Search - John Martyn :: Live at the Town & Country Club 1986

This recording encapsulates John Martyn at his best. 1986 saw John celebrating twenty years as a performer, an occasion marked by the release of the world's first commercially available compact disc single 'Angeline' a song taken from John's album 'Piece By Piece'. This recording was made on the 13th November 1986 at London's Town and Country Club. Never one to shy away from political comment John dedicates his first song of the evening 'Mad Dog Days', to Margaret Thatcher the then Prime Minister. He performs five new songs 'Angeline', 'John Wayne' and then 'The Apprentice', 'Deny This Love' and 'Send Me One Line'. 'The Apprentice' and 'Send Me One Line' are at opposite ends of the emotional scale and showcase John's voice from a raw-edged and aggressive bear-like growl to a one saturated with tenderness, aching and longing.