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John Martyn
Live in Milan
Genres: Blues, Folk, International Music, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (7) - Disc #1
1. Big Muff
2. Certain Surprise
3. Couldn't Love You More
4. One Day Without You
5. Over The Hill
6. Outside In
7. Spencer The Rover
Track Listings (12) - Disc #2
1. One World
2. The Easy Blues
3. Seven Black Roses
4. Beverley
5. Make No Mistake
6. Bless The Weather
7. May You Never
8. Singing In The Rain
9. Dealer Version
10. Solid Air
11. I'd Rather Be The Devil
12. Small Hours/Won't You Stay

CD Details

All Artists: John Martyn
Title: Live in Milan
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: United States Dist
Release Date: 11/5/2002
Album Type: Live
Genres: Blues, Folk, International Music, Pop, Rock
Styles: British & Celtic Folk, Contemporary Folk, Europe, Britain & Ireland, Singer-Songwriters, Folk Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 825947105225

Synopsis

Album Description

This great live double CD was recorded in May 1979 and contains tracks from the classic albums released around that time, One World, Sundays Child, Solid Air as well as interpretations of classic blues and 'standards'. It also includes Martyn's stunning echoplex guitar improvisations which reached a peak of creativity around this time. There are two bonus tracks one from 1977, a fast and furious version of 'I'd Rather Be The Devil' and from May 1979 a unique medley of 'Stay/Anna/Small Hours' recorded in Turin 3 days after the rest of this album.

CD Reviews

Great performance but very poorly recorded

12/01/2002

(1 out of 5 stars)

"I saw John Martyn (in England) on the tour during which this album was recorded, and that show was one of the greatest I have ever attended. He has changed his style constantly over the years but the sound he was into in the late 1970s was amazing and like nothing I had ever heard. He played solo, with his guitar fed through fuzz, swell and an echoplex, along with an understated drum machine. The result was a swirl of building patterns of sound with the guitar echoes providing the rhythm while he played lead lines over the top. When I saw that a live album from this tour was to be released I had to buy it. The music is great, just as I remembered. Problem is that the sound quality is flat out terrible - it sounds as though it was recorded on a cassette recorder with a faulty drive motor. The sound is so bad that I can't recommend this album despite the great songs and performance. A major disappointment."