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Martyn's Martin

Anonymous
Melody Maker

I SAW John Martyn on Sight And Sound In Concert1 and was amazed at the sounds he got from his acoustic guitar. What did he use to achieve these effects? If he used a special gadget, how does it work? – Neil Sutherland, Finchley, London N12.

Blood, Sweat and Cheers

Vivien Goldman
Sounds

The agony and the ecstacy on tour with John Martyn. First aid by VIVIEN GOLDMAN.

JOHN MARTYN rivets attention performing. You'd be wrong in assuming that just because he's one-man-with-a-guitar he doesn't make every crevice of the stage swing.

Group Scene

Stephen Turner
The Hastings and St Leonards Observer

GROUP SCENE

By STEPHEN TURNER
AS the post-Christmas-back-to-work depression slowly evaporates and the spectre of 1975 slinks out through the back door, is there anything on the horizon to brighten up this gloomy scene?
The short term answer is yes – the John Martyn concert at the Carlisle next Friday.

John Martyn | Bianca Luna Blues

Marco Fumagalli
Gong Vol III #1

Siamo nel 1976, e qualcuno sostiene che dovremmo «riscoprire» John Martyn: a tanto siamo arrivati, dopo otto anni di musica lanciata con regolarità terribile dagli studi Island, mentre «certa» stampa portava alle stelle Lindisfarne e Amazing Blondel... eppure anche queste incongruenze surreali fanno parte del bagaglio inesauribile di uno show-biz sottoculturato come il nostro, incapace di rischiare musica vera quando le classifiche anglosassoni tacciono e i Focus della situazione imperversano...

John Martyn, 26 Jahre alt, verheiratet mit Beverley M., ein Kind...

Manfred Gillig
Sounds Magazin

... wohnhaft in Hastings, Sussex, England ... geboren in Glasgow, Schottland, spricht aber Cockney-Dialekt ... leichtes Schielen ... ausgelassenes, temperamentvolles Wesen ... natürlich und unkompliziert Musiker, Folkgitarrist (Folk?) ... Erneuerer ... letzte Platte : SUNDAY'S CHILD ... Sonntagskind ... Sonntagskind? ... das erste und einzige Deutschlandkonzert war ein Schlag ins Wasser ... trotzdem Sonntagskind? ...

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