Liverpool, Eric's, 25 Feb 1977
19 Mar 1977
Sounds
For those of you who do not know, let me merely say this: John Martyn is Britain's number one singer/ songwriter. Absolutely. Without doubt.
UK
So Far, So Good - Island ILPS 9484
12 Mar 1977
Record Mirror
This is a beginner's guide to John Martyn's (above) unique brand of music - and it's near-perfect.
Related to:
So Far So Good
Blood, Sweat and Cheers
05 Mar 1977
Sounds
The agony and the ecstacy on tour with John Martyn. First aid by VIVIEN GOLDMAN.
JOHN MARTYN rivets attention performing. You'd be wrong in assuming that just because he's one-man-with-a-guitar he doesn't make every crevice of the stage swing.
Old Grey Whistle Test (5)
BBC
1 Mar 1977
One acoustic track, one electric recorded in BBC London studio.
Tracks:
Up To Date with John Martyn
01 Mar 1977
ZigZag magazine #70
Only six weeks or so gone, and already it looks as if 1977 is going to be a cracker of a year for rock music! In the month of January alone we had superb albums from Spirit and David Bowie plus the exceptional music of Ry Cooder and his band at the Hammersmith Odeon, and February promises long-awaited albums from Neil Young and Roy Harper, with the latter about to return to the road with his new band Chips.
York, University, 4 February 1977
26 Feb 1977
New Musical Express
John Martyn
YORK UNIVERSITY
SO THERE was I, one o'clock in the morning, getting into a vicious Hell's Angel rhythm, occasionally putting the book down to examine the current metamorphosis of my carefully cultivated Sonny Barger leer in the mirror. I was just working up a fine sense of righteous brotherhood with the Outlaw Bikers, when uninvited and unprovoked the first evil tremors of a full scale assault of Bad Conscience forced me to take up my present position behind the loathsome typewriter.
What's On (1977)
Granada TV
25 Feb 1977
No further details available.
The NME Book of Rock 2
17 Feb 1977
W.H. Allen & Co, London 1977, ISBN 0 352 39715 2
Glasgow-born, Martyn spent later 1960s building reputation on folk-circuit with albums like (1) and (2), before (3), recorded in the U.S. A. with members of The Band, brought him to wider attention.
John Peel Session (3)
BBC Radio
2 Feb 1977
Solo acoustic performance, recorded Maida Vale 4 studio 18 January.
Credits:
Host: John Peel
Producer: Jeff Griffin
Engineer: Mike Robinson
Player Of The Month
01 Feb 1977
Beat Instrumental
John Martyn
Fans of John Martyn have probably noticed that the genial songster has been a little elusive of late. We decided that it was about time we brought him out into the open and got some straight answers about what he's been up to for the last year.
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