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John Martyn
Battle of Medway: July 17th 1973
Genres: Folk, International Music, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
1. Outside In
2. Mr. Jelly Roll Baker
3. Don't Wanna Know
4. May You Never
5. Singing in the Rain - John Martyn, Brown, Nacio Herb
6. Head and Heart
7. Seven Black Roses
8. Sugar Cube
9. I'd Rather Be the Devil - John Martyn, James, Skip

CD Details

All Artists: John Martyn
Title: Battle of Medway: July 17th 1973
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Hux Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 1/8/2008
Genres: Folk, International Music, Pop, Rock
Styles: British & Celtic Folk, Singer-Songwriters, Folk Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 682970000909

Synopsis

Album Details

For John Martyn, 1973, When this Concert was Recorded, was a Year of Serious Transition, Both Musically and in Terms of Moving Once and for all Away from the Folk Club Scene and Into the College and Concert Circuit. Recorded in July 1973, in Ambient Stereo by Club Organiser Geoff Harden at Medway, Kent, in Between the Releases of Solid Air and Inside Out, this is the Sound of John Martyn - on One of his Determinedly Last Ever Folk Club Gigs - Frightening the Living Daylights Out of Anyone who Came There Expecting ?the Wild Rover?. Tracks 1-9 Recorded in Stereo on Reel-to-reel at Medway Folk Centre in Kent, July 17th 1973. Tracks 10-13 Recorded Off-air in Mono from a Dutch Radio Station in Late 1968.

CD Reviews

Great musician, Poor recording.

bertrarious | Naperville, IL USA | 04/15/2008

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I've been a fan of Martyn's since about 1974, so when I saw this live recording from 1973 I jumped on it. The choice of material is OK and the performance workmanlike, but the recording itself is nothing short of awful. There is what sounds like a 60 cycle hum throughout - extremely noticeable in the quiet passages - sounds like it was recorded to an old portable cassette deck via a microphone that was too close to a television. Apparently no effort was made to filter this hum out. Listening through headphones is sheer torture and guaranteed to induce a headache.

If you want some live John Martyn from around the same period, track down a copy of "Live at Leeds." Alas, a purchase of "Medway" is money ill-spent."