Site History 1999

  • December 29 1999: Some fireworks on homepage.
  • December 27 1999: Pink Floyd gig added, thanks Jon. Mike Volpe kindly identified two mystery artists in the Piece by piece promo set.
  • December 26 1999: New weeklip (Solid Air live at Belfast). Five old gigs found (supporting Yes and Steve Winwood).
  • December 22 1999: Season's greetings in those darkest days of the year. Some work on videos and guest musicians.
  • December 19 1999: New weeklip (I'd rather be the devil live at Dublin 1997).
  • December 17 1999: Background sound for giglist list list list.
  • December 15 1999: More details and guest musicians from the Monsoon suite.
  • December 14 1999: Found an Irish TV appearance (Missing page). Correct catalogue numbers for Grace and danger - bonsoir Francis Grosse! Same for Piece by piece, Foundations and Electric sampler.
  • December 12 1999: New weeklip (How fortunate the man with a tape recorder, Belfast gig).
  • December 10 1999: More details for the BBC video. Caused some changes on list of guest musicians. Rest in peace Rick Danko.
  • December 8 1999: Pages got different titles for better search results.
  • December 7 1999: Details and liner notes Classic John Martyn CD single added. At last.
  • December 6 1999: New weeklip (Big Muff from the Live from London video).
  • November 28 1999: New weeklip (Loot At The Girl from Dirty, Down & Live). 2,6 Meg of mp3 format for a change.
  • November 26 1999: Details Dirty, Down & Live added. A good idea from Griffin Music. Remarks added to Inside out and to the Worst page.
  • November 24 1999: Five Irish 1996 gigs added, thanx mr Jos van Oost.
  • November 21 1999: New weeklip (Congo Man from Ernest Ranglin's Below the bassline). Changed the look of the menu; thank you dubzap Ios Smolders!
  • November 18 1999: First and good news from the Dublin gig.
  • November 17 1999: Details added from the Rockpalast broadcast March 17 1978 (Missing page.) Also an improved Jools Holland reference, Ian Barnett. Remark added to Jack The Lad single, thanks to John Hillarby's featured song.
  • November 15 1999: New weeklip (Root Love from Live from London video). Found three 1988 gigs with Tanita Tikaram.
  • November 13 1999: Search engine got a frame of its own.
  • November 10 1999: Remark added to Road to Ruin record (good reading Andy Childs).
  • November 7 1999: New weeklip (Don't Want To Know from Live from London video).
  • November 5 1999: Search engine added. Try entering a keyword, name, title or your home town. Moved the giglist to the menu. Details first Island Life media sampler, Big John scanning.
  • November 3 1999: New 1993 promo CD discovered (Sweet Little Mystery from No Little Boy). Also a 1993 gig in Seattle.
  • November 1 1999: Track details Live from London added. Good work Bob Jacobs, Lou Volpe, André Oude Vrielink and Rob Smit. Correction on the venue of the Belfast gig.
  • October 31 1999: New weeklip (Don't Want To Know live on Radio 5). Small review of the Belfast gig, courtesy Andrew Thompson. Three new promo records discovered, thanks to Chas Keep's research. More catalogue numbers and more missing music.
  • October 29 1999: November tour in Ireland mentioned by David Chamberlayne and Gavin. Ten Years of Fleadh sampler for sale.
  • October 27 1999: Scheduled release date for Dirty down and live. Landmark story added (the Pink Floyd opening act).
  • October 24 1999: New weeklip (The Stealer from Free). Track times Johnny too Bad singles sorted out thanx to scanpion John Hillarby.
  • October 23 1999: New date for Glasgow walker. Minor adjustments in record layout. Remark added about rerelease of laserdisk.
  • October 20 1999: Belfast gig announced, thank you Andrew Thompson.
  • October 19 1999: Transcription of the 1986 interview with Trevor Dann completed. Discovered another John Martyn, thanks to a friendly Irishman called Declan Connolly.
  • October 17 1999: New weeklip (May You Never live from the Songwriters' circle). Remarks about lyric sleeves added to the Inside out record, Sunday's child and One world, courtesy Ian Barnett.
  • October 10 1999: New weeklip (The Downward Pull Of Human Nature). Found 28 new 1987 gigs on Big John's Homepage.
  • October 7 1999: Cover Live from London video added at last, thanx Lou Volpe. Release date London Conversation corrected!! Also correct year for Loudon Wainwright appearance (missing).
  • October 5 1999: Waterville gig got correct date, thanx Tony Coleman. Thomastown 1998 gig found. Track times for Johnny Too Bad and Gun Money 7 " singles added. Wire story from Big John's Homepage got link on Words page.
  • October 3 1999: New weeklip (Pascanel from Glorious fool.) Announcement of Dirty, down and live. New photo for a change.
  • October 1 1999: Details 7 " Gun money (US remix) added.
  • September 29 1999: Added great Record Collector story from 1991 by Chas Keep.
  • September 27 1999: New weeklip (Don't You Go from Glorious Fool).
  • September 24 1999: Had not heard Mama T. Razor yet.
  • September 21 1999: Details Johnny Too Bad 7 inch single added, courtesy Big John. Added book details to the FUQ page.
  • September 19 1999: New weeklip (semi-acoustic Excuse Me Mister); redesigned the page. Dug up excellent Record collector story from 1991 by Chas Keep. Thanks to him BBC Live recording date correct. Found two more gigs (97-98).
  • September 17 1999: Irish gig added. John has had his share of sound board trouble, but a collapsing stage is new...
  • September 16 1999: Put the Missing music in a table. Added Dudu Pukwana recordings there.
  • September 14 1999: Further delay (untill 2000) for Glasgow walker. More exact release dates.
  • September 12 1999: New weeklip (He's Got All The Whiskey from the Transtlantic sessions). Reconstruction of And release date.
  • September 11 1999: 1977 US radio interview discovered by Pete Grant. Live rerelease announced. New landmark on Marks page (about Stormbringer). New guitar site causes update FUQ and Links page.
  • September 8 1999: Passed the 10.000 hits today, within a year... First reports about Jazz Café gig. More precise release dates for the records.
  • September 7 1999: Details Transatlantic sessions added. So more guest musicians also...
  • September 5 1999: New clip of the week (Snolid Air from Morning becomes eclectic). About a hundred gigs added to the giglist. Date Foundations performance found.
  • September 4 1999: Scullion details added. Rearranged the videos. Missing track restored on The Apprentice Tour video, thanks to Chas Keep.
  • September 2 1999: Details Paul Kossoff record added. Correct date for one Jools Holland performance, thanks John Hillarby. Robert Palmer added to guest musicians. Moved the counter to the menu.
  • August 30 1999: Posted a review of Morning Becomes Eclectic sampler. Background sound for the FUQ page. Missed Cork gig.
  • August 29 1999: New clip of the week (Couldn't Love You More, Songwriters' Circle live version). Details added from upcomng Mammoth release. (Morning Becomes Eclectic.) Catalogue numbers for Claire Hamill and Bridget St. John's Thank you for. Scullion got the right year of release (1980).
  • August 26 1999: Price Mammoth sampler known. Catalogue number new vinyl Solid air release.
  • August 25 1999: Video appearance uncovered by Alistair Kerr (Patterns In The Rain). Sapphire interview from 1984 added. Also a small 1973 interview and a clipping from 1991.
  • August 24 1999: Great ZigZag interview from 1974 added. Also a Radio 1 interview from 1990, good transcription by Bob Jacobs. Update for the FUQ page. Details Couldn't Love You More 7 " promo single added thanx to Big John Hillarby.
  • August 22 1999: New clip of the week: Don't Want To Know from the Songwriters' circle program (BBC2, July 30 1999)
  • August 20 1999: producer added to Live from London video, thanx Bob Jacobs.
  • August 15 1999: Carole Winstanley found a Cheshire gig. Details May You Never single courtesy Rob Caldwell. Chicago newspaper story from 1992 added. Also the (stolen) liner notes from Philentropy/ Snoo by Eagle.
  • August 14 1999: Announcement of new 'odd' record Morning becomes eclectic. First impression of Glasgow walker. Large 1994 Mojo interview added, The Boy Can't Help It. Edinburgh gig reported by Paul Greenhaff.
  • August 12 1999: New clip of the week (Don't turn on the light). John's eclipse in Cornwall. Mojo story on Church with one bell added. One more Bilbao gig, thanks to Christopher Pellow.
  • August 10 1999: New London gigs in September, thanx Czar Pete the Grant. Lyrics Give Us A Ring improved thanks to Paul Bryant. Big John's Homepage causes modifications on Links page, FUQ page and Big Muff's Homepage. Some music transferred to the Missing music page. Legacy Choice Award for Excellence granted, says Jeff Watt.
  • July 14 1999: Date TV-show Songwriters' circle set, thanks to Sherlock Grant. Giglist: two Danish performances (thanx Jan Wille).
  • July 13 1999: Details Gun money 12 " promo added, scanpion John 'Smitten' Hillarby.
  • July 11 1999: New clip of the week (She's a Lover in the bonus version.) Two new songs heard in London.
  • July 9 1999: Track details About thyme added. Some great photos from London, courtesy Richard Newland.
  • July 7 1999: Glasgow gig July 23rd, reports David Cruickshanks. Track history compiled of One world songs, with help from Bob Hudson and Ian Barnett.
  • July 6 1999: Mean Fiddler performance to be viewed on the internet. If there's no congestion...
  • July 4 1999: New clip of the week (Pete Droge's approach of Independence Day).
  • July 1 1999: Title upcoming TV appearance is Songwriters' Circle. Lyrics Amsterdam improved thanks to a bootleg tape. And Save Some lyrics corrected thanks to Dave Robinson.
  • June 27 1999: New clip of the week (Smiling Stranger with the clap). Title new album announced (Glasgow walker). Mean Fiddler gig July 5th; Don't Want To Know covered.
  • June 25 1999: Bass player 1998 fanclub single identified, thanks to Paul Reid. Remark added to Over the Rainbow.
  • June 23 1999: New guest appearance discovered thanks to Ian Hepplewhite and Paul Reid: About Thyme. More guest musicians. Satisfied Mind now really has the correct credits, from Bob Hudson. Working on the interviews.
  • June 20 1999: New clip of the week (Root Love from Philentropy). Made a start with the interviews section: click on 'words' in the menu.
  • June 18 1999: Details Sunshine's Better Radio Edit promo added. Eagle Records now has rights to Philentropy.
  • June 16 1999: New url implemented, which is much easier to remember: http://come.to/johnmartyn. Dead link on the Eclipse page corrected.
  • June 15 1999: Details Angeline 7 " added. New promo disk turned up: an American 7 ", May You Never/ Don't Want to Know. Also Ralph McTell saved from oblivion. More gigs on the goglist.
  • June 13 1999: New clip of the week (Black Market on Your Shoulder). Fishin' Blues and Satisfied Mind now correctly credited, thanks to Bob Hudson from Michigan, also for solving the Very best puzzle. Track details Over the rainbow added, Scanpion John Hillarby.
  • June 12 1999: No Frisco Fleadh, and apparently no Chicago Fleadh either. Why didn't we hear this...
  • June 10 1999: Liner note Stormbringer! added. Changed the Voiceprints into bootlegs. Started working on the Giglist (which is probably short for Gigantic.) Philentropy puzzle partly solved.
  • June 09 1999: Fleadh details accessible through the Gigs page.
  • June 08 1999: Details Couldn't Love You More 12 " promo added. About page got new picture.
  • June 06 1999: New clip of the week (Smiling strangers, and that is not a typo.) Extra verse for The easy blues.
  • June 04 1999: Paul Kossoff suspended for featuring twice on the records page. Go Out And Get It promo added; another sampler on Landmarks. John Hillarby wins scanpionship of the year.
  • June 03 1999: Details Café del Mar added and some missing cover songs.
  • June 02 1999: FUQ page added. Links page and Fans page revised. Details Hiss on the tape single added, courtesy John Hillarby. Fling of the pen corrected in Black Man's lyrics, well done Ian Barnett.
  • May 31 1999: Track details, liner notes and lyrics Another world added. Thank you Phil Brown for a great story.
  • May 29 1999: New clip of the week (Claire Hamill's private eclipse.)
  • May 27 1999: More precise track details Another world, according to Ian Barnett. Line-up Live at Bristol; remark Church outtakes, so more missing music.
  • May 26 1999: Voiceprint fanzine added to Links page.
  • May 20 1999: Eclipse festival on Gigs page (much obliged Martin Smith). Details And. 4 track promo and 1981 Sweet Little Mystery 7 " added. Small joke on Harmony of the spheres.
  • May 18 1999: Details Anni single added; picture on the Landmarks page (scans courtesy John Hillarby). All images compressed, some of them changed places.
  • May 16 1999: New clip of the week (Solid Air live 1979). Details Guinnes Fleadh American tour, thanks to Tom Metuzals, a Canadian in the Big Apple. Promo and odd records images compressed.
  • May 15 1999: Track details Another world available. New original album announced for June.
  • May 12 1999: Photo added to the Magic and Loss page (the 'man' link). A big thanx 2 John Michael McDonald. Made a start compressing the images to make the site faster.
  • May 09 1999: Mother's day: new clip of the week (Tight Connection To My Heart). Also a tribute to the John Martyn Connection. Chet Baker Song for movie. Update for the Links page.
  • May 07 1999: Lyrics Electric John Martyn added.
  • May 05 1999: Bad news sad news: John Martyn Connection no longer available.
  • May 02 1999: New clip of the week with a message but not from John. Tracked down a 7 " of Lonely Love (Permanent version).
  • Apr 30 1999: Lyrics So far so good added. Different verse for May You Never.
  • Apr 27 1999: Details 12 inch Classic John Martyn added. Numbers for Paul Kossoff and Ralph McTell. Remark about Excuse Me Mister.
  • Apr 25 1999: New clip of the week (Hiss on the tape live). Some small contributions from Ian Hepplewhite (Claire Hamills bridge, John's name). Introduced frames to make navigation easier (both for you and me). Hope it works with the Navigator too...
  • Apr 22 1999: Replaced the reggae clip on the Music-page by Mad Dog Days, which is a better clip and has some use to Robin Hurst (the Big Muffing man that will never burst).
  • Apr 20 1999: Record-page modified. Promo-singles and several new regular ones added, thanks to John Hillarby. Taken the doubles out of the singles-list.
  • Apr 19 1999: New clip of the week (Baseball blues by Claire Hamill). One guitar player left standing...
  • Apr 18 1999: New record delayed and reportedly not so happy. Announcement of BBC2 tv-appearance In the round. Remark added to the Johnny too bad lyrics. More missing music.
  • Apr 15 1999: Announcement of a new record, Another world, on the homepage.
  • Apr 13 1999: Autographs added to Live at Leeds and The apprentice (thanx John Hillarby). Some more Missing music (tv-appearance in Scotland, thanx 2 Bob Jacobs).
  • Apr 11 1999: New clip of the week (Talvin Singh remix of Sunshine's Better). Details Foundations video courtesy John Hillarby.
  • Apr 10 1999: Live at Leeds lyrics posted, including Mailman, the last remaining original song. This puts the counter on 180 songs...
  • Apr 8 1999: Sapphire lyrics completed. Mad dog days...
  • Apr 5 1999: New clip of the week (She's a Lover in the Jools Holland live version).
  • Apr 2 1999: Lee Barry wrote a 8.500 words biographical survey called Magic & Loss. Give that man a medal...
  • Apr 1 1999: Rescanned the album covers. Something coming up...
  • Mar 28 1999: New clip of the week (I'd Rather Be the Devil, 1981 Rotterdam live recording). Survived my wife's birthday party.
  • Mar 26 1999: Lyrics Grace and danger added. Some people are crazy...
  • Mar 25 1999: Links page needed updating.
  • Mar 23 1999: Some more guest musicians found.
  • Mar 22 1999: Details added Thank you for and Ask me no questions (Bridget St. John), and Claire Hamill's One house left standing.
  • Mar 21 1999: New clip of the week (Fly High, Bridget St. John accompanied by Big St. John in 1972).
  • Mar 16 1999: Index page redesigned, photo sequence added thanks to a generous Pete Pawlicki.
  • Mar 14 1999: New clip of the week (Rock, salt and nails). Lyrics Glorious fool added; where no man has dared to go before.
  • Mar 9 1999: Lyrics Stormbringer corrected, thanks Mudd and Rob Caldwell. Records and Index page got another lay-out to facilitate Netscape browsers.
  • Mar 8 1999: Would you believe me: Stormbringer lyrics added. Go out and check it.
  • Mar 7 1999: New clip of the week (Income town). Live or not live, that is the question...
  • Mar 6 1999: Note added to the lyrics of Send me one line (on The apprentice). Onelist that works!
  • Mar 4 1999: Lyrics Well kept secret added.
  • Mar 1 1999: Details added of singles Deny this love, Jack the Lad, Sweet little mystery, Lonely love with compliments from John Hillarby.
  • Feb 27 1999: New clip of the week (Titanic Town cover of May you never) and some new music to be found on the Index page.
  • Feb 26 1999: Lyrics added of the rare Anna and the Paul Kossoff tribute Dead on arrival. Details single Please fall in love with me.
  • Feb 24 1999: Details Lonely love 12" single added; also lyrics And.
  • Feb 21 1999: New clip of the week (Glorious Bill). Killed the plug-in from the Clip of the week page. Reggae clip on the Music page replaced.
  • Feb 20 1999: Details Harmony of the spheres and Later vol. 2 completed.
  • Feb 19 1999: Details Dancing single added; one Worst track extra after suggestion in the mailing list.
  • Feb 15 1999: Author Easy Blues corrected: it was Jelly Roll Morton.
  • Feb 13 1999: Index page refreshed, some more Real Music samples.
  • Feb 11 1999: Audio samples added to the Music-page.
  • Feb 10 1999: New clip of the week! Pascanel in a rare version to make you feel weird inside...
  • Feb 8 1999: Trouble with the radio... Details Fanclub cd, Harmony of the spheres, Later with Jools Holland vol. 2 added.
  • Feb 6 1999: More missing music, but the laserdisk mystery is solved thanks to Lou Volpe. Details Georgia on our mind and Man in the hills added (records-page); misspelling in The message corrected, Rob Caldwell.
  • Feb 4 1999: Advertisement for CD-single added (courtesy John Hillarby); authentic autograph on Music page (courtesy Peter 'Mudd' Pawlicki).
  • Feb 3 1999: Index page got some punchlines. Remarks added to the Following page, the One world record and the Very best crappilation.
  • Feb 2 1999: Peculiar link added on the Links page.
  • Jan 31 1999: New clip ot the week (The easy blues live). Odds and ends on the Records page..
  • Jan 30 1999: Lyrics Piece by piece added. Measure them...
  • Jan 28 1999: New background sound for the Records-page.
  • Jan 26 1999: Lyrics The easy blues corrected, thanks to Steve Cooper. Worst page got company of Deny this song. Lay out compilations slightly adapted ('rowspan').
  • Jan 25 1999: Details BBC Video added, with liner notes.
  • Jan 24 1999: New clip of the week (unknown version of Big Muff). One world lyrics added.
  • Jan 22 1999: Lyrics Inside out added. Made no mistake, I hope!
  • Jan 21 1999: Photos on the Phollowing page , courtesy John Hillarby
  • Jan 20 1999: Remark on lyrics added on About-page; much more Missing music thanks to Ian Barnett.
  • Jan 18 1999: Entering the high priests' domain: Solid air lyrics added.
  • Jan 17 1999: New clip of the week (The river, from The tumbler). Links page and Following page updated.
  • Jan 16 1999: Photos added on Musicians-page and on Landmarks-page, thanx 2 John Hillarby.
  • Jan 15 1999: Apprentice lyrics (John the Mumbler) modified thanks to Rob Caldwell, the man who heard well.
  • Jan 14 1999: Lyrics The apprentice added.
  • Jan 13 1999: BIG QUESTION solved after thirty years! Bless producer Jim Tullio for being kind and having a memory.
  • Jan 12 1999: News for the Index page, some more Missing music, lyrics London conversation completed.
  • Jan 11 1999: Lyrics Sunday's child added.
  • Jan 10 1999: Cooltide lyrics added.
  • Jan 9 1999: Clip of the week activated (Hole in the rain).
  • Jan 4 1999: Index page redesigned.
  • Jan 3 1999: Lyrics Church with one bell completed. Lyrics Road to ruin added, with a big thanx to Rob Caldwell.
  • Jan 2 1999: Bless the weather lyrics corrected thanks to attentive listener Rob Caldwell from Florida! One of the first on the new mailing list.
  • Jan 1 1999: This log installed, link page updated with WKS.
  • Dec 30 1998: Tumbler lyrics added, first batch of lyrics Church with one bell.
  • Dec 22 1998: Background sound added, lyrics Bless the weather added
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