Site History 2010

  • December 16 2010: Engine upgrade 6.20; Views upgrade 2.12.
  • December 13 2010: Filefield and Imagefield upgrade to version 3.9.
  • December 12 2010: Changed the photo gallery options. Considerably.
  • December 10 2010: Filefield and Imagefield upgrade to version 3.8.
  • December 05 2010: Press release accompanying Live At Leeds Deluxe Edition added.
  • November 24 2010: Pete Long found April 1969 Swindon gig, dug up from International Times archive.
  • November 10 2010: Captcha upgrade 2.3.
  • November 02 2010: Best review of Live At Leeds Deluxe Edition so far. Hats off to Uncut Magazine.
  • October 31 2010: Another Dutch review of Live At Leeds Deluxe Edition, this time from the renowned Oor.
  • October 29 2010: Dutch review of Live At Leeds Deluxe Edition in new magazine Lust For Life.
  • October 28 2010: Live At Leeds Deluxe Edition reviewed by Record Collector.
  • October 26 2010: Q also gives Live At Leeds Deluxe Edition a small review.
  • October 24 2010: Mojo reviewed Live At Leeds Deluxe Edition.
  • October 22 2010: Alive again on 64 bits now... Sleevenotes and track details added for The Apprentice (remastered and expanded).
  • October 20 2010: Cooltide Remastered and Expanded release: track details and sleevenotes included.
  • October 18 2010: ImageAPI 1.9 upgrade.
  • October 15 2010: Made a start with Live At Leeds Deluxe.
  • October 08 2010: Sleevenotes The July Wakes added.
  • October 06 2010: Footnote for Spencer The Rover lyric.
  • October 05 2010: The Simmer Dim: track details and sleevenotes added.
  • October 01 2010: Release date of 180 grams Simply Vinyl Solid Air release is 11th October.
  • September 30 2010: No Little Boy release from One World Records: details and extensive sleevenotes added.
  • September 27 2010: Comment Switch upgrade 1.0.
  • September 25 2010: Live Re-mastered details and sleevenotes added.
  • September 22 2010: BBC Live In Concert 2CD details completed including sleevenotes.
  • September 20 2010: More 1987 ticket stubs.
  • September 19 2010: Track details for The Battle Of Medway.
  • September 17 2010: Transatlantic Sessions II was filmed at Raemoir House Hotel, Banchory, correctly pointed out by Kaare K. Johnsen from Norway. Takk!
  • September 15 2010: Review resource just got better.
  • September 12 2010: Simply Vinyl announces Solid Air rerelease on 180 grams vinyl for September.
  • September 11 2010: Happy John Martyn day.
  • September 09 2010: jQuery UI module upgrade version 1.4.
  • September 07 2010: Dug up 1969 Sheffield gig (Saturday 11 October, Highcliffe Hotel) in International Times archive.
  • September 05 2010: Uncut review of Battle of Medway.
  • September 03 2010: Managed to reconstruct new Brunel University gigdate: Friday 30 Nov 1979.
  • September 01 2010: Date module upgrade to 2.6 version. Always a scary operation..
  • August 30 2010: Theatre Royal, London advertisement (21 Sep 1975).
  • August 28 2010: Christmas Feast details from 8 Dec 1972, Twickenham Tech.
  • August 26 2010: 17 Oct 1980 Epsom gig announcement.
  • August 24 2010: Live from London announcement in giglist (23 November 1984).
  • August 22 2010: München November 1983 radio show and gigdate kindly provided by Stefan Röhrich.
  • August 20 2010: Removed incorrect Les Cousins interior photo from sixties giglist.
  • August 18 2010: Chris Jones organised the May 1969 Rochford gig and another one.
  • August 16 2010: Tom Alford has vivid memories of April 1972 Ilford gig.
  • August 14 2010: Track details for On Air.
  • August 12 2010: Engine upgrade Drupal 6.19; CCK 2.8.
  • August 08 2010: Completely forgot to include sleevenotes to The John Martyn Story compilation. Until now.
  • August 07 2010: Accurate release date for Spanish Lonely Love promo single (26 Feb 1993).
  • August 06 2010: 27 November 1984 gigdate popped up (Bristol, Colston Hall).
  • August 05 2010: In Session revisited, sleevenotes and all.
  • August 03 2010: Battle of Medway finally complete including sleevenotes.
  • August 01 2010: Old Grey Whistle Test vol 3 DVD details completed.
  • July 31 2010: Poster and concert details for Aberystwyth gig of 20 May 1972.
  • July 30 2010: Started to catch up on recent releases.
  • July 29 2010: Extra 1987 release of Live From London video tape (Channel 5).
  • July 27 2010: Simon Bryant produces two new 1983 gigdates. 13 November, Dundee, Whitehall Theatre and 14 November, Ayr, The Pavilion.
  • July 25 2010: 5 November 1991 gigdate added (Köln, Alter Wartesaal during Cooltide tour).
  • July 23 2010: Even rarer test pressing for Italian promo sampler Lonely Love | May You Never from April 1986.
  • July 22 2010: Dug up rare Italian promo sampler: Lonely Love | May You Never from April 1986.
  • July 21 2010: Four unknown gigdates from April 1986 Italian tour.
  • July 20 2010: Five new Paul Reid pictures: Salford, the Lowry, 27 Jan 2007 during the Solid Air tour.
  • July 19 2010: Uncut review of Solid Air Deluxe Edition.
  • July 17 2010: Promo section reconstruction completed.
  • July 15 2010: More pictures by Paul Reid: Buxton Opera House, 28 May 2007.
  • July 13 2010: Simply Vinyl Solid Air test pressing.
  • July 12 2010: So Sweet 12 inch promo added.
  • July 11 2010: New dev version of Custom Pagers.
  • July 10 2010: Working on complete overhaul of Promo section.
  • July 09 2010: Paul Reid sent some great photos of the Salford Grace and Danger Tour concert (16 Nov 2008).
  • July 08 2010: Small stuff on stylesheets.
  • July 07 2010: Rescanning of Singles and Releases completed.
  • July 05 2010: Rescanning of Collaborations section completed.
  • July 04 2010: Eco Rock - Festival for a Green Future video added.
  • July 03 2010: Software upgrade Filefield and Imagefield 3.7.
  • July 02 2010: Old Grey Whistle Test - vol 1 double DVD included.
  • June 30 2010: Details added rare Spanish 1990 single (Send Me One Line | Income Town).
  • June 28 2010: Track times for original Couldn't Love You More and No Little Boy releases.
  • June 27 2010: Discovered I forgot to include some video samplers. Alright Now - Island Records 25th Anniversary added.
  • June 25 2010: Video releases have been rescanned also.
  • June 24 2010: Uncut review of Late Night John.
  • June 23 2010: Taiwanese catalogue number for Glorious Fool.
  • June 22 2010: Completed rescanning of Albums section.
  • June 20 2010: Sleevenotes for Late Night John release.
  • June 19 2010: New approach to album covers. Better quality, lightbox, less work. Eventually..
  • June 18 2010: French CD single of Sweet Little Mystery from 1992.
  • June 17 2010: Upgrades: Views 2.11, CCK 2.7, Filefield 3.5.
  • June 14 2010: 25 March 1974 Paris, Olympia gigdate.
  • June 12 2010: Doug Miller remembers Jan/Feb 1985 gig at Coleraine, University of Ulster.
  • June 11 2010: Taxonomy Access Control reinstalled and adapted; heavy maintenance on comments options.
  • June 10 2010: Corrected French single Dancing | Certain Surprise.
  • June 08 2010: Media player upgrade 5.2.
  • June 07 2010: Dug up old review of Glasgow Renfrew Ferry show pointing to new gigdate: 7 May 1989.
  • June 05 2010: Engine upgrade Drupal 6.17.
  • June 03 2010: Malaysian album review of Well Kept Secret from 1983 (Last of the Loony Gurus).
  • May 29 2010: Found Spanish newspaper article from La Vanguardia, 7 May 1986. If anyone feels like translating it..
  • May 27 2010: Added some great Cropredy 2006 pictures with kind permission of Bryan Ledgard.
  • May 25 2010: Photo gallery live again but now inside the website.
  • May 23 2010: Rebuilding the photo gallery.
  • May 21 2010: Captcha upgrade 2.2. Heavy maintenance on search index.
  • May 19 2010: Got the guestbook script running again.
  • May 17 2010: New gigdate: Spain 19 March 1991, combined with TV-performance in final episode of Sigue Sigue Plastic.
  • May 15 2010: Uncut review of Mad Dog Days.
  • May 14 2010: Sapphire also reviewed in Canada (The Montreal Gazette, 6 December 1984).
  • May 13 2010: Sapphire reviewed in Australia (The Age, 4 april 1985).
  • May 12 2010: Giglist stylesheet problem solved (horizontal scrollbar gone).
  • May 11 2010: Malaysian cult figure story after release of No Little Boy (New Straits Times, 20 September 1993).
  • May 10 2010: Dug up a very old surviving gig review: 1 February 1973, Pittsburgh, Civic Arena.
  • May 09 2010: Australian gigs still puzzling but now positive Melbourne date: 15 July 1978, Dallas Brooks Hall.
  • May 08 2010: Migration succeeded, welcome to Webreus ISP with MySQL5. Update problem solved.
  • May 07 2010: Two new Canadian gigdates: 5 April 1981, Le Club Montreal and 17 May 1983, Le Spectrum Montreal. Which sort of leaves Ottawa dangling. Thanx Pete Long.
  • May 05 2010: Site migration coming up.
  • May 03 2010: 1981 American review of Grace & Danger (22 March, Lawrence Journal-World).
  • May 01 2010: Nice footnote for 1 February 1973 Pittsburgh concert.
  • April 29 2010: Added Italian interview from 1981: Dry Martyn, from Prisma magazine.
  • April 28 2010: Test pressing of Over the Rainbow single added to promo section.
  • April 27 2010: John Neil Munro points out Spanish unknown TV-performance from 1987 (Fin de Siglo).
  • April 25 2010: Ticket stub for 2 June 1994 concert at The Grand, London.
  • April 22 2010: Found an old story from the Sarasota Journal (10 May 1978) mentioning a club tour...
  • April 20 2010: Danny Thompson curates English Originals concert; Grace and Danger, the songs of John Martyn. 14 May 2010, Birmingham, Symphony Hall.
  • April 18 2010: Australian catalogue number for So Far So Good.
  • April 15 2010: Ticket stub for May 2006 Bristol Colston Hall concert.
  • April 14 2010: Found a 1978 Australian newspaper article: Pack of Talent on Dollar Hunt, from The Age newspaper.
  • April 12 2010: Serious problem with long stories that can't be updated any more..
  • April 10 2010: Upgrade Views 2.10.
  • April 08 2010: New gigdate 1 December 1984, Dundee with ticket stub to prove it.
  • April 07 2010: Ticket stub for 2 November 1980 concert at Apollo Victoria, London.
  • April 05 2010: Picture of church with one bell (for sale) added to Church gallery.
  • April 02 2010: Bridget St John and Michael Chapman play a Southport gig on 22nd April.
  • March 30 2010: Corrected May 1977 Bologna gigdate to 1979. As one Richard remembered having been there.
  • March 29 2010: Guardian concert review of Salford, The Lowry, 8 May 2004.
  • March 28 2010: About 12 new 1972 gigdates and most of the Claire Hamill tour details solved. Jan, Feb and March 1972.
  • March 25 2010: New gigdate: 26th November 1984, Brighton Dome.
  • March 23 2010: Ticket stub for Worthing, Pavilion gig, 2nd May 1990.
  • March 21 2010: New Australian gigdate: Canberra, 13 June 1978. Australian Melbourne puzzle solved also with ticket stub.
  • March 20 2010: Taxonomy Access Control 1.2.
  • March 19 2010: No Little Boy review from Pittsburg Post Gazette, 19 September 1993.
  • March 18 2010: Ticket stub for Glasgow Pavilion gig 27 September 1982.
  • March 16 2010: 1986 album review for Piece by Piece in Spanish newspager La Vanguardia.
  • March 14 2010: Ticket stub for Victoria Hall, Hanley, 7 October 1982.
  • March 13 2010: Short Foundations review from New York Times, 18 March 1988.
  • March 12 2010: Poster found of Lancaster Uni gig, 29 November 1977.
  • March 11 2010: Piece by Piece review in the Ottawa Citizen of 27 March 1986.
  • March 10 2010: Media player upgrade 5.1.
  • March 09 2010: New York Times reviewed Bottom Line concert of 8 September 1993.
  • March 08 2010: Found venue for Rome concert, 27 November 1980: Teatro Tendastrisce.
  • March 07 2010: Uncut review of Solid Air: Classics Re-visited.
  • March 06 2010: Engine upgrade Drupal 6.16.
  • March 04 2010: Piece by Piece review from the Milwaukee Sentinel, 8 August 1986.
  • March 02 2010: Four new gigdates at the end of February 1977.
  • February 28 2010: Gallery upgrade to 1.2.9.
  • February 25 2010: Solid Air reviewed by Daily Telegraph during Solid Air tour (7 September 2006).
  • February 23 2010: Ticket stub, Leicester Poly, 3 November 1973.
  • February 21 2010: Online obituary from Arts Desk.
  • February 20 2010: Foundations review from Anchorage, Alaska, 29 February 1988.
  • February 18 2010: Serious update for Giglist (deleted content type).
  • February 14 2010: Italian review of Grace & Danger from January 1981 Prisma magazine.
  • February 12 2010: Italian catalogue number for vinyl Grace & Danger.
  • February 10 2010: April 2004 interview on On The Cobbles release.
  • February 09 2010: More info on upcoming tribute album.
  • February 06 2010: Dug up a performance that had escaped me before: 10 August 2008, Kilkenny.
  • February 05 2010: Found April 2005 Q&A by Paddy Kehoe.
  • February 04 2010: August 1969 Plymouth gigdate dug up by David Hardie. Amazing...
  • February 03 2010: Another OK Obituary from 2009 found on NPR website.
  • February 01 2010: Added radio interview from 1 November 2008.
  • January 30 2010: Danny Thompson concert at Celtic Connections reviewed in The Herald Scotland.
  • January 27 2010: Herald Scotland story remembering John and announcing Danny Thompson gig: Saint or Sinner by Russell Leadbetter.
  • January 25 2010: Found an online obituary by Will Hodgkinson.
  • January 23 2010: List items were not properly displayed in Logfiles using Google Chrome.
  • January 21 2010: New gigdate found on edinburghgigarchive.com: 9 November 1980, Odeon.
  • January 20 2010: Willie Milne's Guitar Freak Forum has turned 2.0. Check out the Links page.
  • January 19 2010: New gigdate dug up at John Hillarby's: 13 April 1991, Paris, New Morning Club.
  • January 18 2010: Beth Orton recorded Go Down Easy for a John Martyn tribute album. Thank you Elizabeth Hahn.
  • January 17 2010: Added three newspaper stories I don't like for historical reasons.
  • January 16 2010: Nice 1975 ticket stub from Citadel Theatre, Edinburgh (19 January).
  • January 15 2010: Found new 1988 gigdate: 12 September, Neptune Theatre Liverpool.
  • January 14 2010: Dug up No Little Boy review and US radio program from 1993. Nice...
  • January 13 2010: The Cure's Robert Smith recorded a cover for a John Martyn tribute album...
  • January 12 2010: Played some JM music for a change. Carling Academy Oxford was not a venue in Grace & Danger Tour 2008.
  • January 11 2010: Ticket stub from August 1984 Edinburgh gig.
  • January 10 2010: Two songs from 26 September 1993 US NPR radio show popped up.
  • January 07 2010: 1978 and 1979 ticket stubs for Edinburgh Odeon Theatre gigs.
  • January 05 2010: JM songs performed 16th and 22nd of January by Pete Aves and Martin Roach.
  • January 04 2010: Heavy maintenance on Photo Gallery database and upgrade to 1.2.8.
  • January 01 2010: Happy New Year and still missing John...
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