Battersea, Town Hall, 30 Jul 1977
13 Aug 1977
New Musical Express
BATTERSEA
One World is a John Martyn song. New, profound, powerful, impassioned, intense.
UK
John Martyn: So Far So Good
09 Apr 1977
Melody Maker
JOHN MARTYN was explaining Sunday's Child, the title track of his last new studio album recorded in 1974 and released in the first month of '75. He said he was a Saturday's Child really, but would've liked to have been a Sunday's.
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Island Sampler | various artists
1 Apr 1977
Island
The Bottom Line:
Rather strange promo compilation from So Far So Good period.
Side A contains mainly bad rock music apart from the reggae track by Rico Rodriguez. On side B John is surrounded by country music, flamenco guitar and a miserable attempt at Bonzo Dog humour.
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Vinyl: Island 1DJ 23
So Far, So Good - Island ILPS 9484
26 Mar 1977
New Musical Express
JOHN MARTYN is a genuine original and we should cherish him.
Hardly prolific (his last studio set was released in January 1975), Martyn is one of those rare artists who has displayed a talent for musically progressing from one project to the next.
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So Far So Good
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.
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.
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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.
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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
I sincerely believe that there isn't a singer-songwriter in Britain who can hold a candle to him in terms of innovation and imagination.
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