Ain't That Far From Boothill - Mercury MERH 76
5 Oct 1985
Record Mirror
Ain't That Far From Boothill is a sound début album, and yet another reason for taking this band to your hearts.
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Ain't That Far From Boothill
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Ain't That Far From Boothill
The Boothill Foot-Tappers
4 Oct 1985
The Bottom Line
Obscure track on an obscure album
Vinyl: Mercury MERH 76
CD: Cherry Red CDMRED 379 (2008)
Andy Kershaw Show (1985)
BBC Radio Manchester
31 Aug 1985
First time John appeared on the Andy Kershaw show, episode produced by John's producer John Leonard.
Also broadcast by BBC Radio1.
"Andy Kershaw with the show where every tune is as bright as the stars in the eyes of the one you're dancing with" (Radio Times announcement).
No further details available.
Credits:
Producer: John Leonard
Sheffield, University, 28 May 1985
15 Jun 1985
Sounds
John Martyn / Kevin Siesay
The Sapphire LP only gets a look in with Mad Dog Days but, if Martyn's current output is to be judged on this performance, then the sooner that album joins my collection the better. Quite simply, the best set I've seen so far this year.
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Sapphire
About Nick Drake
25 May 1985
Saturday live, BBC
Richard Skinner: John Martyn, contemporary and fellow Island recording artist in those days, yes?
John Martyn: This is true, this is true.
RS: Did you know the man well?
JM: I did, yes. We lived very close to each other. He lived in one part of Hampstead, and I lived just up the road. Um, very quiet, very quiet lad. Extremely personable and charming, when necessary.
John Martyn [Guitarist 1985]
01 Jan 1985
Guitarist Vol 1 #8
John Martyn, you either love him or hate him. Nicholas Webb, an ardent fan, went along to the Dominion in Tottenham Court Road to see his latest set. Later Nick spoke to him backstage about his music and his new album Sapphire.
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The man who put the sap in Sapphire
22 Dec 1984
New Musical Express
Cosmic John Martyn at the Dominion a fortnight ago was the first time I'd seen this beer-swilling beat hippy since I snuck in the back of the Victoria Theatre as a schoolboy in 1975 and watched him workout with double bassist Danny Thompson and jazz drummer John Stevens.
London, Dominion, 15 Nov 1984
8 Dec 1984
New Musical Express
BIG MUFF!
I somehow lost track of John Martyn's recorded progress round One World so, with news of the excellence of his new album ringing in my ears, this was to have been a re-induction.
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Sapphire
Sapphire - Island ILPS 9779
1 Dec 1984
Musin' Music Magazine #2
Once you get over the initial shock of a Judy Garland song, second track in, you'll rapidly realise this is the best John Martyn album since Grace & Danger.
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Sapphire
Sapphire - Island ILPS 9779
17 Nov 1984
Sounds
Comparable in texture to much of 1980's Grace & Danger, this record burns slowly. Its evocative achievement is that of a marathon runner rather than the flash of a sprinter.
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Sapphire
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