Saw john martyn in manchester when this album came out. After rising to prominence with the late 60s electric folk renaissance, john martyn uprooted song form and subjected it to a serious sonic makeover on a series of albums which rank alongside the best of tim buckley and van morrison for their radical fusions of folk, soul, jazz and dub. In the late 1990s, martyn began to experiment with electronic dance sounds and scored a top 40 hit as a featured vocalist on deliver me a dance record by faithless musician sister bliss. Martyn, john 1982 well kept secret 2014 remastered expanded reissue today. Well kept secret 1982 the official john martyn website. John martyn well kept secret 1982, ar allied press.
John martyn was a man, to me that was one of the leaders in folks hippy era, my past, turning to jazz and a fusions of influence, moving ever forward my kind of thing, before other old fans berat me too much, i am not saying other releases after this were not worth releasing, but they were going through the motions with little passion, but also. I assumed that the textures and layers that on solid air were a combination of a whole bunch of talented players and some recording black magic and was amazed when i saw only john and danny thompson recreate these sounds live at kingston poly in the. Esoteric recordings are pleased to announce the release of a newly remastered and expanded edition of well kept secret, john martyns classic album from. John was now experimenting with a fuzz box, a volume wah wah pedal and the echoplex. Wellkept definition of wellkept by the free dictionary. Glorious fool, a superb effort, produced by collins and featuring eric clapton on guitar and collins on drums, piano, and vocals, looked to be his best shot at mainstream success, but. John martyn discography 30 albums 19672006 320 kbps. John martyn discover the lover by killingalltheflies. Green hotel kinross reduced accommodation rates alan thomson born in glasgow in 1960 he came from a musical background with both his father and grandfather being jazz. The well kept secret tour the official john martyn website. Despite the quality of the albums he produced in the 1970s, john martyn has never received the sort of attention awarded to some of his folk contemporaries like van morrison, tim buckley, and richard thompson. Wondering why john martyn stands out of the crowd frequently leads to convoluted mental posing and a few smart arse one liners when. I saw martyn live more than 40 years ago, when solid air had just come out, and keep coming back to this album. Originally released in 1982, well kept secret was the followup to his critically successful glorious fool album and was another fine collection of john martyn classicstobe.
Formerly in east of eden for four years he went on to play with bonnie tyler, barbara dickson, b. Its certainly not his best work but even john martyns lesser works are pretty much. The opinions of our members are not those of site ownership who maintains strict editorial agnosticism and simply provides a collaborative venue for free. With an established reputation as a singersongwriter on the folk circuit in the late 1960s and early 1970s, john martyn fans could be excused for wondering if they had arrived at the right venue and were listening to the same artiste by the mid 1970s. In memory of john martyn 11th september 1948 29th january 2009. John martyns best songs as picked by the jam community, 20112015 may you never john martyn. Publication date 1951 topics artphilosophy, aesthetics. I love everything john martyn, so i can only say good things about this album. Dont clap yet he said as he came on you might not like it. Get john martyn setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other john martyn fans for free on. Well kept secret is further down the alley cut by nobodys fool this time without the tutoring influence of phil collins and perhaps more martyn because of it. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Jeff allen, drums jeff is a leading session drummer whose credits read like a whos who of the record business.
The song was recorded at jmi studios and the washoose. With this new momentum and the help of friend phil collins, martyn signed to wea, where he recorded two records, glorious fool 1981 and well kept secret 1982. Singer john martyns on the cobbles september 23, 2004 john martyn is best known as a 1970s singer and songwriter with a great deep voice. Sorry about the qualitity of the vid but it was the best available copy. John martyn is a prog folk progressive rock artist from united kingdom. Nonetheless, his subsequent albums glorious fool and well kept secret the former produced by phil collins were the highestcharting records of his career. Well kept secret is john martyns second and final album for wea. John martyn biography born iain david mcgeachy september 11, 1948 new malden, surrey, uk january 29, 2009 like a vast majority of 1960s uk folk artistes such as incredible string band, string driven thing, donovan, the pentangle, jethro tulls ian anderson, etc. Wondering why john martyn stands out of the crowd frequently leads to convoluted mental posing and a few smart arse one liners when the fact is, he writes and performs superb songs. Brooks goal is to use a fastpaced, compelling adventure, treasurehunt, and romance set in the eleventh century to completely disguise that the well kept secret is a fully memorizable, meticulously scholarly history textbook. Well kept secret 1982 released in september 1982, well kept secret was influenced by phil collins particularly on the disco track back with a vengeance.
John martyn biography wikipedia iain david mcgeachy obe 11 september 1948 29 january 2009, known professionally as john martyn, was a british singersongwriter and guitarist. Wellkept secret definition is a secret that has not been told to people. Find john martyn discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Glorious fool was a sharp departure from martyns 70s sound and at the time was regarded as something of a sellout by his diehard fans, but time has.
At the time of this 1998 release by artful formerly permanent, the singers catalog was largely in disarray, with many important titles out of print or available to u. All tracks composed by john martyn except where indicated. Martyn left island records in 1981, and recorded glorious fool and well kept secret for wea, the label clearly aiming to bring him mainstream success, and achieving his first top 30 album. With his characteristic backslap acoustic guitar playing, his effectsdriven experimental journeys, and his catalog of excellent songs as well as his jazzinflected singing style, john martyn is an important and influential figure in both british folk and rock. Well kept secret is a music studio album recording by john martyn prog folkprogressive rock released in 1982 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. John wayne live at the london palladium 1986 classics live universal cd. I spend a couple of days in new york city once or twice a year when returning a busload of fresh air fund children who have vacationed in our. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. John martyn magazine and newspaper articles, same again.
Glorious fool, a superb effort, produced by collins and featuring eric clapton on guitar and collins on drums, piano, and vocals, looked to be his best shot at mainstream success. John martynmega box set coming soon steve hoffman music. Island records, sapphire 1984, piece by piece 1986 foundations 1987. This content community relies on usergenerated content from our member contributors. Well kept secret no more fairfax city, va former global marketing director for one of the hottest global brand communications agencies trades her position for following her passion. This release has a different label to the other uk release, john martyn well kept secret. Sunshines better suzanne the downward pull of human nature all in your favour. Listen free to john martyn the very best of john martyn lonely love, couldnt love you more and more.
Pip taylor provides a history of johns live am, effect and guitar set ups. Never let me go featured ronnie scott on saxophone. Glorious fool and the follow up well kept secret were both relative successes. The songs are warm and intelligent nonetheless, still john martyn, and a majority of well kept secret is pacier and, well, louder than hes ever been on one album before. Well kept secret john martyn to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Martyn, john 1990 the apprentice 2007 remastered, expanded reissue today. Feeling gravitys pull the official john martyn website.
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