Stormbringer! – Island ILPS 9113
7 Mar 1970
Melody Maker
Are you ready for the stormbringer
STORMBRINGER has not been conceived in the folk idiom nor does it bear much resemblance to anything John has done in the past.
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Stormbringer!
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Stormbringer! - Island ILPS 9113
1 Mar 1970
Record Song Book
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.
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Stormbringer!
Focus On Folk
28 Feb 1970
Melody Maker
Is John Martyn still a folk singer or not?
This is a totally irrelevant question and one which I'm glad I didn't bother to ask.
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Stormbringer! – Island ILPS 9113
18 Feb 1970
Gaudie
Island Discs
The first L.P. from John and Beverley Martyn together is called Stormbringer! and is released on Island this month.
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Stormbringer!
John The Baptist | The Ocean – Island WIP 6076
15 Feb 1970
Sunday Mail
Glasgow-born John and his wife Beverley with what proves, after a few plays, to be a powerfully hypnotic folk-based song.
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John The Baptist | The Ocean
Stormbringer! – Island ILPS 9113
13 Feb 1970
Daily Record
Storm by Bev and John
JOHN MARTYN is really Iain McGeachy, from Langside, Glasgow.
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Stormbringer!
John The Baptist | The Ocean
John and Beverley Martyn
15 Jan 1970
The Bottom Line:
The very first single and mono, too.
Vinyl 7": Island WIP 6076 (Mono)
Vinyl 7": Island 6014 006
John Peel's Night Ride (2)
BBC Radio 1
11 Dec 1968
70 minutes; broadcast between midnight and 2 am.
John appears with Harold McNair on flute. Only occurence of Different From The Book.
Credits:
Host: John Peel
Producer: John Muir
John Peel's Night Ride (1)
BBC Radio 1
10 Jul 1968
John did a few songs but apart from one fairly muffled sounding recording of The River, there are no known surviving tapes.
Credits:
Host: John Peel
Tracks:
My Kind Of Folk
BBC Radio 1
4 Jun 1969
| nr | track | by/ with | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Easy Blues | Jelly Roll Morton | 2:42 |
| 02 | Fairy Tale Lullaby | J. Martyn | 2:38 |
This is a rare and early version of The Easy Blues as it would not surface on record until four years later, on Solid Air.
The material was identified by Alan Bershaw in 2017.
Credits:
Producer: Frances Line
Host: Hamish Imlach
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