deek
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Yep, I've got that version with that issue.
https://www.discogs.com/John-Martyn-One-World/release/2686755
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Yep, I've got that version with that issue.
https://www.discogs.com/John-Martyn-One-World/release/2686755
formbypc
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In marked contrast to my tale above, I saw him in 1982 or so, on the (I think) Well Kept Secret tour, and he did a version of 'Don't You Go', with Max Middleton on synth and Fender Rhodes (the album version has Phil Collins on grand piano). Middleton set up a low drone from the synth, and played some exquisite Rhodes backing to Martyn's vocals, rendering a 3000-seat theatre to the point where you could hear a pin drop. Sublime is truly the word. I can't listen to the album version, with Collins' stilted, wooden playing at all.....
Another was when he was in duo format with Foster Patterson on keys. Again, just vocal and Fender Rhodes, and another version which, at a slower tempo, and without the heavy-handed backing of a full band, absolutely trounced the album version. Wonderful stuff.
Joe
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Cocaine in the 80's didn't suit JM temperament I think.. wrong drug for his bent.
I do remember another tour of his ( though I don't remember which tour it was ) where he had Paul Kossoff on lead. John was not at that time the fabled axman ( in his dreams ) that he obviously wanted to become and all lead/ electric guitar was provided by Kossoff who had/used such a delicacy of touch... some thing that I always felt JM did not have .
I am an utter JM 'fan' but he did have his faults.
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Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
All versions of the LP have the actual order different from the track listing on the sleeve. The artwork was commissioned and then the sides were swapped over with no time / money to pay for a new painting to be done to reflect the change.
Mind you, the swap is wholly correct - the album *has* to finish with 'Small Hours'.
Fudgemaster
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My version has, on the back of the sleeve, Big Muff as the last track; Small Hours is the last track on side one. So, I suppose you could say that, as the the sides are reversed it does end with Small Hours? Checking the runout area, the side stamped ILPM 9492 A does have the "A" side, side 1, ending with Small hours, label affixed, and ILPM 9492 B has the "B" side label, ending with Big Muff. Was there a sense of humour at play?
Whatever, I just enjoy the music, and don't get too precious about it.
foxwelljsly
Me too, I ate one sour too.
Wonderful artist, very flawed human being. Far from being alone in that, mind.
The cover of Portishead's Glory Box on the Church with One Bell, various live versions of 'Outside In', Live at Leeds, One World and loads more; pretty amazing back catalogue with pretty much no duffers.
The cover of Portishead's Glory Box on the Church with One Bell, various live versions of 'Outside In', Live at Leeds, One World and loads more; pretty amazing back catalogue with pretty much no duffers.
foxwelljsly
Me too, I ate one sour too.
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
AFAICT, it's only the 'Island Life' mid-price reissue that did that. All others were 'A & B Reversed'
Tarzan
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Fudgemaster
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Seeker, thanks for the info. re mine being a mid- price issue. I see that there is a UMC 180g version, 2016, so is this a better version? I'd love to get deeper into the sounds on this LP.
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
I can't help you there - I have a lot of JM on LP, just not that one. I have the 2xCD Deluxe Edition and that is pretty good sounding.
Fudgemaster
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I can beat you there, Seeker; I find I have two copies of the De Luxe CD version, one still sealed, obviously forgot one before getting another.
Will check one out later tonight. Such is the lure of JM. Thanks for the reminder
Will check one out later tonight. Such is the lure of JM. Thanks for the reminder
Fuller
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There were two separate mixes of One World - the Deluxe CD version includes some of the USA mixes for some reason, they do sound different to the mixes I have had on vinyl for nearly 40 years.
Brilliant album anyway.
And I'll tell you a few stories of some of the numerous times I saw him on stage sometime.
Brilliant album anyway.
And I'll tell you a few stories of some of the numerous times I saw him on stage sometime.
Arkless Electronics
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Saw him play in Durham about 16 years ago... So off his tree when he came on stage I was thinking "this is going to be a disaster/embarrassing"! However... even that inebriated he managed to deliver the goods
Fudgemaster
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Do you think that his distinctive slurring vocals were his natural style, or due to substances, alcohol, or whatever?
Either way, it adds to his attraction.
Either way, it adds to his attraction.
Snufkin
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If you listen to his earlier albums like The Tumbler, his vocals are not slurred. As his music became jazzier he seemed to start to use his voice as another instrument to add to the palette of sound he was creating; for example on the album Inside Out he stretches, and seems to deliberately slur, his vocals. He could, of course, have been completely out of it.
oldius
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A brilliant, brilliant artist and flawed soul. A friend of mine is one of the country's top session drummers and percussionists and he's played with a whole host of the world's best musicians and orchestras. He describes Van Morrison as an absolute tw*t. Sometimes, genius comes with trials and tribulations of its own.