Making Tracks to the Top
23 May 1981
The Guardian
John Martyn, in concert in London tonight, has been a cult figure for far too long. Now he plans to change all that, as Mick Brown reports
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UK
BBC In Concert (1981)
BBC Radio
11 Apr 1981
33 minutes.
FM radio broadcast from Paris Theatre performance.
Rock Goes To College (2)
BBC
2 Mar 1981
Live performance at Stirling University; electric band with a young audience.
"Rock Goes To College featuring the best of contemporary British and American rock bands. Each week's recording takes place on a college campus. This week: John Martyn from Chelsea College, introduced by Pete Drummond."
"The concert took place in the Pathfoot Auditorium at Stirling University, a lovely, intimate setting for what was a brilliant concert" (Andrea Moseley).
Concert from the Grace & Danger tour. Alan Thomson's suit deserves acclaim.
Credits:
Producer: Michael Appleton
Director: Tom Corcoran
Sound: Bob Gillies
Lighting: Jeremy Webber, John Black
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Glorious Fool Tour 1981
01 Feb 1981
Tour program
John's Band
Jeff Allen, Drums
Jeff is a leading session drummer whose credits read like a who's who of the record business. Formerly in East of Eden for four years he went on to play with Bonnie Tyler, Barbara Dickson, B.A. Robertson and on literally hundreds of records.
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Old Grey Whistle Test (7)
BBC
10 Jan 1981
Studio recording with electric band.
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Martyn's Identity Papers
06 Dec 1980
Melody Maker
According to the official biog, John Marlyn was born in New Malden, Surrey, but was brought up for the first 15 years of his life in Scotland after his parents split, coming down for occasional visits to his mother in the stockbroker belt.
John Martyn: The Exorcism
29 Nov 1980
New Musical Express
So there was this Scotsman, Irishman and Englishman propping up the bar in a shabby pub in the heart of Glasgow. The Irishman, whose name escapes me, and his Scottish pal, John Martyn, are heading steadily out of the realms of dreary sobriety towards that state of intoxication which Martyn, in his brick thick Glaswegian brogue, refers to simply as a "hoolie".
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London, Apollo-Victoria Theatre, 2 Nov 1980
15 Nov 1980
Record Mirror
JOHN MARTYN's gigs are always a mixture of repetition and progress.
London, Apollo, 2 Nov 1980
4 Nov 1980
The Guardian
John Martyn is one of the great, but lamentably underrated stylists of British music.
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Grace & Danger
Johnny Too Bad 7" – Island WIP 6547
1 Nov 1980
Melody Maker
The third doobie brother manages to cut a piece of electric funk that's clever, melodic and great to dance to.
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Johnny Too Bad | Johnny Too Bad (version)
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