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:
UK
Old Grey Whistle Test (6)
BBC 2
10 Jan 1978
56 minutes.
Solo special with audience at Collegiate Theatre London.
Tracks:
One World – Island ILPS 9492
7 Jan 1978
Record Mirror
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One World
Martyn's Martin
24 Dec 1977
Melody Maker
I SAW John Martyn on Sight And Sound In Concert1 and was amazed at the sounds he got from his acoustic guitar. What did he use to achieve these effects? If he used a special gadget, how does it work? – Neil Sutherland, Finchley, London N12.
This man is a walking, playing bag of his own
24 Dec 1977
New Musical Express
"Actually," admits John Martyn, as he gives in to one of the great groundswells of spluttering, infectious laughter that carry along his speech, "I see myself as a dignified observer of the music business. I feel a bit like a voyeur sometimes. I just flit in and out. I really" -now he's offering great howls of very honest laughter- "don't want much to do with it."
One World – Island ILPS 9492
10 Dec 1977
Melody Maker
Maybe it's simply the unique foggy voice, at its most hoarsely suggestive on Dealer, one of this new album's many compelling tracks; or just the man's awesome ability to trick out what are invariably simple songs with ravishing detail – as witness here Dancing, unfeignedly joyous and wrapped around a few brief guitar phrases.
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One World
One World advert
10 Dec 1977
New Musical Express
This full page advert quotes two reviews, one from Melody Maker's Monty Smith (19 November) and one from Vivien Goldman (Sounds, 26 November). This places the earliest possible publishing date at 3 December.
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London, Rainbow Theatre, 21 Nov 1977
3 Dec 1977
New Musical Express
John Martyn
RAINBOW
PRESUMABLY, John Martyn, who's been around so long even his most devoted followers must take him for granted, doesn't give a monkey's toss about Making It In A Big Way, but there's still no excuses for the performer's lackadaisical attitude at the Rainbow last Monday.1
That the gig was still enjoyable, if hardly stimulating and occasionally dull (when Martyn, augmented by electric back-up, failed to extract any inspiration from his musicians on several pieces of rifferama), is a measure of Martyn's talent rather than his personality.
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One World
London, Rainbow Theatre, 21 Nov 1977
3 Dec 1977
Music Week
John Martyn
London saw a new John Martyn on Monday night at the Rainbow. He seemed to have brought his highly original echoplexed approach to the guitar under control after the pit of self-indulgence he fell into about 18 months ago,
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One World
One World - Island ILPS 9492
26 Nov 1977
Music Week
The definitive John Martyn album, however, will be in your shops very soon. Called One World, the album is his finest achievement to date.
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One World
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