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John Martyn - Solid Air etc. Jan 12, 2022 16:48:39 GMT 12
- Edited Jan 13, 2022 8:40:29 GMT 12 by foveaux
cooksferry likes this Post by foveaux on Jan 12, 2022 16:48:39 GMT 12
...John Martyn Fanboys FYI (are you there Cooksferry
 ):audiophilestyle.com/ca/the-best-version-of/the-best-version-of%E2%80%A6-john-martyns-solid-air-r1076/ "I see music as a lifetime affair." [Rory Gallagher]
"Free - I miss that band, but when I look back, we were very young" [Paul Rodgers]
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John Martyn - Solid Air etc. Jan 12, 2022 17:15:29 GMT 12
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Post by jon on Jan 12, 2022 17:15:29 GMT 12
Met John whilst I was attending Sussex University - he drank like a fish, smoked like no tomorrow (dope), and produced this most amazing sound (we only booked him solo). From the many conversations I had with him I became a fan. I kind of liked the first part of that article, I disliked the technical analysis, John would have laughed and said "I want people to dance, to cry, to laugh and to have fun!"
John remains a figure of inspiration for many people, me among them. 
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Post by cooksferry on Jan 12, 2022 18:22:15 GMT 12
Thanks for the link Ian. Lot of reading.
For a artist with a fairly small niche following bit surprising to find he's had at least 3 biographies. Only digital I have left is an early Island remaster and the deluxe double which is my go to. Dithered over the big box set and fortunately missed out. I see Danny Thompson mentioned several times. There's a man who would have some interesting tales to tell. 
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Post by cooksferry on Jan 13, 2022 18:50:40 GMT 12
Good read although I also started to wander a bit as the technical depths were plumbed.
If I had to choose think I'd go with One World as my top choice for a JM record but he had a pretty decent run up to and including Grace and Danger.
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Post by bruise on Jul 29, 2022 22:04:53 GMT 12If I had to choose think I'd go with One World as my top choice for a JM record but he had a pretty decent run up to and including Grace and Danger. During lockdown I read a book about his life which said that the sessions for the Church recordings were a happy affair with mates of his and I think it shows in the songs. Better still it appeared for the first time on vinyl as part of the 2021 RSD crop. Both the CD and LP have lovely bottom ends. For many years the CD was one of my test discs when auditioning hifi gear. Solid Air, One World and Grace and Danger are very good but don't overlook Church in the John Martyn oeuvre. 
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Post by michaelw on Jul 30, 2022 18:53:56 GMT 12
An album that has escaped me !
What's members' picks for CD and LP ? 
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John Martyn - Solid Air etc. Jul 30, 2022 21:05:29 GMT 12
- Edited Jul 30, 2022 21:45:31 GMT 12 by RdM
Post by RdM on Jul 30, 2022 21:05:29 GMT 12What's members' picks for CD and LP ? I too had never heard of Church. I'd heard all prior, but only have these flacs of two.  From the "technical informations" description: _ Technical Informations Hannl"limited" Record Cleaning Machine with Rotating Brush Music Hall MMF 5.1 Turntable with ProJect Speedbox Goldring 1042GX reference Cartridge Belari VP-129 Tube Phono PreAmp with Sylvania 12AX7WA E-Mu 0404 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface Interconnections by "Goldkabel" Wavelab 5 recording software iZotope RX Advanced 1.21 Vacuum Cleaning > TT > Belari > Laptop > Wavelab 5.01 (24/96) > manual click removal analyze (no clipping, no DC Bias offset) > resampling and dither to 16-bit/44.1kHz with iZotope RX Advanced > split into individual Tracks > FLAC encoded (Vers. 1.21) No silence been removed, please burn gapless to match original tracklayout. _ Gosh!
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Post by Citroen on Jul 31, 2022 11:13:20 GMT 12
I bought this when it came out in 2014, thinking it was a remaster of his classic Solid Air but instead got a mishmash of 90's reworked hits.
John Martyn – Solid Air (Classics Revisited) 
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Post by bruise on Jul 31, 2022 15:36:37 GMT 12What's members' picks for CD and LP ? Originally released on the Independiente label both the CD and LP were hard to find. Even after the the RSD re-release of the LP the original 1998 LP sells for north of $NZ600 on Discogs. Prior to the RSD appearance it very rarely appeared for sale and when it did you'd have needed to shell out around NZ$800. I cant remember where I picked up the CD, probably in the UK, but despite always keeping an eye out for it I never saw another for sale.
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