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Thread: Album Club - Week 107: 20.08.2013: John Martyn - Bless the Weather (1971)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim View Post
    Check out Solid Air Al, its an all-time classic and may possibly appeal more? If not, no matter, but your musical knowledge will have grown

    Cheers Tim

    just listened to Solid Air on my mac , its a lot better track
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    I've tried it a few times but for whatever reason I can't get along with this album
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    T'was alright that. Not quite as engaging as Forcione's Tears Of Joy and the recording isn't quite in the same league either, but it was fun all the same which is why I gave it a 7/10

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    7 from me too
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    Just back from the mud of Leeds Festival and pleased to see that whilst i was away this John Martyn album got a few more positive comments (ie more than none) than the Dexy's album I put up a few months ago.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Audio Al View Post
    I have listened to this album , something new as I have not listened to this artist before

    Not overly impressed , at some stages in a track all the musicians seemed to be doing there own thing , no harmony , slightly random

    6 out of 10 from me


    Yup, that is John Martyn- have you listened to "Solid Air " Al? You will get John Martyn after this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tarzan View Post
    Yup, that is John Martyn- have you listened to "Solid Air " Al? You will get John Martyn after this.

    Keep up double daftee!

    See post 11
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    I came across John Martyn on the Old Grey Whistle Test DVDs. He delivers amazing performances of 'May You Never' on OGWT DVD 1 and 'Couldn't Love You More' with Danny Thompson on OGWT DVD 3. I liked 'Just Now' a lot, his legato style of singing works very well on ballads. Not so impressed with 'Let The Good Things Come'.

    I voted 7, it's great quality music but not something I would choose to listen to repeatedly.

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    I don't know this album at all - 'Solid Air' and 'Grace and Danger' are my touchstones for his work, with the latter being my favourite - my miserablist tendencies showing their hand there! I'll report back later.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo View Post
    I don't know this album at all - 'Solid Air' and 'Grace and Danger' are my touchstones for his work, with the latter being my favourite - my miserablist tendencies showing their hand there! I'll report back later.
    I thought about posting Solid Air or Grace and Danger, but felt that both would be reaonably well known (and although both are brilliant Chris, I concur with your "miserabalist" comment....the former album being about Nick Drake and the latter being about his divorce from Beverley Martin....plus he had Phil Collins on drums!)..... So felt that Bless The Weather was a slightly left-field choice, plus the note that he holds at the end of Just Now is stunning.
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