Edinburg, Empire Theatre, 22 Aug 1973
Edinburgh Rock
Edinburgh Festival: Reports by Stuart Hoggard, Ian MacDonald
Front Row Reviews
Edinburgh Festival: Reports by Stuart Hoggard, Ian MacDonald
Front Row Reviews
18 Aug 1973
AN EERIE presence of nocturnal energy filled Island's No. 2 studio - an energy that had probably found its peak around 3 a.m. but which was beginning to wane as the sun came up over the Westway.
21 Jul 1973
JOHN MARTYN has made six albums, two with his wife Beverly, and after seven years he's just coming out into the sun. Critics in both Britain and America have been talking about him for a long time, and groups and singers record his songs - numbers like Would You Believe Me?, Bless The Weather, John The Baptist, Stormbringer, and his signature-tune Head And Heart.
Last night the Shaw theatre was packed to capacity for his solo concert, and be demonstrated both the reasons why he is so admired, and the reasons why he has not done any better.
6 minutes.
Good version of Rather Be The Devil with stereo effects, recorded BBC Langham Studios, London.
BBC6 claimed 2004 this 'Devil Got My Woman' to be the oldest surviving recording in their archives.
John Martyn, whose solo spot opened the show, fared quite well in the face of appalling sound.
Two solo acoustric tracks recorded in BBC London studio.
How do you begin to describe a guitarist as sensitive and as accomplished as John Martyn?
Reviewing this sort of album is a bit like dissecting a meat pie after you've eaten it. I could resort to pages of pseudo intellectual wofflé, or I could do Charles Shaar Murray and wax effusively. The safest bet is to say that this album is superb, and Ain't No Saint and Make No Mistake sum the whole album up. There's some thing for everyone here. So this can't be bad at all.
This advert supported the release of Solid Air. At the bottom nine tour dates for March have been included. This served to reconstruct the publishing date.
The last two dates, Slough College of Technology 23rd and Euston Shaw Theatre 25th, must have been cancelled as John was touring the US at that time.