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John Martyn

Sometimes you read about an artist that is vaguely familiar to you but you can't really recall much about them. So I read a bit about Martyn and decided to use You Tube at work to listen to 2 of his better known albums...Solid Air and Bless The Weather. Interesting jazzy/folk laid back tunes...I'm digging them. Sounds decent on my crappy desktop speakers. Hope these are well recorded...if done well I can see how I can lose myself in the music. I now know what my next 2 music purchases will be. 
muncybob
muncybob OP
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I expect the Abbey Roads 1/2 speed LP of Solid Air in about 2 weeks...like waiting for Christmas when a kid!
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jhconnor
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I own virtually all of John Martyn's albums and was fortunate enough to see him play live a couple of times. I will buy the Solid Air reissue when it is released- it should sound great! Check out One World if you get the chance. 
martykl
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I'm also a fan - he was a really innovative guitar player as well as one of the stranger (and more interesting) characters in 60s/70s popular music.  He cut across genres in a pretty unusual way and did so with a very quirky approach to his instrument.  I'm not sure that anyone screwed around with altering the sound of an acoustic guitar quite the way Martin did (around the time of "Stormbringer", my favorite Martyn record.). Sadly, he was another artist who struggled with drugs and drink for much of his life.
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