Site History 2002

  • December 31 2002: Cooltide interview from International Musician 1991 added.
  • December 25 2002: Best wishes after a bad year.
  • December 24 2002: Small stuff on the guestbook.
  • December 17 2002: Another Dutch short story from 1991 (Print).
  • December 15 2002: Dutch hotel interview from 1981 added (Print).
  • December 02 2002: 1975 Paris Bataclan gig.
  • November 30 2002: French interview from 1985 (Digne Martyn). First mention of church idea.
  • November 26 2002: Grace & danger vinyl footnote. Free details on May You Never single and Time Away releases.
  • November 24 2002: Labels page revisited, for a recent pink one. Passed 75.000 hits.
  • November 21 2002: Interesting remark added to Piece by piece. Also 1985 Rotterdam gig (Pandora's Musicbox).
  • November 19 2002: Second Italian interview added to Print page (Buscadero, 1999)
  • November 18 2002: First Italian publication added to Print page (Rockerilla, 1981).
  • November 17 2002: Promo item of Sweet Little Mystery found in Barcelona (Collectors).
  • November 16 2002: Japanese Well kept secret contains a secret (i.e. unreadable liner notes).
  • November 15 2002: Additions and corrections for John the Baptist single, including the lyric.
  • November 13 2002: Purely Music Laserdisc revisited including liner notes. (Video section)
  • November 11 2002: Live At Leeds puzzle; small stuff on Records and Print page.
  • November 07 2002: More about Transatlantic sessions (Recordings).
  • November 05 2002: Finished Recall sampler details (Classics revisited). 1988 gig Lune Valley Festival.
  • November 04 2002: Frankie Miller release date changed.
  • October 27 2002: Some more ticket stubs (giglist).
  • October 18 2002: Most of the Recall sampler details added, including liner notes.
  • October 15 2002: Picture of 1982 tour badge added (Print page, Tour programs section).
  • October 09 2002: Footnote correction for Sounds article, thanx Ian Barnett. Also adapted lyrics Sweet Certain Surprise.
  • October 07 2002: Dave Maddern mentions a 1977 Granada TV appearance.
  • October 06 2002: Tracked down a 1977 Sounds article (Print page).
  • October 05 2002: Glasgow walker bonus tracks cause changes in Promo and Recordings pages.
  • October 03 2002: Vinyl vendors changed name into Music Obsession (Shops).
  • October 01 2002: Included a recent article in the Print page. Not very amusing I'm afraid.
  • September 29 2002: New muffclip: The River, July 1968: oldest surviving live tape. Thanx Paul Bryant.
  • September 28 2002: German Live at Leeds cover art.
  • September 25 2002: Matt Dawson was at the Marquee Club in 1976 (giglist).
  • September 23 2002: Ian McCallum remembered at least one 1989 gig.
  • September 18 2002: Foundations Tour bass player recollection by Kevin Bell.
  • September 17 2002: Foundations Tour program added to Print page.
  • September 16 2002: Autumn Tour also cancelled partly as result of the August car crash. Pity..
  • September 15 2002: 1976 gig by Jim McAllister.
  • September 14 2002: Movie page remark inspired by Adam Shea.
  • September 12 2002: September and two November 1992 gigs, John Hillarby.
  • September 11 2002: What a birthday, John...
  • September 10 2002: Two gigs, Manchester 1979 and 1984 (giglist).
  • September 08 2002: Release date Live At Leeds double vinyl. 1989 tourdate (John Hillarby).
  • August 29 2002: Bad news: John was in a car crash last week.
  • August 26 2002: Live At Leeds rereleased and page revisited. Extra FUQ on bronzing CD's.
  • August 25 2002: Ian McMullan causes 1989 tour (giglist) and new TV recording (Recordings, People).
  • August 24 2002: Revised Dave Maddern's live tapes link (Collectors). 1996 Carlisle gig including new percussionist (People).
  • August 23 2002: Solid Air Classics announcement (Recall). 1972 gig remembered by a Nick Wells.
  • August 22 2002: Passed 70.000 hits. Historical footnote Satisfied Mind.
  • August 11 2002: Other box office number for Renfrew Ferry (Jos van Oost). No pissing contest intended (Guestbook).
  • August 09 2002: Update on the Frankie Miller tribute: no country but blues...
  • August 08 2002: Isola de Liri 2000 Blues festival added to giglist, memory Riccardo Cartocci.
  • July 14 2002: New muffclip (Bless The Weather from the Rockpalast video).
  • July 09 2002: Some more Frankie Miller stuff. Release date About thyme.
  • July 08 2002: Announcement of Frankie Miller tribute box. Our 20 year old cat Joepie died today.
  • July 01 2002: Dutch 1978 interview on Print page.
  • June 23 2002: New muffclip (Carmine live, Leeds 1997).
  • June 17 2002: Guestbook entry by Walter Simms with old memories.
  • June 10 2002: Details Live in Milan added including liner notes (Collectors).
  • June 04 2002: Gigdate for Live in Milan 1979 (Giglist).
  • May 28 2002: Oldest radio recording has survived in one track, says Paul Bryant (Recordings).
  • May 18 2002: Autumn Tour dates instead of cancelled Summer Tour.
  • May 16 2002: New short interview from Zip Code (1990).
  • May 10 2002: Release date for Live in Milan 1979. Mold numbers for Send me one line single.
  • May 07 2002: Summer tour cancelled. Pity..
  • May 01 2002: First announcement Live in Milan 1979.
  • April 30 2002: Another 1993 Dutch gig surfaced with line-up. Good job Robert Punter.
  • April 28 2002: New muffclip (Wildflower, live London June 2000). Robert Punter remembered 1993 Dutch gig (Uden).
  • April 25 2002: Details of the Piece by piece promo boxed set added.
  • April 24 2002: Moved Italian story to guestbook.
  • April 20 2002: Revisited all 7 inches for mold numbers, causing Italian Buscadero promo to become a Collectors item.
  • April 17 2002: Updated giglist with upcoming tour.
  • April 15 2002: Changed the dates in the giglist to make it easier to read.
  • April 14 2002: Finally 2002 tourdates have been confirmed.
  • April 13 2002: New muffclip (Yes We Can, live London June 2000).
  • April 12 2002: Heavy update on TV Recordings. 1993 KCRW radio session reported (Recordings).
  • April 11 2002: DVD remarks on homepage, more info on BBC DVD.
  • April 09 2002: Details of Jim Lampi's Greazy added including a personal review (Collectors/ Odd).
  • April 08 2002: Two gigs provided by John Hillarby.
  • April 07 2002: Michael Norton from Australia causes a nice update for the lyrics of In search of Anna.
  • April 06 2002: Supersnazz interview added to Print page. Leads to first (missing) demo in Recordings page.
  • April 04 2002: Australian shop sells In search of Anna (but check the price first). Movies page.
  • April 02 2002: New muffclip (Cry Me A River, live London June 2000).
  • March 30 2002: South Wales shop added.
  • March 28 2002: Moved Milton Keynes bowl story to guestbook. Pat Orchard kindly remembered two gigs.
  • March 27 2002: Book section expanded with page about John Martyn for guitar tab (Print).
  • March 26 2002: First signs of a summer tour in June.
  • March 25 2002: Jim Lampi special offer. Moved Stuart Lapping to typical fan page.
  • March 24 2002: Martin Selway reports a new 1992 compilation: Island Twinset consisting of Solid air and One world. This causes numerous changes in the Records page and the Liner notes section.
  • March 22 2002: And yet another Glasgow walker promo single (So Sweet advance CDR).
  • March 21 2002: New muffclip (Big Muff, Amsterdam 1980). Major hardware problems (no cd drives left).
  • March 18 2002: Unknown 1974 TV show (Recordings). Patrick Teugels remembered two Bruxelles gigs.
  • March 17 2002: 1970 and 1972 gig found. Not many of those around.. Various small stuff.
  • March 16 2002: Nice 1980 concert in Athens (giglist, recordings). 1996 Blackheath gig. Looking for NME and Musician Magazine copy (Print).
  • March 15 2002: 1993 Bruxelles gig (Vaartkapoen). Geoff Leigh played with JM in 1973 budono where. Three Italian gigs December 1998.
  • March 14 2002: Two new Haarlem Patronaat gigs found. Also 1981 ticket from Friars and March 1977 gig supporting J.J.Cale.
  • March 13 2002: Voiceprint winter tale added to Print page.
  • March 12 2002: Another Glasgow walker promo single added, Can't Live Without.
  • March 11 2002: New muffclip to cheer up Pete Grant; Dick Gaughan with What You Do With What You've Got.
  • March 10 2002: Lou Volpe discovered 1996 film The last kill (Movies). Puzzling.. But The Rachel Papers was solved by Ray Smith.
  • March 09 2002: Jim Lampi's Greazy announcement. Completely forgotten about two old radio tapes (Dordrecht 1979 and Rotterdam 1981). Surgery on the computer :o(
  • March 08 2002: World Cafe entered Radio recordings and giglist, most kind Sarah Mobley.
  • March 07 2002: More entertaining label history thanx to Rob Caldwell.
  • March 06 2002: Movies page got update because of 1984 US In search of Anna rerelease.
  • March 05 2002: 1993 and 1994 gigdates for McCabe's; good job Zachariah Love. Vinyl notes for Cooltide, And and Church supplied by Ian Barnett.
  • March 04 2002: Dave Maddern's live recordings list proved useful for revising the Recordings page. 1994 Somerville gig.
  • March 02 2002: Vinyl Tumbler had different cover. Jim Lampi link had changed.
  • February 28 2002: 1975 Montreux gig. Also description of 1986 Montreux radio recording (Recordings).
  • February 27 2002: New muffclip, How Fortunate The Man With None, Dublin 1999. John Hillarby dug up 1996 gig. Nice...
  • February 26 2002: Horizons shop added. Squeezed the last bits of gig info out of some ancient paperwork.
  • February 25 2002: June 1998 gig in Northampton MA (US), found following a lead by Brian Johnson. 1993 San Francisco thanx to a recollection of Glenn Franz. Also 1993 Mean Fiddler, David Wingrove.
  • February 24 2002: Scullion footnote (Tom Rafferty). Campbell Park May Daze 1991 on giglist. Also reference to a Milan 1994 one.
  • February 22 2002: Footnote for Over The Rainbow.
  • February 21 2002: Real old ticket on giglist (Hanley 1971). Good job Paul Bradshaw.
  • February 20 2002: Glorious Fool tour details provided by Kenny Mathieson (Giglist, Print page). Update for Links page.
  • February 19 2002: Suffolk & Good Festival 1993 got a date and an anecdote, much obliged Dick Greener.
  • February 18 2002: Hamburg 1986 got date; Amsterdam Paradiso 1982; two March 1974 gigs; Nottingham 1976 and Halfmoon Putney 1979. Now that's a good new Forum member (Paul Bradshaw).
  • February 17 2002: First 2002 gig found in Belgium, thanx to a tip by Dick Gaughan. Unconfirmed though. David Crawford mentions a 27 June gig with band in Milton Keynes and some more unconfirmed ones.
  • February 15 2002: Remarkable exact April 1971 gig added, thanx to a new Forum member. This led to another 1971 and 1970 gig, through a fabulous Mott The Hoople giglist.
  • February 14 2002: Dug up a John Stevens record from 1994 with unknown 1979 JM material.. A Luta Continua. (Collectors, Odds). Causes lots of changes elsewhere, on the People page for instance.
  • February 13 2002: Added a promo to Collectors page: You Don't Know What Love Is.
  • February 11 2002: New muffclip (Brian Auger: Freedom jazz dance).
  • February 10 2002: John Perry's Fretwork story got an extra footnote.
  • February 6 2002: Added a Dutch 7 track CD with Deliver Me remixes.
  • February 5 2002: Claire Hamill still has some (vague) memories of a 1971 tour (Giglist). Also located the Paris Theatre later that year.
  • February 4 2002: Added first attempt to document the JM Island label history (Records/ Island)
  • February 3 2002: Two more shops to be recommended (Shopping).
  • February 2 2002: More insight into evolution of Island Life (Collectors/ Promo). Rerelease title added to Ralph McTell's Right side up (Collectors/ Odd).
  • February 1 2002: 1987 Cropredy date specified (giglist). Made some Radio Waves...
  • January 31 2002: Some new shops on Shopping page.
  • January 30 2002: Fine Lines will cease to be, but Big Muff - The John Martyn Forum is open to every fan.
  • January 29 2002: New management confirmed with a quote.
  • January 27 2002: New muffclip (Sergeant, Sergeant live from Dublin 1999.)
  • January 26 2002: Record buyer story added to Print page.
  • January 25 2002: New management, new Brussels compilation.
  • January 23 2002: New background sound on homepage.
  • January 21 2002: More than 100 countries in the stats... Lapping anecdote mitigated by Antony Norris.
  • January 18 2002: Vinyl version of Church did not have the bonus track.
  • January 13 2002: New muffclip (Killing My Love by Nick Gravenites).
  • January 12 2002: John Martyn Central link info updated with Independiente shop.
  • January 11 2002: Mistake in Radio recordings corrected (1983 order).
  • January 10 2002: Scullion saga completed thanks to Sonny Condell.
  • January 9 2002: Search page more often in the menu. Several typos.
  • January 8 2002: Discovered new cover version of John The Baptist, by Céide (August 2001).
  • January 7 2002: Scullion mystery solved by the founder himself...
  • January 6 2002: New muffclip (Cooltide from the Tell Them video).
  • January 5 2002: First tentative theory on Scullion collaboration on Balance and control page.
  • January 3 2002: Send Me One Line single also had a promo release, with a completely white label (Collectors).
  • January 1 2002: A happy, healthy and safe new year! Reset the log file.
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