottish folkie finding jazz, one improvised line at a time.
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We Say...
Scottish guitarist John Martyn deftly melded American blues to British folk with his wife Beverly early on in his career. He then veered off the road taken by his more pensive and poppy contemporaries like Nick Drake and Al Stewart in favor of something more vague and disquieting. With the nimble shadow play that longtime upright bassist Danny Thompson brings to the table, the two utilized jazz's improvised openness on this live outing at Leeds University to plunge down into the netherworlds implicit in songs like "Solid Air," "Outside In" and Skip James' menacing "I'd Rather Be the Devil," doubling (or even tripling!) their album lengths. Out at the edges, with Martyn's heavily echoplexed guitar thickening the snaking lines, the two players writhe and worm into very dark areas of the psyche here, something the record label wasn't too keen on loosing. Hence Martyn pressed the first 10,000 of these himself.
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They Say...
Because Island Records didn't feel it was the right time for a live album, Martyn independently released this record from his home. The initial release was a limited edition of 10,000 (which Island did manufacture, though not distribute or promote) that was numbered and signed. Though the album shares its title with the famous Who live collection of the same name, the working title was "Ringside Seat" and photos of Martyn and bassist Danny Thompson in a boxing ring were even taken for a prospective cover, though never used. Recorded February 13, 1975 (the sleeve incorrectly states October), at Leeds University in the U.K., this is John Martyn at a peak in his career. In Thompson, he'd found a perfect foil for his increasingly jazzy textures and their bass and guitar interaction is a particular highlight. Having mastered the echoplex, which was capable of producing waves of echoed and distorted sound, Martyn was doing things with an acoustic guitar that no one had ever done (or has done since). "Outside In" (all 18:57 of it!) is a tour de force showcasing the otherwordly sounds he could coax from this device, and is worth the price of the album alone. The re-released version on Voiceprint/One World includes five bonus tracks ("My Baby Girl," "You Can Discover," "So Much in Love With You," "Clutches," "Mailman") from the show, including the ones Paul Kossoff of Free guested on.
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| 01. |  |
Outside In |
18:58 |
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| 02. | |
Solid Air |
7:16 |
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| 03. | |
Make No Mistake |
5:04 |
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| 04. | |
Bless This Weather |
4:45 |
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| 05. | |
The Man In The Station |
4:18 |
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| 06. | |
I'd Rather Be The Devil |
8:58 |
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| 07. | |
My Baby Girl |
2:39 |
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| 08. | |
You Can Discover |
3:52 |
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| 09. | |
So Much In Love With You |
5:23 |
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| 10. | |
Clutches |
5:20 |
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| 11. | |
Mailman |
5:29 |
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11 Total Tracks, 72:02 Total Length
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Credits
- John Martyn - Guitar // John Martyn - Harmonica // John Martyn - Keyboards // John Martyn - Vocals // John Martyn - Producer // John Martyn - Engineer // John Martyn - Main Performer // John Martyn - Design // John Stevens - Drums // Danny Thompson - Bass
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