Rock Goes To College (1)
BBC
20 Oct 1978
Solo acoustic performance at Reading University audience.
Certain Surprise lasts 3:27 and is included in BBC In Vision 1973-1981.
Tracks:
UK
Maddy/ Martyn In The Park
10 Jun 1978
Record Mirror
THE SUMMER series of concerts at the London Regents Park open air theatre continue this Sunday (June 11) with John Martyn
One World series
22 Apr 1978
Various
The release of One World was supported with various kind of advertisements. These series of one column ads are original in their approach and ran in several leading music magazines, mostly on the same day (22 April 1978).
Left to right:
Ad #1 was published in Melody Maker, #2 also Melody Maker.
Ad #3 is pulled from Sounds while #4 was found in the New Musical Express.
The text goes
"Here's just a couple of tracks to woo yah... there's six more on 'One World' that'll really wow ya!
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Dancing – Island WIP 6414
4 Feb 1978
Record Mirror
Martyn's fifties trad jazz phrasing weaves its way through a sweet little riff on this pleasurable but forgettable snoozecruise.
Related to:
Dancing | Dealer (version)
Root Love
01 Feb 1978
Dark Star #13 (Vol 3 issue 1)
All right, I'll come clean, never heard London Conversation. But, I remember when summer seemed primal and pagan and hearing John Martyn spinning out a thread of gently-crackpot whimsey called Sing A Song Of Summer from the album The Tumbler on Johnny 'Guru' Peel's show 1) way back sometime then and snaffling a copy of that artifact with all due schoolboy speed.
Dancing – Island WIP 6414
27 Jan 1978
Unknown
Please God, let it be number one.
Related to:
Dancing | Dealer (version)
One World - Island ILPS 9492
24 Jan 1978
Gongster
MARTYN'S ONE WORLD
NOW this is a beauty. At first appearances, One World is not standard Martyn fare - glossy cover and a slick production job. But it's a very warm, full-sounding album, feels synonymous with an armchair before an open fire, somewhat stoned, keeping the cold winter at bay.
Related to:
One World
John Martyn: Talking through Solid Air
24 Jan 1978
Gongster
THE release of One World, coupled with John Martyn's second appearance in Nottingham this year, seemed good reason to renew a slight acquaintance with the man, by the way of an interview for this tome. Tempting as it is to devote the music pages' entire space to Mr Martyn, discretion prevails, so what follows is a match-of-the-day edited highlights, with commentary left to a minimum.
John Peel Session (4)
BBC Radio
16 Jan 1978
Solo acoustic set recorded 9 January at Maida Vale 4 studio.
Credits:
Host: John Peel
Producer: Tony Wilson
Engineer: Dave Dade
Tracks:
Old Grey Whistle Test (6)
BBC 2
10 Jan 1978
56 minutes.
Solo special with audience at Collegiate Theatre London.
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